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OKCoin, BitMEX Sponsor Bitcoin Core Developer Amiti Uttarwar

Leigh CuenJun 18, 2020

OKCoin and BitMEX just sponsored another Bitcoin Core developer, Amiti Uttarwar, who is focused on privacy tech and education.

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Coda Protocol Sets Aside $2.1M in Tokens for Development Grants

Jaspreet KalraJun 16, 2020

The project plans to use $2.1 million worth of tokens to incentivize development on its lightweight blockchain.

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Summer 2020 Is Funding Season for Open-Source Bitcoin Development

Leigh CuenJun 25, 2020

The maker of Wasabi Wallet becomes the latest firm to support crypto coders with a 1 BTC donation to the Human Rights Foundation's Bitcoin Development Fund.

Technology

AVA Labs Will Splash Millions to ‘Brain Merge’ DeFi and Traditional Finance

Paddy BakerApr 24, 2020

AVA is already in dialogue with five DeFi projects interested in receiving some of the "many millions" it's making available in grants.

Grants

Algorand Foundation Sets Aside $50M in Tokens to Spur Development

Danny NelsonApr 14, 2020

The Algorand Foundation has earmarked 250 million ALGO for a grant program that aims to spur development of the Algorand ecosystem.

Grants

BitMEX

BitMEX Operator Ups Grant for Bitcoin Development to $100K

Paddy Baker

HDR Global Trading has supported bitcoin maintainer Michael Ford since he was appointed last summer.

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Blockchain Technology

European Commission Defense Program Offers Grants for Blockchain Solutions

Sebastian Sinclair

The European Commission is calling for future-oriented defense solutions including innovative blockchain concepts.

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Grants

Nervos Network Will Hand Out $30M to Encourage Third-Party Development

David Pan

The grant fund will pay developers in cash, rather than equity or tokens, and submitted projects will be made public to source feedback from the Nervos community.

Image via Nervos team
Block.one

Block.One’s Venture Arm to Dole Out $50K Grants to Promising EOS Projects

Paddy Baker

EOS VC is looking for "world-conquerors and local heroes" for its new grants program.

From Voice launch event, June 2019, Washington, DC. Courtesy of Block.One.
Startups

Foam Turns to Token Grants to Build Out Decentralized Mapping Platform

Leigh Cuen

Following a $16.5 million token sale, geolocation startup Foam may have found a token-curated registry model that works.

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Startups

Binance Labs Grants $45,000 to 3 Open-Source Blockchain Startups

Yogita Khatri

Binance Labs has awarded grants of $15,000 each to three startups developing open-source blockchain technologies.

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Australia

Australian Government to Help Fund Trade Mission to CoinDesk Consensus

Yogita Khatri

Australia’s government has committed AU$100,000 to support blockchain firms joining Austrade's mission to CoinDesk Consensus in May.

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Twitter

Vitalik Just Gave $300K in Crypto to Three Ethereum Startups

Yogita Khatri

Vitalik Buterin just donated $300,000 in ether to three ethereum 2.0 startups in response to a Twitter thread.

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Crime

US Government Offering Up to $800K for Anti-Forgery Blockchain Solutions

Yogita Khatri

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking to fund anti-counterfeiting solutions from blockchain startups with grants of up to $800,000.

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