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Finance
Sec
Cannabis and Lending Firm Seeks SEC Permission to Raise $50M in Crypto Sale
Ceres, started by graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, recently filed paperwork with the SEC seeking permission to sell its digital token and Ceres coin.
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By Jaspreet Kalra
Jul 9, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Jul 9, 2020
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Numerai founder Richard Craib at ErasureCon 2019 (Credit: Numerai)
Tech
Union square ventures
Numerai Raises $3M in Another NMR Token Sale With Union Square Ventures, Placeholder
Numerai has sold an additional $3 million in NMR tokens to a slate of investors led by Union Square Ventures on the strength of its latest product, Erasure.
Numerai founder Richard Craib at ErasureCon 2019 (Credit: Numerai)
By Brady Dale
Jun 3, 2020 at 3:01 p.m. UTC
Jun 3, 2020
Union Square VenturesToken SalesNumeraiPlaceholderErasure
Denisse Halm of cLabs hosts a workshop in Mexico City. (Credit: cLabs)
Finance
Investment
Investors on CoinList Pour $10M Into Celo Token Sale in Roughly 12 Hours
Silicon Valley blockchain startup cLabs just raised $10 million for the Celo project through a token sale to investors on CoinList.
Denisse Halm of cLabs hosts a workshop in Mexico City. (Credit: cLabs)
By Leigh Cuen
May 13, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
May 13, 2020
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse
Finance
Ripple
Mysterious Company Files New Lawsuit Over Ripple's $1.1B XRP Sale
The lawsuit alleging Ripple violated U.S. securities laws comes from a company that previously accused FTX of price manipulation.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse
By Paddy Baker
May 5, 2020 at 12:32 p.m. UTC
May 5, 2020
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NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin speaks at Developer Week 2020. (Credit: NEAR)
Technology
Andreessen horowitz
NEAR Protocol Launches Following $21M Token Sale Led by Andreessen Horowitz
NEAR announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale involving a16z, Pantera and others. It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of the NEAR mainnet on April 22.
NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin speaks at Developer Week 2020. (Credit: NEAR)
By William Foxley
May 4, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
May 4, 2020
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The kava plant
Tech
Token sales
Multi-Chain DeFi Protocol Raises $750K in Token Sale With Framework Ventures
DeFi fund Framework Ventures has purchased roughly 5 percent of Kava Labs' outstanding token supply ahead of the CDP platform's launch next month.
The kava plant
By William Foxley
Apr 21, 2020 at 5:25 p.m. UTC
Apr 21, 2020
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Tron CEO Justin Sun speaks at niTROn Summit 2019, photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk
Markets
Poloniex
Poloniex's New Tron-Powered IEO Platform Moves Exchange Closer to Justin Sun's Orbit
The new platform uses Tron's TRX token for purchases and its first project is within the Tron fold.
Tron CEO Justin Sun speaks at niTROn Summit 2019, photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk
By Paddy Baker
Apr 6, 2020 at 1:40 p.m. UTC
Apr 6, 2020
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Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)
Tech
Venture capital
Makers of Keep Protocol Raise $7.7M to Bring Trustless BTC to DeFi
Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its KEEP tokens to some of crypto’s top investors. Its TBTC project could get more bitcoin into DeFi.
Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)
By Brady Dale
Apr 2, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 2, 2020
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CasperLabs team
Finance
Proof-of-stake
CasperLabs Pivots Away From Ethereum to Fundraise With Its Own Blockchain
CasperLabs is partnering with the Singapore-registered exchange BitMax to conduct a token sale kicking off on March 30.
CasperLabs team
By Leigh Cuen
Mar 25, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Mar 25, 2020
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cLabs staffers at a quarterly offsite in San Francisco. (Courtesy photo)
Finance
Ethereum
Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020's Buzzy Token Project
With $30 million from Polychain and a16z, here's how the buzzy Celo plans to rival Libra on financial inclusion.
cLabs staffers at a quarterly offsite in San Francisco. (Courtesy photo)
By Leigh Cuen
Feb 12, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 12, 2020
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