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CertiK, the Leading Web3 Security Company, Doubles Its Valuation to $2 Billion in Just 3 Months

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Jeudi, avril 7, 2022
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This latest funding now brings CertiKs valuation to $2 billion in just 3 months since its last round of funding.

Key Points: 
  • This latest funding now brings CertiKs valuation to $2 billion in just 3 months since its last round of funding.
  • This is the fourth round of capital raised by CertiK in the past nine months, altogether totaling $230 million.
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    Blockchain security continues to see strong demand, which has led to substantial growth at CertiK as the leader in the category.
  • It delivers on this mission through an end-to-end set of security services, providing clients with a one-stop shop for all their security needs.

Project Serum & Wormhole Announces Winners of Convergence Hackathon $5M Prize Pool

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Mardi, février 15, 2022
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JHL, contributor to Project Serum, commented on today's news, "Throughout the Convergence hackathon, we saw tremendous diversity and innovation from the participants and submitted projects.

Key Points: 
  • JHL, contributor to Project Serum, commented on today's news, "Throughout the Convergence hackathon, we saw tremendous diversity and innovation from the participants and submitted projects.
  • "Composable primitives like Serum and Wormhole are clearly accelerating innovation and leveling up the playing field in DeFi.
  • The Convergence hackathon awarded prizes across a wide array of categories, ranging from the $100,000 grand prize to topic-specific prizes within each vertical.
  • Here is a list of the top prize winners for the Convergence hackathon:

Project Serum & Wormhole to Host Hackathon

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Lundi, décembre 20, 2021
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The Convergence sponsors, including Jump Crypto, have committed $5M in prizes and seed round capital to be invested into hackathon participants.

Key Points: 
  • The Convergence sponsors, including Jump Crypto, have committed $5M in prizes and seed round capital to be invested into hackathon participants.
  • To compete for this category, developers must build innovative solutions on the Serum liquidity infrastructure and the newly released Serum Core.
  • Only one project will win the Terra award:
    Project Serum is a decentralized exchange and liquidity infrastructure platform for DeFi protocols built on the Solana blockchain.
  • For more on Project Serum, visit: https://www.projectserum.com/
    Wormhole is a decentralized token and data bridge protocol that connects to multiple chains including Ethereum, Solana, Terra, Binance Smart Chain and Polygon.

Algorand Foundation Launches $300 Million Fund to Support DeFi Innovation

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Mardi, septembre 14, 2021
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain platform Algorand has created a $300 million fund in the form of ALGO tokens to encourage the growth of the DeFi ecosystem on Algorand platform. This marks a growing trend in the DeFi sector as other platforms seek to compete with Ethereum blockchain, on which most DeFi projects have been based. The fund from Algorand will fuel the growth of decentralized exchanges, synthetic asset applications, NFT platforms, money markets, and options markets running on blockchain networks. Meanwhile, other companies are tapping into the short- and long-term potential of DeFi with various initiatives. Some of these companies include WonderFi Technologies Inc. (NEO:WNDR) (OTCPK:WONDF), DMG Blockchain (TSX-V:DMGI) (OTCQB:DMGGF), Square Inc. (NYSE:SQ), Virtu Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT), and DeFi Technologies Inc. (NEO:DEFI) (OTCPK:DEFTF). 

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain platform Algorand has created a $300 million fund in the form of ALGO tokens to encourage the growth of the DeFi ecosystem on Algorand platform.
  • This marks a growing trend in the DeFi sector as other platforms seek to compete with Ethereum blockchain, on which most DeFi projects have been based.
  • The fund from Algorand will fuel the growth of decentralized exchanges, synthetic asset applications, NFT platforms, money markets, and options markets running on blockchain networks.
  • The acquisition will support WonderFi's mission to provide better access to DeFi simply and securely.

Algorand Foundation Launches $300 Million Fund to Support DeFi Innovation

Retrieved on: 
Mardi, septembre 14, 2021
Ethereum, NOT, Treasury, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Security (finance), Square, Inc., Form 10-K, CEO, ALGO, Courage, Forward-looking statement, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Ecosystem, Adoption, USDC, Securities Act of 1933, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Mining, NFT, DAI, Terra, Annual report, NYSE, Industry, Acquisition, Square, COO, NASDAQ, Environment, CAD, Solution, Growth, BSC, Review, Dorsey, Contract, Article, FNM, Wormhole, MSC, OTC, NEO, TBD, AUM, DMG, ANY, News, Cryptocurrency, Financial adviser

NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain platform Algorand has created a $300 million fund in the form of ALGO tokens to encourage the growth of the DeFi ecosystem on Algorand platform.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain platform Algorand has created a $300 million fund in the form of ALGO tokens to encourage the growth of the DeFi ecosystem on Algorand platform.
  • This marks a growing trend in the DeFi sector as other platforms seek to compete with Ethereum blockchain, on which most DeFi projects have been based.
  • The fund from Algorand will fuel the growth of decentralized exchanges, synthetic asset applications, NFT platforms, money markets, and options markets running on blockchain networks.
  • The acquisition will support WonderFi's mission to provide better access to DeFi simply and securely.