Edition #91 - 17 DEC 2023
El Salvador’s long-planned bitcoin bonds have inched closer to reality after apparently receiving regulatory approval for an early 2024 issuance, the country’s bitcoin-focused office posted on Tuesday.
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The bonds are set to be offered on Bitfinex Securities, a regulated division of crypto exchange Bitfinex.
gaming developments
​​​​Animoca Brands raises $88 million at $1 billion valuation to capitalize on game NFTs.
​​FPS mobile game in metaverse Matr1x FIRE closed funding round led by OKX Ventures (ex OKEx Blockdream Ventures). Amount raised is not disclosed.
A Primer on on-chain gaming by Binance.
metaverses & AI
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Asian messaging giant LINE raises $140 million to expand NFT venture​​.
​​​​AI data infrastructure AIT Protocol closed funding round from Morningstar Ventures, Megala Ventures, Contango Digital Assets, Momentum 6 (M6), BasementDAO, Alpha Protocol Ventures, Maven Capital, Metabros. Amount raised is not disclosed.​​
defi
​​​​​​​​​​Decentralized biotech protocol Molecule raised $1M in a Strategic funding round led by Sora Ventures.​​
​​Security-focused platform for DeFi protocols Hackless raised $1.2M funding round from DAO Maker, Black Dragon, DeltaHub Capital, Insignius Capital, Viral Ventures, Halvings Capital, Cosima Capital.
Ordinal lending platform Liquidium raised $1.25MÂ in a Pre-seed funding round from Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Side Door Ventures, ACTAI Ventures, Sora Ventures, Spicy Capital, UTXO Management, Bitcoin Magazine.
funding rounds
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Crypto.com 2023 Year Review & 2024 Year Ahead.
​​Web3 streaming protocol Sona raised $6.9M in a Seed funding round from Polychain Capital, HAUN Ventures, Rogue Capital.
 igital asset derivatives platform GFO-X raised $30M in a Series B funding round led by M&G Investments.
​​Web3 authentication solution Dynamic raised $13.5M in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto), with participation from Founders fund, Castle Island Ventures, Breyer Capital, Nikil Viswanathan, Joe Lau.
