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Coinbase Cloud integrates Kiln platform for native ETH staking below 32 ETH
Quick Take Coinbase Cloud has integrated Kiln’s on-chain staking protocol to offer native ETH staking below the 32 ETH limit. The integration will allow Coinbase Wallet users to...
Roundtable #6 – Infra vs Product, solving the Goldilocks web3 dilemma
LeadBlock Partners was delighted to welcome the Web3 community for a side-event during EthCC Paris! Thrilled to have hosted a roundtable on how to solve the Goldilocks web3...
Roundtable #5 – Adapting to market & regulatory shifts – perspective on institutional players
LeadBlock Partners was delighted to welcome the Web3 community for a side-event during EthCC Paris! Thrilled to have hosted a roundtable on how institutional players are reacting...
Roundtable #4 – From building to scaling – how to onboard the next billion users?
LeadBlock Partners was delighted to welcome the Web3 community for a side-event during EthCC Paris! Thrilled to have hosted a roundtable on how to onboard the next billion users...
HESTA announces shift to Grow Inc. as it looks to continually improve service to its more than 1 million members and partners
HESTA announced it will partner with Grow Inc. for its outsourced administration services to drive the pace and scale of data and technology-led innovation designed to deliver...
Bitpanda Pro spins out under Josh Barraclough, raises €30 million
Quick take Bitpanda Pro has been spun out into a separate business named One Trading. The new entity also raised €30 million in a Series A round led by Peter Thiel’s Valar...
Bitpanda partners with Coinbase to build the future of digital investing
We’re thrilled to announce a new introducer partnership between Bitpanda Technology Solutions and Coinbase. This collaboration between two industry leaders will enable Coinbase...
Crypto Fundamentals application launches today on the Bloomberg App Portal
New App from Token Terminal enables the users of Bloomberg Terminal to discover, analyze, and compare the leading blockchains and decentralized applications through the lens of...
Staking is now available on Bitpanda, powered by Kiln
"We are thrilled to partner with Bitpanda, the leading European retail broker for buying and selling cryptocurrencies, chosen by more than 4 million investors by integrating...
Hex Trust partners with The Sandbox to enable fully-licensed and secure custody of metaverse assets
10 May 2023 - Hex Trust, an institutional-grade digital asset custodian licensed across global financial hubs, has partnered with The Sandbox, a leading decentralized gaming...
Talos Acquires D3X Systems to Expand Pre-Trade Capabilities into Portfolio Engineering
New York – May 9, 2023 - Talos, the premier provider of institutional digital assets trading technology, has acquired D3X Systems, a developer of institutional technology to...
Roundtable #3 – From Gaming to Entertainment, how is Web3 creating a new paradigm?
Absolute Labs, LimeWire, Tatum and LeadBlock Partners were delighted to welcome the Web3 community for a side-event during Paris Blockchain Week! Thrilled to have hosted a...
Roundtable #2 – Building in Web3, what tools can brands and corporations use?
Absolute Labs, LimeWire, Tatum and LeadBlock Partners were delighted to welcome the Web3 community for a side-event during Paris Blockchain Week! Thrilled to have hosted a...
Roundtable #1 – Token listings’ outlook
📉 Since Q4 last year we've received a lot of inbounds from founders on the outlook for token listings, how to approach it, when to do it etc. We thought it would be helpful to...
Web3 Sprints, an initiative by LeadBlock Partners
🤔👀 Interested in Web3? LeadBlock Partners is excited to announce the launch of its Web3 Sprints initiative in France, in partnership with leading France-based VC funds: Alven AXA...
Kraken and ConsenSys back staking platform Kiln in $17 million round
ConsenSys and the venture arm of Kraken have backed institutional staking platform Kiln in a $17.6 million round. Kiln provides staking services to clients directly or via an API...
European crypto venture firm LeadBlock Partners hits first close of $150 million fund: Exclusive
London and Paris-based crypto venture firm LeadBlock Partners says it has completed the first close of a new fund, which has a target value of $150 million. Through its first...
N26 adds crypto trading with new Bitpanda integration
Challenger bank N26 is launching a new trading feature in its app — N26 Crypto. Users will be able to easily trade crypto assets using money in their N26 account. Behind the...
Blockchain Development Platform Tatum Raises $41.5M From Octopus, Circle, Others
Blockchain development platform Tatum has raised $41.5 million in funding from Octopus Ventures, Circle, Leadblock Fund and founders of crypto exchange Bitpanda, among others....
The ‘crypto winter’ is coming — but just how bad will it be?
Like all market crashes, this one afflicting crypto at the moment is unpleasant — but the community is trying to take advantage of it. It might seem that the time of crypto...
Quadrata Announces $7.5 Million Seed Round, Led by Dragonfly Capital
MARINA DEL REY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quadrata, a passport network bringing identity, reputation and compliance to blockchain applications, has announced a $7.5 million seed...
Talos Raises $105 Million Series B Funding Round As Institutional Adoption Of Digital Assets Accelerates
The funding round, led by General Atlantic, values the institutional digital asset technology provider at $1.25 billion NEW YORK, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Talos, the premier...
Venly Raises 21 Million Euros in Series A to Bring More Users Into Web3
[April 28th, Antwerp / Berlin]—Venly, a major blockchain technology provider from Belgium, today announces it has secured over €21 million (USD$23 million) in Series A funding,...
Tesseract unveils yield platform to help mid-size crypto firms compete with Binance and Coinbase
Tesseract has launched a platform to enable other crypto firms’ customers to earn yield on their holdings, as the Finnish lending firm branches out from its core institutional...
Bored Ape Yacht Club creator raises $450 million to build an NFT metaverse
Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the biggest NFT brands on the market, has raised $450 million in funding at a $4 billion valuation, the company announced today. The team behind...
Hex Trust Raises $88M for Crypto Custody Focused on the Gaming Sector
Asia-focused crypto custody provider Hex Trust has raised $88 million in a funding round co-led by Animoca Brands and Liberty City Ventures. The Series B funding round will be...
Treehouse Raises US$18 Million to Establish a Standard for DeFi Analytics
Treehouse, a Web3 company transforming on-chain data into meaningful metrics to help decentralized finance (DeFi) investors make informed financial decisions, announced an US$18...
Expert Interview: A conversation with Roland Cortivo
Interview with Roland Cortivo, Chief Revenue Officer at Swisscom for Enterprise Blockchain 2021 report by LeadBlock Partners Can you introduce Swisscom and what brought the...
