DeFi

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Ephelia Capital buys stake in blockchain-based streaming company

Ephelia Capital, a Swiss-based financial hub for Professional Investors, Entrepreneurs and Financial Institutions, today announces it has taken a majority stake in financial asset streaming fintech Streamable Finance.

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MAS launches 2022 global fintech 'Hackcelerator' on Web 3.0 and green finance

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today the launch of the 7th edition of the Global FinTech Hackcelerator, with the theme “Accelerating A Greener Digital Future”.

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AQRU.io surpasses $50 million in assets under management

AQRU plc, an incubator specialising in decentralised finance (DeFi), announces today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Accru Finance Ltd., has surpassed US$50 million in assets under management and 20,000 user signups on its proprietary yield-generating platform, AQRU.io. The milestone was achieved only five months since the platform’s launch and 39 days after the company announced that it reached around US$20 million (£16.5 million) in assets under management.

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RegTech startup ALT/AVE appoints new advisory board members

London-based RegTech startup ALT/AVE has today announced three major appointments to its Advisory Board and a funding boost of more than half a million pounds.

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DeFi and Web3 outfit Argent raises $40m

To accelerate its mission to build one app for all things DeFi and Web3, Argent has today raised $40m in Series B funding.

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Abu Dhabi regulator issues DeFi discussion paper

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has issued a discussion paper on DeFi, in order to engage with industry practitioners and other stakeholders to explore the potential opportunities arising from DeFi, associated risks and what a future regulatory framework may resemble.

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RociFi raises $2.7m

RociFi, a decentralized zero and under-collateralized lending protocol, has announced completing a seed funding round of $2.7 million USD (closed in November 2021) from Arrington, Goldentree, Nexo, LD Capital and Skynet Trading.

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Stablecoin cross-border payment network Arf announces credit line

Traditionally, when a money service business (MSB) wants to send money from one country to another, it has to prefund the same amount in the receiving country, bringing about tied capital, high opportunity cost, and operational inefficiencies. What's more, since cross-border transactions are often considered risky, access to credit has always been a major problem for MSBs.

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DeFi incubator AQRU boasts 10,000 customers

AQRU plc, an incubator specialising in decentralised finance (“DeFi”), is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Accru Finance Ltd. (“Accru Finance”), has signed up over 10,000 customer accounts and reached £16.5 million in assets under management on its proprietary cryptocurrency yield-generating platform, AQRU.io, a significant milestone in the Company’s growth.

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Cake DeFi launches $100 million venture capital arm

Cake DeFi, a Singapore-based fintech platform that makes DeFi (decentralised finance) services and applications accessible for everyone, has launched Cake DeFi Ventures (CDV), its venture capital arm with US$100 million in earmarked capital.

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DeFi outfit Catalog raises $7.5m

Catalog, a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) app powering a cross-chain and multi-chain future, announces $7.5 million in new funding. Developed by Ren Labs, Catalog is the first consumer application built on the Ren blockchain.

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Programmable cash startup Zebec raises $15 million

Zebec, a continuous and programmable cash stream protocol on Solana, announces $15 million in new financing.

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DeFi startup Pillow raises $3M

Pillow, a DeFi (decentralized finance) startup that helps generate yields on crypto, has raised $3M in seed funding led by Elevation Capital and a host of prominent angels, including Scott Lewis (Co-founder, DeFi Pulse), JD Kanani & Sandeep Nailwal (Co-founders, Polygon), Prabhakar Reddy (Co-founder, FalconX), and Aniket Jindal (Co-founder, Biconomy).

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Solana portfolio and risk manager Friktion announces capital raise of $5.5m

Friktion Labs is excited to announce a capital raise of $5.5 million from Jump Crypto, DeFiance Capital, Pillar VC, Libertus Capital, Delphi Ventures, Sino Global Capital, Tribe Capital, Castle Island Ventures, Dialectic, Petrock Capital, Solana Ventures. Alongside, Friktion has brought on board a group of industry-leading derivatives traders and market makers in Genesis Trading, Alameda Research, LedgerPrime, QCP Capital, CMS Holdings, Orthogonal Trading, and GSR.

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DeFinity records live cash FX trade to its permissionless layer-1 blockchain

DeFinity, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for foreign exchange, digital assets and CBDC, announces the world’s first settled cash FX trade written to its permissionless layer-1 WeOwn blockchain.

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Credix raises $2.5m to build DeFi credit marketplace

Credix raised a $2.5 million seed round to build an enterprise-grade DeFi credit marketplace, connecting fintechs in emerging markets with investors globally.

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DeFi futures and options exchange Zeta raises $8.5m

Zeta Markets (“Zeta” or “the Platform”), a cutting-edge decentralized finance (DeFi) futures and options exchange built on Solana, today announced that it completed a $8.5M strategic funding round led by Jump Capital.

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Dispersion launches DeFi platform for crypto investors

Dispersion (AQSE: DEFI), an incubator specialising in decentralised finance ("DeFi"), is pleased to announce today’s launch of AQRU, an innovative platform which enables simple access to the competitive crypto yields available in DeFi.

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Algofi raises $2.8m to build decentralised lending market

Algofi, the fast, low-cost lending market and stablecoin protocol built on the Algorand blockchain, today announced $2.8 million in seed funding during Decipher, Algorand’s annual community conference.

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Valk moves in on DeFi space

Market-leading tokenisation platform VALK is expanding into the Decentralised Finance (DeFi) market with the launch of its unique Aggregator platform connecting traditional finance with the vast liquidity locked up in DeFi and offering the chance to achieve higher yield (please see the attached press release).