Blockchain

Stripe's $1.1bn acquisition of Bridge signals more mainstream acceptance of stablecoins among fintech players, especially those eyeing scale-up opportunities in developing markets.

Firms with newly raised crypto funds – such as Andreessen Horowitz, Dragonfly Capital, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures – are expected to capitalize on the lower valuations resulting from the crypto winter.

The SEC's take on cryptocurrency is of particular interest to venture capital firms, which have reportedly invested nearly $40 billion in crypto-related companies in the past 10 years.

The Australian company Geora stores and verifies all of its agricultural data on its permissioned Ethereum network.

Dapper Labs, which last month announced a $250 million financing, has acquired Brud, a Los Angeles-based company that uses artificial intelligence to create digital personas.

The San Francisco digital assets and cryptocurrency company FalconX announces a $210m round led by Altimeter Capital, Sapphire Ventures and existing investors B Capital Group and Tiger Global Management, with others participating.

Investors are contemplating bitcoin’s current ESG compliance. But for Keiretsu Capital, Mercury Fund and others, the focus is on the currency’s future ESG potential.

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have reached a tipping point where to ignore their impact on online transactions could leave businesses scrambling to catch up, writes Lee Bruno.

Houston-based blockchain company Data Gumbo raises $4m in a first close of its Series B.

San Francisco-based Alchemy, a blockchain company, has secured $15 million in Series A funding.