Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekNFT-focused Animoca Brands valued at $5B following $358M raiseNFT and virtual property-focused … [Read more...] about Animoca Brands doubles valuation to $5B, OpenSea tops $3.5B in Jan volume, Microsoft eyes metaverse gaming: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 16-22
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IRS Seized $3.5B in Cryptocurrency During Fiscal 2021
The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Criminal Investigation Unit (CI) unit seized $3.5 billion in cryptocurrency during fiscal 2021, which accounted for 93% of its criminal investigation seizures, according to the agency’s annual criminal investigation report published Thursday. Source link … [Read more...] about IRS Seized $3.5B in Cryptocurrency During Fiscal 2021
‘Crypto AWS’ Alchemy Hits $3.5B Valuation in $250M Round Led by A16z
“We power virtually every NFT [marketplace], we power the majority of DeFi, we power most of the top apps in this space,” Viswanathan said. “Working with a16z is just another extension for us, so that we can see all the early projects get onboarded.” Source link … [Read more...] about ‘Crypto AWS’ Alchemy Hits $3.5B Valuation in $250M Round Led by A16z
How Polkadot ‘bridges’ bring cross-chain functionality to the $35b network
Web 3.0, the next generation of the internet, has been envisioned by proponents to run on a fully-decentralized blockchain to create a user-friendly web wherein a user’s identity and data are their own.Creating a multichain futurePolkadot was created with just that goal in mind—with the belief that no single blockchain can support the entire Web 3.0 economy and that multichains … [Read more...] about How Polkadot ‘bridges’ bring cross-chain functionality to the $35b network