Business
Crypto business news from Blockworks - hiring updates, funding announcements, blockchain industry news and everything you need to be a crypto insider.
BlockFills brings aboard a new CFO and promotes a founding partner to lead company strategy
The proposal notes a corporation’s “fiduciary duty” to maximize shareholder value by protecting profits from debasement in an inflationary world
Architect Partners’ Eric Risley tells Blockworks this deal is “the most important M&A transaction to date for our industry”
A gaming studio helmed by an Electronic Arts veteran announced a Series A this week
A former pro at Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs is set to fill the CEO role at crypto firm Copper.co, replacing the company’s founder
FTX “never had the crypto” to make in-kind distributions, witness says at FTX’s confirmation hearing
Thirty-three DeFi companies announced raises last month, data from the TIE terminal shows
A former Binance executive is set to help Bybit with compliance, while a Coinbase leader expands his role
Spain-based Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has been working in the new Visa Tokenized Asset Platform sandbox
The retail crowd is engaging with Robinhood both on and off chain, general manager Johann Kerbrat said
Jerry Brito and Robin Weisman will step down from their positions at the end of the year following 10 years with Coin Center
If you are hoping to get on the WLFI whitelist and you live in the US, you must be an accredited investor
First it was MicroStrategy, then Block. Now over a dozen companies have bought bitcoin, treating it the same as cash.
Meanwhile, a16z announced its first raise for a decentralized science (DeSci) project
Venture capital firm CoinFund hires three pros to “identify and capitalize on the most promising high-growth opportunities”
A former Silvergate exec said the shuttering wasn’t due to the bank being ill-equipped to deal with bank runs post-FTX, but rather because of the regulatory environment
Months after Riot’s so-called hostile takeover bid of Bitfarms, the two bitcoin miners forge an agreement
In case you missed it, Tether added a government affairs head, while a blockchain-powered real estate platform hired an ex-SEC commissioner
Wynd Labs CEO Andrej Radonjic explains why Grass is open-sourcing “valuable” AI data
The new exchange seeks to differentiate from incumbents via a non-custodial, stablecoin-native model
The $360 billion asset manager’s innovation head says firm is prepping for a future in which blockchain tech transforms the investment industry
A series of raises were announced as 21 projects gear up to take part in a16z’s CSX
Get the daily newsletter that helps thousands of investors understand the markets.