Ex-Base Team Scores $21M with Pantera, Makers & Hashed to Level Up Onchain Gaming

New York, United States, July 22nd, 2024, Chainwire NPC Labs sets sights on bringing 3 billion gamers onchain and expanding blockchain use cases NPC Labs announces a US$18 million Seed Round led by Pantera Capital, totaling $21 million including Pre-Seed funding. The round also includes notable investors Makers Fund, Hashed, Collab+Currency, Sfermion, Mirana Ventures, Bitscale Capital, and Mantle EcoFund. NPC Labs aims to accelerate the onboarding and development of gaming onchain as a core contributor to B3.fun, a groundbreaking horizontally-scaled…

Bitcoin Layer-2 Platform Mezo Launches With $21M Series A Funding

Thesis, a venture studio building on the Bitcoin ecosystem, has announced the launch of its Bitcoin Layer-2 platform, Mezo. This platform allows Bitcoin holders to earn yield from their deposits.  The announcement was made after Thesis secured a $21 million Series A funding led by Pantera.  Bitcoin Layer-2 Mezo Launches  The funding round also saw participation from Multicoin Capital, ParaFi Capital, Hack VC, Draper Associates, Nascent, Primitive Ventures, and Asymmetric Ventures. According to the company’s announcement, Mezo will help expand…

Ark Invest Offloads $21M in Coinbase Shares as COIN Price Surges

Ark Invest has sold 74,291 Coinbase shares, valued at $20.8 million, across three exchange-traded funds, per their latest trade filing on Monday. This sale comes following the firm’s sale of over $100 million worth of Coinbase shares last week when the price of COIN reached new yearly highs. Ark Invest Sells Coinbase Shares Ark Invest has sold shares from its ETFs: 57,652 from Innovation ETF (ARKK) worth $16.1M, 12,544 from Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) worth $3.5M, and 4,095 from…

The 21M Bitcoin Mystery – The Origins of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Supply Cap Decision

The Bitcoin Solution With the advent of Bitcoin came a newfound revolution - a revolution in distributed computing, decentralized organizations, and, most importantly, in the borderless medium of exchange. To many, Bitcoin represents a form of hope, a mechanism that would finally help the world get rid of centralized power and control. To others, Bitcoin was nothing more than an alternative for money. Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym behind Bitcoin's creation, saw their invention as nothing more than an experiment. To…