Crowdfunding


Opinion

Web3 Could Revolutionize Climate Finance

Grassroots crypto initiatives can close the "climate funding gap," incentivize a new generation of climate projects and help finance the optimistic ideas for fighting climate governments and institutions have not.

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Finance

DeFi Trading Platform Aurox Seeking Funding at $75M Valuation

The DeFi-focused software developer firm is seeking to raise up to $1 million in a crowdfunding campaign on tZERO.

The price of ether has risen 16% in the past week. (Getty Images)

Finance

Turkish Nonprofits Raise Millions of Dollars in Crypto for Earthquake Response

Organizations are using cryptocurrencies – borderless by nature – to get international aid into Turkey.

Haluk Levent performs In Berlin on June 6, 2022. (Frank Hoensch/Redferns)

Finance

Crowdfunding Platform StartEngine to Acquire Rival SeedInvest From Circle

StartEngine CEO Howard Marks says security token efforts will continue on the combined platform, and terms of the deal were undisclosed.

StartEngine CEO Howard Marks delivering a keynote at the StartEngine Summit conference (StartEngine)

Finance

A DAO That Literally Wants to Party on the Moon Just Sent a Viral YouTuber to Space

MoonDAO purchased two Blue Origin tickets as part of its larger mission “to explore the cosmos” after raising $8 million.

Some of the MoonDAO members in Van Horn, Texas, after the launch. (MoonDAO)

Layer 2

'Absolutely Surreal': Inside a Fund Raising Millions in Crypto for Besieged Ukraine

The Unchain fund has raised $1.8 million and plans to launch a DAO this week, even as team members live with sirens, explosions and artillery barrage following the Russian invasion.

Apartment block in Kyiv after shelling during Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Kyiv City Council)

Policy

Russia Sanctions Present ‘Dramatic Testing Moment’ for Crypto Exchanges

“Geopolitically, crypto is now center stage in the conversation,” Liat Shetret of Solidus Labs tells CoinDesk TV.

Ukrainian protestors call for greater sanctions on Russia at Times Square vigil in New York City (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance to Donate $10M to Ukraine Refugees, Opens Crowdfunding Project

Binance said the money will be donated to NGOs on the ground to help refugees and children.

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Finance

How Bitcoin Contributions Funded a $1.4M Solar Installation in Zimbabwe

The long-running Sun Exchange has a pitch for environmentally conscious bitcoiners.

Nhimbe Fresh's new solar panels. (Sun Exchange)

Finance

What Kickstarter Going Decentralized Means for Web 3

Will other Web 2.0 giants glom onto crypto, DAOs and next generation web technology?

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