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Numerai Token Sale Raises $11 Million From VC Firms Paradigm, Placeholder

Hedge fund and predictions market startup Numerai just closed an $11 million round led by Paradigm and Placeholder.

Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Mogul Moshe Hogeg's ICOs Have Unusual Patterns, Analysis Finds

Controversy looms overhead as Israeli entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg promote's Sirin Labs' blockchain phone.

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Finance

ConsenSys-Backed Civil Tries Again on Newsroom Token Launch

The ConsenSys-backed ethereum startup Civil is launching its CVL token today to kickstart an ambitious journalism project.

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Markets

A Crypto Project That Raised $20 Million Is Caught Faking Its Founding Team

BHB in China raised $20 million in 2018 touting a three-person team. The only problem? At least two were fake.

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Markets

Sequoia India Leads $3 Million Round for Token Startup Tackling 'Fake News'

Sequoia India has led a $3 million funding for Band Protocol, a startup that incentivizes reliable content producers with token rewards and staking.

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Markets

JPMorgan Has Its Own Crypto and It's Starting Real-World Trials

JPMorgan has built a crypto token and it's moving to real-world trials in "a few months," according to a CNBC report.

JPMorgan

Markets

From Mar-a-Lago to Coinbase, Dubious Claims Follow Doc.com Token Sales

A CoinDesk investigation reveals that health startup Doc.com has used overstated claims to gin up investor demand.

Doc.com

Markets

Don't Throw the Crypto Tokens Out With the Bathwater

We’re at a point where any idea associated with tokens struggles for legitimacy and money. It would be a shame if we ditched token economics altogether.

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Markets

European Blockchain Startup Launches Trading in Tokenized Securities

Belarus-based blockchain startup Currency.com has launched a trading platform for tokenized securities.

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Markets

Decentralized Exchanges: 2019's Key to a Dapp Comeback

A class of dapp that we should all be excited about in the short term is the decentralized exchanges, says 256 Ventures' David Lu.

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