Bitget exchange’s VC Foresight Ventures acquired a majority stake in crypto media TheBlock from former CEO Michael McCaffrey in a deal that valued the company at $70 million, according to Bloomberg. The original CEO was required to repay a large secret loan from FTX Group.…

🔈 IDO Launch Incoming: dKloud @dKloud_io is redefining the cloud with a decentralized infrastructure platform that bridges traditional enterprise systems and DePIN. It enables developers to cut costs, deploy faster, and tap into a global compute layer — all without touching crypto. From AI chatbots to ESG proptech, dKloud is already powering the next wave of real-world applications. 🔥 Project Highlights 🔴 Ticker: $DKT | Token Type: Ethereum 🔴 Price: $0.027 🔴 Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 🔴 Initial Market Cap: $612,500 🔴 Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV): $27,000,000 🔗 View Tokenomics: https://t.co/mcN9Rnhoja 🛡 Backed by top-tier partners: Animoca, Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund, Baboon VC, Brinc, Genesis Block Ventures, Gate Labs, Avalaunch, Maven Capital, Telos 💎Whitelist Period: 🔘Starts: UTC, Jun 25 🔘Ends: UTC, Jun 27 💎IDO Timeline: 🔘Starts: UTC, Jun 28 🔘Ends: UTC, Jun 30 👉Join here: https://t.co/X9y9HV7taG Launch smarter. Build faster. Join the future of cloud with $DKT!

🔈 IDO Launch Incoming: dKloud @dKloud_io is redefining the cloud with a decentralized infrastructure platform that bridges traditional enterprise systems and DePIN. It enables developers to cut costs, deploy faster, and tap into a global compute layer — all without touching crypto. From AI chatbots to ESG proptech, dKloud is already powering the next wave of real-world applications. 🔥 Project Highlights 🔴 Ticker: $DKT | Token Type: Ethereum 🔴 Price: $0.027 🔴 Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 🔴 Initial Market Cap: $22,685,185 🔴 Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV): $27,000,000 🔴 Initial Circulating Supply: $612,500 🔗 View Tokenomics: https://t.co/mcN9Rnhoja 🛡 Backed by top-tier partners: Animoca, Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund, Baboon VC, Brinc, Genesis Block Ventures, Gate Labs, Avalaunch, Maven Capital, Telos 💎Whitelist Period: 🔘Starts: UTC, Jun 25 🔘Ends: UTC, Jun 27 💎IDO Timeline: 🔘Starts: UTC, Jun 28 🔘Ends: UTC, Jun 30 👉Join here: https://t.co/X9y9HV7taG Launch smarter. Build faster. Join the future of cloud with $DKT!

🔈 IDO Launch Incoming: dKloud @dKloud_io is redefining the cloud with a decentralized infrastructure platform that bridges traditional enterprise systems and DePIN. It enables developers to cut costs, deploy faster, and tap into a global compute layer — all without touching crypto. From AI chatbots to ESG proptech, dKloud is already powering the next wave of real-world applications. 🔥 Project Highlights 🔴 Ticker: $DKT | Token Type: Ethereum 🔴 Price: $0.027 🔴 Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 🔴 Initial Market Cap: $22,685,185 🔴 Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV): $27,000,000 🔴 Initial Circulating Supply: $612,500 🔗 View Tokenomics: https://t.co/mcN9Rnhoja 🛡 Backed by top-tier partners: Animoca, Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund, Baboon VC, Brinc, Genesis Block Ventures, Gate Labs, Avalaunch, Jade Protocol, Maven Capital, Telos 💎Whitelist Period: 🔘Starts: 03:00 UTC, Jun 25 🔘Ends: 08:00 UTC, Jun 27 💎IDO Timeline: 🔘Starts: 02:00 UTC, Jun 28 🔘Ends: 05:00 UTC, Jun 30 👉Join here: https://t.co/X9y9HV7taG Launch smarter. Build faster. Join the future of cloud with $DKT!

KCV Weekly Report 0616-0622

Canton blockchain developer Digital Asset raises $135 million in Goldman Sachs-backed round to accelerate adoption

Veda raises $18 million from CoinFund, Coinbase Ventures, GSR and others to scale its DeFi infrastructure

Stablecoin startup Ubyx secures $10 million in seed funding, led by Galaxy VenturesAccording to Bloomberg, Ubyx, a stablecoin startup founded by former Citigroup executive Tony McLaughlin, has secured $10 million in seed funding led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, and VanEck. The company aims to build a clearing system that connects stablecoin issuers with banks and fintech companies to solve interoperability issues in payment scenarios.Ubyx plans to establish a global stablecoin network similar to Visa and Mastercard, enabling cross-platform circulation of stablecoins issued by various institutions. Its system will support blockchains like Solana, Base, Canton, and XRP Ledger, and has already partnered with stablecoin issuers such as Paxos and Ripple. The network is expected to launch by the end of the year and will eventually support other digital asset forms like central bank digital currencies.

Ubyx, a stablecoin clearing startup founded by former Citigroup executive Tony McLaughlin, has announced the completion of a $10 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, and others. Ubyx plans to launch by the end of this year, initially supporting chains such as Solana and Base. https://t.co/oJny5gUZxO

According to Bloomberg, Ubyx Inc., a stablecoin clearing startup founded by former Citigroup executive Tony McLaughlin, has announced the completion of a $10.00 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, VanEck, and others. Ubyx is committed to building a clearing and interoperability network for stablecoin issuers, banks, and fintech companies to solve the current problems of stablecoin fragmentation and insufficient compatibility. Ubyx plans to launch by the end of this year, initially supporting chains such as Solana and Base, and has already partnered with Paxos, Ripple, AllUnity, and others. https://t.co/6gGfYL2ZBZ

Stablecoin liquidation startup Ubyx completes $10 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures

Ubyx completes $10 million seed round financing, led by Galaxy Ventures

Crypto trading platform True Markets completes $11.00 million Series A funding round, led by PayPal Ventures and Variant According to Fortune, crypto trading platform True Markets announced the completion of an $11.00 million Series A funding round, jointly led by PayPal Ventures and Variant, with existing investors such as RRE Ventures and Reciprocal Ventures participating. The company was co-founded by former Goldman Sachs and Coinbase employees Vishal Gupta and Patrick McCreary. This week, it will launch a Solana on-chain trading application aimed at retail investors. True Markets' core trading system, TrueX, uses a non-custodial model with assets held by Paxos, currently supporting spot trading of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. The newly launched mobile app will initially support trading of Solana ecosystem tokens, with plans to gradually expand to other major cryptocurrencies during the summer. The platform will review and list new tokens weekly, while highlighting risk warnings such as ownership concentration. True Markets aims to attract both new and existing users by optimizing trading speed, fees, and interface design. The company currently has 10 full-time employees and plans to achieve competitive advantages in price, speed, and user experience by late summer. Previously, in autumn 2024, the company raised $9.00 million in a seed funding round.

elizaOS Builder Demos – happening now Today we welcome @C_Monte_Crypto from Quantum (@Pipeline_btc), and @piffie from mc2finance (@mc2wali). - Quantum is a decentralized network of AI agents for financial intelligence, making investing easier. - mc2ventures is running an aa Digital Twin Agent per wallet for their crowdsourcing DeFi & ETF listing product

Weekly Crypto Update: May 5-11 📊Market Movements - Bitcoin is up 10.4% over the last 7 days, currently at $104,300 - Ethereum is sitting at $2,550 with a 39% increase from the previous week - Last week’s top 3 gainers were PI (+152%), WIF (+121%), and PEPE (+79%), while the top 3 losers were LEO (-8%), DEXE (-6%), and xAUt (-2%) - The crypto market’s Fear & Greed Index is at 73 Greed today - Crypto market capitalization is at $3.35 trillion, up 1.2% since yesterday - Bitcoin's market cap dominance is currently at 61.8%, Ethereum at 9.2%, and other cryptocurrencies at 29.1% - Stablecoins' market capitalization is down 0.01% in the last 7 days, currently at $242 billion, with USDT dominance at 61.99% - NFT sales volume increased by 186% over the previous 7 days, while total sales decreased by 9%, with 124,029 sales 🛡️Crypto Security - Ethereum’s network upgrade Pectra opened a dangerous attack vector that allows hackers to drain funds from wallets with just an off-chain signature - Hackers drained over $2 million from Mobius Token (MBU) smart contracts on BNB Chain network - 3 teenagers kidnapped a man at gunpoint, robbing $4 million worth of crypto and NFTs from him along with his passwords - A moderator’s account on Ledger’s Discord was compromised, and a bot was used to share scam links and steal seed phrases - Coinbase users are falling victim to social engineering scams through hackers posing as support staff, with $45 million stolen already - Inferno Drainer malware has been used to target Discord users and steal almost $10 million from wallets in 6 months 🌐Blockchain Tech & Gaming - Ethereum Foundation distributed over $32 million in grants in Q1 of 2025 to support its ecosystem, from educational grants and developer tools to zero-knowledge and execution layers - Adidas is partnering with Sui network-based game Xociety to release NFT mystery boxes May 16-23 on Tradeport - Pudgy Penguins’ game, Pengu Clash, was launched as early access on Telegram - Arbitrum Gaming Ventures to invest $10 million in web3 games and infrastructure 📃Regulatory Developments - Former UFC champion Conor McGregor proposes creating a national Bitcoin reserve for Ireland as part of his presidential campaign - Germany seized $38M in crypto from the Bybit hack from eXch that was used to launder the stolen funds; this marks 3rd biggest crypto seizure by Germany’s BKA 🗞️Miscellaneous - Bitcoin payments will be accepted at the Steak-n-Shake food chain starting May 16th - Japan’s Metaplanet added another $129 million worth of Bitcoin to its treasury, now holding more BTC than El Salvador - Institutional investors have been continuing to buy Bitcoin above $100k with sustained interest and inflows to ETFs - Saylor’s Strategy is accumulating Bitcoin faster than miner output, causing Bitcoin to have a -2.33% annual deflation rate, changing market dynamics - Elizabeth Warren demands that the Senate ban big tech corporations from issuing stablecoins, as Meta has been looking into re-entering the stablecoin market Have a successful week ahead! 🤝 - Swapin Team

Join @coinchangeio at the Consensus After Party during #Consensus2025 - an exclusive side event with @GainVentures, @GoodNewsVC & @YSpaceYU. Time & Date: May 15 | 4-6 PM. Startups pitch in 3-minute presentations + 5-minute Q&A - top projects are chosen by judges & investors. Timetable: 16:30-18:00 Pitch Competition (register via Luma: https://t.co/mo4cYH29HB) 18:00-18:15 Guest Gathering 18:15-19:15 Panel Discussion 19:15-21:00 Networking & Good Vibes Register here: https://t.co/mc77KPE9OT

SoSo Daily Mar 30 | Japan's FSA Considers Regulating Internal Trading of Crypto Assets, Plans to Classify Crypto Assets as Financial Instruments

The Space Dream of Crypto Tycoons: Investing $1 Billion to Build a Commercial Space Station

Solana Deletes Video Due to Advertising Controversy, Faces Criticism from Industry

Autoverse Studios Secures $1 Million Investment from Coinbase Ventures for Web3 Game Development

Bitget exchange’s VC Foresight Ventures acquired a majority stake in crypto media TheBlock from former CEO Michael McCaffrey in a deal that valued the company at $70 million, according to Bloomberg. The original CEO was required to repay a large secret loan from FTX Group.…

🔈 IDO Launch Incoming: dKloud @dKloud_io is redefining the cloud with a decentralized infrastructure platform that bridges traditional enterprise systems and DePIN. It enables developers to cut costs, deploy faster, and tap into a global compute layer — all without touching crypto. From AI chatbots to ESG proptech, dKloud is already powering the next wave of real-world applications. 🔥 Project Highlights 🔴 Ticker: $DKT | Token Type: Ethereum 🔴 Price: $0.027 🔴 Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 🔴 Initial Market Cap: $612,500 🔴 Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV): $27,000,000 🔗 View Tokenomics: https://t.co/mcN9Rnhoja 🛡 Backed by top-tier partners: Animoca, Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund, Baboon VC, Brinc, Genesis Block Ventures, Gate Labs, Avalaunch, Maven Capital, Telos 💎Whitelist Period: 🔘Starts: UTC, Jun 25 🔘Ends: UTC, Jun 27 💎IDO Timeline: 🔘Starts: UTC, Jun 28 🔘Ends: UTC, Jun 30 👉Join here: https://t.co/X9y9HV7taG Launch smarter. Build faster. Join the future of cloud with $DKT!

🔈 IDO Launch Incoming: dKloud @dKloud_io is redefining the cloud with a decentralized infrastructure platform that bridges traditional enterprise systems and DePIN. It enables developers to cut costs, deploy faster, and tap into a global compute layer — all without touching crypto. From AI chatbots to ESG proptech, dKloud is already powering the next wave of real-world applications. 🔥 Project Highlights 🔴 Ticker: $DKT | Token Type: Ethereum 🔴 Price: $0.027 🔴 Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 🔴 Initial Market Cap: $22,685,185 🔴 Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV): $27,000,000 🔴 Initial Circulating Supply: $612,500 🔗 View Tokenomics: https://t.co/mcN9Rnhoja 🛡 Backed by top-tier partners: Animoca, Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund, Baboon VC, Brinc, Genesis Block Ventures, Gate Labs, Avalaunch, Maven Capital, Telos 💎Whitelist Period: 🔘Starts: UTC, Jun 25 🔘Ends: UTC, Jun 27 💎IDO Timeline: 🔘Starts: UTC, Jun 28 🔘Ends: UTC, Jun 30 👉Join here: https://t.co/X9y9HV7taG Launch smarter. Build faster. Join the future of cloud with $DKT!

🔈 IDO Launch Incoming: dKloud @dKloud_io is redefining the cloud with a decentralized infrastructure platform that bridges traditional enterprise systems and DePIN. It enables developers to cut costs, deploy faster, and tap into a global compute layer — all without touching crypto. From AI chatbots to ESG proptech, dKloud is already powering the next wave of real-world applications. 🔥 Project Highlights 🔴 Ticker: $DKT | Token Type: Ethereum 🔴 Price: $0.027 🔴 Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 🔴 Initial Market Cap: $22,685,185 🔴 Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV): $27,000,000 🔴 Initial Circulating Supply: $612,500 🔗 View Tokenomics: https://t.co/mcN9Rnhoja 🛡 Backed by top-tier partners: Animoca, Blizzard Avalanche Ecosystem Fund, Baboon VC, Brinc, Genesis Block Ventures, Gate Labs, Avalaunch, Jade Protocol, Maven Capital, Telos 💎Whitelist Period: 🔘Starts: 03:00 UTC, Jun 25 🔘Ends: 08:00 UTC, Jun 27 💎IDO Timeline: 🔘Starts: 02:00 UTC, Jun 28 🔘Ends: 05:00 UTC, Jun 30 👉Join here: https://t.co/X9y9HV7taG Launch smarter. Build faster. Join the future of cloud with $DKT!

KCV Weekly Report 0616-0622

Canton blockchain developer Digital Asset raises $135 million in Goldman Sachs-backed round to accelerate adoption

Veda raises $18 million from CoinFund, Coinbase Ventures, GSR and others to scale its DeFi infrastructure

Stablecoin startup Ubyx secures $10 million in seed funding, led by Galaxy VenturesAccording to Bloomberg, Ubyx, a stablecoin startup founded by former Citigroup executive Tony McLaughlin, has secured $10 million in seed funding led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, and VanEck. The company aims to build a clearing system that connects stablecoin issuers with banks and fintech companies to solve interoperability issues in payment scenarios.Ubyx plans to establish a global stablecoin network similar to Visa and Mastercard, enabling cross-platform circulation of stablecoins issued by various institutions. Its system will support blockchains like Solana, Base, Canton, and XRP Ledger, and has already partnered with stablecoin issuers such as Paxos and Ripple. The network is expected to launch by the end of the year and will eventually support other digital asset forms like central bank digital currencies.

Ubyx, a stablecoin clearing startup founded by former Citigroup executive Tony McLaughlin, has announced the completion of a $10 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, and others. Ubyx plans to launch by the end of this year, initially supporting chains such as Solana and Base. https://t.co/oJny5gUZxO

According to Bloomberg, Ubyx Inc., a stablecoin clearing startup founded by former Citigroup executive Tony McLaughlin, has announced the completion of a $10.00 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, VanEck, and others. Ubyx is committed to building a clearing and interoperability network for stablecoin issuers, banks, and fintech companies to solve the current problems of stablecoin fragmentation and insufficient compatibility. Ubyx plans to launch by the end of this year, initially supporting chains such as Solana and Base, and has already partnered with Paxos, Ripple, AllUnity, and others. https://t.co/6gGfYL2ZBZ

Stablecoin liquidation startup Ubyx completes $10 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures

Ubyx completes $10 million seed round financing, led by Galaxy Ventures

Crypto trading platform True Markets completes $11.00 million Series A funding round, led by PayPal Ventures and Variant According to Fortune, crypto trading platform True Markets announced the completion of an $11.00 million Series A funding round, jointly led by PayPal Ventures and Variant, with existing investors such as RRE Ventures and Reciprocal Ventures participating. The company was co-founded by former Goldman Sachs and Coinbase employees Vishal Gupta and Patrick McCreary. This week, it will launch a Solana on-chain trading application aimed at retail investors. True Markets' core trading system, TrueX, uses a non-custodial model with assets held by Paxos, currently supporting spot trading of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. The newly launched mobile app will initially support trading of Solana ecosystem tokens, with plans to gradually expand to other major cryptocurrencies during the summer. The platform will review and list new tokens weekly, while highlighting risk warnings such as ownership concentration. True Markets aims to attract both new and existing users by optimizing trading speed, fees, and interface design. The company currently has 10 full-time employees and plans to achieve competitive advantages in price, speed, and user experience by late summer. Previously, in autumn 2024, the company raised $9.00 million in a seed funding round.

elizaOS Builder Demos – happening now Today we welcome @C_Monte_Crypto from Quantum (@Pipeline_btc), and @piffie from mc2finance (@mc2wali). - Quantum is a decentralized network of AI agents for financial intelligence, making investing easier. - mc2ventures is running an aa Digital Twin Agent per wallet for their crowdsourcing DeFi & ETF listing product

Weekly Crypto Update: May 5-11 📊Market Movements - Bitcoin is up 10.4% over the last 7 days, currently at $104,300 - Ethereum is sitting at $2,550 with a 39% increase from the previous week - Last week’s top 3 gainers were PI (+152%), WIF (+121%), and PEPE (+79%), while the top 3 losers were LEO (-8%), DEXE (-6%), and xAUt (-2%) - The crypto market’s Fear & Greed Index is at 73 Greed today - Crypto market capitalization is at $3.35 trillion, up 1.2% since yesterday - Bitcoin's market cap dominance is currently at 61.8%, Ethereum at 9.2%, and other cryptocurrencies at 29.1% - Stablecoins' market capitalization is down 0.01% in the last 7 days, currently at $242 billion, with USDT dominance at 61.99% - NFT sales volume increased by 186% over the previous 7 days, while total sales decreased by 9%, with 124,029 sales 🛡️Crypto Security - Ethereum’s network upgrade Pectra opened a dangerous attack vector that allows hackers to drain funds from wallets with just an off-chain signature - Hackers drained over $2 million from Mobius Token (MBU) smart contracts on BNB Chain network - 3 teenagers kidnapped a man at gunpoint, robbing $4 million worth of crypto and NFTs from him along with his passwords - A moderator’s account on Ledger’s Discord was compromised, and a bot was used to share scam links and steal seed phrases - Coinbase users are falling victim to social engineering scams through hackers posing as support staff, with $45 million stolen already - Inferno Drainer malware has been used to target Discord users and steal almost $10 million from wallets in 6 months 🌐Blockchain Tech & Gaming - Ethereum Foundation distributed over $32 million in grants in Q1 of 2025 to support its ecosystem, from educational grants and developer tools to zero-knowledge and execution layers - Adidas is partnering with Sui network-based game Xociety to release NFT mystery boxes May 16-23 on Tradeport - Pudgy Penguins’ game, Pengu Clash, was launched as early access on Telegram - Arbitrum Gaming Ventures to invest $10 million in web3 games and infrastructure 📃Regulatory Developments - Former UFC champion Conor McGregor proposes creating a national Bitcoin reserve for Ireland as part of his presidential campaign - Germany seized $38M in crypto from the Bybit hack from eXch that was used to launder the stolen funds; this marks 3rd biggest crypto seizure by Germany’s BKA 🗞️Miscellaneous - Bitcoin payments will be accepted at the Steak-n-Shake food chain starting May 16th - Japan’s Metaplanet added another $129 million worth of Bitcoin to its treasury, now holding more BTC than El Salvador - Institutional investors have been continuing to buy Bitcoin above $100k with sustained interest and inflows to ETFs - Saylor’s Strategy is accumulating Bitcoin faster than miner output, causing Bitcoin to have a -2.33% annual deflation rate, changing market dynamics - Elizabeth Warren demands that the Senate ban big tech corporations from issuing stablecoins, as Meta has been looking into re-entering the stablecoin market Have a successful week ahead! 🤝 - Swapin Team

Join @coinchangeio at the Consensus After Party during #Consensus2025 - an exclusive side event with @GainVentures, @GoodNewsVC & @YSpaceYU. Time & Date: May 15 | 4-6 PM. Startups pitch in 3-minute presentations + 5-minute Q&A - top projects are chosen by judges & investors. Timetable: 16:30-18:00 Pitch Competition (register via Luma: https://t.co/mo4cYH29HB) 18:00-18:15 Guest Gathering 18:15-19:15 Panel Discussion 19:15-21:00 Networking & Good Vibes Register here: https://t.co/mc77KPE9OT

SoSo Daily Mar 30 | Japan's FSA Considers Regulating Internal Trading of Crypto Assets, Plans to Classify Crypto Assets as Financial Instruments

The Space Dream of Crypto Tycoons: Investing $1 Billion to Build a Commercial Space Station

Solana Deletes Video Due to Advertising Controversy, Faces Criticism from Industry

Autoverse Studios Secures $1 Million Investment from Coinbase Ventures for Web3 Game Development