Sora Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on the Bitcoin ecosystem, has announced the successful raise of $3 million to launch a Runes Liquid Fund, a new investment vehicle dedicated to investing in liquid assets on the Runes Protocol. Investors include Bankless Ventures, SpaceshipDAO, entities from BTC Inc. Bitcoin Magazine, and Serafund. Runes refers to The post Runes Liquid Fund launches with $3 million investment as halving nears appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Memecoins are a controversial topic that I usually go out of my way to avoid. While some view them as a lighthearted way to engage with the crypto community, others see them as nothing more than a speculative gamble with no real value. Further, my personal view is that much of the memecoin sector hurts The post Lens memecoins are built different – Bonsai becomes first genuine community token appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Crypto exchange Bitget unveiled its new Web3 leadership program called “Bitget COO Apprentice” in Europe, offering young talent an opportunity to work directly with the company’s executive team and gain hands-on experience in the industry. Per the announcement, the internship falls under Bitget’s Blockchain4Youth initiative and aims to provide participants with deep insights into the The post Bitget launches crypto Apprentice program to train next generation of web3 talent appeared first on CryptoSlate.

There has been an increase in bank accounts belonging to crypto professionals being frozen or restricted across the UK, US, and EU over the past few months. They say you often don’t care about something until it happens to you; well, this week, it did. To my genuine surprise, it came from the one place The post Even crypto friendly UK banks freeze accounts in fear of crypto transactions appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has today updated the list of Authorized Participants (APs) for its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), IBIT. The ETF, which has been live since January 10, 2024, allows investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin without directly holding the digital assets. According to the latest prospectus, BlackRock has added five The post BlackRock adds 5 new APs to spot Bitcoin ETF including Goldman Sachs, Citadel, Citigroup appeared first on CryptoSlate.