On February 9, the American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C., the Washington Nationals, announced the team has partnered with Terra, the open-source blockchain platform and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The Washington Nationals detail that the team is a “leading innovator” and is “consistently introducing new technologies to enhance the fan experience.” Washington Nationals Ink Long-Term Deal With Terra Major League Baseball (MLB) team the Washington Nationals has partnered with the blockchain platform and DAO Terra, according to an announcement published by the team on Wednesday. The deal with Terra follows a slew of sports-related deals with crypto firms, but the MLB team will be the first to partner with an open-source blockchain project. In addition to the partnership, the algorithmic stablecoin UST that’s issued on the Terra blockchain will be “accepted as a payment method at Nationals Park as early as next season.” “The Nationals continue t...
The blockchain analytics firm have amassed data points on 98% of the market's digital assets.
Cryptocurrency risk management firm Elliptic have announced a $60 million Series C funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners and supported by a panoply of venture capital firms including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, as well as existing relations AlbionVC, Digital Currency Group, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital and SBI Group, amongst others.
Elliptic's history of funding charts a consistent increase, with their debut funding raise in 2016 totalling $5 million, while their second raise across late 2019 to early 2020 raising an additional $28 million.
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, Elliptic captures analytical data from the blockchain sector to provide anti money laundering and compliance services to fintech institutions, governmental and legislative groups and crypto organizations from financial crime, in addition to enhancing their tolerability to risk.
According to the company’s announcement, two thirds of all cryptocurrency volume traded worldwide occurs on exchanges that utilize Elliptic’s risk management and analytical data solution. In addition to this, the firm boasts to have attained 20 billion data points across a span of 98% of the sector’s assets by market capitalization.
Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic, spoke on the importance of safety in accessing crypto assets, and also added:
“This fundraising round is an endorsement of the opportunity for crypto assets in the financial industry - and our absolutely critical role in the ecosystem.”
In June 2020, Elliptic was recognized by the World Economic Forum as one of 100 early to growth-stage projects at the cutting-edge of technological innovation. The firm was designated into the Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies category alongside notable industry figures Chainlink and MakerDAO, as well as Lighting Labs, Ripio and Veridium Labs.
Founder of Evolution Equity Partners, Richard Seewald commented on the potential impact that the funding raise could have on Elliptic’s enterprise ambitions:
“The latest fundraise provides Elliptic more resources to expand their market-leading crypto asset risk management to financial organizations, businesses and regulatory authorities around the world.”https://ift.tt/3mI0Cur
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