venture capital
Startale Group has successfully closed its Series A funding round, raising a total of $63 million to accelerate the development of its vertically integrated blockchain ecosystem. The final tally was reached following a significant $50 million second-close investment from the Japanese financial titan SBI Group, complementing an initial $13 million
bitcoin
Blockstream, the global leader in Bitcoin-powered financial infrastructure, is expanding its global footprint with the opening of a new Tokyo office, marking a major advance in Bitcoin’s evolution in Japan and throughout Asia. Partnering with Diamond Hands, Japan’s leading Bitcoin strategic consultancy, and Fulgur Ventures, a top investor
blockchain
The three blockchain-related companies under Sony Group, Sony Block Solutions Labs, S.BLOX, and SNFT, have announced the launch of the "Soneium" mainnet, along with an updated version of cryptoasset exchange services and an NFT issuance platform. As creators' activities diversify in the future, content on Web3
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Startale Cloud Services (SCS) hosted a Twitter Space discussion yesterday, focused on the key technologies driving mass adoption in Web3, particularly account abstraction, zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), and AI agents. Cody (Moderator) initiates the discussion by introducing Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Group, and Jake Loo, CTO and co-founder of thirdweb.