Crypto

20 stories about Crypto
איטורו Etoro

eToro valued at $2.5 billion in massive $120 million secondary deal

31.07.23|Sophie Shulman
The buyers in the transaction are two of the largest investors from the company's previous funding round
משה חוגג יושב ראש ו בעלים של ביתר ירושלים

Moshe Hogeg returns to crypto business with Tomi while he awaits decision on fraud charges

11.06.23|Amir Kurz and Viki Auslender
Hogeg, who was arrested about a year and a half ago, among other things, on suspicion of defrauding crypto investors of hundreds of millions of dollars, revealed last week at a conference in Marrakech that he is part of the team behind cryptocurrency Tomi

The environmental pollution behind the boom in artificial intelligence

23.04.23|Viki Auslender, Shani Ashkenazi
Huge server farms that power AI have a climate impact that could increase to 14% of global carbon emissions
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Twitter partners with Israel-founded eToro to offer stocks and crypto on the platform

13.04.23|James Spiro
It is understood that the partnership will expand Twitter’s ‘cashtags’ to cover many more asset classes and include a button that will send users directly to the eToro website
צ'נגפנג זאו CZ מייסד ומנכ"ל בייננס Binance  קריפטו

Israeli regulators investigating Binance again after ordering it to shut unlicensed local activity last year

15.02.23|Golan Hazani
The Capital Market Authority is checking information according to which the Binance crypto exchange has returned to operating in Israel through a local website, even though it did not receive a license to do so
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Nilos raises $5.2 million to unify crypto and fiat treasuries for businesses

21.09.22|James Spiro
The company provides a platform for businesses to connect crypto wallets, corporate bank accounts, and payment service providers to centralize all their treasury operations
מטבעות קריפטו

Israelis suspected of laundering millions through crypto after defrauding French state treasury

15.08.22|Omer Kurtz
After an undercover investigation in cooperation with Europol and the French police, three people were arrested by Israel police suspected of stealing and laundering tens of millions of shekels
מוסף שבועי 4.8.22 ג'יימס האוולס

How to find 8,000 bitcoins buried under 110,000 tons of garbage

04.08.22|Roni Dori
In the depths of a landfill in Wales rests a hard drive with bitcoins currently worth around $185 million. James Howells, the man who accidentally threw the drive in the trash nine years ago, explains his crazy plan to locate, extract and restore the lost coins
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Web3 gaming studio UnCaged, builder of MonkeyLeague, raises $24 million Series A

14.07.22|CTech
The Israeli startup developed its esports franchise on its own platform, which is also designed to support both Web3-native studios and Web2 development houses looking to jump into the crypto gaming ecosystem
מייסדי צלזיוס מימין אלכס משינסקי  ו דניאל לאון

Crypto lender Celsius sued for being a Ponzi scheme

08.07.22|Reuters and CTech
A former investment manager at the ailing American-Israeli cryptocurrency platform claims it used customer deposits to rig the price of its own crypto token and failed to properly hedge risk
טל וויזר פינסטרה

How banks, regulation, and the business world are addressing the current crypto crisis

23.06.22|Tal Weiser
“The crisis is an opportunity to examine fundamental issues in the market, resolve regulatory issues and instill confidence among all stakeholders,” writes Tal Weiser, Managing Director Sales, Global Services International Payments at Finastra
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Bitcoin is crashing - but don’t rule out crypto just yet, says Intuit

16.06.22|James Spiro
Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi joined CTech during a visit to Israel to discuss blockchain technology in the fintech space
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Solidus Labs secures $45 million Series B to monitor crypto market integrity and risk

12.05.22|CTech
The Israeli startup’s crypto-native risk monitoring suite serves dozens of leading crypto and DeFi platforms, financial institutions, and regulators, monitoring more than 1 trillion trading events per day in more than 150 markets
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Tomer Niv joins Entrée Capital to focus on crypto and blockchain investments

03.05.22|CTech
Niv will lead crypto investments in Israel and work with existing portfolio companies on their Web3 strategy
ועידת Mind The Tech איזבל פגמן מנהלת בכירה ראש מכירות פרטיות באירופה Sotheby's

“A year ago I didn’t know what an NFT was, now we sell them on all our platforms”

24.03.22|Viki Auslender
Isabelle Paagman, Senior Director, European Head of Private Sales at Sotheby’s, discussed how NFTs are becoming one of the company’s hottest sales
ועידת Mind The Tech דניאל לאון מייסד שותף ואסטרטג ראשי צלזיוס

Celsius co-founder: "Crypto is the main weapon in the war in Ukraine"

23.03.22|Meir Orbach
Daniel Leon made the remarks at Calcalist's Mind the Tech London 2022 conference. Leon: "A minister in the Ukrainian government published the address of the government's wallet on the web and the result was donations of $100 million"
אלי בן ששון מאיה זהבי עמרי בן דוד

Taking stock of Israel’s blockchain and crypto landscape in 2022

17.03.22|Allon Sinai
Despite some notable success stories, Israel’s tech sector has been slow in embracing the Web3 movement. But is it too late for blockchain and crypto to follow in the footsteps of cybersecurity to become a lucrative source of export and pride for the country?
 ועידת ניו יורק 2021 דינה פסקא רז שותפה וראש מערך טכנולוגיה KPMG ,ישראל

Fintech and crypto investments surge in 2021

17.03.22|Meir Orbach
According to a KPMG report, $210 billion was invested globally in fintech in 2021, showing a 68% leap from the previous year. Investments in cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies leapt more than fivefold to $30 billion
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PayPal CEO Dan Schulman: "Cryptocurrencies will redefine the financial world"

17.03.22|James Spiro
The head of the fintech powerhouse made the remarks when answering CTech's questions ahead of his video keynote speech at Axis Tel Aviv 2022