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Mapping the rising Israeli blockchain and crypto startups

09.03.23|CTech

In a little over three months, five different Israeli startups in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors have raised significant funding

Chain Reaction raises another $70 million for blockchain and privacy chip

23.02.23|Meir Orbach

The Israeli startup, which took its total funding to date to $115 million, aims to drive high-performance hardware for blockchain and privacy in data centers and clouds

Crypto security startup Chaos Labs raises $20 million in Seed funding led by Galaxy and PayPal

21.02.23|Meir Orbach

The Israeli startup provides protocols with custom and automated economic security tooling that verifies a protocol's durability and stability in any market condition

“Blockchain is still an incredibly hot technology. We excised some cancers from the body and feel a lot better”

14.02.23|Allon Sinai

Joe Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys, isn’t letting last year’s collapse or any of the naysayers dampen his enthusiasm for the future of blockchain and cryptocurrencies

חוויית המטאוורס החדשנית של חברת היופי לוריאל

From Metaverse to NFT: The disappointing tech hypes of 2022

27.12.22|Viki Auslender

A sober look at the big technological hopes of 2022, plus a glimpse at the big, promising, successful hypes which will fill our dreams in 2023

CyVers raises $8 million to secure blockchain transactions

01.12.22|CTech

The Israeli startup’s solution captures transactions during the few moments between the time a transaction is broadcasted and when it is registered irreversibly to a blockchain ledger

ועידת Tech TLV 2022 רונן אסיא שותף מנהל, Team8 ומייסד משותף, eToro

eToro co-founder: “We are seeing investors move from crypto to bonds and shares”

01.12.22|Raphael Kahan

“Taking the latest collapses and making assumptions regarding the entire crypto industry is wrong,” noted Ronen Assia, Co-founder of eToro and a Partner at investment fund Team8 Fintech

סם בנקמן-פרייד סם בנקמן פרייד מייסד בורסת הקריפטו FTX שקרסה

How did some of the world’s largest VCs miss all the warning signs and invest in FTX

22.11.22|Viki Auslender

The promise of easy and fast money attracted the likes of SoftBank, Sequoia, and Tiger Global to FTX and SBF, but they are all now paying the price for investing huge amounts in risky companies that engaged in scandalous leveraged trading

Temperature rising: A glimpse behind management’s door during the Celsius collapse

19.10.22|Viki Auslender

With the fall of the crypto company and the resignation of two of its founders, the problematic behavior of its executives becomes more exposed. A murky picture emerges of a company that doesn’t know how to manage risks or their customers' money, while managers withdrew millions while begging customers not to

Celsius co-founders cashed out over $42 million shortly before collapse

06.10.22|CTech

Former CEO Alex Mashinsky, former CSO Daniel Leon, and CTO Nuke Goldstein withdrew the funds shortly before the crypto lender suspended withdrawals and filed for bankruptcy

CEO of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius steps down

28.09.22|Reuters

"I regret that my continued role as CEO has become an increasing distraction, and I am very sorry about the difficult financial circumstances members of our community are facing," Alex Mashinsky said in a statement

The scientist who almost made Mark Zuckerberg president of the World Bank

23.09.22|Viki Auslender

Project Diem, the megalomaniac experiment led by Facebook, aimed to create a unified digital currency that will allow easy transfer of funds and payments between billions of people. The person who led the development of the currency was Prof. Dahlia Malkhi, one of the world's leading computer scientists. Now, in a rare interview from the bowels of the powerful technology giant, she reveals how the system was going to work, and why the fear of Facebook's power led to the collapse of the venture

מייסדי פיירבלוקס Fireblocks מימין עידן עפרת מיכאל שאולוב פבל ברנגולץ

Fireblocks hits $100 million in annual revenue despite crypto downturn

12.09.22|CTech

This achievement places Fireblocks among a rare subset of SaaS unicorns — including Slack and Twilio — that have reached this coveted valuation milestone in less than five years

מוסף שבועי 8.9.22 מיכאל שאולוב מנכל פייארבלוק

“So, Celsius collapsed. Lehman also collapsed and the economy didn't stop"

11.09.22|Sophie Shulman

From his perch in the heart of the crypto world, Michael Shaulov, CEO of Fireblocks, looks at the collapse of digital currencies - and is not moved. In an exclusive interview, the man who knows the entire industry personally explains why the "crypto winter" is unfounded hysteria, where the regulator failed in the Celsius affair, and why the U.S. Congress is consulting him on how to fix the industry

Bankrupt Celsius sues ex-money manager over tens of millions in losses

24.08.22|Reuters and CTech

The collapsed crypto lender is accusing Jason Stone and his company KeyFi of "gross negligence" and "extraordinarily inept" crypto investing

מייסדי צלזיוס מימין אלכס משינסקי ו דניאל לאון

Crypto lender Celsius is "deeply insolvent", says U.S. state regulator

13.07.22|Reuters and CTech

Celsius has been involved in an unregistered securities offering, selling cryptocurrency interest accounts to retail investors including investors in Vermont, said Vermont's Department of Financial Regulation (DFR). State securities regulators in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas and Washington are investigating the company's decision to suspend customer redemptions

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

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

Zero degrees Celsius: What will happen to the assets frozen by the collapsing crypto platform?

13.06.22|Viki Auslender

The Israeli-American crypto company has frozen the assets of its 1.7 million users. How did this happen, is the company exposed to lawsuits, and what are the implications for the entire digital asset market?

Crypto firm Celsius pauses all transfers, withdrawals as markets tumble

13.06.22|Reuters

The American-Israeli cryptocurrency lending firm said it was taking “this necessary action... in order to stabilize liquidity and operations while we take steps to preserve and protect assets"

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