Latest from Ian Allison
Decentraland Founder Unveils Project of Bringing NFTs to 'Big-Time' Video Games
Decentraland co-founder Ari Meilich is teaming up with gaming industry heavyweights to launch Big Time Studios. Everyone from Ashton Kutcher to Sam Bankman-Fried is involved in the $10.3 million Series A round of funding.

DARMA Capital Bets $3M on Scalable DeFi Exchange With Settlement Finality
Nahmii, not Polygon, is where DARMA is placing its bet on layer 2 scaling solutions.

DeFi More Disruptive to Banks Than Bitcoin, Says ING
ING’s deep dive into DeFi includes a case study of lending platform Aave.

DeFi Conglomerate Equilibrium Raises $8.5M to Win a Place on Polkadot
Phase one for the project reached its 250,000 DOT token hard cap. Phase two is looking to net the remaining 750,000 DOT required to land a parachain.

NYSE-Owner ICE Sold Coinbase Stake for $1.2B
The NYSE participated in Coinbase’s Series C $75 million funding round in January 2015.

Team Behind Argo Blockchain Launches London-Listed DeFi Fund
Dispersion Holdings lists on Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market using an auspicious ticker symbol: DEFI.

Commerzbank, Deutsche Börse Team Up for Tokenized Real Estate and Art Marketplace
The financial institutions are working with fintech firm 360X, with first tokenized transactions coming later this year.

Crypto Trading Business Apifiny Snags FINRA Broker-Dealer License
Apifiny connects professional traders with 40-odd global exchanges to search the best execution prices.

Bumper, a DeFi-Based Crypto Volatility Protection Plan, Raises $10M
The project shields users from crypto’s dips. Under the hood, it’s all about DeFi.

'AWS for Blockchains' Alchemy Closes $80M Funding Round at $505M Valuation
Alchemy powers most of DeFi and almost all the big NFT platforms. The round was co-led by Coatue Management.

