Why bitcoin is losing its luster after stratospheric rise

techxplore - Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, sank this week, wiping out gains sparked by Donald Trump's presidential election victory in November 2024.

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Sweden Startup Fintower Raises €1.5M In Oversubscribed Seed Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Gothenburg-based Fintower has successfully closed an oversubscribed €1.5 million seed round, drawing support from both new and existing investors. Participants include Chalmers Ventures, Akka, the Stena family via William Olsson, several entrepreneurs and…

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Funding Europe’s “second renaissance”: Barcelona’s Kembara hits €750 million first close for €1 billion DeepTech fund

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Barcelona-based Kembara, which claims to be Europe’s largest dedicated DeepTech growth fund, today announced a €750M first close toward its €1 billion target. The fund is now actively investing in “breakthrough” DeepTech science and engineering companies.…

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French IT Scale-Up Fleet Raises First External Capital At €100M Valuation

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Fleet, a Paris-based scale-up specialising in IT fleet management, equipment, and security for SMEs, has welcomed ISAI Expansion into its capital via the ISAI Expansion III fund, at a valuation of €100 million. ISAI Expansion, part of ISAI Gestion, target…

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Incard closes £10M Series A to expand its financial platform

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - London-based Incard, a financial platformfor high-growth digital companies, has raised £10 million in Series A fundingled by Smartfin, with participation from Founders Capital, MountFund, and angelinv...

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Constructor Capital closes $110M Fund I for science-first founders

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Constructor Capital, the Swiss venture arm of theConstructor Group ecosystem, has closed its first fund at $110 million toinvest in seed and Series A startups across deeptech, software, and edtech.The...

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Solana DeFi platform step finance hit by $27 million treasury hack as token price craters

Francisco Rodrigues / coindesk - The platform's governance token (STEP) plummeted over 80% following the announcement amid a wider crypto market drawdown.

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Pasqal backer daphni closes €260M Blue fund to transform lab breakthroughs into startups

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Europe is packed with scientific talent, with 2.2 million researchers. France alone pours €60B a year into labs.…

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Coinbase Rolls Out Kalshi-Powered Prediction Markets Across United States

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - Leading American crypto exchange Coinbase has launched its own prediction markets offering, powered by Kalshi.

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b2venture closes €150M Fund V at hard cap to support the next generation of European tech leaders

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - b2venturehas closed its Fund V at €150 million, reaching the hard cap and marking thefirm’s largest early-stage fund to date. The fund is supported by a mix oflong-standing and new limited partners, i...

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Tether Launches US-Regulated USAT Stablecoin Issued By Anchorage Digital

André Beganski / decrypt - Tether debuted USAT in partnership with Anchorage Digital, representing the El Salvador-based firm's first GENIUS Act-compliant product.

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With Clue and Lovehoney as partners, Evaro secures €21 million to expand NHS-licensed embedded health services

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Evaro, an NHS-licensed digital healthcare platform serving over 2 million patients, today announced it has closed a €21 million ($25 million) Series A funding round to expand across treatment areas (women’s health, men’s health, and longevity medicine), c…

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Ricursive Intelligence nabs $300M to speed up chip design with AI

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Ricursive Intelligence Inc., a startup that plans to use artificial intelligence to speed up chip development, has raised $300 million in funding at a $4 billion valuation. Lightspeed led the Series A investment. Recursive disclosed in its funding announc…

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2150 closes €210M Fund II, lifts assets to €500M to back urban and industrial climate tech

Cate Lawrence / tech - Venture firm 2150 today announced the final close of its €210 million second fund, bringing total assets under management to €500 million. The fund remains focused on backing technology companies se...

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SEC to dismiss Gemini Earn lawsuit with prejudice after full investor recovery, ending three-year battle

Zack Abrams / theblock - The dismissal follows the 100% in-kind return of crypto assets to Gemini Earn investors through the Genesis Global Capital bankruptcy process.

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UBS to Launch Bitcoin Trading for Select Wealth Clients in Switzerland

Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR UBS is preparing to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to a select group of Swiss private banking clients. The bank is exploring partnerships with third-party providers to manage trading execution, custody, and compliance. UBS aims to limit its balan…

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Binance Files for MiCA License in Greece Ahead of July 1 EU Deadline

Simon Chandler / decrypt - Binance’s application for MiCA is reportedly being fast-tracked, after the exchange established a holding company in Greece in December.

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