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20 stories about Blockchain
בלוקצ'יין קריפטו מטבעות דיגיטליים 2

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 co-founders

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
עומר גולדברג מנכ"ל Chaos Labs

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
Or Assaf Ironblocks

Blockchain security platform Ironblocks raises $7 million in Seed

15.02.23|James Spiro
The Israeli startup is developing a smart contract-based security solution that operates on-chain to automate threat detection and enable DeFi protocols, Web3 platforms, market makers, and cross-chain bridges to take action to stop hackers
Joe Lubin

“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
Addressable Team

Addressable raises $7.5 million in Seed to help scale user acquisition for Web3 companies

31.01.23|James Spiro
The company is building a SaaS platform for Web3 marketers to help teams reach audiences in the era of anonymous blockchain accounts
CyVers founders

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
מטבעות קריפטו

INX battling Binance for assets of bankrupt Voyager Digital

30.11.22|CTech
The Israeli-founded crypto platform is vying for the assets of the lending platform after bidding reopened following the collapse of FTX
Ira Winkler CYE

“We will lose lots of money in the lunacy of web3”

15.11.22|James Spiro
CYE’s new Field CISO Ira Winkler joined CTech to discuss the future of cyber attacks in a new internet
בלוקצ'יין קריפטו מטבעות דיגיטליים 2

Israel to issue government bonds on a blockchain

19.10.22|CTech
The Israel Ministry of Finance and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange have established a joint team with VMware and Fireblocks to perform a Proof of Concept for the issuance of government bonds on a blockchain platform
ג'יי פי מורגן

Ownera raises $20 million Series A, including from J.P. Morgan, for blockchain interoperability network

14.09.22|CTech
The Israeli startup’s offering connects any type of securities tokenization engine on any public or private blockchain, or even on traditional ledgers
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
Shy Datika  INX

“Blockchain will replace all of the financial industry as we know it”

25.07.22|James Spiro
Shy Datika, Co-Founder and CEO at INX Digital Company, which operates a cryptocurrency and digital securities trading platform licensed by U.S and EU regulators, believes more regulation by governments will improve some of the pitfalls currently seen on the blockchain
UnCaged MonkeyLeague

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
טייניטאפ tinytap אפליקציות ילדים

Edtech startup TinyTap acquired by blockchain gaming unicorn Animoca Brands at $50 million valuation

16.06.22|CTech
Animoca Brands said it will leverage the acquisition of the Israeli company to establish a new business segment for blockchain-based UGC educational content
Sasan Goodarzi - Intuit

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
אורי קולודני ואלי בן ששון סטארקוור

StarkWare valuation hits $8 billion with $100 million Series D

25.05.22|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company, which develops scalability and privacy solutions for blockchain technology, has quadrupled its valuation in six months
אדם נוימן מייסד WeWork היום משקיע נדל"ן

Adam Neumann-backed climate tech startup Flowcarbon raises $70 million from a16z, token sale

24.05.22|Reuters
The blockchain-enabled carbon credit trading platform aims to tap into the growing market for carbon credits companies buy to offset their greenhouse gas emissions
NFT Conference participants

“NFT market participants need a clear signal that the technology is not a new shady area”

16.05.22|CTech
Dr. Shlomit Wagman-Ratner, former Director-General of the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA), was speaking at a conference focused on NFT regulation co-organized by Reichman University and M. Firon law firm