Elrond Network has started a collaboration with Bloktopia, the VR metaverse that aims to become the edutainment hub for all levels of crypto experience.

https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-vr-metaverse-bloktopia/

Mastercard says any bank or merchant on its vast network can soon offer crypto services.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/25/mastercard-says-any-bank-or-merchant-on-its-vast-network-can-soon-offer-crypto-services.html

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Binance Marketplace Public Beta Test is now open to company developers.

Binance Marketplace offers powerful features that bring your business right to the Binance app, reach millions of users worldwide, and gain exposure to the most passionate crypto community in the world.

http://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/b2dc6c3d7e794bc89dffa7dbd5f7603e

Crypto VC firm Sino Global Capital launches $200 million fund with backing from FTX.

The fund will invest across crypto projects, including DeFi and NFT infrastructure.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/121875/crypto-vc-firm-sino-global-capital-200-million-fund-ftx

Solana has reached a new ATH, approaching $219.

It seems that Reddit is going to launch an NFT Platform.

Reddit is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer, NFT Platform.

https://boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/3454478

NEAR Protocol is launching an $800 million ecosystem grants program.

After the news, the NEAR price increased by 32% and reached a new ATH.

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/10/25/near-protocol-offers-800m-in-grants-in-bid-for-defi-mindshare/

The NFT toy firm OnChain Studios has raised $7.5 million in a seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) to develop Cryptoys: a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform that combines digital toys and gaming.

Investors: Dapper Labs, Draper & Associates, CoinFund, Sound Ventures, Collab + Currency and WndrCo.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/25/a16z-leads-75m-funding-round-in-nft-toy-firm-onchain-studios/

Tesla may soon resume support for crypto payments.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/telsa-hints-it-may-soon-resume-support-for-crypto-payments

CoinList has raised $100 million in Series A funding, bringing CoinList’s valuation to $1.5 billion.

The round is co-led by early CoinList backer, Accomplice, alongside Agman.

Investors: Access Ventures, Alphemy Capital, Broadhaven Ventures, Continue Capital, CMT Digital, DFG, FBG Capital, Fenbushi Capital, executives from GoldenTree Asset Management, Hack VC, HashKey Capital, Jsquare, LD Capital, Metaplanet, Perpetual Value Partners, Rising Tide Fund, and Taavet+Sten and Imperii Partners.

https://blog.coinlist.co/coinlist-raises-100m-series-a-to-fuel-global-expansion/

Immunefi, a crypto startup that helps DeFi protocols launch bug bounty programs on its platform, has raised $5.5 million in a seed funding round.

Electric Capital and Blueprint Forest co-led the round, with Framework Ventures, IDEO Colab, The LAO, BR Capital, and North Island Ventures, also participating, among other investors.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/122010/defi-bug-bounty-platform-immunefi-seed-funding

KYVE, a protocol that enables data providers to seamlessly store and verify their data streams, has raised $2.8M.

Its second funding round led by Permanent Ventures and Hypersphere Ventures, and with contributions from Zee Prime and CMS Holdings.

Arweave, Avalanche Foundation, Interchain Foundation, NEAR Foundation, Solana Foundation and others are also involved.

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/10/26/data-pipeline-protocol-kyve-raises-28m-from-industry-insiders/

UniLend Finance has announced a technical partnership with the blockchain querying service Covalent.

https://unilend.medium.com/ushering-in-a-new-era-of-transparency-with-covalent-514bcd49419b

SIPHER, a 3D live action RPG, PvE, & PvP blockchain game, secures $6.8M in the seed round.

The round was led by Arrington Capital, Hashed and Konvoy Ventures.

Investors: Defiance Capital, Signum Capital, Dragonfly Capital, CMT Digital, BitKraft Ventures, Delphi Digital, Alameda Research, Fenbushi Capital, Sfermion, Hyperchain, GBV, Kyber Network, Coin98 Ventures, YGG and Merit Circle.

https://medium.com/sipherxyz/sipher-secures-6-8m-in-seed-round-d73cbaf1ab13

Binance NFT has launched the IGO or Initial Game Offering.

DeRace became the first project.

https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684902953/nft/binance-nft-launches-igo-welcoming-the-next-generation-of-gaming
https://twitter.com/TheBinanceNFT/status/1452967746052902913?s=20

Drift Labs, a scalable, decentralised, capital-efficient derivatives exchange built on Solana, has raised $3.8M in the seed round led by Multicoin Capital.

Alameda Research, Jump Capital, LedgerPrime, Not3Lau Capital (Darren & Daryl Lau), QCP Capital, Robot Ventures (Tarun Chitra and Robert Leshner) and ROK Capital also participated in the round.

Notable angel investors include: Jason Choi (Spartan Capital), Julian Koh (Ribbon Finance), Loi Luu (Kyber), Celia Wan (Dragonfly Capital), Dom Tsang (Solana), Hassan Bassiri (Arca), Windra Thio (Element), Zhuoxun Yin (Coinbase/dYdX).

https://driftprotocol.medium.com/drift-labs-raises-3-8-million-in-seed-round-8c4ed64f2080

Adobe is launching a feature in Photoshop to create an image as an NFT, which will add attribution information to the image.

The software company is partnering with NFT marketplaces OpenSea, KnownOrigin, Rarible, and SuperRare to display the credentials.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/122118/adobe-partners-with-opensea-and-other-nft-marketplaces-to-display-content-credentials

Swivel Finance, a tokenized cash-flow DeFi project, has raised $3.5m to optimize Fixed-Yield Markets.

Investors: Multicoin Capital, CMT Digital, IOSG Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, SevenX Ventures, and OkEx.

New angels/advisors include: Ryan Selkis (Messari), Ajit Tripathi (Aave), Matt Batsinelas (Unnanounced / Ex-Altonomy).

https://swivel.substack.com/p/swivel-finance-raises-an-additional

The Graph Foundation has announced that Graph Node now supports indexing NEAR, a Layer 1 blockchain.

This makes NEAR the first non-EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) compatible blockchain supported by Graph Node.
NEAR indexing is available in beta on The Graph’s hosted service.

https://thegraph.com/blog/graph-near

Mastercard and Bakkt partner to offer innovative crypto and loyalty solutions.

https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2021/october/mastercard-and-bakkt-partner-to-offer-innovative-crypto-and-loyalty-solutions/