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1.1 Million In USDC Invested Into Uniswap and PoolTogether By Coinbase

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Coinbase, one of the world’s heavyweight exchanges, has recently invested 1.1 million in USDC to the decentralized finance protocols of PoolTogether and Uniswap.Pushing In 1.1 Million In USDC To Smart ContractsAccording to the announcement the San Francisco-based crypto exchange had made, the funding itself comes from its USDC Bootstrap Fund. This Fund was created back in September of last year, with an initial funding clocking in at $2 million. The move itself comes as a bid from the exchange to stimulate the growth of the USDC within the Decentralized Finance

Ark’s 1 Million Token Grant Fund Drives Community Innovation

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Interoperable blockchain project Ark (ARK) designated one million ARK valued at roughly $150,000 toward its new development grants program on March 24.While the grant program was launched one week ago, Ark’s Strategic Partnerships Manager, Ray Alvarez, told Cointelegraph that it has already received proofs-of-concept from developers.The program exclusively funds “proposals involving technical deployments and usage of [the] ARK technology stack.”The applications include standalone applications and plugins, including development contributing to Ark’s decentralized private messaging application, desktop wallet, and transaction plugins.In addition to sparking development for specific applications, Alvarez states that

Indian Cryptocurrency Exchange to Expand Internationally

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An Indian cryptocurrency exchange, BuyUcoin, has just received a license to expand internationally, according to a report from Business Standard.Apparently, the platform received what is called a crypto trade and wallet license from Estonia. Based in Delhi, BuyUcoin will only expand to countries with a clear regulation for cryptocurrencies.Speaking on the matter is BuyUcoin CEO and a co-founder of the project, Shivam Thakral:“The incredible judgment will lead to economic growth, job creation, investment opportunities along with overall mass adoption for blockchain and cryptocurrency-based products and services. At BuyUcoin, we strive

Coinbase Bootstraps USDC; Invests $1.1M in DeFi Products Uniswap and PoolTogether

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 Leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider, Coinbase has announced that it has made a direct investment up to the tune of $1.1 million in two different Decentralized Finance (DeFi) products – Uniswap and PoolTogether.  According to the official announcement today, the funding was made via the exchange’s stablecoin, USD Coin (USDC) and it is part of Coinbase efforts to increase the projects’ chances of competing against other existing financial products.  Uniswap The Uniswap platform is an automated market maker built on the Ethereum blockchain that is currently simplifying exchanges’

A Crypto Venture Fund Bought the Most Tokens at MakerDAO’s Debt Auction

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An auction to recapitalize MakerDAO (MKR) after the mid-March market turmoil successfully concluded on March 28, bringing in over $5 million worth of DAI. Crypto venture fund Paradigm Capital revealed in a March 31 tweet that it won approximately 68% of the auctioned tokens.The company had previously pledged to join a “backstop syndicate” and cover the entire system shortfall if necessary. Acting as a so-called “backstop,” the group would act as the buyer of last resort by purchasing the MKR tokens if their price fell to $100. (The auction’s starting

Celo to Issue at Least $15.7 Mln in Community Grants During 2020

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Open-source payments network, Celo (cGLD), announced on March 31 that it had awarded $700,000 in developer grant funding to 16 startups looking to build on the Celo network. Cointelegraph spoke to Xochitl Cazador, the head of ecosystem growth at cLabs — the company behind Celo — to discuss what they look for from grant applicants, and Celo’s plans for 2020.Celo provides grant funding to 16 startupsCazador states that the most important criteria applicants are assessed on is whether they “support Celo’s mission of building an open financial system that creates conditions