HTX Ventures has released its 2024 Half-Year Investment Report, outlining its strategic investments and focus areas for the first half of the year. As a significant player in the blockchain venture capital (VC) sector, HTX Ventures targeted six key areas and invested in 23 projects to drive innovation and address the core challenges of Web3, as shown in the Figure below.

Strategic blockchain investments by HTX Ventures: A mid-year analysis

The cryptocurrency market is a landscape of ever-shifting sentiments, where yesterday’s favorite can quickly fall out of favor, and new opportunities arise almost overnight. Ripple (XRP), once hailed as the savior of cross-border transactions, is facing skepticism among its investors despite its ambitious global aspirations. With Ripple’s latest developments, including the introduction of the RLUSD stablecoin and attempts to position XRP as a global currency, some investors are losing confidence and turning their attention to new opportunities, such as the rising gambling token Mpeppe (MPEPE), which promises the potential for 100x profits.

XRP Investors No Longer Believe Turn To New Gambling Token For 100x Profits

On Aug. 20, Ledn, a digital lending platform, announced the successful acquisition of a $50 million syndicated loan backed by Bitcoin. The Bitcoin (BTC) backed loan is syndicated by Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group with $4.5 billion in client assets. According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph,...

Ledn secures industry-first $50M Bitcoin-backed syndicated loan

[PRESS RELEASE – Sydney, Australia, August 19th, 2024]. With over AUD$2 billion in total sales to date, Easy Crypto today announces the launch of a new ‘beginner wallet’ aimed at Australians looking for an easier way to buy, swap, hold and sell their crypto. Easy Crypto, New...

Easy Crypto launches new Australian wallet aimed at first-time crypto investors

A new wave of digital currencies aims to challenge Solana’s dominance. Leading crypto analysts have identified promising contenders that could yield massive returns. These emerging coins are set to capture investor attention, promising potential gains of up to 5000%. Discover which cryptocurrencies are poised for explosive growth in the near future.

Crypto Experts Unveil the Next Solana-Killers: 5000% Returns Expected

As of June, hedge fund portfolios reported strong gains at two public pension plans that have long been allocated to a variety of hedge fund strategies. Recently, hedge fund firms including PineBridge Investments to Capula Investment Management have seen new commitments from allocators returning to hedging strategies as part of the more liquid segment of […]

Pension funds report hedge fund gains

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Authorities in Montenegro said they have arrested Roman Ziemian, the co-founder of the alleged crypto fraud scheme FutureNet, which is suspected to have stolen around $21 million in an elaborate crypto fraud scheme. A specialized police unit found Ziemian was using a false identity and living in the country’s capital...

Montenegro arrests executive suspected of $21M crypto fraud

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Denny's was once a staple of the American diner landscape. In recent years, it has had its ups and downs, especially post-pandemic. The dining habits of people also change. Some customers have a more discerning taste.

Denny's: a legacy of serving customers for over 65 years including 27 locations in Missouri

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A handful of institutional investors bought large positions in former President Donald Trump’s media company in the second quarter ahead of the company's inclusion in two Russell indexes, regulatory filings released on Wednesday showed.

BlackRock, Vanguard big purchasers of Trump Media shares in Q2, filings show

A network of affiliated church groups called the “Colorado House of Prayer” has tokenized its main chapel in an effort to purchase the $2.5 million building. The pastor heading the project, Blake Bush, says he was compelled by a higher power to use blockchain technology as a tool for advancing the group’s mission.

Colorado Church group tokenizes $2.5M chapel

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More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

The Denver City Council accepted Monday two grants totaling $24.5 million from the state of Colorado to pay for the homeless navigation campus it opened last year. One council member wants answers as to why wraparound services at the campus aren't up and running.

Denver homeless hotel wins $24.5 million grant, experiences wraparound services delay

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NEW JERSEY - Alain Rodrigues, a 49-year-old Middlesex County resident and owner of a construction business in Old Bridge and Newark, New Jersey, has admitted to charges of tax evasion and failure to collect and pay over taxes. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced that Rodrigues entered his guilty plea on August 1, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court.

Construction Business Owner Admits Tax Evasion, Owes $1.35M

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CAMDEN, N.J. – Lisa Smith, 61, of Cornelius, North Carolina, has admitted to her role in a fraudulent scheme involving over $3.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that Smith pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams in Camden federal court on July 17, 2024, to a charge of bank fraud conspiracy.

Woman Pleads Guilty to $3.5M COVID Relief Scam

Popular on-chain analyst Willy Woo is predicting that Bitcoin (BTC) will ultimately hit a massive value for one key reason. Woo tells his 1.1 million followers on the social media platform X that Bitcoin could capture 3% of the total wealth assets and soar more than 975% from the current value.

Bitcoin To Explode by at Least 975% To Reach Ultimate Price, Says Analyst Willy Woo – Here’s the Timeline

The Moody’s financial research and ratings firm has teamed up with blockchain analytics and compliance specialists Elliptic to provide more insightful screening of virtual asset service providers (VASPs). According to the companies, the collaboration will leverage offchain and onchain data in a single interface. The new service will take...

Moody’s, Elliptic join forces for enhanced VASP risk screening

Cathie Wood believes Bitcoin can reach as high as $3.8 million by 2030. This is unlikely and relies on some pie-in-the-sky reasoning. Bitcoin is likely to offer major returns nonetheless. That might seem like it's too good to be true, and it probably is. Ark Invest's Cathie Wood has made...

1 Top Cryptocurrency to Buy Before It Soars 6,200%, According to Cathie Wood of Ark Invest

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When I studied Anthropology in college, I learned that teeth have been indicators of economic status just about forever. Archaeologists look at the teeth in ancient skeletons and know who the rich were based on their tooth decay. During the Renaissance period, it became fashionable for women to blacken their teeth to look like they were better off than they were, because the royals and aristocrats, who could afford sugar and sweets, had more rotten and missing teeth than the poor.

Opinion: Stop Stereotyping Bad Teeth as a Sign of Drug Addiction

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Bitwise enters European market with acquisition of ETC Group

San Francisco-based asset manager Bitwise has entered the European markets with the acquisition of crypto investment firm ETC Group. The financial details of the deal were...

Bitwise enters European market with acquisition of ETC Group

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