Are We Bringing Institutions & Everyday People to Blockchains, Yet?

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For this week’s Thursday episode, we’re sharing CEO and Founder of XION Anthony Anzalone, also known as Burnt Banksy. 

They discuss why he created another layer-1 blockchain, how it’s aiming to create real consumer adoption in countries like Portugal, Nigeria and Argentina, building for institutions with compliant measures and more. 

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Money and people moves

The biggest updates regarding startups that raised capital

1. Kraken to acquire NinjaTrader, a US retail futures trading platform, for $1.5 billion

2. Wallet Infrastructure Provider Privy Raises $15M to Develop Crypto Onboarding Rails (CoinDesk)

3. Pluralis raises $7.6 million from prominent investors to take on OpenAI with big decentralized models (Fortune)

4. Institutional crypto wallet platform Utila raises $18 million Series A amid ‘tectonic payments shift’ to stablecoins (The Block)

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