San Francisco-based blockchain domains firm Unstoppable Domains has secured $4 million in a funding round backed by venture capitalist Tim Draper, co-founder Brad Kam told Cointelegraph in an email on May 23. Following a $730,000 seed round led by investment firm Boost VC, Unstoppable Domains has carried out a Series A round led by venture capital fund Draper Associates. The previous investment was completed in December 2018, a press release notes. The new investment funds will be used in the company’s mission to provide blockchain-powered uncensorable websites, as well as simple payments in major cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin (BTC), ethereum …
As Singaporean Bitcoin startup CoinHako approaches demo day at accelerator Boost, Silicon Valley eyes Singapore as a Bitcoin hub. CoinHako, the first Asian Bitcoin startup to be chosen to get accelerated in the Bitcoin accelerator program Boost VC, is already 12 weeks into the program, and rapidly approaches demo day. Formerly CoinSupermart, the Singaporean startup was picked up by San Mateo-based startup accelerator Boost VC in late August, and is the first Bitcoin startup in Asia to integrate the program. Boost VC's pick of CoinHako demonstrates the Silicon Valley's growing interest in Singapore's dynamic Bitcoin ecosystem, reads the official announcement. …