Sony’s First Flight Crowdfunding Platform Targets Japanese Market, Bitcoin Boost Imminent?
Crowdfunding platforms is one key area where Bitcoin has not yet been able to break much ground, even though there are local initiatives such as BitFlyer’s platform. Now that major electronics company Sony has announced their Japanese crowdfunding platform, things might be picking up for Bitflyer and Bitcoin as well. It is no secret that Sony has been dabbling around in the world of crowdfunding platforms in the past. But rather than trying to secure funding for their own projects, First Flight will take a slightly different approach. First Flight is the latest initiative coming from....
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Japanese multinational corporation Sony Corporation Ltd. has introduced a new platform to simultaneously fund and auction electronic products based on unique concepts. Titled “First Flight”, the platform intends to incubate new business ideas with the help of Sony’s Seed Acceleration Program. It wants to lead Japanese startups throughout the developments of their products, from previewing to crowdfunding to e-commerce, ensuring accurate productions and timely sales operations. “The First Flight platform and other Seed Acceleration Program initiatives accelerate and optimize this process,”....
Core Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn is preparing to go live with his 'Lighthouse' crowdfunding project, switching to main net for the first time ahead of an imminent public Beta. The lighthouse project has been eagerly awaited by many decentralization enthusiasts within the Bitcoin community. It is hope that it could one day replace the centralized role of the Bitcoin Foundation in funding and guiding the direction of the coin's core development with a public, transparent, and more decentralized alternative which seems to be more in keeping with the Bitcoin's character. Rather than being a....
fundFlyer homepage. Japanese bitcoin market bitFlyer has added a bitcoin crowdfunding platform called 'fundFlyer' to its feature list, launching the first service of its type in the country. The system works in a fashion similar to more established crowdfunding services like Kickstarter and Japan's own Shooting Star, but is taking a significant step towards mainstreaming bitcoin use in its home country with at least one high-profile user. The fundFlyer website lists "the arts, product and software development, events, disaster prevention and political activity" as projects with bitcoin....
Bitreserve is seeking to raise $10m in capital through a new crowdfunding initiative. The bitcoin storage platform, started by CNET founder Halsey Minor, has raised $7m so far, with 51 days to go on its funding campaign. Minor said the decision to raise a financing through crowdfunding was a "supplement" to other fundraising efforts. He also said it is an attempt to address the limited investment opportunities available to the general public for technology companies like his. Minor told CoinDesk: "People should have a right to invest in innovation ... there are so many things that are just....
According to Flightradar24’s official Twitter account, the most tracked flight at 3:33 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2022, was Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) private jet flying from the Bahamas to Argentina. While the flight track doesn’t mean SBF took the flight, a number of people suspected someone from SBF’s inner circle did fly out of the Bahamas. The former FTX CEO, however, texted Reuters after the flight report, and told the news outlet he did not leave the Bahamas. Former FTX CEO’s Private Jet Embarks to Argentina, SBF Claims He Remains in the Bahamas The former FTX CEO and frontman, Sam....