Pave Bank Raises $39M, Increasing Institutional Adoption, while $BEST Powers ...
What to Know: Pave Bank raised $39M in its Series A funding, bringing its total amount raised to $45M. The bank offers traditional banking services as well as digital asset-management solutions. This latest funding round is a strong signal that the line between traditional banking and blockchain technology is increasingly blurring. On the consumer side, Best Wallet Token is pumping with its own crypto wallet. Singapore-based Pave Bank recently raised $39M in its Series A funding round led by Accel, a venture capital firm. The bank, which brings together traditional and programmable banking....
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Delivering the Queen’s Speech, Prince Charles outlines the British government’s plans to support the safe adoption of cryptocurrencies and create “powers to more quickly and easily seize and recover crypto assets.”
UK Government Plans to Support Crypto Adoption
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