Apolline Blandin of the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance discusses its research agenda, the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index and its methods, Bitcoin’s energy use, and new geographical mining estimates.
Core Weave cofounder and CSO Brannin McBee discusses the company’s latest fundraise, its hybrid data center model combining Ethereum mining and generalized computation, and its move into specialized computing.
Matthew Mežinskis, creator of the Crypto Voices Global Monetary Base project, discusses comparing Bitcoin with sovereign currencies, base and broad money, and exchanges as proto-free markets.
Michel Rauchs discusses his return to the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, its miner benchmarking efforts, and an update to its Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index with new mining location data.
Félix, an AI-powered WhatsApp remittance platform serving Latino immigrants, secures $200 million in Series C financing co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst. The round includes $87 million in equity led by a16z and $113 million in debt from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund; Félix has processed more than $8 billion in transactions and connects U.S. senders with families in 11 Latin American markets. The Miami-based company plans to expand its offerings and enter additional markets.
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Castle Island Ventures
Castle Island Ventures: A Cambridge-based public blockchain and cryptoasset venture firm.
