World Crypto Global
- Written by: Solomon Oladipupo
- Thu, 09 Jun 2022
- Israel
Coinbase, an American cryptocurrency exchange, has opted to place strategic investment in Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange, Zipmex, instead of full acquisition, The Block reports. The investment will be part of the Series B+ fundraising round the Southeast Asian exchange is currently working on. The round, through which it reportedly has plans to raise $40 million, could value the exchange at $400 million. Coinbase has previously discussed full acquisition with Zipmex. Zipmex, which also has strong footing in Thailand, previously raised $52 million from its Series B funding round. The exchange raised $41 million in September 2021 and $11 million six months later. Some of its investors in the rounds included B Capital, V Ventures, MindWorks Capital and Master Ad, among others. Recent Coinbase Moves Coinbase recently committed $1 million for digital public goods in partnership with Gitcoin, a community of builders, creators and protocols at the center of open web ecosystems. Digital public goods are open-source software that support open-source protocols. Coinbase said the monetary support is “one of the largest single donations to the public goods treasury in Gitcoin history.” Coinbase last month also launched the Coinbase Institute, a global crypto-native think tank. The exchange selected Hermine Wong as the Director of the Institute. Wong is a former US government official who worked with the Executive Office of the President’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). Meanwhile, a Bitcoin address recently transferred 2,457 BTC from Coinbase as selling pressure pushed the price of the crypto asset to its lowest level in more than 12 months. On-chain analytics platform, Whale Alert, said the BTCs were moved to an unknown wallet on 20 May at 16:49 UTC. Whale Alert further disclosed that the coins were worth more than $70 million. The BTC balance on the cryptocurrency exchange took a major hit as a result. This article was written by Solomon Oladipupo at www.financemagnates.com.
