Messari Announces Initial Speakers and Details for Mainnet 2021 Summit
The in-person summit will feature speakers Emilie Choi, Devin Finzer, Meltem Demirors, Kain Warwick, Do Kwon and 150+ more, with Innovators passes on sale today.
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Messari, the crypto industry s leading market intelligence company, has announced
Mainnet 2021 s initial speakers, programming details, and the release of the first wave of Innovators passes. The second annual in-person and virtual summit will take place over three days, September 20-22, at the New York Marriott Marquis.
Initial speakers include Coinbase President and COO Emilie Choi, Co-Founder of OpenSea Devin Finzer, CoinShares CSO Meltem Demirors, Synthetix Founder Kain Warwick, and Terraform Labs (Terra, MIRROR, Anchor) Co-Founder and CEO Do Kwon, who will be joined by 150+ other leading operators, builders, and investors from across the crypto industry.
Alchemy raises $80M at a $505M valuation to be the ‘AWS for blockchain’
Blockchain developer platform Alchemy announced today it has raised $80 million in a Series B round of funding led by Coatue and Addition, Lee Fixel’s new fund. The company previously raised a total of $15.5 million, so the latest financing brings its total raised to $95.5 million since it launched in 2017.
The latest round caught our attention for a few reasons.
First, the company, which describes itself as the backend technology behind the blockchain industry, went from public launch to a $505 million valuation in a matter of just eight months. During that time, Alchemy says it powered more than $30 billion in transactions for tens of millions of users all over the world. Second, the startup says it is also already powering the majority of the NFT industry.