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Startup for passive income, Grass, has raised 3.5 million in seed funding to become a decentralized oracle for artificial intelligence (AI). Wynd Network, the developers behind the Grass project, have announced the successful closure of a $3.5 million seed funding round co-led by Polychain Capital and Tribe Capital. In a blog post on Dec. 19, Wynd Network said the latest infusion of capital brought the firm’s total funding to $4.5 million, following a pre-seed round led by No Limit Holdings. The founders of Grass believe that a decentralized model offers significant advantages for web scraping. Describing Grass as a decentralized oracle for AI, the founders emphasize that the platform will generate datasets traceable to their origin, enabling fair compensation for contributors to the network. “As a decentralized oracle for AI, Grass will produce datasets that can be traced back to their origin, making it possible to compensate people fairly for their contribution to...

The program will provide seed money, mentoring and support to approved applicants. The Bitcoin Frontier Fund, formerly Stacks Ventures, launched what it’s calling the first Bitcoin Ordinals accelerator program on Aug. 14. Program Information This program is led by VC @TO & is a 4-month program for builders to raise funding, connect with mentors, & be guided by the best in the industry (sneak peak below). It will help with co-founder relationships, mentors & advisors, fundraising & pitching. pic.twitter.com/MSykk2l7Dl — Bitcoin Frontier Fund (@BTCFrontierFund) August 14, 2023 According to the program ’s website, the Bitcoin Frontier Fund is offering seed money to startups innovating in the Ordinals space along with access to funding pipelines and mentorship: “We offer $100k in investment and a badass program and community to take your startup to the next level, in exchange for 2-3% equity in common shares.” Startups with no “substantial funding” will be required...

Soramitsu is developing a cross-border payment system that uses Cambodia’s CBDCs and targets Japan, India, China and Southeast Asia. Japanese blockchain startup Soramitsu is exploring new central bank digital currency (CBDC) applications with a new project on the cross-border payment system for Asian countries . Soramitsu will deploy Cambodia's CBDC and fiat-pegged stablecoin s as part of its new payment system targeting countries like India, China, Japan and regions like Southeast Asia. The new project builds upon Soramitsu’s CBDC expertise, including its involvement in the Asian CBDC project Bakong in Cambodia and Laos' Lao kip, Nikkei reported on Aug. 8. Launched in 2020, Cambodia’s Bakong is a public-private initiative allowing Cambodian residents to pay at stores or send money through a mobile app using the local currency riel or U.S. dollar. Since launch, Bakong’s adoption has expanded to countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. By late 2022, Bakong reportedly h...