March 17: TEN, an encrypted Ethereum layer-2 community, introduced a funding spherical of $9 million, led by R3, based on the workforce: “R3, a consortium of 42 of the world’s largest banks exploring blockchain-based RWA tokenization and CBDCs, has been a significant supporter of TEN from its inception, with over half of TEN’s senior workforce hailing from R3, which developed the main tokenization platform Corda. Along with R3, the funding spherical consists of help from notable buyers similar to Republic Crypto, KuCoin Labs, Massive Mind Capital, DWF Labs and Magnus Capital.”