FTX investor Temasek pours $10M in algorithmic currency system Array
The new algorithmic currency system aims to provide a more “stable, efficient and scalable” asset than common coins like Bitcoin. Singapore's government-owned investment firm Temasek continues investing in cryptocurrency projects even after losing hundreds of millions of dollars to the collapsed FTX crypto exchange. Temasek has invested $10 million in Array, the developer of an algorithmic currency system based on smart contracts and artificial intelligence. Announcing the news on May 1, Array said that the raise is its second funding round, which is believed to bring the firm’s valuation to more than $100 million. The new Temasek-backed algorithmic currency system aims to provide a more “stable, efficient and scalable” asset than traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). The system is expected to have a variety of use cases, including payments, remittances as well as investments. Array’s smart contract platform, ArrayFi, is designed to enable decentralized applications ...