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In 2018, Cohen raised $3.4 million in seed funding. [9] Chia Network released a beta version of its blockchain and native token, XCH, to developers in April 2019. By the end of 2020, the network had 1,700 nodes. Following an early 2021 funding round in which Chia Network raised $61 million, the company was valued at $500 million.
In May 2021, Chia Network raised a $61 million investment, valuing the company at about $500 million. The same month, the company announced plans to conduct an IPO before the end of 2021. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] As of 2023, Chia had filed a draft registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission towards an IPO.
Chia Network is a company founded by Cohen in 2017 [6] that has implemented a proof of space-time cryptocurrency called Chia.Chia is intended to avoid the waste of energy involved in proof-of-work-based cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, [7] and the vulnerability to state actors of proof-of-stake systems.
Dexmon Chua Yizhi (Chinese: 蔡谊志; pinyin: Caì Yìzhì; c. 1976 – 28 December 2013) was a material analyst and Singaporean who was brutally murdered in Singapore by his former girlfriend's husband, Chia Kee Chen (Chinese: 谢其晋; pinyin: Xiè Qíjìn), who craved revenge on Chua for having an affair with his wife and had convinced two people to help him abduct and kill Chua.
Soh Wooi Yik KMW (Chinese: 蘇偉譯; pinyin: Sū Wěiyì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘ Úi-e̍k; born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. [1] [2] A world champion and a double bronze medalist at the Olympic Games, he and his partner Aaron Chia became the first ever world badminton champions from Malaysia after winning the men's doubles title at the 2022 World Championships. [3]
Chia is an annual herb growing up to 1.75 metres (5 feet 9 inches) tall, with opposite leaves that are 4–8 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long and 3–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –2 in) wide. Its flowers are purple or white and are produced in numerous clusters in a spike at the end of each stem. [4] Chia is hardy from USDA Zones 9–12.
Joe Pedott created a set of terracotta figurines called Chia Pet used to sprout chia. The first figurines were made in 1977, and they were marketed widely after 1982. During the 1980s in the United States, the first substantial wave of chia seed sales was tied to chia pets, clay figures that serve as the base for a sticky paste of chia seeds.
The first Chia Pet was created on September 8, 1977. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A trademark registration was filed on Monday, October 17, 1977. [ 6 ] They were produced by Pedott's San Francisco -based company, Joseph Enterprises, Inc. , [ 1 ] which was purchased by National Entertainment Collectibles Association in 2018. [ 7 ]