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Finance

Binance's VC Arm Dominated Funding Rounds Last Week Even as Regulators Scrutinized the Crypto Exchange

Binance Labs announced investments in four incubator projects and participated in a round for privacy infrastructure startup zkPass.

By Brandy BetzAug 7, 2023

Binance's VC Arm Dominated Funding Rounds Last Week Even as Regulators Scrutinized the Crypto Exchange

Finance

Bitcoin Venture Capital Is Anything but Boring: Crypto Long & Short

Bitcoin Core's methodical development fuels the idea that “nothing is happening on Bitcoin,” but innovation is actually robust.

By Christopher CalicottAug 2, 2023

Bitcoin Venture Capital Is Anything but Boring: Crypto Long & Short

Finance

Nomura Backs $6M Round for On-Chain Fund Platform Solv Protocol

The Singapore-based startup allows institutions and venture capitalists to create, use and sell financial products.

By Brandy BetzJul 31, 2023

Nomura Backs $6M Round for On-Chain Fund Platform Solv Protocol

Finance

Crypto Firms Raised $129M Last Week, Led by Flashbots

The startup, focused on maximal extractable value (MEV) in blockchain transactions, raised $60 million in funding.

By Brandy BetzJul 31, 2023

Crypto Firms Raised $129M Last Week, Led by Flashbots

Finance

Sequoia Capital Slashes Crypto Fund From $585M to $200M : WSJ

The vaunted VC firm told investors earlier in the year it would shrink the fund to reflect a changed market.

By Nelson WangJul 27, 2023

Sequoia Capital Slashes Crypto Fund From $585M to $200M : WSJ

Markets

Paradigm Moves $3.5M in MakerDAO's MKR Tokens Following Peer a16z's Maneuver

Fellow venture capital firm a16z over the past week transferred $7 million of its MKR holdings to crypto exchange Coinbase.

By Krisztian SandorJul 26, 2023

Paradigm Moves $3.5M in MakerDAO's MKR Tokens Following Peer a16z's Maneuver

Finance

Crypto Startups Raised $201.4M in Venture Funding Last Week, Led by Infrastructure

The largest fundraises for the week belonged to metaverse startup Futureverse and RISC Zero, which creates developer tools for zero-knowledge proofs.

By Brandy BetzJul 24, 2023

Crypto Startups Raised $201.4M in Venture Funding Last Week, Led by Infrastructure

Web3

Web3 VC Shima Capital Didn’t Slow Strategy for Crypto Winter

The investor in early-stage crypto companies has remained one of the most active investors in the space despite a bear market and the collapses of FTX and three banks.

By Brandy BetzJul 13, 2023

Web3 VC Shima Capital Didn’t Slow Strategy for Crypto Winter

Consensus Magazine

Silicon Valley: The Mecca for Venture Capital May Be Cooling on Crypto

The storied birthplace of the U.S. tech industry is dripping with talent and money. But crypto founders who live in the No. 8 spot on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 list say that Web3 is losing ground to artificial intelligence in the race to capture the Valley's wallets and minds.

By Anna BaydakovaJun 27, 2023

Silicon Valley: The Mecca for Venture Capital May Be Cooling on Crypto

Finance

DeFi Credit Protocol Concordia Raises $4M in Round Led by Tribe, Kraken Ventures

Concordia, now live in public testnet on Aptos, offers a multi-chain risk and collateral management platform for digital assets.

By Brandy BetzJun 16, 2023

DeFi Credit Protocol Concordia Raises $4M in Round Led by Tribe, Kraken Ventures

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