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Akshay Naheta is reportedly negotiating the sale of a minority stake in his stablecoin payments startup, with plans to use the proceeds for market expansion. Akshay Naheta, the former SoftBank executive behind some of the company’s biggest deals, is reportedly…
December kicked off with Public securing a $135 million Series D investment. This week’s crypto venture capital funding is almost thrice that of last week’s $90 million raised. The week’s funding activity showed a clear trend toward infrastructure development and…
Blockchain payments firm Partior has added Deutsche Bank as an investor in its Series B round, raising the total funding to $80 million. Deutsche Bank has joined Singapore-based blockchain fintech startup Partior as a strategic investor, participating in the company’s…
Timestamp, a regulated investment platform based in Austin, Texas, has officially launched with the goal of connecting Bitcoin-focused startups with investors worldwide. The platform leverages crowdfunding to make investing in Bitcoin-related companies accessible to a broader audience, including those without…
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Gambling and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions took center stage in crypto funding, with both Monkey Tilt and Canaan Creative securing $30 million each in the third week of November. Total investments surpassed $125 million across various sectors. This is slightly…
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SuiHub launches its Global Accelerator Program, dedicated to supporting pre-token projects with Sui Solution technical support and funding of up to $200,000 per team. Run in partnership with Brinc, CoinList and Ghaf Group, SuiHub’s accelerator program will run for 12…
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The London-based stablecoin startup BVNK is exploring a new funding round, aiming to raise $50 million, as investor appetite for the sector grows. Stablecoin payments firm BVNK is said to be in early discussions to raise at least $50 million…
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This week, crypto exchange Kraken stole the show with its $42.5 million grant raise from Optimism. Kraken has disclosed its latest decision to launch Ink, a layer-2 on the Optimism (OP) blockchain. As a part of the deal, Optimism has…
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Bridge, a stablecoin startup founded not even three years ago, announced a deal this week that would cause most crypto entrepreneurs to salivate. Stripe, the San Francisco-based payment processing company, agreed to buy Bridge for $1.1 billion. The transaction likely…
Praxis and Blockstream grabbed headlines this week, each with six-figure fundraising rounds, per the latest data. Crypto VC funding has seen a noticeable spike over the last seven days compared to last week, when Ithaca led the pack with a…
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Bitcoin protocol Surge has raised $1.8 million in pre-seed funding to solve the network’s scalability issues. As the Bitcoin (BTC) ecosystem keeps facing unresolved scalability challenges, startups keep searching for a solution that would open doors for billions worth of…
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Ithaca and Delta are the top two firms with the highest fundraising for the week, data shows. Held against last week’s modest fundraising, crypto VC funding has seen an uptick in the number and volume of funds raised this week.…
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In this week’s venture capital update, more than $253 million flowed into the crypto startup world, although the bulk of that funding went to the blockchain network Celestia Foundation. Crypto.news perused social media and tapped the latest data from Crypto…
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Our crypto VC funding column, for the week of Sept. 15 to Sept. 21, explores the latest capital-raising efforts: Open Network, Drift Protocol, Helius, Hemi Labs and Pipe Network.
Crypto management startup Mesh has partnered with broker CoinMENA to streamline crypto transactions in the Middle East. Crypto startup Mesh (formerly known as Front Finance) has announced a strategic partnership with Bahrain-regulated crypto trading platform CoinMENA to expand its services…
At least 19 startups raised venture capital funds over the past seven days, with the largest round going to Huma Finance, a tokenized real-world assets platform. Huma announced on Sept. 11 that it received $38 million in a fund-raising effort…
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