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Venture capital firms continue pouring billions into blockchain startups, Web3 projects, and DeFi platforms. If you’re tracking major funding rounds, acquisitions, and investment trends, Venture Capital news provides insights into where institutional money is flowing in crypto. Follow the firms driving innovation in digital finance.

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Investing in Latin America isn’t necessarily harder; it’s just different. Crypto adoption here is real, demand-driven, and already embedded in daily economic life.

VCs investing in Latin America should throw out Silicon Valley’s playbook | Opinion

Investing in Latin America isn’t harder; it’s just different. Crypto adoption here is real, demand-driven, and embedded in daily economic life.

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Crypto VC funding jumps as deal count falls in January

Crypto VC shrank in January — but bankrolls stilled flowed

Crypto VC deals fell in January, but funding exploded as big checks flowed into BitGo, Fireblocks, Ripple’s RLUSD push, DeFi bets, and SOL‑backed credit. Headline shift: fewer deals, much bigger checks According to RootData, just 52 crypto VC investments were…

1 week ago

Mesh hits unicorn status as crypto payments go mainstream

Mesh Connect, after just five years, has vaulted to a $1 billion valuation after raising $75 million in VC; Dragonfly Capital led the effort

2 weeks ago

A16z-backed Entropy to wind down after failing to find a venture-scale model

A16z-backed crypto startup Entropy is shutting down operations after struggling to build a business model that was “venture scale.” Founder and CEO Tux Pacific, who launched the company in late 2021, said the team has run out of viable options…

Jan 26, 2026 at 8:50 AM UTC

Before the IPO: How Hecto is turning the largest private companies into public tokens

For decades, the most valuable tech companies in the world remained effectively inaccessible. Hecto's Ultan Miller says that era is over.

Jan 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM UTC

Airdrop season is ending, and crypto is getting real capital markets | Opinion

The end of the airdrop season is a sign of maturation for crypto. The sector is finally building the infrastructure of real capital markets.

Jan 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM UTC

Kalshi fends off tribal lawsuit as VC backing grows amid sports betting legal battles

Kalshi has just fended off a legal challenge from three California tribes, allowing the prediction market platform to continue offering sports-event contracts. Kalshi Inc., a U.S.-based prediction market platform, has successfully fended off a preliminary injunction sought by three California…

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Nov 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM UTC

Interview: October crypto crash signals end of easy VC money: B2 Ventures

For fintech founder and investor Arthur Azizov, this current retrenchment marks a turning point. VCs, he says, are increasingly turning to infrastructure plays.

Nov 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC

By voluntarily embracing fiduciary responsibilities, crypto can help this industry graduate from a high-risk experiment to a respected, enduring asset class

The world of cryptocurrency needs a fiduciary standard | Opinion

By voluntarily embracing fiduciary responsibilities, crypto can help this industry graduate from a high-risk experiment to an enduring asset class

Oct 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM UTC

The broken symbol of money through which a diamond is appearing

Crypto launchpads have a broken implementation strategy | Opinion

If the crypto industry has to progress, it must bring retail capital into its fold, where launchpads will play a key role in helping crypto come of age.

Sep 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM UTC

South Korea to recognize crypto firms as venture companies

South Korean regulators have decided to lift a nearly decade-long ban that barred cryptocurrency-focused businesses from qualifying as venture companies. Since 2018, cryptocurrency companies operating in South Korea have not been allowed to be recognized as venture firms due to…

Sep 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM UTC

End of VC monopoly: How crypto crowdfunding disrupts

Crypto crowdfunding platforms are breaking venture capital’s hold, giving both institutions and communities a bigger role in funding web3. #projectreview

Sep 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM UTC

Mistakes, not unicorns, build founders who are ready to lead | Opinion

In decentralized markets, mistakes aren’t side notes — they’re the raw material of resilience. Founders who face them openly earn credibility.

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Sep 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM UTC

Anchorage Digital taps into early-stage protocols with new venture unit

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Aug 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM UTC

Crypto VC Funding: Verb Technology leads with $558m raise, Satsuma follows with $217.6m

Crypto funding in the week of Aug. 3-9 pulled in $1.46 billion across 18 projects, with institutional heavyweights pouring record sums into blockchain, AI, and payments infrastructure. Leading the pack, TON ecosystem player Verb Technology, while Ripple’s $200 million acquisition…

Aug 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM UTC

Crypto VC funding: MARA inks $850m offering, Subzero Labs emerges with $20m

Nearly $2B in crypto fundraises last week shows institutional momentum building, starting with Mill City Ventures’ bet on Sui-backed tokenization.

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