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Relai, a self-custodial Bitcoin-only app, has raised $12 million in its Series A funding round, backed by several crypto-focused venture capital firms. The Switzerland-based app announced that Bitcoin (BTC)-only venture capital firm Ego Death Capital contributed $4 million to the…
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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…
In an exclusive interview at the Emergence Conference in Prague, Matthew Graham, founder and CEO of Ryze Labs, shares his insights on the next frontier of AI and crypto adoption. In the ever-evolving landscape of crypto and artificial intelligence, few…
Weekly token unlocks see 90% resulting in price drops, Keyrock’s study reveals, showing that larger events cause more severe declines and team unlocks triggering crashes up to 25%. When token unlocks happen, most of the time, prices take a big…
An analysis of over 3,200 GameFi projects shows 93% have failed, with token prices plummeting by an average of 95%. GameFi, a sector that combines gaming with decentralized finance, has faced a sharp decline after its initial surge during the…
DWF Labs, a crypto venture capital company, will move its main office to Abu Dhabi as part of its efforts to establish ‘a strong presence in the Middle East’, according to its co-founder. Co-founder of DWF Labs, Andrei Grachev, announced…
Binance’s venture capital and incubation arm has invested in Astherus, a decentralized finance platform aimed at maximizing real yield for digital assets. Binance Labs announced the investment in the multi-asset liquidity hub on Nov. 28. The capital will enable Astherus…
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Former U.K. minister Steve Baker has been granted approval to take on a new role as an adviser for Bitcoin-focused venture capital firm Axiom. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments granted former British politician Steve Baker approval to take up…
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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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Total crypto venture capital (VC) funding almost tripled last week to hit $120 million, with 0G Labs leading with its $40 million seed raise. Compared to the previous week, the last seven days saw a considerable surge in both the…
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Total crypto venture capital (VC) funding investments exceeded $40 million last week, with decentralized data infrastructure platform VLayer securing $10 million. That’s a large drop in volume and value compared to the previous week. Crypto.news perused the latest data to…
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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VC funds in blockchain are still alive and kicking, but now they’re helping create a more sustainable and responsible landscape.
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A good investment portfolio needs to include a varied mixture of financial instruments, and crypto can help to balance it.
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American venture capital firm Sequoia is set to make more than $100 million from Stripe’s acquisition of stablecoin platform Bridge. The deal reportedly cost Stripe $1.1 billion. According to an Oct. 29 Bloomberg report, Sequoia and a number of other…
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…