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Defi Derivatives Exchange Dydx Raises $65 Million – Project Plans to ‘Launch a Mobile Application’

16.6.2021
The decentralized exchange (dex) Dydx announced the organization has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round led by Paradigm. The Dydx announcement notes that the additional capital will be leveraged to “significantly improve liquidity” on the dex platform “through...

Andreessen Horowitz Discusses Raising Third Crypto Fund to $2 Billion, Sources Say

31.5.2021
In May 2020, back when the crypto economy was still tumultuous from the coronavirus outbreak fears and gloomy global financial outlook, in general, the private venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) revealed the 500 million-dollar “Crypto Fund II.” A report published on May...

Rakuten Points To BTC, Crypto.com & Visa, a16z Dives Into NFT Sea + More News

18.3.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news The Japanese e-commerce giant, e-pay and crypto exchange operator Rakuten has taken another step into the crypto sphere, launching...

Coinbase public listing filing details 2020 revenue, major a16z stake

25.2.2021
The company has benefited a lot from the 2020 market, but had lost money in 2019

Andreessen Horowitz leads $25m round for Optimism's L2 scaling solution

25.2.2021
Optimism has been on a hiring spree and plans to expedite its mainnet launch after securing backing from Andreessen Horowitz

Payments Startup Celo Raises $20M From a16z, Electric Capital

10.2.2021
Celo offers a blockchain payments platform using customers' cellphone numbers to secure their public keys

Decentralized Finance’s UNI Token Jumps 92% in One Week, Passes $15

27.1.2021
Uniswap's UNI token has nearly doubled its price in 7 days. The decentralized exchange is seeing volumes higher than last summer, too

Big Guns Back $10M Investment in DeFi’s dYdX

26.1.2021
The funding round, led by Three Arrows and DeFiance Capital, was also joined by Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital and Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam

Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Miners’ Slim Margins, ConsenSys’ Latest CBDC Pilot, a16z’ Power Hire

28.10.2020
JPMorgan unveiled a revamped blockchain network that could challenge SWIFT while BlockFi has taken a 5% stake in Grayscale's GBTC

Former BitLicense Chief to Manage Andreessen Horowitz’s Cryptocurrency Efforts

28.10.2020
Anthony Albanese will become chief regulatory officer for the tech ventures giant in November

This a16z Alum Is Launching a VC Fund Focused on Platforms You Can ‘Own’

14.7.2020
An Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) alum is launching a new venture firm focused on building a crypto-powered "ownership economy."

A16z Expects More Libra-Like Projects While Money Goes Digital in 10 Years

2.6.2020
The future is digital and bank-free, said Andreessen Horowitz general partner Katie Haun in a recent interview

Crypto Long & Short: Innovation Cycles, Crypto Venture Funds and Institutional Investors

25.5.2020
With so much attention on institutional involvement in crypto asset markets, we overlook that they are already here through VC investments – less fast-paced, perhaps, but important to keep an eye on for what they reveal about cycles

Blockchain Bites: a16z’s Cyclic Crypto Thinking and Grin’s Grim Outlook

18.5.2020
FalconX brought in an equivalent to Facebook's 2005 Series A while Grin flounders and a16z asks if crypto's on the cusp of a boom period

NEAR Protocol Launches Following $21M Token Sale Led by Andreessen Horowitz

4.5.2020
NEAR announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale involving a16z, Pantera and others. It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of the NEAR mainnet on April 22

While the Global Economy Shudders, Andreessen Horowitz ‘Excited’ to Invest $500M Into the Crypto Industry

1.5.2020
The private venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has announced the company is investing $515 million into the cryptocurrency industry. The firm says its “excited” to bolster crypto networks and businesses. Further, the company hopes to strengthen ideas like next-generation...