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Solana-Based Defi Margin Trading Protocol Raises $3 Million in Seed Funding
24.2.2022
On Wednesday, the team behind Solana-based decentralized finance (defi) margin protocol Marginfi, announced Mrgn Labs has raised $3 million in seed funding from investors. With the recently acquired funds, Marginfi aims to build the first cross-margining engine on the Solana blockchain. Mrgn Labs...
Web3 Data Platform Dune Analytics Propels to Unicorn Status After $69.4 Million Fundraise
3.2.2022
The Web3 analytics platform Dune Analytics has announced it has closed a $69.4 million Series B fundraise led by Coatue. The firm’s latest fundraise follows the company’s Series A last August when Dune Analytics raised $8 million. With the Series A and B combined, the firm has been...
FTX US Raises $400 Million in Series A, Trading Platform’s Valuation Now $8 Billion
26.1.2022
On January 26, the crypto asset exchange FTX US revealed it raised $400 million in a Series A financing round stemming from investors like Softbank, Paradigm, and Multicoin Capital. The Series A investment in FTX US brings the U.S.-based trading platform’s post valuation to $8 billion....
Crypto.com's Super Bowl, Polygon's Opera, Prosecutors 'Clean' EUR 100M in Crypto + More News
22.12.2021
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Multicoin Capital Exec Says There ‘May Not Be a Crypto Bear Market at All,’ Claims ‘Bitcoin Will Get Flipped’
14.12.2021
While the crypto economy has tumbled in value during the last two weeks, the managing partner at Multicoin Capital, Kyle Samani, recently shared his views on why he thinks the “next bear market will not be like the last one.” In fact, Samani remarks that there may not even...
Solana-Based Drift Protocol Raises $3.8 Million — Project Reveals Drift Alpha Ticket NFTs
27.10.2021
While the blockchain network Solana’s native token has skyrocketed in value this week jumping 31.4%, the Solana-based perpetual swap platform Drift Protocol announced it raised $3.8 million from strategic investors. At the same time, Drift announced the launch of its alpha mainnet after...
Multicoin Capital leads Eden Network’s $17.4M seed raise
8.9.2021
Ethereum’s London hard fork went live on Sunday. The transition has important implications for mining pools, which have begun deploying miner extractable value solutions to increase revenues
Crypto Data Firm Dune Analytics Raises $8M — Series A Round Led by Union Square Ventures
13.8.2021
The team behind the platform that allows users to track data on the Ethereum blockchain, Dune Analytics, announced the firm has raised $8 million from strategic investors like Union Square Ventures. Dune Analytics detailed the firm plans to leverage the new financing in order to hire more help...
RUNE soars after Multichain capital reveals large position
24.2.2021
RUNE has rallied to all-time highs after Multicoin Capital revealed it has accumulated a large position
Multicoin Capital Leads $1.15M Seed Round for DeFi Protocol Swivel Finance
11.12.2020
The decentralized protocol says its offerings of fixed-rate lending and interest-rate derivatives will place it in a unique position in Defi
Blockchain Startup Raises $12M Series A to Turn Brands Into Cellular Networks
17.11.2020
Blockchain startup OXIO raised a $12 million Series A to make “Telecom-as-a-Service” as common as SaaS
DeFi Risk Management Startup Cozy Finance Debuts With $2M Funding Round
3.9.2020
Announced Thursday, Cozy Finance has raised a $2 million seed round, led by Electric Capital and including Variant Fund, Dragonfly Capital, Robot Ventures, Slow Ventures, Volt Capital, Spencer Noon, Moncada and others
Exchange Outages Are Going Mainstream: What Robinhood Can Learn From Crypto
1.9.2020
With popular online trading platforms hit by more outages amid high volumes, companies like Robinhood may learn something from crypto exchanges
Coinbase Ventures Invests in $5M Token Sale for Ethereum Data Firm ‘The Graph’
30.6.2020
Blockchain data startup The Graph has raised $5 million in a token sale with Framework Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group and others
Multicoin Capital Partners Explain How They Invest in Crypto Startups
24.4.2020
Investment firm partners explain how to search for and evaluate crypto startups
Chinese DeFi Platform dForce Raises $1.5M From Multicoin, Huobi Capital
15.4.2020
One of China’s largest DeFi platforms has raised $1.5 million from Multicoin Capital, Huobi Capital and CMB International to expand its product lineup
Does Crypto Need Circuit Breakers? Last Week’s Price Crash Ignites a Debate
16.3.2020
A longtime feature of stock exchanges, circuit breakers throw sand in the gears of a plummeting market like last week’s. Should crypto adopt them?
Mind the Gap: Why ETH Price and DeFi Adoption Aren’t in Sync
16.2.2020
Demand for DeFi lending services built on ethereum shows a pattern of inverse relationship to the price of ETH. When ether prices are falling, the amount of ETH locked in DeFi tends to rise. Most recent data indicate the relationship operates the other way, too
XRP Still Third Largest Crypto by Market Cap After Founder Dumps 1 Billion Coins
10.2.2020
Crypto traders and speculators have been discussing the digital currency XRP (ripple) lately because the price has been stagnant compared to other digital assets. Some venture capitalists and analysts plan to short XRP, while other speculators believe the crypto is poised for a price jump in...
How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar
31.1.2020
In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking...