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Solana-Powered Defi Platform Orca Raises $18 Million — AMM Commands Over $300 Million TVL
23.9.2021
The decentralized exchange (dex) platform Orca has announced the platform has raised $18 million in a Series A financing round with Polychain, Placeholder, and Three Arrows co-leading the funding. The dex platform is a Solana-based project that aims to be the “go-to swap” platform...
Solana DEX raises $18M Series A from Three Arrows Capital, Coinbase Ventures
22.9.2021
Several prominent investors took part in the Orca fundraiser, including Three Arrows Capital, Polychain and Coinbase Ventures
Coinbase Ventures, Samsung NEXT back Metrika’s $14M Series A
21.9.2021
The advent of the blockchain-driven economy is attracting new demand for operational intelligence and monitoring services
Amex Ventures backs $55M Abra raise
15.9.2021
Venture capital continues to flow into the crypto industry, with high-profile investors such as American Express taking part in the new economy
Huobi Ventures launches $10M fund for early-stage GameFi investment
14.9.2021
Developers continue to find new ways to combine digital assets and gaming, and investors are taking notice
Countdown to Cardano’s Hard Fork: Goguen Phase Smart Contracts ‘Represent a Big Step Forward’
10.9.2021
The digital currency network Cardano is two days away from the upcoming hard fork on September 12 and the community is expecting to see functional smart contracts. These can be used for decentralized finance (defi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other types of decentralized applications (dapps)....
NFL Bars Teams From Participating in Certain Cryptocurrency and NFT Ventures: Report
4.9.2021
According to a recent report, the National Football League (NFL) advised teams that they could not, at least for now, sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and sponsorships to digital currency companies. Advertisements for specific crypto assets were mentioned alongside initial coin offerings (ICOs)...
Offchain Labs launches Arbitrum One mainnet, secures $120M in funding
1.9.2021
More than 400 teams are already building on Arbitrum One
Bitpanda Raises $263 Million in Series C Finance Round, Firm Aims to ‘Double Down on Technology’
18.8.2021
Vienna-based crypto platform Bitpanda has announced the firm has secured $263 million in a Series C funding round. The financing was led by Valar Ventures and Leadblock Partners, Jump Capital, Alan Howard, and Redo Ventures joined the investment round. The latest financing gives Bitpanda an overall...
Thiel's Valar Ventures leads 3rd raise for Bitpanda, at $4.1B valuation
17.8.2021
Vienna-based Bitpanda's valuation has shot up to $4.1 billion, three times its value during the crypto broker's last private funding round in March
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...
RenVM Ventures With ICHI to Develop Decentralized Stablecoin
12.8.2021
Stablecoins are presently leading the race. Many companies are collaborating to encash this opportunity. Another venture that is grabbing headlines happened between RenVM and ICHI, which are coming up with DeFi based stablecoins to get a hold of the market. ICHI and RenVM have joined hands...
Justin Sun Ventures Into GameFi Projects With USD 300M TRON Arcade Fund
10.8.2021
Tron (TRX) and its partners said they have established a USD 300m fund called TRON Arcade, which will invest in and incubate GameFi projects over the next three years.
GameFi ('gaming' + 'DeFi') is described as the gamification of monetary mechanisms that make earning profits an "exciting...
Demand for Crypto Analytics Continues as Messari Raises $21 Million
6.8.2021
The crypto analytics and market intelligence company Messari revealed on Thursday the firm has raised $21 million in a Series A financing round. The funds will be used to expand Messari’s product suites and it aims to “triple the size of its engineering and research teams.” Crypto...
Social Media Platform Torum Announces Strategic Investment by Huobi Ventures HECO Fund
5.8.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Torum announces strategic investment by Huobi Ventures, the $100 million venture arm of Huobi Group to foster blockchain adoption and ecosystem expansion. 5th August 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — On the eve of the project’s 1st year launch anniversary, social media...
Crypto analytics firm Messari concludes $21M Series A led by Point72 Ventures
5.8.2021
“While investor participation in the crypto industry has grown exponentially over the past three years, current crypto research and analysis tools are still lacking the sophisticated signals and data that more advanced investors need,” said Adam Carson of Point72 Ventures
Pantera, Coinbase Ventures and Sony back NFT-focused MakersPlace in $30M Series A
4.8.2021
“At MakersPlace, we view our work as an investment in the future of creativity,” said co-founder and CEO Dannie Chu
Anchor Protocol Ventures a Partnership With Lido Finance
3.8.2021
Anchor has once again announced the partnership with Lido. The arrangement will be showcasing the launch of bETH (Wrapped stETH and bonded Ethereum on Terra). They have proposed bETH and stETH as an option for collateral on Anchor Protocol. The collateral will bring staking rewards outside...
Jihan Wu’s Matrixport Raises $100 Million — Singapore Startup Joins Growing List of Crypto Unicorns
2.8.2021
Matrixport, the digital currency financial services company co-founded by the former Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu, has revealed the company has raised $100 million in a Series C financing round. The funding has propelled Matrixport’s valuation to unicorn status as the firm now has a valuation of over...
Bank of America, Coinbase, FTX Invest in Paxos Series D Funding Round
31.7.2021
Paxos, a blockchain services and tokenization firm has added Coinbase Ventures, FTX, Bank of America, and Founders Fund as backers in its Series D funding round that started last April. These institutions were listed as “strategic investors,” but the amounts of their contributions were...