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Crypto Biz: Have you considered a career in crypto? March 11-17
17.3.2022
Companies like Visa and Nomura Holdings have set up dedicated crypto departments as they continue to embrace digital assets
Investors Inject $450 Million Into Consensys, Ethereum Incubator Now Valued at $7 Billion
15.3.2022
The Ethereum software firm Consensys has announced the incubator has raised $450 million in a Series D funding round led by Parafi Capital. The latest financing brings the company’s valuation to over $7 billion, following the $200 million Series C raise Consensys secured last November....
Report: Africa Fintech Startups Raised $2 Billion in 2021
15.3.2022
Africa’s fintech startups are reported to have raised $2 billion in the past year alone. This amount dwarfs the $231 million that was raised in the year 2020. Nigerian startups continue to account for the biggest share of funds raised by the continent’s fintechs in 2021. 2021...
Crypto quant firm Gauntlet valued at $1B following Series B
14.3.2022
The company has found a strong niche in the DeFi sector, with projects like Aave and Compound among its biggest clients
Spintop Teams Up with Altura for a Gaming Venture
14.3.2022
Spintop gaming hub goes into Partnership with the growing blockchain game developer Altura. Gamefi is an innovative area where players get the benefits of cryptocurrencies for playing the games. This is an attempt to integrate two of the most popular areas of current times. Spintop is one such...
Crypto Biz: Goldman Sachs tip-toes into ETH, Mar. 4-10
12.3.2022
The megabank is offering investors access to Galaxy Digital's ETH fund, while a16z just splurged $70 million on an Ether staking protocol
Finance Redefined: DeFi ‘Godfather’ Cronje quits, CAKE launches $100M venture arm and more
11.3.2022
In this week's DeFi newsletter, we will look at the Andre Cronje debacle, the Polygon upgrade, the rise of ThorChain and the growing value of the DeFi ecosystem with synthetic assets
Princeton launches blockchain research initiative with $20M from crypto-alumni
11.3.2022
The university hopes to discover new use cases for blockchain technology with a donation made by four alumni including Mike Novogratz and Joe Lubin
Cake DeFi Launches $100 Million Venture Across Web3, Esports, and Fintech Spaces
10.3.2022
Cake DeFi is a DeFi (Decentralised Finance) services firm based in Singapore. The firm has declared to launch a $100 million venture arm committed to serving as accelerators for Web 3.0, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), gaming, esports, and other cryptocurrency initiatives. Cake DeFi Ventures has newly...
Cake DeFi launches $100M venture arm for Web3, gaming and fintech initiatives
9.3.2022
Cake DeFi Ventures will fund crypto startups across Web3, the Metaverse, the NFT space, gaming, esports and fintech spaces that complement the company’s core business
Fintech Platform Cake DeFi Creates $100M Venture Capital Arm
9.3.2022
The Singapore-based company will invest in Web 3, NFTs and fintech projects
Griffin Gaming Partners Launches $750 Million Gaming and Web3 Fund
9.3.2022
Griffin Gaming Partners, a venture capital firm specializing in gaming-related investments, has revealed the launch of its second gaming-related fund. The fund, which was reportedly oversubscribed, managed to raise $750 million to support gaming initiatives, including Web3-based and blockchain...
If the glass slipper doesn’t fit, smash it: Unraveling the myth of gender equality in crypto
8.3.2022
The nature of crypto as a global and distributed industry must provide more opportunities for all possible diversified groups of people
Bain Capital Ventures sets up half a billion-dollar fund for crypto projects
8.3.2022
Venture capital investment in crypto projects topped $25 billion in 2021, more than the sum of the last ten years
VC Roundup: Web3 infrastructure developers attract major investors
7.3.2022
Venture capital from Pantera, Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, ConsenSys and Crypto.com is making its way to Web3 projects
NFT Infrastructure Provider Rarify Gets $10 Million Investment in Series A Funding Round Led by Pantera Capital
5.3.2022
Rarify, a startup that helps third parties include NFT elements in their tech platforms, has raised $10 million in its Series A funding round. The round was led by Pantera Capital, a leading cryptocurrency-based venture capital firm. The company has now reached a reported valuation of $100 billion...
City-building startup Praxis secures $15M in Series A Funding
4.3.2022
“A more vital future” — Praxis is one step closer to building a crypto-powered city utopia, after a funding round from leading crypto VCs
Andreessen Horowitz invests $70M in Ethereum staking protocol Lido
3.3.2022
The venture capital firm said Lido's liquid staking solution removes many "operational complexities" institutional investors have faced in staking ETH
Lucrosus Capital CEO Piotr Barbachowski Explains the Benefits of Decentralized Venture Capital
2.3.2022
Lucrosus Capital is the first gamified Decentralized Venture Capital (DeVC) providing institutional benefits to individual investors through its own token. Tokenization allowed this project to truly make investing decentralized. Due to the application of unique blockchain features, investments will...
No, Jack Dorsey, venture capital will not run Web3
2.3.2022
Jack Dorsey’s vision of Web3 as a VC coup against the established tech royalty is not that simple and things may not be as clear-cut