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Sequoia Capital Designates $500-600 Million to Crypto Fund Focused on Liquid Digital Assets
18.2.2022
On February 17, the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital announced the launch of a new $500 million to $600 million sub-fund dedicated to “liquid tokens and digital assets.” The company noted during its announcement that the new fund highlights Sequoia’s strategic...
DCG leads $205M growth fund for The Graph
17.2.2022
The Graph launched its mainnet in December 2020 and is already being used by leading DeFi protocols and EVM-centric chains
Sequoia Capital launches crypto fund worth up to $600M
17.2.2022
Venture capital firms allocated $25.2 billion towards blockchain and cryptocurrency projects in 2021, the highest on record
Correlation Between Bitcoin and Traditional Markets Might Break This Spring - Pantera
17.2.2022
The correlation between traditional macro assets and digital assets that has been seen in recent months could soon break, with what assets in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space possibly leading the way higher, executives at the crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital said in a recent call with...
Exotic Markets Founder Joffrey Dalet Talks Defi Banking, Structured Products and Solana
17.2.2022
Exotic Markets is a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) platform on the Solana Blockchain. It aims to become the most flexible structured products protocol, offering the widest range of payoffs and underlyings in DeFi. For example, it aims to offer payoffs based on baskets of tokens, trading ranges...
Arab Federation of Capital Markets Partners With UAE to Launch Blockchain Innovation Challenge
16.2.2022
United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Ministry of Economy has joined hands with the Arab Federation of Capital Markets (AFCM) to kickstart a challenge that encourages fintechs to create a know-your-customer (KYC) verification system based on blockchain technology. Trustworthiness of Data on...
Ethereum Web3 Wallet Rainbow Raises $18 Million From Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six
16.2.2022
The team behind the Ethereum wallet Rainbow announced the project has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm Seven Seven Six. The new financing that follows the startup’s $1.5 million seed round will allow Rainbow to focus...
VC Roundup: Animoca leads NFT3 raise, Arca launches NFT fund and Alexis Ohanian broadens crypto exposure
14.2.2022
Hartmann Capital has also launched a new metaverse fund and Solana NFT marketplace aggregator Hyperspace raised $4.5 million
Bitcoin on-chain data hints at institutions 'deploying capital' at expense of 'hodlers'
12.2.2022
On-chain metrics detect strong "sophisticated passive buying" on spot exchanges and a rise in the movements of Bitcoin to whale wallets
Meet the top 5 busiest crypto funders of 2021, according to PwC
10.2.2022
The average deal size of crypto mergers and acquisitions reached $180 million in 2021, surging from $53 million in 2020, PwC said
Opensea’s All-Time NFT Sales Volume Crosses $20 Billion
9.2.2022
Data indicates the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Opensea has crossed $20 billion in all-time sales. The leading NFT marketplace has seen more than 1.2 million traders leverage the platform since the market’s inception in 2017. 1.2 Million Opensea Traders and $20 Billion in Sales...
Research Firm Predicts Bitcoin Will Hit $200K in Second Half of 2022, ETH to Reach $12K
8.2.2022
This week in a note to investors, Fsinsight, a Fundstrat company, said bitcoin could reach $200,000 during the second half of the year. In the investor’s note, Fsinsight’s head of digital asset strategy, Sean Farrell, said the parabolic growth would be due to “legacy market...
One-stop shop solution empowers crypto traders to optimize their capital utilization
8.2.2022
The volatility within crypto markets calls for risk management tools; the available options lack efficient tools to manage it
Polygon Raises $450 Million From Sequoia Capital India, Softbank, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’leary
7.2.2022
The blockchain project Polygon announced it has raised $450 million on Monday in a fundraising round led by Sequoia Capital India with participation from more than 40 venture capital firms. Polygon says that the money will allow the team to help scale Ethereum and bolster the mass adoption of Web3...
Polygon raises $450M in Sequoia-led funding round
7.2.2022
Blockchain venture funds are shifting their focus to Web3 development and are placing greater emphasis on scalability
Report: Andreessen Horowitz Seeks an Investment in Bored Ape Yacht Club
6.2.2022
Two reports claim that the creators of the popular non-fungible token (NFT) project Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) are in talks of raising funds from investors such as the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The alleged funding round is expected to be around $200 million, but sources further...
African Web3 Startup Raises $6.45 Million in Pre-Seed Round, Serena Williams’ Investment Firm Participates
5.2.2022
An African startup, Nestcoin, said it raised $6.45 million in a pre-seed funding round in which tennis’ star, Serena Williams’ Serena Ventures took part. The startup, which was launched in November 2021, plans to use the capital raised to educate, build and invest in web...
Blockchain startups grow as global VC funding generated $25.2B in 2021
4.2.2022
A 713% increase in venture capital funding went to global blockchain startups last year, but will this trend continue?
Crypto Biz: The crypto industry is more bullish than the Bitcoin charts, Jan. 27-Feb. 2
3.2.2022
Venture funds flush with cash are pouring millions of dollars into blockchain startups. And you’re worried about short-term price action?
NFT project blankets Texas capital city in pro-crypto billboards
3.2.2022
“Our goal is that this billboard campaign will plant the seeds of understanding that there’s actually something to crypto,” said Sam Feldman