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Analysts Discuss Bitcoin Over-the-Counter Desks Bubbling With BTC Demand
1.8.2021
Digital currency markets have been gathering gains again moving past the lows seen a few weeks ago. This week crypto traders have been discussing over-the-counter (OTC) desks bubbling with demand for bitcoin as the co-founder of 21st Paradigm explained, “high net worth individuals [and]...
FTX Closes $900 Million Series B — Capital Raise Pushes Exchange Valuation to $18 Billion
21.7.2021
FTX Trading Ltd. announced the firm has closed the largest capital raise in crypto exchange history in a Series B funding round for $900 million. The financing gives FTX a valuation of around $18 billion and the crypto firm aims to expand its global presence. FTX Closes Largest Capital Raise...
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...
Do $100K–$300K Bitcoin call options signal a bullish BTC price path?
29.3.2021
Derivatives exchanges now offer $100,000 to $300,000 Bitcoin call options but how keen are pro traders to take the bait?
Crypto Tax Compliance Startup Taxbit Raises $100 Million, Targets International Expansion
5.3.2021
U.S. crypto tax compliance startup Taxbit has raised $100 million in a Series A funding round led by investment firms Paradigm and Tiger Global. Paypal Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and others including Bill Ackman, Ryan Smith, and Anthony Pompliano also joined the round. Taxbit chief executive...
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
Report Claims Harvard, Yale, and Brown University Endowments Have Been Discreetly Buying Bitcoin
26.1.2021
According to sources familiar with the matter, a number of Ivy League universities including the University of Michigan, Brown, Yale, and Harvard endowments have been discreetly purchasing cryptocurrencies. The prominent schools have been reportedly leveraging exchanges like Coinbase and other...
Crypto Security Firm Fireblocks Raises $30 Million in Series B Funding, Targets Global Expansion
19.11.2020
Crypto security firm Fireblocks said Wednesday that it has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round. The money will be used to hire new talent as well as to expand its global operations to meet “institutional and retail market demand for digital assets.” The round was led...
Digital Asset Firm Fireblocks Raises $30M to Gird for ‘Influx in Customer Demand’
18.11.2020
Fireblocks plans to maintain its standing as “the biggest player in crypto-native markets” but also wants to go after institutional players
This Paradigm-Backed Startup Is Offering DeFi’s First ‘T-Bill’
27.10.2020
Newly launched DeFi lending project Yield Protocol is offering stable interest rates for investors
ETH Lite: Reflexer Labs Raises $1.7M to Build a Somewhat-Stable Coin for DeFi
5.8.2020
Reflexer Labs, a new decentralized finance project aimed at softening volatility, has closed a $1.68 million seed round led by Paradigm
How Investors Are Presented With Bitcoin: ‘A New Decentralized Monetary Asset, Akin to Gold’
16.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) is a compelling investment case “for patient, long-term investors” willing to spend the time to understand the top cryptocurrency, a new paper by Paradigm co-founder managing partner Matt Huang notes. The crypto entrepreneur places BTC besides gold, as a go-to store...
First Sovereign Wealth Fund Joins Libra Association
15.5.2020
One of the Singapore government’s two sovereign wealth funds, Temasek, is joining the Libra Association, alongside Paradigm and Slow Ventures in the latest round of additions to the stablecoin project
Makers of Keep Protocol Raise $7.7M to Bring Trustless BTC to DeFi
2.4.2020
Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its KEEP tokens to some of crypto’s top investors. Its TBTC project could get more bitcoin into DeFi
Paradigm Labs Shuts Down, Says It Was ‘Too Early’ for DeFi Boom
11.3.2020
Paradigm said it found it difficult "carve a viable niche" the rapidly evolving DeFi space
Paradigm Leads $12M Round for DeFi-Friendly Wallet Startup
9.3.2020
The DeFi-friendly Argent wallet just raised $12 million
Dragonfly Capital, Paradigm Buy $27.5M Stake in Governing MakerDAO’s Future
19.12.2019
Combined, the VCs have the second largest private stake in the MKR ecosystem