Backers for the dShares platform, which will be available ex-US, included a Susquehanna subsidiary.
Curve Token Climbs After Binance Labs Commits to $5M Investment
The decentralized exchange, which suffered a $70 million hack last month, will also consider deploying to the BNB Chain.
Jump Crypto Backs $5M Round for Bitcoin Wallet Xverse
The Web3 app supports Ordinals, the technology that brought non-fungible tokens to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Brevan Howard Backs Crypto Infrastructure Startup Puffer in $5.5M Round
The seed round for the liquid staking startup was co-led by Lemniscap and Lightspeed Faction.
Multicoin Backer L1 Digital Raises $152M for Second Crypto VC Fund
The Swiss advisor makes direct investments in crypto projects and also backs early-stage crypto investment firms.
Binance’s VC Arm Dominated Funding Rounds Last Week Even as Regulators Scrutinized the Crypto Exchange
Binance Labs announced investments in four incubator projects and participated in a round for privacy infrastructure startup zkPass.
Bitcoin Remains King While Crypto Hedge Funds Get Rekt
Even though crypto hedge funds managed positive returns during the first half of 2023, bitcoin trounced them, according to a 21e6 Capital report.
Crypto Investor HashKey Aims to Raise $100M for New Digital Assets Fund
The liquid digital assets fund, regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, will open for investments on Sept. 1.
Metaverse Project Futureverse’s Co-Founders Start $50M Venture Fund
The Born Ready venture studio will invest in early stage Web3 and metaverse projects.
Bitcoin Won’t Back U.S. Dollar, Presidential Hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy Says
The Republican candidate’s comments stand in contrast to Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy, who supports using bitcoin to stabilize the dollar.
Nomura Backs $6M Round for On-Chain Fund Platform Solv Protocol
The Singapore-based startup offers an on-chain fund platform that allows institutions and venture capitalists to create, use and sell financial products.
Crypto Firms Raised $129M Last Week, Led by Flashbots
The startup, focused on maximal extractable value (MEV) in blockchain transactions, raised $60 million in funding.
Disgraced U.S. Congressman George Santos Involved Crypto in Nigerian Prince-Like Scheme: NYT
A source told The New York Times that Santos and two others appeared to try a crypto-centric version of the classic Nigerian prince email scam.
Amazon Expands Managed Blockchain Services
The tech giant moves deeper into Web3 infrastructure with AMB Access and Query services for developers.
RFK Jr. Confirms Recent Bitcoin Purchases
The U.S. presidential candidate said her purchased two bitcoin for each of his seven children.
DeFi Headed Toward a ‘Major Resurgence,’ Tribe Capital’s Boris Revsin Says
The managing partner of the $1.6 billion investment firm says infrastructure is the key to turning crypto into a $10 trillion industry.
Crypto Firm Flashbots Raises $60M in Paradigm-Led Round
The new capital will help develop the SUAVE decentralized platform for maximal extractable value (MEV).
Crypto Startups Raised $201.4M in Venture Funding Last Week, Led by Infrastructure
The largest fundraises for the week belonged to metaverse startup Futureverse and RISC Zero, creator of developer tools for zero-knowledge proofs.
Crypto Liquidity Network Paradigm Leans Into DeFi With StarkWare
The new Paradex decentralized perpetuals platform is backed by the recent appchain technology from StarkWare.
Binance Labs Invests $10M in DeFi Lender Radiant, RDNT Jumps 10%
The protocol was built on the architecture of LayerZero, which raised $120 million at a $3 billion valuation earlier this year.