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05.09 / 21:47

business Funding Venture Capital Blockchain incubator valued at $100M following NGC Ventures-led Series A

Blockchain-focused incubator and adviser PANONY has closed a Series A funding round backed by NGC Ventures, one of Asia’s largest crypto investment firms, putting the company on track to expand its portfolio and geographic presence.

02.09 / 21:43

business Stablecoin Tether Venture Capital Crypto Biz: You can’t stop the Tether FUD

In the world of crypto, FUD stands for fear, uncertainty and doubt. It’s often evoked intentionally to draw negative attention to a particular project or business. One of crypto’s most enduring legacies has been the constant FUD surrounding Tether, whose USDT stablecoin commands a market capitalization of nearly $68 billion. Whether intentional or not, The Wall Street Journal ran a story this week claiming that Tether was on the edge of technical insolvency and that it wouldn’t take much to push the stablecoin issuer into financial peril. Of course, Tether didn’t take it lying down and immediately issued a response to what it considered to be a “disinformation” campaign by the Journal.

02.09 / 20:17

business Funding lending Venture Capital Future Bnk To The Future eyes acquisition of crypto lender SALT

Crypto lending platform SALT has received a buyout offer from a prominent online investment platform — a move the company said could potentially enhance its product offerings and advance its mission of making digital assets more accessible to mainstream audiences.

31.08 / 07:27

business Funding Reddit Venture Capital ‘Everything’s on sale’: Reddit founder, Galaxy and Genesis execs raise big money

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital (VC) firm Seven Seven Six (776) is looking to raise a crypto investment fund worth $177.6 million, while current and former executives from Galaxy Digital and Genesis are raising a $500 million fund of their own.

26.08 / 00:53

business Investments Venture Capital Alameda Research and FTX merge VC operations: Report

Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s investment arm has reportedly absorbed the venture capital operations of Alameda Research in response to the ongoing crypto bear market.

25.08 / 17:15

business Web3 Funding Venture Capital Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal launches $50M Web3 fund

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur and Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal has raised $50 million for a new startup fund dedicated to Web3 companies, underscoring venture capital’s growing interest in the blockchain-powered internet.

19.08 / 21:17

business Web3 Funding Venture Capital Crypto Biz: Crypto VC is back with a vengeance

You’ve no doubt heard the expression, follow the money. Well, if you do that in the venture capital world, you’ll be led directly to crypto, blockchain and digital assets. After a modest summertime lull in venture financing, this week saw the announcement of two massive raises worth a combined $500 million. That’s $500 million VCs are allocating to crypto-focused startups at the intersection of Web3, blockchain infrastructure and decentralized communities.

18.08 / 19:19

Adoption Investments Web3 Venture Capital venture capital funding Blockchain venture capital funding down over 43% in July: Report

Typically a lagging indicator of the sector’s health, the explosion of venture funding in the blockchain sector in 2021 and the first half of 2022 appears to be cooling off after seven consecutive sectors of growth. According to Cointelegraph Research, inflows in the blockchain venture capital market have declined by 43% month-on-month in July 2022.

17.08 / 17:15

business Web3 Funding Venture Capital Blockchain VC Shima Capital debuts with $200M Web3 fund

Shima Capital, a new venture firm focused on early-stage blockchain projects, has launched its debut fund to support emerging digital asset companies — and has received considerable backing in doing so.

17.08 / 15:25

business Web3 Funding Venture Capital CoinFund launches $300M early-stage Web3 venture fund

Blockchain venture firm CoinFund has launched a new investment fund devoted to Web3 and other crypto-focused startups, opening the door to fresh funding opportunities for entrepreneurs during the bear market.

17.08 / 03:49

business Blockchain Investments Venture Capital Google invested a whopping $1.5B into blockchain companies since September

Google parent company Alphabet poured the most amount of capital into the blockchain industry compared to any other public company, investing $1.5 billion between Sep. 2021 and Jun. 2022, a new report shows.

15.08 / 19:07

business Funding Venture Capital Bloomberg acquires Crypto-focused venture firm Dragonfly acquires hedge fund: Bloomberg

Cryptocurrency venture firm Dragonfly has acquired a digital asset-focused investment fund for an undisclosed amount — a move that managing partner Haseeb Qureshi said mirrors the broad consolidation trend underway in the industry.

12.08 / 00:37

business defi Venture Capital Loans Maven 11 launches $30M lending pool on Maple as borrowers turn to DeFi

Netherlands-based crypto investment firm Maven 11 has launched its third lending pool on Maple Finance, giving borrowers access to liquidity amid the bear market.

11.08 / 00:29

business Adoption Investments Venture Capital Financial Wealth managers and VCs are helping drive institutional crypto adoption — Wave Financial execs

Two executives at Wave Financial, an asset management firm providing bespoke strategies to high-net-worth individuals and entities, have reported seeing increased institutional demand for crypto products amid the bear market.

04.08 / 19:49

Adoption regulation Venture Capital Cointelegraph Consulting Building the blockchain industry despite market drops and regulation threats

“The cryptocurrency market is the only truly free market that exists in the financial universe,” said Dan Tapiero, CEO of 10T Holdings, during a recent video discussion with Cointelegraph Research.

25.07 / 18:51

business Web3 Funding Venture Capital valuation Aptos Labs raises $150M, more than doubling valuation

Layer-1 blockchain developer Aptos Labs has closed a $150 million funding round to further its ambitions in the Web3 space, further highlighting venture capital’s appetite for budding crypto-focused startups.

22.07 / 23:05

business Venture Capital Court saga Crypto Biz: The 3AC saga takes another bizarre twist

About eight months ago, I vouched pretty strongly for Su Zhu to be included in the prestigious Cointelegraph Top 100. My reasoning was pretty straightforward: Zhu was not only an influential figure on social media, but he ran arguably the most revered hedge fund in crypto — Three Arrows Capital, also known as 3AC. Then, the bear market of 2022 exposed 3AC as a house of cards run by founders who believed their own hype — and made reckless business decisions along the way.

21.07 / 00:27

business coinbase Venture Capital Crypto firms facing insolvency 'forgot the basics of risk management' — Coinbase

Department heads at Coinbase have weighed in on the market downturn amid solvency concerns around Three Arrows Capital, crypto lending firm Celsius, and Voyager Digital, saying the crypto exchange had “no financing exposure” to the companies.

19.07 / 21:07

regulation Venture Capital Terra Financial Singapore's financial watchdog pushes back against Terra and 3AC associations

Ravi Menon, the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, said companies often labeled by the media in connection to the recent market volatility as “Singapore-based” were not representative of the country’s approach to crypto regulation.

18.07 / 19:49

business Adoption Investments Venture Capital Web3 dominates venture capital interest in blockchain industry in Q2 2022

Cointelegraph Research brings an analysis of all the deals and trends from venture capital (VC) in the blockchain industry during the second quarter of 2022.

12.07 / 23:59

business Funding Venture Capital DAO Multicoin Capital raises $430M for new crypto startup fund

Prominent crypto investor Multicoin Capital has launched a new venture fund valued at $430 million, further demonstrating venture capital’s growing interest in the blockchain economy amid the bear market.

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