Brandy Betz

Brandy covered crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. She previously served as the Technology News Editor at Seeking Alpha and covered healthcare stocks for The Motley Fool. She doesn't currently own any substantial amount of crypto.

Brandy Betz

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Finance

Bitcoin Technology Startup Synota Raises $3M in Seed Round

The new capital will be used toward the commercialization of Synota’s software, including plans for a bitcoin mining-related service.

Synota team at an active bitcoin mining site. (Synota)

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Pension Fund-Backed Parataxis Digital Yield Fund Targets $500M in Assets in 2023

The fund received investments from two Fairfax County, Virginia, pension funds earlier this year.

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Stealthy Crypto Hedge Fund Edge Capital Raises $66.8M for DeFi Bets

Founded in 2020, the firm uses market-neutral, macro-style strategies.

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New Bitcoin-Focused VC Firm Ego Death Capital Raising $30M

The fund had raised over $11 million of its target as of mid-September.

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Nischal Shetty's Blockchain Startup Shardeum Raises $18M in Seed Funding

The co-founder of WazirX, India's largest crypto exchange, is now trying to expand a network that promises greater scalability, faster transaction times and lower fees.

Shardeum's team (Shardeum)

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OpenSea Ventures Among Backers for $7M Round for Crypto Security Startup

Web3 Builders also launched the free TrustCheck tool to verify the safety of smart contract and NFT transactions

Web3 Builders co-founder Nicholas Horelik, CEO Riccardo Pellegrini and Chief Technology Officer Henry Katz (Web3)

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ParaFi Capital Among Backers for Web3 Fashion and Lifestyle Platform YoloYolo

Yoloyolo, which connects NFT owners and brands to sell merchandise, raised $3.5 million in seed funding.

Social commerce platform YoloYolo (YoloYolo)

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Investing App Stash Raises $52.6M Weeks After Expanding Access to Cryptocurrencies

The convertible debt offering was revealed in a regulatory filing and confirmed by the company.

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BlockTower Putting $150M Crypto Fund to Work as Valuations Return ‘Down to Earth’

The company's new venture-capital head Thomas Klocanas talks DeFi, equity stakes and investing in a bear market.

BlockTower VC head Thomas Klocanas (BlockTower)

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Crypto Asset Manager BlockTower Launches $150M Venture-Capital Fund

BlockTower has also created a new venture-capital arm.

Crypto VC investments have declined in the first half of 2022. (Shutterstock)