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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Blockchain Company Mural, Founded by Palantir Alums, Raises $5.6M

The startup helps global brands manage the treasuries of their Web3 communities.

Mural co-founders, left to right, Kevin Alvarez Fung, Arthur Tam and Sinclair Toffa (Mural)

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Digital Currency Group and Node Capital Lead $5M Fundraise for Blockchain Security Firm dWallet Labs

The investment will help build projects on Odsy Network, a new layer 1 blockchain focused on decentralized wallet access.

The Odsy Network and dWallet Labs team (dWallet)

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Crypto Investing Giant Paradigm Leads $20M Round for Fractional NFT Protocol

Fractional, which allows for collective non-fungible token ownership, is rebranding as Tessera.

Bored Ape (Yuga Labs)

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Bill Ackman Among Investors as Venture Capital Crypto Firm Shima Capital Raises $200M Fund

The Web3-focused firm, founded by Wall Street veteran Yida Gao, is also backed by crypto heavyweights Dragonfly and Animoca.

Shima Capital founder and managing partner Yida Gao (Shima Capital)

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Crypto Investment Firm CoinFund Launches $300M Web3 Fund

Sectors of interest for the early-stage fund include layer 1 blockchains, gaming and NFTs.

CoinFund Managing Partner David Pakman (CoinDesk TV screenshot)

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Blockchain Scalability Firm StarkWare Launches Recursion to Streamline Ethereum

Recursive proofs could bundle tens of millions of NFTs off-chain to help streamline Ethereum.

StarkWare CEO Uri Kolodny (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Hedge Fund Point72’s Steve Cohen Plans Crypto Asset Manager: Report

The billionaire's new vehicle will trade spot cryptocurrencies and crypto derivatives.

Point72's Steve Cohen (right). (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Lincoln Center)

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BlackRock, Fresh off Coinbase Tie-Up, Offers Direct Bitcoin Exposure

The institutional-investor-focused spot bitcoin private trust will track the price of the cryptocurrency.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

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Maple Finance, a DeFi Platform for Institutional Lending, Unveils $40M Liquidity Pool

The pool is backed by crypto-native investment firm Maven 11.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

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Blockchain Payments Platform Ansible Labs Raises $7M in Seed Funding Round

The startup was founded by two former Visa workers.

Ansible Labs co-founders Daniel Mottice and Matt Vanhouten (Ansible Labs)