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Argent Raises $40M to Make Crypto Wallets Easier to Use
The company's non-custodial wallet lets users take control without needing to remember a complicated seed phrase.

Founders Fund, Pantera Invest in DeFi Investment Bank Ondo Finance
Ondo, founded by former Goldman Sachs traders, will use the $20 million round to expand its structured products offerings.

Dragonfly Capital Raises $650M for Third Crypto Fund
The new fund will allow Dragonfly to lead rounds in later-stage companies, the firm said.

DEX Protocol 0x Labs Raises $70M From Greylock, OpenSea and Jared Leto
0x was tapped last week to power Coinbase’s new NFT marketplace.

NBA Top Shot Whale Launches NFT Lending Platform With $4.5M in Funding
Flowty is a peer-to-peer NFT lending platform built on the Flow blockchain.

CertiK Closes $60M Round, Raises Total of $148M in 2 Weeks
SoftBank Vision Fund and Tiger Global led a new $60 million funding for the blockchain security firm.

A16z Forms Crypto Research and Coding Unit to Help Web 3 Startups
The new team is staffed with academics aiming to provide deeper insights for the firm’s portfolio companies.

Bird, Ring Veterans Raise $5M for GameFi Lending Protocol
The Pantera-backed MetaLend lets users borrow while still earning money in games.

Limitless Launches 'Metaverse as a Service,' Plans $60M Venture Fund
The company behind the Next Earth metaverse is ramping up plans for ecosystem development.

Binance.US Quits Blockchain Association, Forms In-House Lobbying Shop
A source close to the company says the groups’ goals “were not fully aligned.”
