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

Binance.US Quits Blockchain Association, Forms In-House Lobbying Shop

A source close to the company says the groups’ goals “were not fully aligned.”

Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder (Binance.US)

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Decent Labs Launches DAO With Crypto Investing Giants at $56M Valuation

The venture studio will partner with the likes of BlockTower Capital and Digital Currency Group to build and finance new protocols.

Decent DAO (Decent Labs)

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BlueYard, Sequoia Invest in Privy to Bring Secure Data to Web 3

The $8.3 million funding round will fuel Privy’s developer tools aimed at securely collecting data to improve the crypto user experience.

Privy co-founders Asta Li and Henri Stern (Privy)

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Framework Ventures Launches $400M Fund to Back Web 3 Gaming, DeFi

The crypto investment firm now has $1.4 billion in assets under management.

Framework Ventures co-founders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson

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Pantera Joins $3.7M Round for Solana Lending Protocol Hedge

Race Capital led the round for the interest-free lending protocol ahead of its public launch.

Hedge co-founders Sebastian Grubb (left) and Chris Coudron pose for a photo. (Hedge)

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Solana DeFi Protocol Delta One Raises $9.1M to Offer Crypto Yield Farming

Delta One offers users an automated, low-risk way to earn yield.

Seed funding (Getty Images)

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Crypto Exchange KuCoin Launches $100M Fund for NFT Creators

The money will be used for early-stage projects.

KuCoin

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Skynet Trading Launches $40M Fund to Support Elrond Network’s DeFi Push

After a pair of splashy acquisitions, Elrond is looking to attract more projects.

(OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images)

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Ethereum Push Notification Service Raises $10M at $131M Valuation

The company hopes to address the lack of cross-blockchain communication with easy messaging tools.

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Crypto Wallet Tracker Context Raises $19.5M in Funding Round

The round was co-led by Variant Fund and OpenAI’s Sam Altman.

(Ghislain & Marie David de Lossy/Getty Images)