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

AI-Backed Blockchain Data Startup Web3Go Raises $4M

Binance Labs led the round with HashKey Capital, NGC and Shima Capital among the other backers.

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Finance

Bitpanda Pro Rebrands, Raises $33M in Peter Thiel-Led Round

The crypto exchange has split from Bitpanda and now operates as One Trading.

Bitpanda Pro CEO Joshua Barraclough (Bitpanda)

Web3

A16z, ARK Invest Back $37M Round for Mythical Games

Crypto asset manager Scytale Digital led the Series C extension round for the NFL Rivals creator.

Touchdown in NFL Rivals game

Finance

Wintermute Backs DEX Vertex Protocol in Strategic Investment

The amount of the investment wasn’t disclosed and Wintermute will provide liquidity services to the decentralized exchange.

Vertex Protocol co-founder Darius Tabatabai (Vertex)

Finance

Animoca Brands' Anichess Secures $1.5M for Decentralized Chess Game

The game, launching in early 2024, was made in partnership with Chess.com.

Matrxiport prefers systematic call overwriting strategy for 2023 (PIRO4D/Pixabay)

Finance

Bankrupt Hedge Fund 3AC's Return as a VC Stirring Up Crypto Community

3AC co-founder Kyle Davies told CoinDesk that the new entity aims to provide support for projects that are building for a decentralized future, but skeptics have recalled the original firm’s tainted past.

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Finance

Starknet Foundation Appoints Meta Veteran Oliva as First CEO

The executive will help the non-profit promote growth within the Starknet ecosystem.

Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva

Finance

Binance Labs, CoinFund Lead $10M Round for Smart Contract Infrastructure Firm Neutron

The startup provides smart contract infrastructure for the Cosmos ecosystem.

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Finance

DeFi Credit Protocol Concordia Raises $4M in Round Led by Tribe, Kraken Ventures

Concordia, now live in public testnet on Aptos, offers a multi-chain risk and collateral management platform for digital assets.

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Finance

Former FTX Ventures Head Amy Wu Joins Menlo Ventures

The 47-year-old firm has $5 billion in assets and has backed the likes of Uber and Roku.

Amy Wu, the head of of FTX Ventures (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)