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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Polychain Capital Leads $22M Investment in NFT Appraisal Protocol Upshot

The project wants to bridge the worlds of DeFi and NFT.

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Paradigm Invests $8.8M in DeFi’s Ribbon Finance

The protocol automates crypto derivatives strategies for the lay DeFi trader.

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Micro-Investing App Acorns Adds Bitcoin Exposure Option

Users of the savings and investment platform can now allocate up to 5% of their accounts to the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF.

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Draper University Partners With VeChain to Train Web 3 Founders

The broader Draper Network of investment funds was an early backer of the blockchain platform for supply chain and business process management.

Tim Draper

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FTX Invests $100M in Banking App Dave, Forms Partnership for Crypto Payments

FTX US will serve as the exclusive partner for any crypto offerings offered by Dave

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Web 3 Game Development Platform Joyride Raises $14M Ahead of Launch

Optimized for Unity, Joyride allows developers to build blockchain-powered esports, casual and social games on mobile devices.

Joyride's Tennis Champs play-to-earn game (Joyride)

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Why This 111-Year-Old Investment Firm Is Launching a DAO

Bessemer Venture Partners sees it as the most crypto-native way to support founders.

Bessemer's crypto team (Bessemer)

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A16z, Paradigm Lead $150M Round for Ethereum Scaling Solution Optimism at $1.65B Valuation

A16z previously led Optimism’s $25 million Series A round.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and General Partner Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)

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Binance's Middle East Progress Continues With Operating License in Dubai

It’s the second approval this week in that region for the crypto exchange.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Getty images)

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Bain Capital Crypto Adds Redpoint Ventures Alum Lydia Hylton as Partner

Hylton will focus on “early-stage DeFi, Consumer, and DAO-focused applications and protocols” while at Bain.

(Bain Capital)