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.

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Policy

Treasury Department Launching Crypto Education Initiative: Report

The initiative centers around informing the public about the potential risks of investing in crypto.

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Finance

WalletConnect Raises $11M to Let Crypto Wallets Talk to Each Other

Union Square Ventures and 1kx co-led the round at an undisclosed valuation.

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Finance

Bain Capital Launches $560M Crypto Fund

The $155 billion investment giant will focus on DeFi and Web 3 and isn't afraid to get its hands dirty with liquid tokens.

Bain Capital staffers dedicate a wing of the Boston Children's Hospital in 2018. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images for Boston Children's Hospital)

Finance

NFT Platform Immutable Raises $200M at $2.5B Valuation

Singapore state investment giant Temasek led the round of funding, which will be used for global expansion.

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Finance

Espresso Systems Raises $32M to Bring Scaling and Privacy to Web 3

The funding was led by Greylock Partners and Electric Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital.

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Finance

Griffin Gaming Partners Raises $750M Fund With Eye on Web 3

The gaming-focused venture capital firm now has more than $1 billion in assets under management.

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Finance

A16z Investing $70M in Ethereum Staking Provider Lido Finance

The firm also used Lido to stake a portion of a16z Crypto’s ether holdings on the Beacon Chain.

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

Finance

Pantera Capital Leads $10M Investment in NFT Infrastructure Startup Rarify

Rarify helps companies natively integrate non-fungible tokens into their platforms.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Crypto Investment Platform Zignaly Secures Up to $50M in Financing Deal

The backing comes from Luxembourg-based GEM, a $3.4 billion alternative investment group.

Zignaly co-founders A.Rafay Gadit, David Rodriguez and Bartolome R. Bordallo (Zignaly)

Finance

Coinbase Ventures Lead Katherine Wu Leaves for VC Firm Archetype

Wu announced her departure on Twitter after just five months at Coinbase’s venture arm.

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