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A16z Leads $150M Round for NFT Game Platform Mythical Games at $1.25B Valuation
The startup has launched its own play-to-earn game and plans to license the technology to other developers.
Online Broker TradeStation Going Public Via $1.43B SPAC Merger
The combination with Quantum FinTech is expected to close in the first half of 2022.
Binance Funds $116M Initiative to Grow French Crypto Ecosystem
The world’s biggest crypto exchange has teamed with nonprofit French Fintech to build a research hub and accelerator.
Huobi Focuses on Expansion, Sponsors Contest to Send One Winner Into Space
The Chinese blockchain company is celebrating its eighth anniversary with a space flight contest and an industry forum featuring former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan.
Crypto Investment Firm Sanctor Capital Raises $20M for First Fund
Veterans of Crypto Briefing started Sanctor earlier this year with a focus on GameFi.
Pension Funds Wade Gingerly Into Crypto Investments
The Houston firefighter’s pension fund recently invested $25 million in bitcoin and ether. Whether others will follow that path is unclear.
Palantir-Linked Elementus Raises $12M for Crypto Intelligence Platform
The funds will help advance an institutional-grade data intelligence platform.
NFT Software Firm Nameless Raises $15M to Expand Its Team
Mechanism Capital led the seed round at a $75 million valuation.
Paradigm Leads $5M Seed Funding Round for Play-to-Earn Game AI Arena
Developer ArenaX Labs plans to launch the game in early 2022.
Republic Closes $150M Series B Funding Round
The investment firm, which includes a crypto arm, raised a $36 million Series A round in March.