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Algorand Foundation Launches $300M DeFi Innovation Fund

The Viridis DeFi Fund will support development of DeFi applications such as exchanges, money markets and NFT platforms.

By Jamie Crawley
Updated May 11, 2023, 5:54 p.m. Published Sep 10, 2021, 7:32 p.m.
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The Algorand Foundation has launched a 150 million ALGO (US$300 million) fund to support innovation in decentralized finance (DeFi) on the Algorand network.

  • The Viridis DeFi Fund will support the development of DeFi applications such as exchanges, money markets and non-fungible token (NFT) platforms.
  • The fund commences with the launch of two $5 million “SupaGrants,” the Algorand Foundation announced Friday.
  • The first SupaGrant will support applications for building bridges between Algorand and other networks such as Ethereum, while the second will seek proposals for integrating oracle networks – which provide real-world information to blockchains – with associated price feeds.
  • Algorand already has around 700 organizations building on it and is backed by entities including TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington’s crypto venture capital firm Arrington Capital, which launched a $100 million fund for Algorand-based projects in June.
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Jamie has been part of CoinDesk's news team since February 2021, focusing on breaking news, Bitcoin tech and protocols and crypto VC. He holds BTC, ETH and DOGE.

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