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Markets

DeFi's UNI Token Jumps 92% in One Week, Passes $15

Uniswap's UNI token has nearly doubled its price in 7 days. The decentralized exchange is seeing volumes higher than last summer, too.

DeFiance Capital's Arthur Cheong is raising a new liquid venture capital fund.

Tech

Big Guns Back $10M Investment in DeFi's dYdX

The funding round, led by Three Arrows and DeFiance Capital, was also joined by Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital.

Members of the dYdX team

Policy

Former BitLicense Chief to Manage Andreessen Horowitz's Cryptocurrency Efforts

Anthony Albanese will become chief regulatory officer for the tech ventures giant in November.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen

Tech

This a16z Alum Is Launching a VC Fund Focused on Platforms You Can 'Own'

An Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) alum is launching a new venture firm focused on building a crypto-powered "ownership economy."

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Tech

NEAR Protocol Launches Following $21M Token Sale Led by Andreessen Horowitz

NEAR announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale involving a16z, Pantera and others. It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of the NEAR mainnet on April 22.

NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin speaks at Developer Week 2020.

Tech

Arweave 2.0 Gets File Storage Project One Step Closer to Its 'Library of Alexandria' Dreams

Arweave operates on the same idea as other blockchain-based file storage services such as Filecoin or Storj, but with far larger ambitions backed by new technical developments unveiled Wednesday as Arweave 2.0.

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Finance

VC Firm Andreessen Horowitz Targets $450M for Second Crypto Fund: Report

Sources told the Financial Times that Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is raising another crypto fund, reportedly targeted at $450 million.

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Markets

A16z, Polychain Invest $25 Million in Crypto Payments Startup Celo

Mobile-friendly cryptocurrency payments startup Celo has raised millions from A16z and Polychain in a private token sale.

Celo team

Markets

A16z Moves to Place Bigger Bets on High-Risk Assets – Including Crypto

Andreessen Horowitz has filed to become a registered investment advisor.

Dollars

Markets

Cute Cats Power Serious $15 Million Funding for CryptoKitties Creators

CryptoKitties' latest funding round means it has raised $27 million this year. Fur real!

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