Binance Labs


Finance

Former Binance Labs Makes First Investment Following Zhao's Return: Report

YZI Labs, the rebranded Binance Labs, led a $16 million funding round into token airdrop startup Sign.

Changpeng Zhao

Finance

Binance Labs Gets Major Overhaul With CZ Taking Active Role in Investments

The former venture capital arm of Binance will become the family office of CZ and Binance co-founder Yi He, Bloomberg reported.

Binance ex-CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Sahara AI, Blockchain Project Tackling Copyright and Privacy, Raises $43M

The funding round was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included participation from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Foresight Ventures and others.

16:9 Sahara Desert (Ernesta Sakalaite/Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Derivatives DEX Aevo's Token Jumps 10% as Binance Labs Discloses Investment

The token's price is still down nearly 70% since March.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance Spun Off Venture Capital Arm Earlier This Year

Binance Labs says it is "an independent venture and not part of the Binance Group."

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Finance

Curve Token Climbs After Binance Labs Commits to $5M Investment

The decentralized exchange, which suffered a $70 million hack last month, will also consider deploying on the BNB Chain.

Binance has appointed Yi He to oversee Binance Labs (Binance)

Finance

Binance's VC Arm Dominated Funding Rounds Last Week Even as Regulators Scrutinized the Crypto Exchange

Binance Labs announced investments in four incubator projects and participated in a round for privacy infrastructure startup zkPass.

Brevan Howard Digital was among the backers for Puffer's $5.5 million round. (Pixabay)

Videos

Bitcoin Slips to $29K Level Amid WSJ Report on Binance

Bitcoin (BTC) is slipping after the Wall Street Journal said Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao suggested in a private conversation that the crypto exchange's affiliates had conducted wash trading several years ago and China's policymakers warned of a tortuous economic recovery while falling short of announcing large-scale stimulus. "The Hash" panel discusses the takeaways from the report and the outlook for Binance.

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Finance

Binance Labs Invests $10M in DeFi Lender Radiant, RDNT Jumps 10%

The protocol was built on the architecture of LayerZero, which raised $120 million at a $3 billion valuation earlier this year.

Binance has appointed Yi He to oversee Binance Labs (Binance)

Finance

Binance Labs Invests $15M in Web3 Gaming Startup Xterio

The capital will help Xterio add more games and artificial intelligence integrations to its platform.

(Pixabay)

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