Funding


Finance

Coinbase Ventures Backs Moralis' $40M Funding Round

The firm provides a development platform for building and launching Web 3 games, apps and NFTs.

Moralis co-founders Filip Martinsson and Ivan Liljeqvist (Moralis)

Finance

Katie Haun’s VC Firm Leads $11M Round for Web 3 Community Platform Highlight

Highlight offers a no-code toolkit for creators to easily build NFT-based Web 3 communities.

Venture capitalist Katie Haun appears on stage at the 2022 FTX/SALT Crypto Bahamas conference. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

KuCoin Raises $150M in Round Led by Jump Crypto at $10B Valuation

The crypto exchange will use the capital to expand its product lineup.

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Finance

Susquehanna Leads $10M Funding in Metaverse Platform StarryNift

The pre-Series A funding round included Binance Labs, Alameda and other crypto-centric investment teams.

Starrynift plans to launch its Starryverse multiverse later in May. (japatino/Getty Images)

Finance

Nyan Heroes Raises $7.5M to Develop Play-to-Earn Game

The investment brings the company's valuation to $100 million.

(Alan Schein Photography/Getty Images)

Finance

Arianee Raises $21M to Bring Luxury NFTs to the Metaverse

The “utility NFT” pioneer is working with The Sandbox following a hefty Series A.

Panerai is an Arianee customer. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Panerai)

Finance

Katie Haun’s New Crypto Fund Leads $50M Raise for NFT Protocol Zora

The funding round values the NFT tooling startup at $600 million.

Venture capitalist Katie Haun appears on stage at the 2022 FTX/SALT Crypto Bahamas conference. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Sports NFT Platform Stakes Raises $5.3M for ‘Digital Bragging Rights’

The platform lets users bet against each other’s sports picks, with winners minting their takes as NFTs.

(Wade Austin Ellis/Unsplash)

Finance

Argo Blockchain Borrows $70M From NYDIG to Buy Mining Rigs

The miner is getting more machines for its Helios facility in Texas.

A crypto mining farm (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Finance

(Crypto) Action! Indie Movie Studio Received $10M in Bitcoin for Shares in October

Angel Studios’ 2021 fundraise featured Uncorrelated Ventures and Gigafund, the Elon Musk-aligned VC.

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