Funding


Finance

Chainalysis Raises $170M at $8.6B Valuation

The crypto sleuthing firm says its tools monitor $1 trillion worth of transactions every month.

Chainalysis co-founder Jonathan Levin speaks at Crypto Bahamas 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Lighthouse Raises $7M to Be the Search Engine of the Metaverse

The platform is looking to bring interoperability to an array of virtual worlds.

The metaverse connectors of Lighthouse pose on some stairs. (Lighthouse)

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.

(Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash)

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)