Funding


Finance

Twitch Co-Founder’s Gaming NFT Marketplace Raises $35M

Fractal is ramping up development with the help of big-name backers.

Justin Kan (Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Finance

Eldridge, A16z Lead $620M Financing Round for Fintech Cross River Bank

Coinbase, Stripe, Affirm and Rock Loans are among Cross River’s more than 80 customers.

(metamorworks/Getty images)

Finance

Money Market Platform Burrow Raises $5M to Launch on NEAR

Burrow is a non-custodial liquidity pool platform similar to Aave and Compound.

Printing U.S. Dollar Bills (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Finance

Delphi Digital Leads $5M Seed Round for Money Market Protocol ZkLend

Three Arrows Capital and Starkware also invested in the round, which will go toward additional hiring and the launch of zkLend’s core products.

cash, red, tape

Finance

Cosmos Protocol Archway Raises $21M to Provide Developer Rewards

CoinFund and Hashed co-led the seed funding round in the Tendermint spinout behind the project, Phi Labs.

(Karissa Mason/Unsplash)

Finance

Qualcomm Sets Up $100M Fund for Metaverse Investments

The fund will target developers building immersive extended reality (XR) experiences in areas such as gaming, health, education and entertainment.

CoinDesk placeholder image

Finance

Worldcoin to Raise $100M at $3B Token Valuation: Report

The list of investors reportedly includes a16z and Khosla Ventures.

Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)

Finance

Polychain Capital Leads $22M Investment in NFT Appraisal Protocol Upshot

The project wants to bridge the worlds of DeFi and NFT.

(charlesdeluvio/Unsplash)

Finance

Pipe Introduces Alternative Financing Product for Bitcoin Miners

The trading platform worked with Compass Mining for several months before launching the product.

Compass (Unsplash)

Finance

Ultiverse to Expand Metaverse Offerings in BNB Chain Ecosystem With $4.5M Raise

The round was co-led by Binance Labs and DeFiance, a Three Arrows Capital platform fund.

(CoinDesk archives)