Peter Thiel


Markets

Bullish Global Weighs IPO as Early as This Year Amid Crypto Market Optimism: Bloomberg

The crypto exchange whose parent company is backed by Peter Thiel revived its public listing plans shelved in 2022.

Peter Thiel holding cash (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Tech

Rollup-in-a-Box Startup Caldera Raises $15M From Peter Thiel's Venture Fund

As Ethereum's Layer-2 ecosystem booms, Caldera's "Metalayer" aims to help developers quickly launch applications across multiple networks.

Citrea says its zero-knowledge rollup will help expand Bitcoin's ability to accommodate NFTs and DeFi. (Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Leads $85M Seed Investment Into Open-Source AI Platform Sentient

The project aims to address concerns about the proliferation of AI whereby the underlying code is concentrated in the hands of a few superpowers like Google or Meta.

Rachel Sun/CoinDesk

Finance

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin Back $45M Investment in Polymarket

The series B funding round comes during a breakout year for the crypto-based prediction market platform, and brings its total funding well over $70 million.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)

Tech

Thiel-Backed Cryptography Startup Lagrange Raises $13M

Lagrange, which specializes in zero-knowledge cryptography, is the latest startup to ride EigenLayer's "restaking" wave.

Peter Thiel holding cash (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Peter Thiel Made $200M Investment in BTC, ETH Before Bull Run: Reuters

A source said that the investment was split evenly between the two digital assets.

Peter Thiel holding cash (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitpanda Pro Rebrands, Raises $33M in Peter Thiel-Led Round

The crypto exchange has split from Bitpanda and now operates as One Trading.

Bitpanda Pro CEO Joshua Barraclough (Bitpanda)

Videos

Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel Backs Bitcoin Startup River in $35M Round

Bitcoin technology and financial services company River has raised $35 million in a Series B round led by investment firm Kingsway Capital, with participation from billionaire investor Peter Thiel. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in crypto VC.

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Finance

Peter Thiel Backs Bitcoin Startup River in $35M Round

The Series B funding for the Bitcoin financial services provider was led by Kingsway Capital.

River Financial CEO Alex Leishman at BTC 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Pantera Alum Joey Krug Joins Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund

Krug departed Pantera earlier this year after the Liquid Token Fund which he helped manage declined 88% in 2022.

Joey Krug (LinkedIn)

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