Polychain Capital


Finance

Polychain Capital, Square Crypto’s Steve Lee Invest in Bitcoin Broker’s $5.7M Seed Round

Bitcoin broker River Financial has closed a $5.7 million seed round to secure additional U.S. money transmitter licenses.

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Finance

Investors in Polychain Capital’s Crypto Hedge Fund Saw 1,332% Gains – If They Stomached the Dips

An investor document obtained by CoinDesk charts the dramatic ups and downs of the first four years of Polychain Capital’s cryptocurrency hedge fund.

Polychain Capital founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Polychain Capital Targets $200M for Second Venture Fund, Slide Deck Reveals

Cryptocurrency investment firm Polychain Capital is targeting $200 million for a second venture fund.

Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee

Markets

There's Now a DAO for Deciding Which Blockchains to Stake On

StakerDAO will allow participants to vote on where to best earn rewards as validators in a given proof-of-stake network.

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Markets

Polychain, Web3 to Back Polkadot Projects With New Ecosystem Fund

"The investment committee is looking for projects that will add long-term value to the Polkadot ecosystem."

Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee

Tech

Polychain and a Chinese Bank Are Betting Millions on This Token Sale

Investing in a token offering for the Nervos Network could help China Merchants Bank International tap into the DeFi ecosystem.

The Nervos team

Finance

Binance and Polychain Are Funding a Crypto-Friendly Bank in Malta

Paula Pandolfino is raising more than $10 million to launch a crypto-centric bank in Malta in 2020.

Paula Pandolfino

Markets

Former Polychain Partner Ryan Zurrer Is Leaving Web3 to Start a DAO

Ryan Zurrer, a former partner at Polychain, has announced his next act. A new version of one of ethereum's biggest failures.

Ryan Zurrer image via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Polychain's Assets Drop $376 Million Since August, SEC Filings Show

Polychain, one of the most elite funds serving startups in the crypto industry, is no longer a billion-dollar operation.

CoinDesk photo, Consensus: Invest 2017.

Markets

Dharma Labs Raises $7 Million From Green Visor, Coinbase and Polychain

Offering a trustless lending product that "simply 'can't be evil,'" Dharma Labs just raised $7 million from some big-name investors.

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