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Finance

Zero Gravity Labs Raises $40M for Decentralized AI Operating System

The seed round included contributions from Hack VC, Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, Polygon and Animoca Brands

Zero gravity (Pixabay)

Finance

Former Coinbase Executives Introduce Stablecoin-Native Exchange TrueX

TrueX says it caters to rising client demand for truly secure segregation between execution and custody.

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Tech

Pi Squared, Building 'Universal ZK Circuit', Raises $12.5M

The startup, led by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign computer science professor, uses zero-knowledge technology to enable “trustless remote computing" along with other blockchain use cases including AI.

CEO of Pi Squared Grigore Rosu (Pi Squared)

Tech

MegaLabs, Behind the 'Real-Time' Blockchain, Raises $20M, Led By Dragonfly

The fresh round of capital will go towards building out the MegaETH protocol, with the aim of having a testnet go live in the next few months.

(MegaLabs)

Finance

Humanity Protocol Raises $30M at $1B for Decentralized Identification to Rival Worldcoin

While Worldcoin's technology is based on iris scans, Humanity Protocol uses palm prints.

Humanity Protocol's seed funding round valued the identity protocol at $1 billion. (benketaro/flickr)

Finance

Crypto Derivatives Exchange Stream Trading Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding

The funding round values the company at $20 million.

Arbitrage trade opens up on TX (Alexander Grey/Unsplash)

Finance

Web 3 Startup Tensorplex Labs Raises $3M Seed Funding to Decentralize AI

Tensorplex said decentralization can help prevent tech giants monopolizing artificial intelligence, making them prone to biases or censorship.

two fingers adding a coin to one pile of coins among many

Finance

ClearToken Raises $10M From Institutional Investors Including Nomura’s Laser Digital

The crypto clearing house plans to start preliminary settlement services in the U.K. this year, subject to regulatory approval.

headshot of ClearToken CEO Benjamin Santos-Stephens

Finance

Fintech Provider Portal Raises $34M Seed Round for Bitcoin-Based Decentralized Exchange

Portal aims to offer a decentralized infrastructure for peer-to-peer swapping of BTC across different blockchains without the need for intermediaries, which heighten the risk of hacks.

16:9 Portal, door, entrance (Tama66/Pixabay)

Finance

A16z Backs Web3 Consumer App Setter in $5M Seed Round

Setter aims to address "the complexity and unfriendliness of current wallet technologies," making entry into Web3 a more seamless experience for more users.

Setter app (Setter)

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