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Finance

Mysten Labs to Buy Back Equity, Token Warrants From FTX Bankruptcy Estate for $96M

FTX Ventures invested $101 million in Mysten Labs just months before Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire collapsed. Now, Mysten is buying back the stake (and sui token warrants) for $96 million through bankruptcy court.

FTX CEO John J. Ray III (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Finance

European Crypto Startups Raised Record $5.7B in VC Funding in 2022

A new report from crypto VC firm RockawayX and startup data provider DealRoom showed strength in the region despite the crypto winter.

European crypto firms raised a record amount of venture-capital funding in 2022. (RockawayX)

Finance

Seed Club Ventures Emerges With $25M to Back DAOs

The investor collective, also organized as a DAO, includes noted crypto firms Multicoin Capital, Delphi Digital and Dragonfly.

(Pixabay)

Finance

A16z Leads $40M Funding Round for CCP Games

The studio behind Eve Online is planning to release a blockchain-based game.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)

Opinion

Who Failed Silicon Valley Bank Depositors?

Should we point fingers at Silicon Valley Bank, the Federal Reserve, the banking system, crypto or the depositors themselves?

Where's George Bailey when you really need him? (RKO Radio Picture/Getty Images)

Finance

Zero-Knowledge Crypto Startup Proven Raises $15.8M in Seed Round

Framework Ventures led the seed round for the firm, which was founded by former employees of market maker Jane Street.

Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)

Finance

Pension Fund-Backed Parataxis Capital Shakes Off Crypto Winter With New Fund

The fund employs a long/short relative value trading strategy, and will launch with $25 million to $50 million in capital.

(Monicore/Pixabay)

Finance

Alpha Sigma, Transform Ventures Partner on New $100M Crypto-Focused Funds

The firms are creating a holding company called Alpha Transform Holdings, Inc.

Brevan Howard Digital was among the backers for Puffer's $5.5 million round. (Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Payroll Startup Toku Raises $20M

Blockchain Capital led the funding round.

Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)

Finance

Multicoin Capital’s Hedge Fund Lost 91.4% Last Year, Investor Letter Reveals

The fund’s performance was severely impacted by direct exposure to now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and holdings in FTT and Solana-based tokens.

Multicoin's Kyle Samani (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)