Venture Capital


Finance

DeFi-Focused Startup Blue Comes Out of Stealth With $3.2M Raise

The firm offers products to help with know-your-customer and money-laundering checks.

Blue's founders, Casper Yonel (right) and Paul Thomas (left) (Blue)

Technologies

Ethereum Startup Obol Labs Raises $12.5M to Decentralize Validators

Co-led by Pantera and Archetype, the funding round is targeted toward building out distributed validator technology (DVT) on Ethereum.

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Finance

HashKey Capital Raises $500M for 3rd Crypto Fund

The firm will back blockchain projects that could achieve mass adoption.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)

Finance

Web3 Studio Sortium Raises $7.8M in Seed Round

Crypto hedge fund Arca was among the participants in the funding round.

Sortium Chief Technology Officer Alex Rozgo, CEO Marc Seal and Chief Operating Officer Eaven Portillo (Sortium)

Finance

Crypto Market Maker CyberX Gets $15M From Foresight Ventures

Venture capital firm Foresight Ventures backed the liquidity provider.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Lender Genesis Owes Creditors Over $3B: FT

Digital Currency Group, Genesis' parent company, is reportedly looking to sell some of its venture-capital portfolio, worth around $500 million.

Barry Silbert. CEO y fundador de Digital Currency Group.

Finance

Cosmos-Based DeFi Protocol Quasar Raises $5.4M

Venture capital firm Shima Capital led the round at a $70 million valuation.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Funding Plunged in 2022, but VC Head Sees Areas of Opportunity for 2023

CoinFund’s David Pakman talks FTX, DeFi and the way forward.

CoinFund Managing Partner David Pakman (CoinDesk TV screenshot)

Finance

FTX’s Bankman-Fried Gave Ex-Jane Street Traders Who Formed Modulo Capital $400M

Founded in early 2022, Modulo operated out of the same luxury Bahamian condominium community where Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX employees lived.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks at Consensus C22 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Polychain Leads $7M Funding for Hardware Wallet Developer Foundation Devices

The Bitcoin-focused startup offers the Passport hardware wallet and Envoy mobile app.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)