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Finance

Tribe Capital Hires Republic Capital Co-Founder Revsin as Managing Partner

Boris Revsin will oversee equity and crypto funds plus Tribe’s new $25 million crypto incubator.

Boris Revsin will oversee Tribe's equity and new crypto incubator. (Tribe Capital)

Finance

Dragonfly Capital Leads $13M Round for DeFi Infrastructure Startup XLD Finance

XLD offers cross-border financial tools for customers in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, India and Bangladesh.

Dragonfly Capital's Haseeb Qureshi at Consensus 2022 (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Finance

Investment Firm Valkyrie Branches Into Venture Capital With Focus on Israeli Crypto Startups

Veteran venture capitalist Lluis Pedragosa is leading the new team with a $30 million target fund.

Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald (CoinDesk TV)

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Crypto VC Investments Dropped 26% in First Half of 2022

Venture capital investments in crypto companies were down 26% in the first half of the year from a record $12.5 billion to $9.3 billion, but the number of deals increased, according to Crunchbase data.

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Crypto Trading Volumes Tank; India’s Crypto Info Call to G20

Trading volumes plummet as crypto winter bites and investors hold onto Bitcoin. Venture Capital investment in crypto startups falls, but the number of deals done rises. India’s finance minister calls on G20 to share information on crypto. US lawmakers say crypto miners should disclose energy data. Apathy at home compels South Korea’s blockchain game developers to market games abroad. Those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Decentralized Oracle Empiric Network Launches With $7M Funding Round

Variant led the round for the StarkNet-based oracle, which was created in partnership with StarkWare.

Empiric Network is a decentralized oracle on StarkNet. (Getty Images)

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A DAO for Diseases: How Vibe Bio Plans to Retool Biotech Funding

Vibe Bio’s founder wasn’t passionate about creating a DAO – but decentralizing drug research could fix a thorny, tragic problem.

Large pharmaceutical companies focus on fighting the most common (and therefore profitable) disorders. A new DAO wants to restructure incentives and boost research into rarer diseases. (Morsa/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto VC Investments Drop 26% in First Half of 2022

Investments totaled $9.3 billion versus the $12.5 billion in last year’s period, but the number of deals increased.

Crypto VC investments have declined in the first half of 2022. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Multicoin Capital Announces $430M Venture Fund for Crypto Startups

The venture capital giant’s latest fund – in combination with its already existing vehicles – will invest $500,000-$1 million in early-stage projects and up to $100 million or more for more mature opportunities.

Multicoin's Kyle Samani (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Lightspeed Venture Partners Launches New Funds Totaling More Than $7B

The venture capital firm also announced Lightspeed Faction, an independent team focused on early-stage blockchain infrastructure projects.

Lightspeed will be backing early-stage blockchain infrastructure projects. (Shutterstock)