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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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Finance

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)

Layer 2

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)

Finance

Solana’s Macalinao Brothers Launch $100M VC Fund

Protagonist, the new venture capital firm and incubator from the prominent developers, will primarily focus on emerging blockchains and technology.

Ian Macalinao is one of the co-founders of Protagonist. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Why the Crypto Unwind Wasn’t Contagious (This Time)

Crypto's interconnection to traditional finance hasn't proven toxic ... yet.

"The Triumph of Death" (Detail), a depiction of infectious plague, war, and pestilence, by Peter Breughel the Elder, ca. 1562. Collection of the Museo del Prado, Spain. (Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Peaq Raises $6M in Funding Round Led by Fundamental Labs

The Web3 network aims to help users build, govern, own and earn from decentralized apps for machines.

(Getty Images)

Finance

FalconX Raises $150M at $8B Valuation

GIC and B Capital led the Series D funding round for the digital asset broker.

FalconX CEO Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)