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Opinion

Will Rising Interest Rates Sink the Crypto Ecosystem?

Competition for capital is clobbering speculative investments like tech stocks. Digital assets have held up comparatively well – so far.

Crypto investors may be in for rough sailing as interest rates rise. Charles Turner's "A Shipwreck," 1805, from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Finance

Framework Ventures Launches $400M Fund to Back Web 3 Gaming, DeFi

The crypto investment firm now has $1.4 billion in assets under management.

Framework Ventures co-founders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson

Policy

France's Crypto Industry Fights Institutional Caution

A Web 3 summit in Paris has vaunted the country’s strengths and talent pool, but crypto advocates must battle for acceptance from skeptical financiers.

The French financial market regulator in Paris (Jack Schickler)

Finance

Skynet Trading Launches $40M Fund to Support Elrond Network’s DeFi Push

After a pair of splashy acquisitions, Elrond is looking to attract more projects.

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Finance

Uniswap Labs Forms Crypto Ventures Wing

Uniswap Labs Ventures is the latest example of crypto companies investing beyond their core business.

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Finance

White Star Capital Raises $120M Crypto Fund for Metaverse Investments

The company will deploy between $1 million and $7 million in token and equity investments into 20 to 25 companies.

(OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images)

Finance

Ex-Blockstream Exec Samson Mow Raises $21M for Bitcoin Startup JAN3

Mow announced his new company during an appearance at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami.

Samson Mow, CEO de JAN3. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Hashed Leads $6.5M Round for LOVO’s AI-Backed Voice NFTs

The company wants its synthetic speech tools to be used in chat apps or as in-game assets.

(Petr Macháček/Unsplash)

Finance

Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Confirms $88M Raise at $2B Valuation

The valuation was double from the last funding round in December.

(Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Pantera Capital Eyes ‘Mature’ Crypto Companies With New $200M Fund

The Pantera Select Fund will focus on “revenue-generating companies,” the crypto VC firm said in an investor letter.

Paul Veradittakit Partner at Pantera Capital (CoinDesk)