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Jump Crypto Wants You to Know Its Name

A secretive trading giant with an army of developers is taking an increasingly active role in building key crypto infrastructure.

Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya speaks at the 2022 Avalanche Summit in Barcelona. (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)

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Ex-Polychain Partner Tekin Salimi Launches $125M Crypto Venture Fund

The new fund plans to convert into a decentralized autonomous organization, and involves Terra’s Do Kwon and Avalanche’s Emin Gün Sirer.

Tekin Salimi (dao5)

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A16z Alum Katie Haun Raises $1.5B for 2 New Crypto Venture Funds

The money is being split between an early-stage fund and an “acceleration” fund.

Venture capitalist Katie Haun (Fortune Brainstorm TECH via Flickr)

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Polychain Capital Leads $22M Investment in NFT Appraisal Protocol Upshot

The project wants to bridge the worlds of DeFi and NFT.

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Paradigm Invests $8.8M in DeFi’s Ribbon Finance

The protocol automates crypto derivatives strategies for the lay DeFi trader.

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The TIE Valued at $100M as Data Service Courts Institutional Crypto

The Bloomberg Terminal-esque product raised $9 million in strategic funding.

(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Web 3 Gaming Platform on Terra Blockchain Raises $25M in Token Sale

FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto and Animoca Brands were among the purchasers in the sale that values C2X, a Hashed-advised gaming platform, at $500 million.

Captura de Legacy, un título de Gala Games (CoinDesk)

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Why This 111-Year-Old Investment Firm Is Launching a DAO

Bessemer Venture Partners sees it as the most crypto-native way to support founders.

Bessemer's crypto team (Bessemer)

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Luno Spins Out Investment Arm to Pump $15M to $75M a Year Into Crypto Companies

Luno Expeditions will focus on seed and pre-seed investing with the aim of making 200-300 such investments per year.

Marcus Swanepoel, cofundador y CEO de Luno. (Luno)

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Oxio Raises $40M to Bring Tokenized Telco Model to US and Brazil

The company's white label product allows any brand to serve as a mobile operator. It’s already working with Grupo Bimbo and other big brands in Mexico.

(Jeevan Katel/Unsplash)