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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)

Finance

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)

Finance

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)

Finance

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.

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Finance

Bain Capital Crypto Adds Redpoint Ventures Alum Lydia Hylton as Partner

Hylton will focus on “early-stage DeFi, Consumer, and DAO-focused applications and protocols” while at Bain.

(Bain Capital)

Finance

$450M Raise Values Ethereum Builder ConsenSys at $7B as MetaMask Tops 30M Users

The hefty Series D more than doubles the firm’s previous valuation from November 2021.

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin speaks at ETHDenver 2022 (Chet Strange/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

FinCEN Chief Digital Currency Adviser Korver Departs for A16z

Michele Korver, who spent less than nine months at FinCEN, will be head of regulatory at A16z.

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Finance

Coinbase Has ‘Hidden Value’ in Ventures Business, Oppenheimer Says

Crypto exchange Coinbase’s stock is undervalued, the investment bank said in a note to clients.

Coinbase Posts $1.9B in Q2 Transaction Revenue, Beating Estimates

Finance

Bessemer Commits $250M to Web 3, Launches DAO

The noted venture capital firm is interested in consumer DeFi, infrastructure and other enabling technologies.

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Finance

Fintech Platform Cake DeFi Creates $100M Venture Capital Arm

The Singapore-based company will invest in Web 3, NFTs and fintech projects.

Cake DeFi CEO Julian Hosp and CTO U-Zyn Chua (Cake DeFi)