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Analyses

Chris Dixon Talks Techno-Optimism, Permissionless Innovation and the Need for Crypto

The renowned a16z VC talks to Daniel Kuhn about his new book, “Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet.”

(Chris Dixon, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto VC C1 With Coinbase Lineage Eyes Acquisition in Australia: Report

Australia has taken a cautious approach to the larger crypto industry ever since the collapse of FTX.

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Finance

Sora's First Summit Brought Sam Bankman-Fried to Hong Kong. Now, Its Eyes Are on Taipei

Jason Fang and Sora Ventures have opened up shop with a marquee office in Taipei 101, and want to revolutionize science with the bitcoin blockchain.

(Sora)

Technologies

Venture Capital Lightspeed Faction Starts $285M Fund for Blockchain Startups

The new fund will focus mainly on early-stage crypto projects, participating in seed-stage and Series A funding rounds.

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Finance

Crypto VC Funding Slowed Last Week as $35M Raised in 9 Deals Including Uniswap DAO

Summary of blockchain project fundraising for the week of Oct. 30 to Nov. 3. Highlights included a $12M raise for Ekubo Protocol and $6.3M for the AI-based blockchain project Modulus.

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Finance

NASD Raises $3.3M Seed Round for Asset Issuer Chain Noble

Noble is an appchain built for native asset issuance in Cosmos and the boundless Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) ecosystem.

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Finance

Nym Technologies Attracts $300M in Crypto Fund Commitments for Privacy Infrastructure

The Nym Innovation Fund, with commitments from investors such as Polychain, KR1, Huobi Incubator and Eden Block, supports projects looking to safeguard privacy in the crypto ecosystem.

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Finance

Web3-Powered File Management App Raises $1.5M to Offer Alternative to Google

Fileverse offers a decentralized file management and collaboration service, an alternative to centralized providers such as Google or Notion.

(Fileverse)

Finance

Tokenized RWA Platform Untangled Goes Live, Gets $13.5M Funding to Bring Private Credit On-Chain

London-based asset manager Fasanara Capital led the investment round and has opened two private tokenized credit pools on the platform.

Untangled Finance raises $13.5M (Untangled Finance)

Vidéos

Crypto VC Funding Down 33% in Worst Quarter Since 2020: DefiLlama

Crypto companies and DeFi projects just closed their worst quarter since 2020, with the sector securing just over $1 billion in venture capital as the chill of crypto winter drags on. DefiLlama data suggests the amount of venture funding dried up by 77% year-over-year from September 2022, when the industry bagged $1.5 billion. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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