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Finance

CoinFund Leads $2.3M Investment in Esports Startup Trying to Bring Crypto to Gamers

Community Gaming's seed round also drew NFT collector WhaleShark, Multicoin Capital and Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures.

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Videos

Andreessen Horowitz Triples Down on Crypto With New $2.2B Fund. What’s Next?

Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a major backer of Coinbase and countless other crypto firms in the digital asset space, rakes in $2.2 billion for its third crypto venture fund, the largest crypto-related fund in the venture capital space to date. ​What does the future holds for a16z, and what's the significance of this moment in crypto history?

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Tech

DeFi Insurance Upstart Risk Harbor Goes Live With $3.25M in Seed Funding

Risk Harbor uses on-chain rules and smart contracts to automate payouts for insurance claims.

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Finance

Andreessen Horowitz Rakes In $2.2B for Third Crypto Venture Fund

It's the VC industry's largest crypto-related fund to date.

Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Chris Dixon

Finance

Daniel Loeb's Third Point Leads $27M Investment in Crypto Compliance Startup CipherTrace

The hedge funder’s latest crypto bet adds fuel to CipherTrace’s growing crypto compliance and investigations business.

Hedge fund billionaire Daniel Loeb.

Finance

Visa, PayPal Join Crypto VC Blockchain Capital’s New $300M Fund

PayPal said it's the first time the company has invested as an LP in a fund focused on blockchain and digital assets.

Blockchain Capital's Spencer Bogart speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus: Invest event in New York, Nov. 28, 2017.

Finance

Solana Foundation Leads $3M Investment in Blockchain Data Platform PARSIQ

Evan Cheng, the director of research at Facebook’s Novi Financial, is also joining the project as an adviser.

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Markets

Decentralized Credit Protocol Goldfinch Raises $11M in Series A Funding

A16z led the round, which will enable the startup to build a network of lenders and borrowers and ramp up hiring.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen

Finance

Crypto Derivatives Platform dYdX Raises $65M in Paradigm-Led Series C

The San Francisco-based DEX builder has processed $2.2 billion in trades and is now “hugely profitable.”

Members of the dYdX team

Finance

Music-Focused NFT Marketplace Raises $4M From Cuban, Kutcher, Dapper CEO

NFT Genius wants to bring immersive experiences to the NFT sector.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban