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Finance

A16z to Boost Size of Its Third Crypto Fund: Report

The fund could lead to $50 million in annual fees, sources told blogger Eric Newcomer.

Arianna Simpson, now a partner on the a16z crypto investment team, speaks a CoinDesk's Consensus: Invest 2017.

Finance

USDC Builder Circle Raises $440M

Announced Friday, Circle has raised $440 million from a roster of major backers.

Circle founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire

Finance

Crypto VC 1confirmation Raises $125M for Third Fund

The $800 million asset manager intends to keep investing in early-stage crypto projects with disruptive potential.

1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino

Markets

Blockchain Platform Chia Raises $61M From a16z, Others at $500M Valuation: Report

Founder Bram Cohen intends to take his payments company public.

Chia founder Bram Cohen

Finance

Solidus Labs Raises $20M From VCs, Ex-Regulators to Fight Crypto Market Manipulation

Solidus won angel support from former U.S. regulators Chris Giancarlo, Troy Paredes and Daniel Gorfine.

Solidus Labs CTO Praveen Kumar (left), COO Chen Arad (top) and CEO Asaf Meir (right).

Finance

Flux Protocol Raises $10.3M Seed Round to Build DeFi Infrastructure on NEAR

Distributed Global, Coinbase Ventures and others are betting the data protocol can help lending applications attract users to NEAR.

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Finance

Diddy, Haddish, Durant Revealed as Investors in Crypto-Powered Banking App Eco

The finance app’s $26 million March round scored investments from athletes, A-listers and entertainers.

Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the Million Dollar Bowl at The Dome Miami, Feb. 3, 2020.

Finance

DeFi Dashboard Zapper Raises $15M to Build On-Platform App Store

Framework Ventures led the round with Mark Cuban and Ashton Kutcher also signing checks.

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Finance

Lubin, ConsenSys Vets Raising $75M Venture Fund, Documents Show

Ethereal Ventures has already started joining investments in early-stage blockchain startups. Other details are sparse.

Joseph Lubin, a co-founder of Ethereum and the CEO of ConsenSys, speaks at SXSW 2019.

Videos

NFT Platforms Continue to Attract Venture Capital Money

Investor money continues to pour into the NFT sphere. Jay-Z is among the backers of a $19 million funding round for Bitski, and the team behind the infamous Banksy burning NFT has raised $3 million to build a new NFT platform on the Solana blockchain. “The Hash” panel unpacks these latest developments.

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