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Finance

Rap Icon Nas Could Net $100M When Coinbase Lists on Nasdaq

Nasir Jones’ QueensBridge Venture Partners invested in 2013. A source familiar with the matter confirmed QueensBridge is still on the Coinbase cap table.

Nas performs in Oakland, Calif., Feb. 21, 2020.

Finance

Communitas Capital's 'Infrastructure-First' Investing Approach Is Paying Off With Coinbase and Others

Ex-Reuters CEO Tom Glocer was an angel investor in Coinbase’s 2015 Series C round. Here are the other crypto VC bets his Communitas Capital is making.

Communitas Capital co-founder Tom Glocer

Finance

Crypto Trading App Atani Raises $6.25M

The funding round was led by JME Ventures, an early investor in unicorn payments provider Flywire.

Atani co-founders Paul Barroso and Haydée Barroso

Finance

Zora Gets In on NFT Funding Craze With $8M Raise, SEC Documents Show

It’s the latest NFT marketplace investors are betting on as the mainstream gateway to crypto.

The homepage of the Zora NFT marketplace on March 31, 2021.

Finance

Ember Fund Raises $5.3M to Build Out Trading App

Ember’s AI and machine-learning algos look to protect retail investors from getting rekt.

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Finance

Michael Jordan Joins $305M Investment in Firm Behind NBA Top Shot

Dapper Labs' buzzy NFT platform has generated over $500 million in sales since launch.

NBA legend Michael Jordan

Finance

Cuban, Palihapitiya Back NFT Marketplace SuperRare's $9M Series A

The NFT marketplace plans to build out its social features and experiment with presenting works in virtual reality.

Fire Castle, an AI-generated landscape available on SuperRare.

Markets

PureStake Raises $6M From Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures

PureStake's Moonbeam parachain launched its testnet in September as part of the Polkadot ecosystem.

PureStake is building the Moonbeam network for release later this year.

Finance

Chainalysis Raises $100M, Underscoring Surging Demand for Blockchain Surveillance

The compliance-minded crypto data firm, is now valued at $2 billion after a Series D raise from Paradigm, Ribbit and others.

chainalysis, branding

Finance

Caitlin Long’s Avanti Raises $37M Ahead of Crypto Bank Launch

The digital bank will put the extra cash toward meeting Wyoming regulators’ pre-launch capital requirements.

Avanti CEO Caitlin Long