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DEX Aggregator Rebrands to Slingshot After Raising $3.1M From Coinbase Ventures, Others

Slingshot exists in an increasingly crowded field of DEX aggregators including 1inch, ParaSwap, Matcha and even MetaMask.

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Mintbase Raises $1M Seed Round to Bring NFTs to NEAR Protocol

The new funding allows Mintbase to hire developers and designers to prepare for a testnet launch on NEAR before year's end.

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Digital Asset Firm Fireblocks Raises $30M to Gird for 'Influx in Customer Demand'

Fireblocks plans to maintain its standing as “the biggest player in crypto-native markets” but also wants to go after institutional players.

Left to right: Fireblocks co-founders Pavel Berengoltz, Michael Shaulov and Idan Ofrat.

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Blockchain Startup Raises $12M Series A to Turn Brands Into Cellular Networks

Blockchain startup OXIO raised a $12 million Series A to make “Telecom-as-a-Service” as common as SaaS.

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Balaji Srinivasan, HashKey Back $2M Round in Twitter Privacy Tool Mask Network

Mask Network, the protocol that allows users to send encrypted messages and even cryptocurrencies over Twitter, announced a funding round Tuesday.

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DeFi Dashboard Zapper Snags New Funding From Delphi and Coinbase Ventures

Zapper announced Thursday an extension of its seed investment round with new backing from Delphi Digital and Coinbase.

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Razor Network Raises $3.7M to Prove There’s Room for More Oracles in DeFi

Razor Network raised $3.7 million in seed funding from NGC Ventures, Alameda Research and Mariano Conti, the former oracles chief at MakerDAO.

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Collider Labs Raises $1M to Invest in Blockchain Startups

The venture builder is seeking to invest in early-stage startups with a focus on transparency, privacy and "fairness."

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Boardroom Raises $2.2M for Blockchain Governance Toolset

Blockchain governance suite Boardroom has announced a $2.2 million funding round led by Standard Crypto, with additional participation from Variant, CoinFund, Framework and Slow Ventures.

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Indian Trade Finance Startup Raises $3.7M in Token Sale Led by Arrington XRP

Persistence has closed a $3.7 million token round led by Arrington XRP Capital and including Alameda Research, Terra and others.

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