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Dragonfly Capital Managing Partner Alexander Pack Steps Down

Alexander Pack, managing partner of Dragonfly Capital, has stepped down from the crypto investment firm, according to a letter obtained by CoinDesk.

YAY AREA: Most of the Dragonfly Capital team operates from San Francisco. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Swiss Crypto Firm Closes $14.5M Series B to Help Secure Brokerage License

Crypto Finance AG's $14.5 million funding round will go toward international expansion and courting institutional investors.

Crypto Finance AG CEO Jan Brzezek. (Credit: Crypto Finance AG)

Tech

Chinese DeFi Platform dForce Raises $1.5M From Multicoin, Huobi Capital

One of China’s largest DeFi platforms has raised $1.5 million from Multicoin Capital, Huobi Capital and CMB International to expand its product lineup.

Multicoin Capital principal Mable Jiang. (Credit: BlockBeats/Odaily)

Finance

VC Firm Andreessen Horowitz Targets $450M for Second Crypto Fund: Report

Sources told the Financial Times that Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is raising another crypto fund, reportedly targeted at $450 million.

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Finance

Banking API Platform Sila Raises $7.7M on Promise of Programmable Money

The $7.7 million round from Madrona Venture Group and others will help Sila bring bespoke stablecoins to fintech entrepreneurs.

Sila CEO Shamir Karkal (left) with CTO Alexander Lipton, Chief Legal Officer Angela Angelovska-Wilson and COO Isaac Hines. (Credit: Sila)

Finance

Your Crypto Startup Needs a Recession Strategy

A shakeout is coming in crypto venture capital and entrepreneurs should react with a new plan, says our columnist.

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Finance

Crypto M&A and Fundraising Dropped Sharply in 2019: PwC Report

The value of crypto M&A deals last year dropped by a whopping 76 percent, according to a new report by PwC – down from $1.9 billion in 2018 to $451 million in 2019.

PwC Global Crypto Lead Henri Arslanian image via CoinDesk archives

Tech

Makers of Keep Protocol Raise $7.7M to Bring Trustless BTC to DeFi

Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its KEEP tokens to some of crypto’s top investors. Its TBTC project could get more bitcoin into DeFi.

Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Finance

Investors in Polychain Capital’s Crypto Hedge Fund Saw 1,332% Gains – If They Stomached the Dips

An investor document obtained by CoinDesk charts the dramatic ups and downs of the first four years of Polychain Capital’s cryptocurrency hedge fund.

Polychain Capital founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Finance

VC Deals in Crypto Remained Steady but Amount Invested Fell in 2019: Report

As younger companies are raising more, larger businesses didn’t come back for extra capital.

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