Brandy Betz

Brandy covered crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. She previously served as the Technology News Editor at Seeking Alpha and covered healthcare stocks for The Motley Fool. She doesn't currently own any substantial amount of crypto.

Brandy Betz

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Finance

Wintermute Backs DEX Vertex Protocol in Strategic Investment

The amount of the investment wasn’t disclosed and Wintermute will provide liquidity services to the decentralized exchange.

Vertex Protocol co-founder Darius Tabatabai (Vertex)

Finance

Animoca Brands' Anichess Secures $1.5M for Decentralized Chess Game

The game, launching in early 2024, was made in partnership with Chess.com.

Matrxiport prefers systematic call overwriting strategy for 2023 (PIRO4D/Pixabay)

Finance

Bankrupt Hedge Fund 3AC's Return as a VC Stirring Up Crypto Community

3AC co-founder Kyle Davies told CoinDesk that the new entity aims to provide support for projects that are building for a decentralized future, but skeptics have recalled the original firm’s tainted past.

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Finance

Starknet Foundation Appoints Meta Veteran Oliva as First CEO

The executive will help the non-profit promote growth within the Starknet ecosystem.

Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva

Finance

Binance Labs, CoinFund Lead $10M Round for Smart Contract Infrastructure Firm Neutron

The startup provides smart contract infrastructure for the Cosmos ecosystem.

(Billy Huynh/Unsplash)

Finance

DeFi Credit Protocol Concordia Raises $4M in Round Led by Tribe, Kraken Ventures

Concordia, now live in public testnet on Aptos, offers a multi-chain risk and collateral management platform for digital assets.

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Finance

Former FTX Ventures Head Amy Wu Joins Menlo Ventures

The 47-year-old firm has $5 billion in assets and has backed the likes of Uber and Roku.

Amy Wu, the head of of FTX Ventures (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Salesforce Leads $6M Round for AI-Backed Web3 Data Platform Mnemonic

The startup provides actionable non-fungible token (NFT) data for enterprises and developers.

Mnemonic co-founders Andrii Yasinetsky and Elena Ikonomovska (Mnemonic)

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TradFi Giant TP ICAP Brings Crypto Spot Trading to Institutional Investors

The Fusion Digital Assets marketplace opened last week offering trading in bitcoin and ether versus the U.S. dollar.

TP ICAP, a major player in traditional financial markets, is entering the world of digital assets. (Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)

Finance

StepStone VC Raises $97M for Two Blockchain Funds

SEC filings show pooled investment figures for the two private equity funds.

Lending money handing over paying cash (Shutterstock)