Funding Rounds


Finance

Animoca Brands Leads $18M Series A for Play-to-Earn Upstart Avocado Guild

The guild wants to empower members to participate in virtual worlds and Web 3.

An illustration of the Avocado Guild metaverse. (Avocado Guild)

Finance

Binance Seeks Investments From Sovereign Wealth Funds

The cryptocurrency exchange’s global entity is looking to ameliorate its relationships with governments.

CEO de Binance, Changpeng Zhao (Archivo de CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Gemini Trust Has $7B Valuation After $400M Funding Round

The Winklevoss-led exchange is the latest crypto firm to look for funding amid a booming market.

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Finance

VCs Back ‘Pawn Shop of the Metaverse’ With $3M Raise

Pawnfi lets customers take out loans against their NFTs while also providing appraisal and liquidation services.

The pawnbrokers' symbol (Bethany Clarke/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Miner MineOne Raises Over $20M in First Funding Round

The New York-based company, which launched in October, is now raising money for its second round.

Bitcoin mining equipment

Finance

Circle’s New VC Fund Backs $4.4M Funding Round for Japanese Stablecoin Issuer

The investment in JPYC, whose coin is pegged to the Japanese yen, is the fund’s first.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Bitmart in Talks to Raise $20M at $300M Valuation: Report

New York-based private equity firm Alexander Capital Ventures is in talks with Bitmart to lead the Series B funding round.

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Finance

FTX, Lightspeed Lead $21M Funding Round in Gaming Studio Faraway

Faraway’s Mini Royale will be the first multiplayer title to integrate Solana-based FTXPay with NFTs and wallets.

Mini Royale (Faraway)

Finance

FTX Leads $150M Funding Round in African Payments Firm Chipper Cash

The cross-border payments company is now valued at roughly $2 billion.

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Finance

Crypto Investment Firm Sanctor Capital Raises $20M for First Fund

Veterans of Crypto Briefing started Sanctor earlier this year with a focus on GameFi.

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