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Crypto Winter Led to 91% Plunge in VC and Other Investments for January

A CoinDesk analysis shows crypto startups only raised $548 million last month. The FTX failure’s full impact on industry fundraising likely remains to be seen.

Las inversiones CeFi cayeron en enero. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto VC Firm Arrington Capital Hires BitMEX Alum as Investment Head

Bhavik Patel previously headed product and derivatives for the crypto exchange.

Bhavik Patel (Arrington Capital)

Finance

DeFi Liquidity Protocol Squid Raises $3.5M Round Led by North Island Ventures

The Axelar-based protocol connects users with cross-chain assets for borrowing and lending.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)

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Nic Carter from Castle Island Ventures Backs New Crypto VC Firm

Founded by a Circle alum, Breed VC closed its first fund with nearly $20 million in capital.

Breed VC founder Jed Breed (Breed VC)

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Blockchain Scaling Project Sovereign Labs Raises $7.4M in Seed Round

The fundraise was led by Haun Ventures and included Maven 11, 1KX, Robot Ventures and Plaintext Capital.

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Sui-Based Ethos Wallet Raises $4.2M in Seed Round

The underlying blockchain was developed by former employees of Facebook parent Meta Platforms.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)

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Web3 Infrastructure Startup Spatial Labs Raises $10M

Blockchain Capital led the seed funding round, and a firm co-founded by Jay-Z contributed.

Spatial Labs founder Iddris Sandu (Spatial Labs)

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Pantera, Jump Crypto Back $150M Injective Ecosystem Fund

The initiative will support financial apps developed to work across blockchains based on the Cosmos system.

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QuickNode Raises $60M in Series B at $800M Valuation

Crypto fund 10T Holdings led the round TradFi giant Tiger Global was among the other backers.

QuickNode co-founders (left to right) Dmitry Shklovsky, Manuel Kreutz, Auston Bunsen and Alex Nabutovsky pose for a photo in Miami. (QuickNode)

Finance

VC Firm Pantera's 2023 Crypto Forecast Says the Future Is DeFi

The crypto-focused venture capital firm is focused on transaction fees, liquidity and usability.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead (CoinDesk)