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CoinFund’s President Working on Assembling ‘Regulatory Legos’ for His Firms to Succeed

Christopher Perkins, who joined the VC firm from Citigroup last summer, says he’s encouraged by increasing bipartisan support in the U.S. for blockchain technology.

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Infinity Ventures Crypto Closes $70M Fund

IVC wants to bridge the east and west in Web 3 without getting too big and bulky, says partner Brian Lu.

Brian Lu, partner at IVC (IVC)

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Aleo Blockchain Raises $200M for Privacy-Minded DeFi

The lovechild of Ethereum programmability and Zcash privacy is getting a funding boost from SoftBank, Tiger Global and others.

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NFT Platform Pixel Vault Closes $100M Investment

Funding came from Velvet Sea Ventures and 01A, the venture capital firm founded by former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo.

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Alexis Ohanian’s VC Firm to Focus on Crypto With $500M Capital Raise

The Reddit co-founder's 776 Management has raised two new funds and plans to make the majority of its investments in crypto startups.

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder and executive chairman of Reddit, speaks during the Annual Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Event in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. NFT.NYC brings together over 500 speakers from the crypto, blockchain, and NFT communities for a three-day event of discussions and workshops. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Global VC Funding for Blockchain Firms Surged to Record $25B in 2021: CB Insights

Investments in blockchain startups accounted for 4% of global venture dollars, up from just 1% in 2020.

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ChainLink Capital Targets $100M in Assets for 2 Crypto Funds

The “fund of funds” firm wants to raise $100 million each for its Ama and Luna funds this year.

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Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks Raises $550M at $8B Valuation

The Series E round was co-led by D1 Capital Partners and Spark Capital, and included Alphabet’s independent growth fund, CapitalG.

Fireblocks co-founders (left to right) Idan Ofrat, Michael Shaulov, Pavel Berengoltz (Fireblocks)

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Crypto VC Firm Dragonfly Raising $500M for New Fund, Documents Show

The firm previously raised over $300 million across two funds.

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Singapore VC Blockchain Founders Raises $75M for New Fund

The company has been an early investor in blockchain, crypto, Web 3 and metaverse startups.

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