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Finance

Andreessen Horowitz Rakes In $2.2B for Third Crypto Venture Fund

It's the VC industry's largest crypto-related fund to date.

Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Chris Dixon

Finance

Daniel Loeb's Third Point Leads $27M Investment in Crypto Compliance Startup CipherTrace

The hedge funder’s latest crypto bet adds fuel to CipherTrace’s growing crypto compliance and investigations business.

Hedge fund billionaire Daniel Loeb.

Finance

Visa, PayPal Join Crypto VC Blockchain Capital’s New $300M Fund

PayPal said it's the first time the company has invested as an LP in a fund focused on blockchain and digital assets.

Blockchain Capital's Spencer Bogart speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus: Invest event in New York, Nov. 28, 2017.

Finance

Solana Foundation Leads $3M Investment in Blockchain Data Platform PARSIQ

Evan Cheng, the director of research at Facebook’s Novi Financial, is also joining the project as an adviser.

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Markets

Decentralized Credit Protocol Goldfinch Raises $11M in Series A Funding

A16z led the round, which will enable the startup to build a network of lenders and borrowers and ramp up hiring.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen

Finance

Crypto Derivatives Platform dYdX Raises $65M in Paradigm-Led Series C

The San Francisco-based DEX builder has processed $2.2 billion in trades and is now “hugely profitable.”

Members of the dYdX team

Finance

Music-Focused NFT Marketplace Raises $4M From Cuban, Kutcher, Dapper CEO

NFT Genius wants to bring immersive experiences to the NFT sector.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban

Markets

Sustainable Supply Chain Technology Company Circulor Closes $14M Funding Round

Circulor's platform uses blockchain and other technologies to help companies track the carbon output in their supply chains.

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Finance

Arrington Capital Launches $100M Algorand Ecosystem Fund

The TechCrunch founder’s second crypto fund will bet on Algorand projects and coins. But don’t think the firm is abandoning XRP.

Michael Arrington, founder of the TechCrunch blog.

Finance

BlockFi in Discussions to Raise 'Several Hundred Million' in Latest Round: Report

Unnamed sources tell The Information that BlockFi is seeking another mega-round.

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