Funding Rounds
Hedge Fund Manager Steve Cohen Exits Crypto Trading Firm Radkl: Report
The New York Mets baseball team's owner planned investment in Radkl was reported at the firm's inception in September.

Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger in Talks to Raise Additional $100M: Report
The fresh funding will give the firm a higher valuation than the $1.5 billion it commanded in June 2021.

Decentralized Data Platform Space and Time Raises $10M
Crypto investment firm Framework Ventures led the seed funding round.

Coinbase, Kraken Back Crypto Lending Platform CLST Seed Round
CLST's aim is to attract hedge funds, trading firms, asset managers and banks looking to lend and borrow digital assets.

Unstoppable Domains Hits Unicorn Status With $65M Series A
The funding was led by Pantera Capital, with Polygon, CoinDCX and CoinGecko also contributing.

AI-Based Startup Optic Raises $11M to Put the ‘NF’ in NFTs
Optic’s near-term plans include creating a public API for Web3 developers and new tools for NFT creators and collectors.

Decentralized Oracle Empiric Network Launches With $7M Funding Round
Variant led the round for the StarkNet-based oracle, which was created in partnership with StarkWare.

Crypto VC Investments Drop 26% in First Half of 2022
Investments totaled $9.3 billion versus the $12.5 billion in last year’s period, but the number of deals increased.


A16z, Variant Lead $18M Round for Lending Protocol Morpho Labs
The protocol enhances existing lending protocols such as Compound and Aave with peer-to-peer liquidity.

