Funding Rounds
Binance.US Raises First Funding Round at $4.5B Valuation
The $200 million fundraise will be used to ramp up marketing ahead of a public listing in “the next two to three years,” a spokesperson said.

Sky Mavis Raises $150M Round Led by Binance to Reimburse Ronin Attack Victims
The funds from the round along with Sky Mavis and Axie Infinity funds will be used to refund users.

OpenSea Exec Who Quit After ‘Insider Trading’ Scandal Is Back With NFT Platform
Two pitch decks seen by CoinDesk show that OpenSea’s former head of product, Nate Chastain, is building a platform to simplify the NFT discovery process.

Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Just Raised $88M, SEC Docs Show
The equity sale opened on March 23 and 15 investors have chipped in funding.

Crypto Exchange Blockchain.com Hits $14B Valuation in Lightspeed-Led Funding Round
The raise more than doubles the previous value of the company.

Eldridge, A16z Lead $620M Financing Round for Fintech Cross River Bank
Coinbase, Stripe, Affirm and Rock Loans are among Cross River’s more than 80 customers.

Cosmos Protocol Archway Raises $21M to Provide Developer Rewards
CoinFund and Hashed co-led the seed funding round in the Tendermint spinout behind the project, Phi Labs.

Bored Ape Yacht Club Owner Yuga Labs Raises $450M Led by A16z
Now valued at $4 billion, the company will use the funds to build out its NFT-based metaverse.

Polychain Capital Leads $22M Investment in NFT Appraisal Protocol Upshot
The project wants to bridge the worlds of DeFi and NFT.

Cricket NFT Marketplace to Raise $100M in Series A Funding Round: Report
FanCraze is built on Flow, the same blockchain that hosts NBA Top Shot, the digital collectibles platform that won widespread popularity last year.

