Funding Rounds


Finance

Circle’s New VC Fund Backs $4.4M Funding Round for Japanese Stablecoin Issuer

The investment in JPYC, whose coin is pegged to the Japanese yen, is the fund’s first.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Bitmart in Talks to Raise $20M at $300M Valuation: Report

New York-based private equity firm Alexander Capital Ventures is in talks with Bitmart to lead the Series B funding round.

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Finance

FTX, Lightspeed Lead $21M Funding Round in Gaming Studio Faraway

Faraway’s Mini Royale will be the first multiplayer title to integrate Solana-based FTXPay with NFTs and wallets.

Mini Royale (Faraway)

Finance

FTX Leads $150M Funding Round in African Payments Firm Chipper Cash

The cross-border payments company is now valued at roughly $2 billion.

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Finance

Crypto Investment Firm Sanctor Capital Raises $20M for First Fund

Veterans of Crypto Briefing started Sanctor earlier this year with a focus on GameFi.

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Finance

Animoca Brands Backs Upland’s Real Estate-Based Metaverse With $18M Raise

The property game is home to more than 100,000 landowners across 13 virtual cities.

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Finance

Digital Currency Group Achieves $10B Valuation in $700M Secondary Sale

Two SoftBank funds, GIC Capital, Ribbit Capital and CapitalG, the private equity arm of Google’s holding company, Alphabet, took part.

DCG Founder, CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Crypto Bank Anchorage to Command $2B+ Valuation in New Funding Round, Sources Say

The custody firm raised an $80 million Series C in February but did not disclose its valuation at the time.

Anchorage CEO: Regulation Is 'Fundamentally Bullish' for Crypto Space

Finance

CoinList Valued at $1.5B as Lending, Staking Join Business Mandate

Following a $100 million funding round, the token sale platform is planning to invest heavily in two of its newer business lines.

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Tech

‘Data Pipeline’ Protocol KYVE Raises $2.8M From Industry Insiders

Hypersphere Ventures, CMS Holdings and a slew of layer 1 foundations are backing a pair of youthful founders.

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