Funding Rounds

Funding Rounds

Finance

Coinbase Ventures Invests in Mobile Game Developer Bling

Bling’s suite of mobile games allows users to earn small amounts of bitcoin.

The Bling team in 2020.

Markets

Animoca Completes Funding Round, Gets an Extra $50M From Coinbase, Samsung

The new capital will be used to fund strategic investments, product development and licenses for popular intellectual property.

esports, gaming, PCs, games

Markets

SoftBank Invests $200M in Brazil Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin

The company contemplates acquisitions in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.

Roberto Dagnoni, CEO y presidente ejecutivo de 2TM Group, la empresa holding de Mercado Bitcoin. (2TM)

Finance

Crypto Trading Firm Valkyrie Raises $10M to Drive Bitcoin ETF Hopes

Tron founder Justin Sun, Litecoin founder Charlie Lee and former Major League pitcher C.J. Wilson participated in the round.

Valkyrie has filed for a bitcoin futures ETF.

Finance

Blockware Raises $25M to Expand Bitcoin Mining Operations in Kentucky

The mining firm will use the funding to buy 14,000 rigs – 8,000 for itself and 6,000 to sell.

Bitcoin mining rigs

Markets

Web3 Creators Have a New Platform for Minting Social Tokens

With $2.5 million in seed funding, Coinvise is bringing social tokens to Ethereum and Polygon.

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Finance

A16z Leads $12M Investment in DeFi-Native Crypto Tracing Firm Nansen

“We’re not basing our company on some KYC’d version of DeFi coming out in the future,” said Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik.

Crypto analytics is about sorting a tangle of on-chain data.

Finance

Crypto Sleuthing Firm Chainalysis Raises $100M, This Time at $4.2B Valuation

It’s the firm’s second $100 million raise this year.

chainalysis, branding

Markets

NFT Site Rarible to Launch Marketplace on Flow Blockchain Following $14.2M Funding Round

“Rarible is determined to pioneer the next wave,” said CEO Alexei Falin.

Rarible staffers pose for a photo.

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.