Funding


Finance

Jack Mallers’ Crypto Payment Firm Strike Raises $80M

Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Wyoming were among the investors in the Series B funding round.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Metaverse Infrastructure Firm Hadean Raises $30M From Fortnite Developer, Others

The round was led by Molten Ventures and included contributions from 2050 Capital, Alumni Ventures, Aster Capital, Entrepreneur First and InQTe

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Finance

Alameda Research, Jump Crypto Lead $37M Funding for 3Commas Automated Crypto Trading Platform

The CEO of crypto custodian Copper also led the round for the trading bot-driven ecosystem.

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Finance

Cryptography Network Lit Protocol Raises $13M to Bolster Web3 Autonomy and Interoperability

The Series A round is being led by crypto investment firm 1kx.

Lit Protocol has raised $13 million in a Series A round. (Pixabay)

Finance

Blockchain Startup Hyperlane Raises $18.5M Round Led by Crypto Investor Variant

The platform helps developers connect applications across blockchains.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange FTX in Discussions for Up to $1B Capital Raise at $32B Valuation: Report

The exchange giant is raising the money as it considers acquisitions.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

Finance

'Sustainable' GRNGrid Blockchain Gets $50M From Investment Firm GEM Digital

GRNGrid is a more environmentally friendly layer 1 tailored to decentralized finance.

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Finance

African Crypto Exchange Yellow Card Closes $40M Series B

Polychain Capital led the funding round, which comes less than a year after the Series A.

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