Funding
Investors Add $74M to Crypto-Focused Valkyrie Trusts
New SEC filings showed additional sales for the investment firm’s Tron and Avalanche trusts.

JPMorgan Backs $20M Round for Blockchain Infrastructure Startup Ownera
Ownera aims to connect the tokenized securities of institutional investors.

Crypto Auditing Platform Sherlock Raises $4M in Funding
The protocol features an open auditor competition to help find smart contract vulnerabilities

Blockchain Startup Diamond Standard Raises $30M to Fund Expansion
The Series A round is led by venture capital firm Left Lane and investment management firm Horizon Kinetics.

NFT Collection Doodles Raises $54M at $704M Valuation
The venture-capital firm of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian led the funding round.

Venture-Capital Firm Northzone Raises $1B Fund for Fintech, Web3 Investments
Web3 is a "core sector" for the firm, one Northzone partner told the Block.

Andrew Yang Is Raising $1.5M for a Company That Plans to Reward Volunteers With Crypto
A new filing shows the former presidential candidate is an executive officer at stealth crypto company Samarity.

Asset Manager Brevan Howard Reveals Details About Its Record-Setting $1B Crypto Hedge Fund
New SEC filings disclose information about the first two sub-entities of the massive hedge fund.

NFT Software Company Dust Labs Raises $7M During y00ts Release
The announcement came during the high-profile and long-anticipated minting that’s taken the Solana NFT community by storm.

Alchemy-Backed Blockchain Company Contribution Labs Raising $3M in Equity Sale
The startup developed Mint Kudos, which lets communities offer tokenized badges as rewards for participation.

