Funding


Finance

Blockchain Gaming Platform Xterio Raises $40M Led by Partner FunPlus

The round was co-led by Makers Fund, FTX Ventures and XPLA.

Blockchain gaming is on the increase. (Fredrick Tendong/Unsplash)

Finance

Fintech Firm Lightnet Group Gets $50M From LDA Capital to Boost Velo Protocol's Technology

The firm has the option to raise the total commitment to up to $100 million over the next three years.

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Finance

Metaverse Avatar Creator Ready Player Me Raises $56M in Series B led by a16z

The funding round included participation from the co-founders of Twitch and Roblox.

Ready Player Me raised $56 million in a Series B led by a16z. (Ready Player Me)

Videos

Former CFTC Chair ‘Very Concerned’ About Funding for Crypto Regulation

Former Chairman Timothy Massad discusses his concerns over CFTC’s insufficient funding for crypto regulation. “We didn’t have the resources to do the things we really needed to do,” Massad says. Plus, insights into his proposal for stablecoin regulation.

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Finance

World's Biggest Companies Invested $6B in Blockchain Firms September-June: Study

Google parent Alphabet participated in four funding rounds that raised a total $1.5 billion, Blockdata found.

Money growing from the ground. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Blockchain Payments Platform Ansible Labs Raises $7M in Seed Funding Round

The startup was founded by two former Visa workers.

Ansible Labs co-founders Daniel Mottice and Matt Vanhouten (Ansible Labs)

Finance

Bain Capital Leads $12M Round for Scalable Blockchain Developer RISC Zero

The startup uses zero-knowledge proofs to create a developer-friendly blockchain.

RISC Zero is building a scalable blockchain using zk rollups (Andrew Haimerl/Unsplash)

Finance

Greylock, Pantera Led $18M Round for NFT Infrastructure Provider Pinata

Silicon Valley investment giant Greylock also backed Pinata’s $3.5 million seed round last year.

Bored Ape (Yuga Labs)

Finance

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $20M Funding Round for CreatorDAO

Paris Hilton and musicians The Chainsmokers also invested in the project.

Paris Hilton was among the investors in CreatorDAO's latest funding round. (RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Finance

Crypto Intelligence Platform Messari Plans to Raise $35M at $300M Valuation: Report

The company nabbed $21 million last year in a round led by Steve Cohen's Point72 Ventures.

Messari CEO Ryan Selkis during a CDTV interview in October (CoinDesk)