Funding

Funding

Finance

Checkout.com, Back-End Firm for Crypto Giants, Raises $1B, Eyes Web 3 Push

The payments processor counts FTX, Coinbase and Crypto.com among its customers.

Checkout.com (Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Zero Hash Raises $105M in Series D Funding Round

The digital assets startup plans to add to its workforce and expand internationally.

Zero Hash Founder on Expanding to DeFi and NFTs After Raising $35M

Finance

Torus Rebrands to Web3Auth, Raises $13M to Simplify Crypto Logins

The company will use the funding to support its Web 3 plans for providing non-custodial authentication infrastructure for cryptocurrency wallets.

The Torus team (Credit: Torus Labs)

Finance

Digital Asset Platform SEBA Bank Raises $119M for Global Expansion

The Series C funding round was co-led by DeFi Technologies and included participation from Alameda Research.

SEBA Bank (SEBA)

Finance

Paradigm, Sequoia to Invest $1.15B in Citadel Securities

The move brings Ken Griffin’s Citadel closer to the world of crypto.

Citadel Securities Chairman Ken Griffin

Opinion

Not Everyone Can Afford to Be Satoshi

Some think crypto devs should work for gratis, like Bitcoin’s founder. But paying coders is essential and Web 3 finds a fairer way to do it.

(David Ratledge/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

NFT Marketplace OpenSea Valued at $13.3B in $300M Funding Round

The ubiquitous NFT site was valued at $1.5 billion last July.

OpenSea's Devin Finzer speaking at NFT.NYC in 2019.

Finance

CoinFund, Franklin Templeton Back Metaversal in $50M Funding Round

The venture studio is using the money to add to its NFT portfolio and invest in metaverse companies.

A screenshot from a Metaversal promo video. (Metaversal)

Finance

DeFi Portfolio Tracking Firm DeBank Raises $25M in Round Led by Sequoia China

The latest funding brings DeBank’s valuation to $200 million, according to the firm.

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Finance

Dapper, CoinFund Back ‘SPACE’ Metaverse Play With $7M Raise

The project wants to become “the economic backbone of the metaverse.”

A glimpse into SPACE. (SPACE)