Infrastructure


Opinion

Examining dYdX’s Path to Profitable DeFi

Axelar's Galen Moore provides a front-row seat to changes afoot at dYdX as the popular decentralized trading platform builds on Cosmos.

dYdX CEO Antonio Juliano (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Blockchain Infrastructure Provider 0x Rolls Out New Line of APIs

The new platform is aimed at providing developers the tools to build financial products on crypto rails.

0x founders Will Warren and Amir Bandeali (0x)

Finance

A16z Highlights Web3 Strength in Its Second ‘State of Crypto’ Report

The venture capital giant sees bear markets as a time for builders, particularly blockchain infrastructure projects.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)

Consensus Magazine

What Are VCs Funding After FTX? More Decentralized Infrastructure

Infrastructure projects and regulatory-resistant protocols have attracted cautious investors.

Investments dropped off in January 2023, according to data collected by CoinDesk. (Sage Young/CoinDesk)

Finance

Digital Asset Infrastructure Provider Taurus Raises $65M From Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank

The Swiss firm plans to use the funds to make new hires and expand into across Europe and the UAE.

(Ajithkumar M/Pixabay)

Finance

StarkWare to Open Source Its Ethereum Scaling System

The tech company was valued at $8 billion during a funding round last year.

StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny (left) and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)

Finance

Parfin, proveedor latinoamericano de infraestructura Web3, levanta US$15M

La ronda de financiación fue liderada por Framework Ventures e incluyó a L4 Venture Builder, un fondo de capital de riesgo corporativo respaldado por la bolsa de valores de Brasil, B3.

Alex Buelau, Marcos Viriato y Cristian Bohn (de izquierda a derecha), cofundadores de Parfin. (Parfin)

Finance

Latin American Web3 Infrastructure Provider Parfin Raises $15M

The funding round was led by crypto investment firm Framework Venture and included L4 Venture Builder, a corporate venture capital fund backed by the Brazilian stock exchange B3.

Alex Buelau, Marcos Viriato y Cristian Bohn (de izquierda a derecha), cofundadores de Parfin. (Parfin)

Opinion

Web3 Needs Seamless Infrastructure to Drive Adoption

This coming year will be a tipping point for crypto projects that are looking to position themselves well for the next wave of crypto growth.

(Shubham's Web3/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Winter Hurt Confidence, but Building Digital-Asset Infrastructure Remains Key, Morgan Stanley Says

Some investors see cryptocurrencies taking 10 to 15 years to become fully mainstream, the report said.

El invierno cripto cambió la composición de los participantes de la industria. (Monicore/Pixabay)