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Finance

New Bitcoin Options App Raises $4.7M in Round Led by Pantera Capital

PowerTrade is a new mobile-based cryptocurrency options trading platform set to launch this year.

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Tech

Polkadot-Based Acala Raises $7M as DeFi Grabs Land on Another Blockchain

Acala, a DeFi startup building on the Polkadot blockchain, has closed a $7 million simple agreement for future tokens (SAFT) led by Pantera Capital.

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Markets

Pantera Tells SEC Its Crypto Fund Has Raised Nearly $165M

Pantera has informed the SEC its crypto fund has received a total of $164.7 million from investors with portfolios worth over $5 million.

Paul Veradittakit Partner at Pantera Capital (CoinDesk)

Finance

Pantera Capital Leads $2.6M Seed Round for DEX Protocol Injective

The protocol, incubated by Binance Labs, sets out to solve some of the issues facing users of decentralized exchanges.

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Finance

Pantera Crypto Hedge Funds Are Losing Double Digits, Bitcoin Fund Is Up 10,000% to Date

Pantera Capital’s bitcoin fund is vastly outperforming its more exotic crypto-asset fund counterparts.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead

Markets

Coinstar Plans Massive Expansion of Coinme Bitcoin ATMs as Usage Spikes 40%

Coinstar, the coin counting kiosk maker hosting 3,500 Coinme bitcoin ATMs, is considering doubling that count after a surge in usage amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Customers aren't just buying toilet paper at the supermarket.

Tech

NEAR Protocol Launches Following $21M Token Sale Led by Andreessen Horowitz

NEAR announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale involving a16z, Pantera and others. It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of the NEAR mainnet on April 22.

NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin speaks at Developer Week 2020.

Finance

Pantera, Square Join $14M Series A for Real-Time Payments Startup Transparent

The Seattle-based Transparent sets out to bring real-time settlement to financial infrastructure through a cryptographically secured, distributed payment network.

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Tech

Pantera Partner Paul Veradittakit's Crypto Predictions for 2020

And a look-back at how his 2019 predictions fared.

Paul Veradittakit speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018, image via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Pantera Leads $5 Million Round for Decentralized Derivatives Market

A protocol built to put financial middlemen out of business has secured a $5 million seed round from Pantera, Ripple's Xpring, Hashed and others.

Paul Veradittakit Partner at Pantera Capital (CoinDesk)