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Opinion

Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Will Permanently Alter ETH Economics

Being able to unlock staked ether will not cause a mass exodus or price collapse for the cryptocurrency, Amphibian Capital CEO James Hodges says.

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Finance

Sei Labs Raises $30M for Trading-Focused Layer 1 Blockchain

Investors included Jump Crypto, Distributed Global and Multicoin Capital.

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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)

Finance

Venture Capital Bitkraft Raises $220.6M for Second 'Token' Fund: Filing

The firm didn’t comment on the new SEC filing, but did outline its crypto investment strategy.

Carlos Pereira (Bitkraft Ventures)

Finance

DeFi Hub Nibiru Chain Valued at $100M After $8.5M Seed Funding Round

The startup will launch its mainnet and stablecoin this summer.

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Finance

Crypto Protocol LayerZero Raises $120M at $3B Valuation

The valuation is triple the level of the firm's previous funding round in March 2022.

LayerZero co-founders CTO Ryan Zarick and CEO Bryan Pellegrino (Chung Chow, BIV)

Finance

Crypto Startup Li.Fi Raises $17.5M in Funding Round

CoinFund and Superscrypt led the round for the cross-chain bridge and decentralized exchange aggregator.

Li.Fi Team (Li.Fi)

Finance

Crypto Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Raises Most of $109M Round: Bloomberg

The company's valuation remains at about the same $1.4 billion it was valued at in its previous funding round in June 2021.

Brevan Howard Digital was among the backers for Puffer's $5.5 million round. (Pixabay)

Finance

Market Maker DWF Labs Emerges as Top Crypto Investor

DWF Labs Managing Partner Andrei Grachev discussed the firm’s investment strategy and continuing risks for the industry.

DWF Labs managing partner Andrei Grachev (LinkedIn)

Finance

Dragonfly Leads $6.5M Round for Aptos Protocol Econia Labs

The startup offers an order book protocol for decentralized finance (DeFi) in the Aptos ecosystem.

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