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Finance

Digital Currency Group and Node Capital Lead $5M Fundraise for Blockchain Security Firm dWallet Labs

The investment will help build projects on Odsy Network, a new layer 1 blockchain focused on decentralized wallet access.

The Odsy Network and dWallet Labs team (dWallet)

Videos

Crypto Investment Firm CoinFund Launches $300M Venture Fund For Web3 Development

CoinFund, a crypto-specific investment firm, inaugurated a $300 million venture capital fund to back early-stage blockchain projects including layer 1 blockchains, Web3 infrastructure, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), gaming, and asset management. “The Hash” panel discusses the latest sign of investor confidence amid a sour mood in the markets.

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Finance

Crypto Investing Giant Paradigm Leads $20M Round for Fractional NFT Protocol

Fractional, which allows for collective non-fungible token ownership, is rebranding as Tessera.

Bored Ape (Yuga Labs)

Finance

Bill Ackman Among Investors as Venture Capital Crypto Firm Shima Capital Raises $200M Fund

The Web3-focused firm, founded by Wall Street veteran Yida Gao, is also backed by crypto heavyweights Dragonfly and Animoca.

Shima Capital founder and managing partner Yida Gao (Shima Capital)

Finance

Crypto Investment Firm CoinFund Launches $300M Web3 Fund

Sectors of interest for the early-stage fund include layer 1 blockchains, gaming and NFTs.

CoinFund Managing Partner David Pakman (CoinDesk TV screenshot)

Finance

Crypto Venture Capital Firm Dragonfly Buys Hedge Fund MetaStable Capital

The fund has over $400 million in assets under management, according to Bloomberg.

Dragonfly has acquired MetaStable Capital. (Getty Images)

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

DEX Protocol Injective Raises $40M From Jump Crypto, Brevan Howard Unit

The project will use the funds to boost the utility of the INJ Token.

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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)