Venture Capital
A16z Crypto to Open Seoul Office, Hire Sungmo Park to Lead Asia Efforts
Andreessen Horowitz's crypto venture capital unit pointed to high levels of crypto ownership in South Korea and Singapore, and growing onchain activity in Japan.
Bitcoin Life Insurer Meanwhile Raises $82M to Scale Savings, Retirement in BTC
With fresh capital from Bain Capital Crypto, Haun Ventures and others, Meanwhile eyes global growth in BTC life insurance market.
Melee Raises $3.5M to Launch ‘Viral Prediction Markets’ Without Gatekeepers
The platform lets creators and traders build markets on anything from politics to pop culture.
Crypto VC Firm Archetype Launches $100M Fund to Back Early Blockchain Startups
Archetype has a track record of successful investments, including Privy, which was acquired by Stripe, and US Bitcoin Corp, which completed a merger with Hut 8.
Robinhood Expands Private Equity Token Push With New Venture Capital Fund
The fund would invest in a basket of private companies across various industries and hold them through IPO and beyond.
Web3 Funding Hit $9.6B in Q2 Despite Fewer Deals
Venture capital is consolidating into larger, higher-conviction bets, with infrastructure projects leading the way, according to Outlier Ventures
Positive U.S. Regulatory Environment More Conducive for Crypto Corporate Activity: JPMorgan
The number of crypto IPOs year-to-date matches the pace of offerings seen in the bull market of 2021, the report said.
Conduit Raises $36M to Expand Stablecoin-Based Cross-Border Payments Beyond SWIFT
Stablecoins are one of the fastest-growing sectors in crypto and an increasingly popular tool for global payments, attracting interest from venture capital investments.
Resolv Labs Raises $10M as Crypto Investor Appetite for Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Soars
Stablecoins are "perfect rails for yield distribution," the protocol's CEO and founder Ivan Kozlov said in an interview.
Bitcoin Life Insurance Firm Meanwhile Raises $40M to Expand Globally
With the investment led by Fulgur Ventures and Framework, the firm plans to scale its bitcoin-denominated life insurance and annuity products designed to combat inflation risk.
