Brandy Betz

Brandy covered crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. She previously served as the Technology News Editor at Seeking Alpha and covered healthcare stocks for The Motley Fool. She doesn't currently own any substantial amount of crypto.

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Pantera Capital Set to Close $1.3B Blockchain Fund

The crypto investment firm has plans for a follow-up blockchain fund.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead (CoinDesk archives)

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Prime Trust Hires Secret Service Veteran to Head Regulatory Affairs

The crypto custody and infrastructure firm counts Binance.US and FTX among its clients.

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CoinFund, Galaxy Digital Lead $3.5M Round for Dapp Cloud Computing Startup

Socket Supply Co. offers cloud computing tools and open source architecture for decentralized application developers.

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RociFi Labs Raises $2.7M to Enable On-Chain Credit Scoring for DeFi

The P2P lending protocol uses on-chain data, machine learning and decentralized identity information to calculate a non-fungible credit score for potential borrowers.

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Ex-Blockstream Exec Samson Mow Raises $21M for Bitcoin Startup JAN3

Mow announced his new company during an appearance at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami.

Samson Mow, CEO de JAN3. (CoinDesk)

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Hashed Leads $6.5M Round for LOVO’s AI-Backed Voice NFTs

The company wants its synthetic speech tools to be used in chat apps or as in-game assets.

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Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Confirms $88M Raise at $2B Valuation

The valuation was double from the last funding round in December.

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Community Gaming Raises $16M in SoftBank-Led Round to Expand Crypto Esports

The competitive gaming platform is expanding into Latin America and Southeast Asia.

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Pantera Capital Eyes ‘Mature’ Crypto Companies With New $200M Fund

The Pantera Select Fund will focus on “revenue-generating companies,” the crypto VC firm said in an investor letter.

Paul Veradittakit Partner at Pantera Capital (CoinDesk)

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Block Notifies 8.2M Customers After Breach of Cash App Investing

A former employee improperly accessed reports related to U.S. customer accounts. The reports did not contain personally identifiable information.

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