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Crypto Finance Firm Galaxy Digital to Cut One-Fifth of Workforce: Sources

The company's shares have fallen 80% in the past year.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Porter Finance Team Returns for Second Shot at DeFi Bonds Project

Months after Porter Finance was shuttered due to lack of demand, three of the four team members say they still feel the potential for on-chain bond issuances is massive.

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Finance

Bain Capital Crypto Leads $3.3M Round for Privacy-Focused Identity Protocol

Notebook Labs aims to accelerate DeFi adoption with its crypto identity protocol.

Notebook Labs co-founders Nathaniel Masfen-Yan, Dhruv Mangtani and Solal Afota. (Notebook Labs)

Finance

Billionaire Quant Trader Donated a Record $1.9M of Bitcoin to a Super PAC

Jeffrey Yass, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, gave 100 bitcoin to a crypto-supporting super PAC.

Susquehanna International Group's Jeffrey Yass (SIG/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Kollider Raises $2.4M to Build ‘Lightning-Native’ Financial Products

The bitcoin derivatives exchange already has bitcoin-backed synthetic stablecoins and a Lightning-enabled bitcoin wallet in the pipeline.

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Finance

Bloomberg Beta Leads $6.2M Funding for DAO Framework Origami

Origami and backer Orange DAO also announced a $20,000 funding program for pre-launch decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs)

Origami team members Johnny Chin, Matt Voska, Ben Huh and Stephen Caudill (Origami)

Finance

Bitcoin Technology Startup Synota Raises $3M in Seed Round

The new capital will be used toward the commercialization of Synota’s software, including plans for a bitcoin mining-related service.

Synota team at an active bitcoin mining site. (Synota)

Finance

Core Scientific Again Raises Bitcoin Mining Hosting Rates

The firm expects power costs to decline in the future, which will be reflected in its hosting rates.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Pension Fund-Backed Parataxis Digital Yield Fund Targets $500M in Assets in 2023

The fund received investments from two Fairfax County, Virginia, pension funds earlier this year.

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Finance

Stealthy Crypto Hedge Fund Edge Capital Raises $66.8M for DeFi Bets

Founded in 2020, the firm uses market-neutral, macro-style strategies.

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