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Finance

Staking Protocol EigenLayer Raises $50M Amid Crypto Winter

Blockchain Capital led the round for the system that allows Ethereum stakers to reuse the tokens.

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Finance

Paradigm Leads $7M Round for Optimism-Based Startup Conduit

The newly announced startup will help developers launch Optimism-based applications.

Conduit founder Andrew Huang raises $7 million in Paradigm-led round (Conduit)

Finance

Zipmex Acquisition Stumbles as Buyer Misses Payment: Bloomberg

The payment was due on March 23 and was required to fund working capital

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Finance

Mysten Labs to Buy Back Equity, Token Warrants From FTX Bankruptcy Estate for $96M

FTX Ventures invested $101 million in Mysten Labs just months before Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire collapsed. Now, Mysten is buying back the stake (and sui token warrants) for $96 million through bankruptcy court.

FTX CEO John J. Ray III (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Finance

European Crypto Startups Raised Record $5.7B in VC Funding in 2022

A new report from crypto VC firm RockawayX and startup data provider DealRoom showed strength in the region despite the crypto winter.

European crypto firms raised a record amount of venture-capital funding in 2022. (RockawayX)

Finance

Seed Club Ventures Emerges With $25M to Back DAOs

The investor collective, also organized as a DAO, includes noted crypto firms Multicoin Capital, Delphi Digital and Dragonfly.

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Finance

A16z Leads $40M Funding Round for CCP Games

The studio behind Eve Online is planning to release a blockchain-based game.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)

Opinion

Who Failed Silicon Valley Bank Depositors?

Should we point fingers at Silicon Valley Bank, the Federal Reserve, the banking system, crypto or the depositors themselves?

Where's George Bailey when you really need him? (RKO Radio Picture/Getty Images)

Finance

Zero-Knowledge Crypto Startup Proven Raises $15.8M in Seed Round

Framework Ventures led the seed round for the firm, which was founded by former employees of market maker Jane Street.

Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)

Finance

Pension Fund-Backed Parataxis Capital Shakes Off Crypto Winter With New Fund

The fund employs a long/short relative value trading strategy, and will launch with $25 million to $50 million in capital.

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