Venture Capital


Policy

Crypto Investor Paradigm Argues Infrastructure Providers Should Not Be Subject to US Treasury Sanctions

The firm laid out a legal argument against Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions targeting base layer participants such as miners and validators.

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Finance

Crypto-Focused Venture Firm Bloccelerate Is Raising $100M for Second Fund

The fund has already raised $20 million, topping the firm's $12 million inaugural fund.

Seattle-based Bloccelerate is raising $100 million for its second fund (Luca Micheli/Unsplash)

Finance

Web3 Game Studio Revolving Games Raises $25M in Pantera-Led Funding Round

The company will develop decentralized games in-house and with global franchise partners

Revolving Games' second game is Skyborne Legacy (Revolving Games)

Finance

Crypto Influencer Cooper Turley Creates $10M ‘Coop Records’ Music Startup Fund

The FWB co-founder’s latest creation will act as an incubator, venture capital firm and record label all in one.

Cooper Turley speaking with fellow crypto music influencer Blockchain Brett at a satellite event for BTC 2022 in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Venture Capital Firm MetaWeb Raises $30M for Early Stage Crypto Startups

Having operated in stealth mode for several months, the fund has invested in more than 30 startups.

U.S. Dollars (Shutterstock)

Opinion

Why Traditional Investors May Not Love DAOs

A governance vote this summer canceling a SAFT investor agreement in a DAO sent shockwaves through investor ranks, says Tanvi Ratna.

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Finance

Crypto Startup Slide Raises $12.3M to Connect New Users to Web3 Apps

Polychain Capital and Framework Ventures led the funding round.

Slide CEO Teymour Farman-Farmaian (right) and Chief Technology Officer Sam Hatem (Slide)

Finance

Pantera Capital’s Exodus Broader Than Previously Reported: Sources

Terence Schofield, the firm's chief technical officer, and John Jonson, head of the capital formation team, join the list of departing employees.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Investment Slowdown Will Continue Rest of 2022, KPMG Predicts

Investors will move away from NFTs and coins and toward blockchain infrastructure projects, the global audit and consulting firm said.

A new KPMG report predicts the crypto investment slowdown will continue through the rest of the year (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Investment-Product Firm 21Shares' Parent Raises $25M, Pushing Valuation to $2B

The newly formed 21.co launched as the parent company of ETP issuer 21Shares and technology platform Onyx.

21.co co-founders Hany Rashwan and Ophelia Snyder (21.co)