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Citi Veteran Launches $1.5B Crypto Fund With Algorand as Strategic Partner

The fund includes a play-to-earn gaming arm that will be headed by former Goldman Sachs analyst Sam Peurifoy, known in gaming circles as “Das Kapitalist.”

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NFT Music Platform Royal Closes $55M Funding Round Led by A16z

Electronic music performers The Chainsmokers and the rapper Nas also provided funding, which comes less than three months after the Justin “3LAU” Blau venture closed a $16 million round.

Justin Blau is launching Royal Markets with some high-profile backers. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Billboard Magazine)

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ConsenSys Plots Massive Expansion Following $200M Fundraising

“There’s a war for talent going on,” the Ethereum builder’s chief strategy officer said.

Joseph Lubin, a co-founder of Ethereum and the CEO of ConsenSys, speaks at SXSW 2019.

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MakerDAO’s Rune Christensen Joins VC Firm Dragonfly Capital

Christensen is the founder of MakerDAO, which ranks second among DeFI projects with $19.3 billion in total value locked.

MakerDAO CEO Rune Christensen image via CoinDesk archives

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Crypto Venture Firm Paradigm Announces $2.5B Fund, Industry’s Largest

It tops the $2.2 billion fund announced by Andreessen Horowitz in June.

Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

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Circle Launches Venture Capital Fund for Early Stage Blockchain Projects

The fund, which doesn’t have a predetermined monetary amount, has already deployed initial capital.

Circle was the target of an "email fraud incident" in June, according to new SEC filings.

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Neon Labs Raises $40M to Bring EVM Functionality to Solana

The Ethereum-compatible environment could lead to implementations of popular DeFi protocols on the blockchain.

Neon Labs Director Marina Guryeva (right) speaks at the Breakpoint conference in Lisbon, Portugal. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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VCs Invested Record $6.5B in Crypto, Blockchain in Q3: CB Insights

Coinbase Ventures was the most active investor in the quarter by far, with 24 deals.

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The Record-Smashing Funding Quarter, Venture Capitalists Invested $6.5B Into Crypto and Blockchain in Q3

New data from market intelligence firm CB Insights reveals global venture capital (VC) funding into crypto and blockchain reached an all-time high of $6.5 billion in the third quarter of 2021. This surpassed the updated second-quarter total of $5.2 billion, but what does the number mean? "I do see a giant push across all sectors towards decentralization," host Naomi Brockwell said.

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