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DAOs May Be the Future of Work, but Don’t Bet on Them Being the Next Big Asset Class

The decentralized nature of DAOs and their dependence on vibrant, committed communities can be at odds with investors who are just in it for the virtual Benjamins.

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Tech

Interoperability Startup LayerZero Comes Out of Stealth With $6M in Funding

The Series A round led by Multicoin Capital and Binance Labs should help the team build better bridges.

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Finance

Franklin Templeton Seeks $20M for First Blockchain Venture Fund

The $1.5 trillion asset manager is also seeking to hire engineers for a tokenized asset department.

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Finance

DeFi Startup Domination Finance Closes $3.2M Seed Round

ParaFi Capital led the raise, which also included Dragonfly Capital, AU21 and several other venture firms active in the DeFi space.

Adrian Kolody, co-founder Domination Finance (Courtesy Domination Finance)

Finance

Jump Capital Raises $350M Venture Fund With ‘Increased Concentration’ on Crypto

The firm’s seventh venture fund is 75% larger than the preceding one from October 2019.

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Finance

Pantera Capital’s Latest Crypto Fund Has Raised $369M Since July

The crypto investments firm had $4.7 billion in assets under management in August, new filings show.

Pantera Capital founder and CEO Dan Morehead (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

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Institutional NFT Interest Heats Up as Three Arrows Capital Launches ‘Starry Night’ Fund

Crypto venture capital (VC) firm Three Arrows Capital is entering the non-fungible token (NFT) space with the launch of an NFT-dedicated fund named “Starry Night Capital.” The hosts of “The Hash” discuss the latest crypto VC jumping on the NFT bandwagon amid growing interest in institutional NFTs.

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Tech

DeFi Analytics Community UniWhales Raises $2.2M for DAO Transition

A team on a “mission to lower DeFi brain fatigue” is upping its ambitions with new funding.

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Finance

1inch Network Aiming for $70M Venture Round at $2.25B Valuation

The company said it was in the early stages of its Series B token sale.

Left to right: 1inch co-founder Anton Bukov, co-founder Sergej Kunz and smart contract developer Mikhail Melnik.

Finance

A16z Details Its New Approach to Crypto Governance

Perhaps the most powerful force in DeFi governance is promising to lift the veil on its internal procedures.

Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Chris Dixon