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Finance

BlockFi Is Pursuing Plans to Go Public – Even as Regulators Close In

The crypto lender is days away from closing a $500 million Series E, sources say. A timetable for a public listing is circulating among investors.

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Finance

VCs Pumped $4B Into Crypto Firms in Q2: CB Insights

It was a record sum for the sector, headlined by Circle, Ledger, Paxos and more.

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Finance

Crypto Venture Studio Thesis Raises $21M to Keep Building

ParaFi and Polychain are among the investors funding the firm behind the Fold app, the Keep protocol and an upcoming MetaMask competitor.

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Finance

Magic Numbers: Ethereum-Based Authentication Platform Raises $27M

In the last year Magic use has shifted from regular internet users to mostly Web 3 applications, said CEO Sean Li.

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Finance

FTX Crypto Exchange Valued at $18B in $900M Funding Round

Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange is bringing on the largest funding round in crypto history to fuel expansion.

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Finance

CoinFund Targets ‘Early Mainstream Adoption’ With $83M Venture Fund

The six-year-old crypto VC firm has headlined seven fundraising rounds so far this year.

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Markets

Crypto Long & Short: Crypto Needs More Than VC Interest

Plus: Correcting misconceptions about institutional interest in crypto, and why Circle going public may bring greater regulatory clarity in the U.S. for stablecoins.

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Markets

Draper Goren Holm Taps Ex-Disney Leader to Manage Events

Matthew Boseo will be responsible for global event production at the Los Angeles-based blockchain venture fund.

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Finance

Ash Egan Launches VC Fund With $55M in ‘Inception Capital’

Acrylic has raised $55 million from an array of funds and investors to bet on early-stage crypto projects.

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