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Markets

PureStake Raises $6M From Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures

PureStake's Moonbeam parachain launched its testnet in September as part of the Polkadot ecosystem.

PureStake is building the Moonbeam network for release later this year.

Finance

Chainalysis Raises $100M, Underscoring Surging Demand for Blockchain Surveillance

The compliance-minded crypto data firm, is now valued at $2 billion after a Series D raise from Paradigm, Ribbit and others.

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Finance

Caitlin Long’s Avanti Raises $37M Ahead of Crypto Bank Launch

The digital bank will put the extra cash toward meeting Wyoming regulators’ pre-launch capital requirements.

Avanti CEO Caitlin Long

Finance

Serena Williams Backs $5M Round in Bitcoin Rewards Startup Lolli

Williams leads a pack of notable investors in the e-commerce firm, including her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and a handful of prominent YouTubers.

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Markets

Blockchain.com Raises $300M at $5.2B Valuation: Report

The news comes a month after the raising of $120 million in a round led by Google Ventures. In that round the company was valued at $3 billion.

Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith

Tech

Tally Raises $1.5M to Boost On-Chain Governance in Compound’s DeFi Ecosystem

Notation Capital, Castle Island Ventures, 1kx and others invested in the governance dashboard.

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Finance

Republic Completes $36M Funding Round; Teases Token Sale Platform

A series of planned token sales starts with an offering from Cere Network later this month.

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Markets

Argo Blockchain Takes 25% Stake in $40M Crypto VC Fund

The publicly listed bitcoin mining firm is investing $10 million in Pluto Digital Assets' new fund.

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Finance

Arianee, Early Pioneer of NFTs for Luxury Provenance, Raises $9.5M

Arianee’s raise marks the first time a fund linked to the French government has bought into blockchain tokens.

Arianee works with Breitling.

Finance

Shyft Network Wraps Token Sale Ahead of FATF 'Travel Rule' Implementation

Backed by BlockTower and others, the shyft token helps a decentralized network of exchanges comply with anti-money laundering rules.

Shyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg