Brandy Betz

Brandy Betz

Brandy covered crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. She previously served as the Technology News Editor at Seeking Alpha and covered healthcare stocks for The Motley Fool. She doesn't currently own any substantial amount of crypto.

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Solana Foundation, Polygon Lead $30M Fundraise for Web3 Firm Cosmic Wire
The startup offers metaverse creation tools and a list of general blockchain infrastructure solutions.
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Polychain Capital Co-Leads $25M Fundraise for Manta Network Developer
The cryptographic development project, p0x, received a valuation of $500 million.
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RISC Zero raises $40 milion in Blockchain Capital=led round (Pixabay)
Blockchain Capital Leads $40M Round for Crypto Firm RISC Zero
The startup creates developer tooling that helps build zero-knowledge proof software for improved security and computational power.
RISC Zero raises $40 milion in Blockchain Capital=led round (Pixabay)
Polychain CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Crypto VC Firm Polychain Capital Raises $200M for Fourth Fund: Fortune
The crypto-focused firm has also cut three members of its research and development staff, Fortune reported.
Polychain CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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Dragonfly, Arthur Hayes Back $6M Round for New Stablecoin, Ethena
The Portugal-based startup also plans to launch a bond token built on the stablecoin platform in the third quarter of 2023.
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Shima Capital founder and managing partner Yida Gao (Shima Capital)
Web3 VC Shima Capital Didn’t Slow Strategy for Crypto Winter
The investor in early-stage crypto companies has remained one of the most active investors in the space despite a bear market and the collapses of FTX and three banks.
Shima Capital founder and managing partner Yida Gao (Shima Capital)
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Binance Labs Invests $15M in Web3 Gaming Startup Xterio
The capital will help Xterio add more games and artificial intelligence integrations to its platform.
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Tim Draper-Backed Fund Joins $5M Series A for LunarCrush
The social media analytics platform is expanding from a digital asset trading focus to allow users to search for any topic.
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Olympix raises $4.3 million for AI-backed Web3 security (Pixabay)
AI-Backed Web3 Security Firm Olympix Raises $4.3M
Boldstart Ventures led the round for the startup, which helps developers avoid vulnerabilities in smart contract code.
Olympix raises $4.3 million for AI-backed Web3 security (Pixabay)
Alluvial raises $12 million to further liquid staking protocol (Pixabay)
Brevan Howard Joins $12M Round for Liquid Staking Protocol Alluvial
Ethereal Ventures and Variant co-led the round for Alluvial, creator of the enterprise and institution-focused Liquid Collective.
Alluvial raises $12 million to further liquid staking protocol (Pixabay)