Payments Infrastructure Firm MoonPay Raises $555M at a $3.4B Valuation
The funding will be used to pursue M&A opportunities, hire more people and expand geographic coverage and payment methods.
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Binance Labs Invests $8M in Hackathon Organizer DoraHacks
As part of the funding, DoraHacks will co-host the latest round of Binance Labs’ startup incubator.
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Private Equity Giant KKR Plans to Back Anchorage Fundraise at $3B Valuation: Report
The crypto custody platform previously raised $80 million in a funding round in February.
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A16z Leads $3.1M Funding Round for Mem’s Social Media Protocol
Mem is building Web 3 tools to give individuals more control over their personal data.
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Nov 17, 2021 at 7:48 p.m. UTC
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Binance CEO CZ Says He Plans to Give Away Vast Majority of His Wealth
The head of the world’s largest crypto exchange also told the AP in an interview that he personally doesn’t “get” dogecoin, but he’s OK with that.
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Anoma Foundation Raises $26M to Simplify Exchanging Cryptocurrencies
Polychain Capital led the round, which valued Anoma at $260 million.
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Nov 17, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
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Liquid Staking Protocol PStake Raises $10M in Strategic Funding
The round included investments from Galaxy Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures and Alameda Research.
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Nov 16, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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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.
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Nov 15, 2021 at 8:24 p.m. UTC
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Alex Raises $5.8M to Bring DeFi to the Bitcoin Ecosystem
Alex aims to be a one-stop DeFi platform for fixed-rate and fixed-term bitcoin lending and borrowing.
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Nov 15, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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Saddle Raises $7.5M to Reduce Slippage in DeFi Trading
The automated market maker wants to minimize the spread on stablecoin trades.
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Nov 11, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
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