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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Huobi Ventures, Republic Crypto Team Up to Fund Startups
The venture capital arm of the cryptocurrency exchange has committed $30 million to the project.
Huobi OTC
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Republic Launches $60M Crypto Seed Fund
The crowd-equity platform says that new portfolio companies coming in through the fund should benefit from Republic’s other divisions.
Seed funding (Shutterstock)
Intel (Shutterstock)
Intel Won’t Limit Crypto Mining on New Arc GPUs
The chipmaker’s approach goes against the hashrate limitations imposed by Nvidia on some of its products.
Intel (Shutterstock)
Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock)
CleanSpark Spends Some of Its Bitcoin to Buy 4,500 New Mining Machines
The sustainable bitcoin mining company now expects delivery of 24,580 machines in the next year.
Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock)
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse
Ripple Teams With Nelnet on $44M Solar Investment
The joint investment will fund solar energy projects throughout the U.S. as crypto firms try to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse
Morgan Beller, general partner at NFX
VC Fund NFX Launches Crypto Gaming Seed Fund
The venture capital fund recently lined up $450 million to invest in seed-stage companies.
Morgan Beller, general partner at NFX
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Google Pay to Support Bakkt Debit Card
The crypto exchange also chose Google Cloud as its preferred cloud service provider.
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Martin Migoya, founder and chief executive officer of Globant SA, speaks during an interview in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. On Tuesday, Globant announced the acquisition of Belatrix Software, a leading agile product development company with nearly 20 years of experience and a presence in Peru, Colombia, Spain, the United States and Argentina. Photographer: Sarah Pabst/Bloomberg via Getty Images
IT Company Globant Buys Atix Labs to Expand Blockchain Offerings
The purchase comes four months after Globant disclosed it bought bitcoin for its balance sheet.
Martin Migoya, founder and chief executive officer of Globant SA, speaks during an interview in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. On Tuesday, Globant announced the acquisition of Belatrix Software, a leading agile product development company with nearly 20 years of experience and a presence in Peru, Colombia, Spain, the United States and Argentina. Photographer: Sarah Pabst/Bloomberg via Getty Images
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 16: Store signage is seen at the A$AP Rocky Merch Launch at PacSun DTLA Flagship Store on July 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for PacSun)
PacSun to Accept Crypto Payments From Online Shoppers
The fashion retailer is working with BitPay to support 11 cryptocurrencies.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 16: Store signage is seen at the A$AP Rocky Merch Launch at PacSun DTLA Flagship Store on July 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for PacSun)
Chainalysis (CoinDesk archives)
Chainalysis Acquires Cybercrime Investigations Firm Excygent
The deal marks Chainalysis’ first acquisition and follows a $100 million funding round in June.
Chainalysis (CoinDesk archives)