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A16z, Polychain Invest $25 Million in Crypto Payments Startup Celo

Yogita KhatriApr 3, 2019

Mobile-friendly cryptocurrency payments startup Celo has raised millions from A16z and Polychain in a private token sale.

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University of Michigan Considers Further Investment in A16z’s Crypto Fund

Yogita KhatriFeb 22, 2019

The University of Michigan, which has an endowment valued at about $12 billion, may further invest in Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto fund.

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Filecoin, But Forever: Arweave Raises $5 Million to Build Out ‘Permaweb’

Zack SewardNov 5, 2019

Arweave, a startup building a decentralized storage protocol for the world's knowledge, raises $5 million via token sale from a16z, USV and Multicoin.

CFTC

CFTC Official to Congress: Don’t Be ‘Hasty’ With Crypto Rules

Nikhilesh DeChristine KimJul 18, 2018

LabCFTC director Daniel Gorfine advocated for thoughtful regulation of the cryptocurrency space in Congressional testimony Wednesday.

Venture Capital

A16z Leads $45 Million Raise for Blockchain Startup Oasis Labs

Nikhilesh DeJul 9, 2018

Cloud computing startup Oasis Labs has raised $45 million in a private token pre-sale to develop its blockchain platform.

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz Has Launched a $300 Million Crypto Fund

Stan Higgins

Silicon Valley investment powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has launched a new $300 million fund focused on cryptocurrencies.

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A16z Leads Investors in $20 Million Token Presale for Crypto Assets Platform

Nikhilesh De

TrustToken, which aims to put tokenized assets on a blockchain, raised $20 million in a strategic token sale with help from Andreessen Horowitz.

SEC

Major Investors Met with SEC to Discuss Crypto Exemption

Annaliese Milano

VC firms Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures reportedly met with the SEC in March to request that tokens be exempted from SEC oversight.

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Bain, Lightspeed Back First ICO With $133 Million Basis Funding

Brady Dale

There are many stablecoins, but only one that has one investor who busted a central bank and another who used to help run one. Also, Google and Bain.

Venture Capital

A16z, USV Lead $12 Million Funding for CryptoKitties

Annaliese Milano

CryptoKitties will break away from its developer, Axiom Zen, after raising $12 million of venture capital.

Andreessen Horowitz

Stellar Investment Could Make Crypto as Easy as Chat

Brady Dale

Stellar makes a bet that Keybase can port easy end-to-end encryption over to person-to-person payments in cryptocurrency.

Andreessen Horowitz

Coinbase CEO Backs Crypto Derivatives Exchange DydX

Sujha Sundararajan

DYdX, an in-development decentralized exchange for cryptocurrency derivatives, has raised an undisclosed amount in a seed funding round.

Andreessen Horowitz

Basecoin Revealed: A16z, MetaStable Seek Crypto Holy Grail With Stable Token

Pete Rizzo

A high-profile group of investors are backing an unknown startup's token sale, in an effort to evolve the "stablecoin" concept.

Venture Capital

Bitcoin-Powered Marketplace OpenBazaar Raises $3 Million

Stan Higgins

The developers behind OpenBazaar, the open-source marketplace protocol powered by bitcoin, have raised $3m in new funding.

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