BlockTower Capital

CDCROP: Silvergate Bank HQ (CoinDesk)
BlockTower Capital Funds Had Exposure to Silvergate, Signature Bank
Silvergate Bank announced a voluntary liquidation last week. Signature Bank was taken over by regulators on Sunday.
CDCROP: Silvergate Bank HQ (CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Computer Hacking Hackers (Shutterstock)
BlockTower Capital Loses $1.5M in DeFi Market Aggregator Dexible Exploit: Blockchain Data
The hacker exploited a weakness in a smart contract code, allowing them to drain funds from certain crypto wallets. Crypto “whales” accounted for 85% of the losses.
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CDCROP: BlockTower VC head Thomas Klocanas (BlockTower)
BlockTower Putting $150M Crypto Fund to Work as Valuations Return ‘Down to Earth’
The company's new venture-capital head Thomas Klocanas talks DeFi, equity stakes and investing in a bear market.
CDCROP: BlockTower VC head Thomas Klocanas (BlockTower)

venture capital
Crypto Asset Manager BlockTower Launches $150M Venture-Capital Fund
BlockTower has also created a new venture-capital arm.
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From TradFi to DeFi: Jane Street Takes Out $25M USDC Loan
Wall Street trading firm Jane Street made its first stride into decentralized finance De Fi by taking out a 25 million loan in USDC from Block Tower Capital via the marketplace Clearpool The Hash group discusses the early stages of Wall Street’s embracement of De Fi touching on yields and regulatory concerns as institutional players [...]
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MobileCoin team
MobileCoin Raises $66M to Build Out Privacy-Focused Payments Tech
The round, joined by Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures and others, looks to put MobileCoin in more messaging apps.
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A16z, BlockTower, Alameda Back $12.5M Round for TrustToken
BlockTower Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Alameda Research led the round by purchasing TRU, TrueFi’s native token.
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Terra, Chai, Daniel Shin, Do Kwon
Terra Attracts $150M for DeFi Ecosystem Fund
The decentralized stablecoin project is rapidly gaining momentum.
Terra, Chai, Daniel Shin, Do Kwon

Ari Paul, BlockTower
BlockTower Capital Buys ‘Market-Neutral’ Crypto Hedge Fund Gamma Point
BlockTower CEO Matt Goetz said the deal will help attract institutional investment – even in a bear market.
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Ari Paul, CIO and managing partner at BlockTower Capital
BlockTower Capital Launches $25M Fund to Invest in DeFi Projects
The fund will facilitate investment in a wider range of longer term, more illiquid assets, Axios reported March 4.
Ari Paul, CIO and managing partner at BlockTower Capital