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Electric Capital

Dion Chu, founder and CEO (Term Labs)
Finance
Defi
Fixed Income DeFi Platform Term Finance Readies for Business
Term Labs, the platform's builder, raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Electric Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures and others.
Dion Chu, founder and CEO (Term Labs)
By Ian Allison
Feb 28, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 28, 2023
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How Crypto Developers Are Faring During a Bear Market
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Blockchain
How Crypto Developers Are Faring During a Bear Market
Blockchain, crypto, and Web3 developers continued to build out their ecosystems in 2022, even in the face of a brutal crypto winter, according to a recent report from crypto v...
How Crypto Developers Are Faring During a Bear Market
By CoinDesk Inc
Jan 24, 2023 at 8:47 p.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2023
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Alleged Tornado Cash Developer Must Stay in Jail; Judge Approves Voyager Paying 'Retention' Bonuses
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Alleged Tornado Cash Developer Must Stay in Jail; Judge Approves Voyager Paying ‘Retention’ Bonuses
Alexey Pertsev, accused of facilitating money laundering via now-sanctioned Tornado Cash, must stay in jail for at least 90 more days, a Netherlands judge ruled Wednesday. Cry...
Alleged Tornado Cash Developer Must Stay in Jail; Judge Approves Voyager Paying 'Retention' Bonuses
By CoinDesk Staff
Aug 24, 2022 at 8:12 p.m. UTC
Aug 24, 2022
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Crypto VC Electric Capital Taps Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton as Advisor: Report
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Crypto VC Electric Capital Taps Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton as Advisor: Report
Electric Capital, a crypto-focused venture capital firm that raised $1 billion for two new funds earlier this year, has named former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) C...
Crypto VC Electric Capital Taps Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton as Advisor: Report
By CoinDesk Staff
Aug 24, 2022 at 6:11 p.m. UTC
Aug 24, 2022
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Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton (John Lamparski/WireImage/Getty Images)
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Electric capital
Ex-SEC Chair Jay Clayton Joins Crypto Investor Electric Capital as Adviser: Report
The news continues a trend of regulatory experts sliding over to jobs in the crypto industry.
Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton (John Lamparski/WireImage/Getty Images)
By Brandy Betz
Aug 24, 2022 at 3:19 p.m. UTC
Aug 24, 2022
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Trisolaris
Electric Capital Leads $4.5M Investment in Near Exchange Trisolaris
Jump Crypto and Dragonfly Capital also invested in the decentralized exchange on the Near protocol.
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By Brandy Betz
Apr 4, 2022 at 4:33 p.m. UTC
Apr 4, 2022
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VC Firm Electric Capital Raises $1B for 2 New Funds Targeting Tokens and Equity Stakes
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VC Firm Electric Capital Raises $1B for 2 New Funds Targeting Tokens and Equity Stakes
On Tuesday, Crypto venture capital firm Electric Capital announced that it raised $1 billion to create two new funds: a $400 million venture fund and a $600 million token fund...
VC Firm Electric Capital Raises $1B for 2 New Funds Targeting Tokens and Equity Stakes
By CoinDesk Staff
Mar 1, 2022 at 7:14 p.m. UTC
Mar 1, 2022
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Electric Capital co-founders Curtis Spencer (left) and Avichal Garg (Electric Capital)
Finance
Venture capital
Electric Capital Raises $1B for 2 New Crypto VC Funds
Long-term investing and public goods will be a focus for the two new funds from what had been a smaller player in the world of crypto VC.
Electric Capital co-founders Curtis Spencer (left) and Avichal Garg (Electric Capital)
By Andrew Thurman
Mar 1, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 1, 2022
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Saddle, DeFi, AMM
Finance
Polychain capital
Saddle Raises $4.3M for Slippage-Free DeFi Trading
Silicon Valley's Saddle is solving the stablecoin spread that currently dogs DeFi.
Saddle, DeFi, AMM
By Ian Allison
Jan 19, 2021 at 4:07 p.m. UTC
Jan 19, 2021
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