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Swiss Equity Firm Makes First Crypto Investment With SPiCE VC Stake

Jaspreet KalraJun 30, 2020

Swiss private equity firm VIVA Investment Partners AG is leaning into crypto funding through a new stake in blockchain venture capital firm SPiCE VC.

DeFi

ParaFi Invests in Kyber Network as Buzz Grows Around DeFi Projects

Sebastian SinclairJun 19, 2020

ParaFi Capital, an investment firm focused on blockchain and DeFi, has invested in Kyber Network and will work with the project on adoption and governance.

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Investment

Crypto Investment App B21 Expands to India

Daniel PalmerJul 3, 2020

The Gibraltar-based company said the move was prompted by rising consumer interest and trading volumes in the nation after a ban on banking services for cryptocurrency firms was lifted.

Tokenized Assets

When Ferrari? Tokenized Supercar Gives European Investors Exposure to Asset Class

Paddy BakerJun 17, 2020

CurioInvest is selling tokenized shares of a limited-edition Ferrari worth over $1 million.

CoinDCX

Indian Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Raises $2.5M From Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures

Sebastian SinclairMay 26, 2020

India's largest crypto exchange, CoinDCX, has secured a $2.5 million strategic investment led by Polychain Capital with support from Coinbase Ventures.

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Startups

Andreessen Horowitz Forecasts Fourth Crypto Bull Cycle

Paddy BakerMay 18, 2020

a16z says high quality projects in the past cycle (some being startups in its own portfolio) will drive growth in the next.

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Funding Rounds

Accel, Coinbase Join $17M Funding Rounds for Institutional Crypto Trading Firm FalconX

Paddy BakerMay 18, 2020

The crypto trading firm pitched investors on the basis that its best trade execution platform offers institutions a solution to the wash trading that is rife in the space.

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Derivatives

Crypto Long & Short: Mining Derivatives Point to Growing Sophistication

Noelle AchesonMay 18, 2020

Noelle Acheson picks apart trends in global interest and trust in crypto asset technology, and revisits the growing financialization of bitcoin mining.

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Investment

Investors on CoinList Pour $10M Into Celo Token Sale in Roughly 12 Hours

Leigh CuenMay 13, 2020

Silicon Valley blockchain startup cLabs just raised $10 million for the Celo project through a token sale to investors on CoinList.

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Exchanges

Binance Invests in Regulated Indonesian Crypto Exchange

Paddy BakerMay 12, 2020

Binance is betting on Indonesia as a promising market for cryptocurrency trading.

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Investment

Hedge Fund Pioneer Paul Tudor Jones Says He Holds 1%-2% of Assets in Bitcoin

Zack VoellDanny NelsonMay 11, 2020

"We’re watching the birthing of a store of value, and whether that succeeds or not only time will tell," he told CNBC.

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Lolli

Ashton Kutcher and Michelle Phan Invest in Lolli’s $3M Seed Round

Leigh CuenMay 11, 2020

Lolli, the bitcoin rewards shopping app, attracted celebrity investors in a $3 million round led by the early-stage arm of Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.