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16 Oct 2020 1 minute read 6 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
Coinbase announced on October 15 that it would provide 2 grants towards Bitcoin developments as a part of its first Crypto Community Fund grants. Coinbase will sponsor at least 2 Bitcoin developers who contribute directly to the Bitcoin Core codebas...
14 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
Tim Draper’s VC firm Draper Goren Holm has raised $25 million for its first venture capital fund, CoinDesk first reported on October 13. Draper Goren Holm’s first venture capital fund will be used to support its startup accelerator and back blockcha...
1 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
On August 29, DeFi yield aggregator yEarn launched a new delegated vault for decentralized funding called yDAO. The yDAO vaults will let users fund the vaults with YFI token, which can be utilized by applicants for a variety of needs, such as produ...
28 Aug 2020 1 minute read 20 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
DeFi asset management protocol Zapper has completed a $1.5 million seed funding round, as revealed in a blog post published on August 27. Funding was led by Framework Ventures and Libertus Capital, with additional funding arriving from MetaCartel Ve...
28 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
On August 27, Framework Ventures announced that it has raised $8 million for its DeFi arm Framework Labs. Station 13 was the lead investors The capital will be used to build the team, hiring engineers and researchers Framework has already hired co...
25 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
DeFi aggregator Bella Protocol has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Arrington XRP Capital, according to a press release issued on August 25. Bella Protocol is designing an all-encompassing platform that covers a range of DeFi service...
21 Aug 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
The Winklevoss twins’ investment firm, Winklevoss Capital, participated in a Series C funding round for BlockFi that saw the latter raise $50 million, according to an announcement made on August 20. Funding was led by Anthony Pompliano’s Morgan Cre...
13 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
On August 11, DEX aggregator platform 1inch announced that it had raised $2.8 million in its first round of investment, which included participation from Binance Labs, Galaxy Digital and institutional investors. Led by Binance Labs, investors includ...
12 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
Smart transaction platform Chia Network has raised $5 million in a round of funding led by Slow Ventures, according to Coindesk. Chia Network is aiming to be a more efficient and secure version of popular digital currencies. Chia Network uses a “sma...
7 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
Decentralized on-chain protocol Uniswap announced the completion of its Series A funding round on August 6, raising $11 million. Uniswap had already raised $1 million in seed funding from Paradigm and others. Funding led by Andreessen Horowitz; addi...
