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According to the fund manager it is the first instance Australia has witnessed its first unlisted retail bitcoin, ether and filecoin funds.
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Global banking giant Goldman Sachs and European VC firm Dawn Capital have poured fresh capital into Elwood Technologies
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The fund, which will support new decentralized exchanges, lending protocols and stablecoin issuers, is building on the Cardano blockchain
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The world’s largest digital currency asset manager introduced its 18th investment product
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The crypto platform seeks to offer DeFi projects liquidity incentives and achieve regulatory compliance for crypto firms
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Blockworks Exclusive: The latest capital-raising effort comes after the venture firm raised $200 million for an early-stage crypto fund last fall
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The fund, with an initial target raise of $600 million, will close to new investors in April
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The team will deploy the capital across 30 new companies or protocols, the firm’s managing partner told Blockworks
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The program will focus on supporting blockchain-enabled gaming, DeFi, NFTs and institutional use cases
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The investment was led by Greylock Partners and Electric Capital with participation from Sequoia Capital, Blockchain Capital and Slow Ventures
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Blockworks Exclusive: The fund will differentiate itself from crypto investments firms by offering “broad exposure” across the Web3 ecosystem, managing partner Benjamin Cohen said
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A number of funding rounds this week focused on gaming and DeFi, hinting at continued growth and demand for the sectors in the months ahead
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Founders have asked the firm to take a more active role in managing its tokens — this fund will give it that ability to engage further, it said
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Digital Currency Group, Multicoin Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, gumi Cryptos Capital, NGC Ventures and HashKey provided the capital to accelerate growth on The Graph
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The third fund from Castle Island Ventures is focused on blockchain and cryptocurrency startups
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The emergence of a derivatives market suggests more institutional products focused on Solana will appear, a report by crypto investment firm Two Prime says
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The firm has made investments in Blockdaemon, Anchorage, Messari, Hashflow, Acala and pStake
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DAOs in the digital asset community are member-owned communities that lack a centralized leader. While collaborative in nature, DAOs are not usually seen in an asset management setting.
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The fund, called Viridis, will focus on financing the development of DeFi on Algorand’s network
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