Funding

DAS panelists shared strong venture capital takeaways, from how big a raise should be to the role VCs play in the industry

“These guys have created the unlock for the first wave of assets that’s starting with real estate,” VanEck’s Wyatt Lonergan said

CEO Tanner Taddeo told Blockworks that institutions are looking to utilize stablecoins to make transfers cheaper, faster

Ronin’s Aleksander Larsen argues you can’t have good graphics and incredible gameplay with a strong crypto game economy all at the same time

VC activity was slightly down month over month, according to TIE data

Seismic, an encrypted blockchain, plans to release its developer testnet in a month

“The goal with Universal is to make everything that we consider to be a crypto asset tradable with very deep liquidity on crypto rails,” Universal’s Austin Diamond explained to Blockworks

“If we were to be successful, we would be on par with the Teslas and the DeepMinds of the world,” Frodobots’ co-founder said

The Wolf of Wall Street Adoption must battle the Wolf of Memecoin Casinos

The fourth quarter saw deal values jump 13.6% but total number of deals declined

Pantera junior partner Mason Nystrom details why projects need to raise capital

Jambo’s James Zhang talked to Empire about potential future fundraising and whether or not he considers Jambo a DePIN

A pair of fundraises by Tapestry and Oh both came with expansive ideas about the future of AI and the role of humans in it

Tribe Capital’s Evan Park explains why he’s focusing on DePINs and what he’s looking for specifically when being pitched

GSR’s Toe Bautista is keeping a close eye on AI and its potential impacts on crypto

Venture capital is poised for a breakout next year

VanEck Ventures and VanEck’s Digital Assets Alpha Fund invested $2.5 million in DAWN through a strategic funding round, the teams exclusively told Blockworks

Also, Hyperbolic’s total funding raised comes out to $20 million after $12 million Series A

Also, Union Labs announced a $12 million Series A

Two stablecoin firms made announcements this week, with one raising an undisclosed amount and Paxos expanding into the EU through an acquisition

Portal Ventures founders Evan Fisher and Catrina Wang discussed their newest fund with Blockworks

“BIO can be thought of as a Y Combinator for onchain Science,” Binance said in a statement

Spire, Citrea and Nillion also announced raises this week

But the sector’s rise in popularity hasn’t come without hiccups