paradigm
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The first quarter of the year is off to a good start so far, but it’s clearly still below the highs of last cycle
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Babylon led the pack of funding announcements alongside OpenSocial, Aperture and Scrypt
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A former mayor becomes latest Coinbase policy adviser, and the special counsel of a crypto venture firm leaves
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Paradigm is taking advantage of the bull market to raise a new fund, Bloomberg reported
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Plus, a DeFi platform turned down venture capital backing in favor of “aligned” investors
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Funds tied to Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam have made the most of the COIN rollercoaster
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Shield3’s Isaac Patka has been working alongside Paradigms Samczsun to bolster cybersecurity threat responses after hacks
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The Paradigm Policy Lab will focus on research and tech-driven solutions to regulatory problems in the US
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The general partner at Paradigm describes the three main ways that value flows out of DEXs at the expense of participants
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The coalition including Coinbase, Paradigm, A16z, is meant to serve as a resource for Texas regulators and industry stakeholders
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Institutional liquidity network Paradigm plans to launch a derivatives dex on Starknet
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Paradigm issued another letter in support of a crypto exchange being targeted by the SEC
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The SEC sued Coinbase for “failing to do the impossible” and register as an exchange, Paradigm added
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Paradigm joined the US Chamber of Commerce in issuing amicus briefs in support of Coinbase
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Paradigm is urging a court to reject the SEC’s “novel idea” that crypto tokens are securities for as long as they “embody” an ongoing investment scheme
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Paradigm is the third entity to file an amicus brief in support of Ooki DAO members imperiled by CFTC
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Deal to allow “cash-and-carry” trades follows liquidity platform’s integrations with Bybit and Deribit in February
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Insiders at major companies such as Coinbase and MicroStrategy seem eager to capitalize on a potential crypto rebound
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