Venture Capital
PitchBook’s Robert Le said crypto projects focused on institutional use cases are the focus
DAS panelists shared strong venture capital takeaways, from how big a raise should be to the role VCs play in the industry
CEO Bam Azizi said he’ll only be seeking stablecoin-exclusive funding rounds from now on
Strobe will finish deploying its initial $150M by end of year while raising a second fund
Anthony Pompliano looks for folks who are running away from something rather than towards it
Moonrock Capital’s Simon Dedic thinks that we have to treat infra and consumer apps like the internet: build them side by side
Jambo’s James Zhang talked to Empire about potential future fundraising and whether or not he considers Jambo a DePIN
Portal Ventures founders Evan Fisher and Catrina Wang discussed their newest fund with Blockworks
Midwest Blockchain Week showed the depth of talent available at US universities while focusing on how memecoins could bring back the retail investor
Plus, two M&A deals could breathe some life into the space
Plus, gauging Yano’s sentiment with the election a few weeks away
Lucid Ventures co-founder Meta said they don’t think Solana is “abnormal” in the VC world, where it’s “standard” for many projects to fail
Why bitcoin’s major run may be later than usual
Meanwhile, a16z announced its first raise for a decentralized science (DeSci) project
A series of raises were announced as 21 projects gear up to take part in a16z’s CSX
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