Today in crypto, Telegram founder Pavel Durov left France and relocated to Dubai following approval from a French court. David Sacks and his venture capital firm sold over $200 million in crypto and crypto-related stocks before working for the White
Crypto venture funding in the U.S. clocked in at approximately $861 million for the first three months of 2025, but was dwarfed by artificial intelligence's nearly $20 billion haul, according to data provided by Pitchbook, showing how investors conti
Venice has completed its community airdrop, with approximately $100 million worth of unclaimed VVV tokens burned on Wednesday, making those assets permanently irretrievable.Venice is a private, censorship-resistant artificial intelligence platform bu
Ethereum (ETH) has plummeted 11.4% in the past 24 hours, reflecting a broader market downturn that saw Bitcoin (BTC) drop by 8%, XRP by 13.6%, and Solana (SOL) by 12.9%. Despite the sea of red, several leading voices—including CryptoQuant CEO Ki Youn
The Bitcoin price has fallen more than -8.8% since Friday when Bybit suffered the biggest crypto hack in history. The flagship digital asset reached a peak of $99,493 late last week, only to retreat to roughly $91,500 at press time, marking a -5.5% d
Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd, the operator of the cryptocurrency exchange OKX, has pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business in violation of US Anti-Money Laundering laws and has agreed to pay over $500 million worth of fines
Klarna Bank AB, a Swedish fintech company popular in Europe, plans to embrace cryptocurrencies on its platform, the firm’s chief executive officer, Sebastian Siemiatkowski announced in a post on X over the weekend.“I give up. Klarna and me will embra
Lorien Gabel has spent decades building internet infrastructure companies, from ISPs to cloud security firms. In 2018, recognizing the transformative potential of proof-of-stake networks, he co-founded Figment, which has since become one of the world
The rise of community-focused fundraising platforms seems to be creating friction with some VCs. Echo, an angel investing platform founded by popular crypto trader Jordan Fish, also known as Cobie, has alleged that certain VCs are pushing back on Ech
Aiccelerate DAO (AICC), a recently-announced investment DAO which seeks to support crypto-AI projects, has become the subject of controversy following its launch, which distributed 100% of the project's tokens to 245 advisors and insiders, some of wh
Hyperliquid has been lauded for delivering the best and most lucrative airdrop launch in crypto history back in November, by excluding VCs and rigorously encouraging community involvement.Still, experts caution that other projects trying to copy the
Deng Chao, the CEO of institutional asset manager HashKey Capital, recently told Cointelegraph that crypto projects will attract more capital from venture capitalists in 2025. These VCs are eyeing stablecoin products, real-world asset (RWA) tokenizat
The major crypto VC anticipates a shift from “regulation by enforcement” to a more constructive legislative approach.
VC funds in blockchain are still alive and kicking, but now they’re helping create a more sustainable and responsible landscape.
The fund's market cap has since declined to about $50 million, though the experiment is just getting started.
[PRESS RELEASE – East Hampton, United States, October 15th, 2024] Fission Labs Announces $1.6M Pre-Seed Raise led by SALT Fund, Kraynos Capital; Launches Closed Testnet to Bring VC to DeFi Fission announced today its $1.6M pre-seed funding round led
BlackRock, Goldman Sachs veteran Todd Slattery appointed as Pantera's COO
The game is changing. The walls of the VC fortress are crumbling; a more open and equitable system is coming. It's time to adapt or be left behind.
Pip Labs has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round led by VC firm A16z, reaching a valuation of $2.25 billion. The round aims to extend the development of Story, a blockchain aiming to tokenize and protect what Pip Labs calls the “multi-tril
Gate Ventures (crypto exchange Gate.io’s VC arm) and Abu Dhabi Blockchain Center partnered to launch Falcon Gate Ventures, a $100 million fund supporting Web3 innovation. The fund aims to stimulate global Web3 growth and solidify the United Arab Emir