Venture capital firm Paradigm has led the Series A $11.5 million funding round for Kuru Labs, a startup building a decentralized exchange on the high-performance Ethereum-compatible Monad Layer 1.Kuru uses a "hybrid CLOB-AMM model" that combines the

Bitcoin is closing in on a new high, buoyed by renewed optimism that the United States and China have reached a final agreement on their long-awaited trade deal.The world’s largest trading economies have nearly finalized their trade agreement, accord

The top 220 holders of US President Donald Trump’s memecoin met yesterday at the president’s golf course in Virginia for an exclusive dinner and purported meet-and-greet.Attendees spent a grand total of $148 million for an “ultra-exclusive VIP recept

Amsterdam-based Theta Capital Management raised over $175 million for its latest fund-of-funds, aimed at supporting early-stage blockchain startups through specialized venture capital (VC) firms.The new vehicle, Theta Blockchain Ventures IV, will cha

Microsoft is integrating new blockchain data feeds into its Fabric analytics platform through a partnership with crypto startup Space and Time Labs (SXT), which a Microsoft venture unit has previously backed. According to an announcement on Tuesday,

A recent report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has sparked backlash from crypto industry figures after recommending a stronger regulatory approach focused on containing the risks of crypto as its connections to the traditional fina

AMSTERDAM, April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Theta Capital, the largest European investor in blockchain venture capital, has published its annual report on venture capital investment in blockchain technology, “The Satellite View”, synthesizing insi

Initia, a blockchain project building infrastructure for a multichain ecosystem, is set to airdrop 50 million INIT tokens to early supporters ahead of its upcoming mainnet launch.The airdrop represents 5% of Initia's 1 billion total token supply. The

Maven 11, a European crypto venture capital firm, has closed its third fund at $107 million — slightly exceeding its original $100 million target — the firm's chief investment officer and managing partner Balder Bomans told The Block.The fundraise cl

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