Here’s what happened in crypto today - vc, Cointelegraph, cnv, donald trump, crypto, Crypto, 2024, solana

Here’s what happened in crypto today

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

AI's Lead Over Crypto for VC Dollars Increased in Q1'25, But Does This Race Really Matter? - vc, ai, crypto, mesh, Reuters, 2024, Crypto, one

AI's Lead Over Crypto for VC Dollars Increased in Q1'25, But Does This Race Really Matter?

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 airdrop ends with $100 million in unclaimed VVV tokens burned - vc, genesis, Crypto, block, pdf, ai, luna, zero, The Block, million

Venice airdrop ends with $100 million in unclaimed VVV tokens burned

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

Time To Turn Bullish On Ethereum? CryptoQuant CEO Spots Key Signals - vc, eth, trump, ct, Crypto, solana, ju, NewsBTC, xrp, bitcoin, ethereum

Time To Turn Bullish On Ethereum? CryptoQuant CEO Spots Key Signals

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

Bitcoin Crashes: Experts Warn Of 6-Month Slump To $73,000 - vc, bitcoin, trump, tony, chart, NewsBTC, eth, crypto, ust, paul, Crypto, ibit, x

Bitcoin Crashes: Experts Warn Of 6-Month Slump To $73,000

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

OKX pleads guilty, pays $505M in penalties to settle DOJ charges - vc, Crypto, worth, crypto, Cointelegraph

OKX pleads guilty, pays $505M in penalties to settle DOJ charges

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

European Payments Giant Klarna Says It Will Look To Integrate Crypto  - vc, three, one, CoinDesk, avalanche, crypto, Crypto

European Payments Giant Klarna Says It Will Look To Integrate Crypto

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

Figment CEO Lorien Gabriel’s Big Bet on Staking Has Paid Off  - vc, sec, zero, one, Crypto, web3, ethereum, mev, korea, defi, eigenlayer, ftx, second, CoinDesk, tezos, japan, rpc, three, asia

Figment CEO Lorien Gabriel’s Big Bet on Staking Has Paid Off

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 Funding: Are VCs clashing with platforms like Cobie’s Echo? - vc, 2024, legion, Crypto, echo, The Block

The Funding: Are VCs clashing with platforms like Cobie’s Echo?

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 will add vesting structure in response to criticism of launch - vc, Crypto, dao, The Block, solana, block, 2024, crypto

Aiccelerate DAO will add vesting structure in response to criticism of launch

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

How Hyperliquid’s insanely lucrative airdrop launch changed the game - vc, dydx, fomo, celestia, aevo, perp, solana, gmx, one, Crypto, vertex, hype, 2024, Cointelegraph, jup, second, jupiter, tia, trump

How Hyperliquid’s insanely lucrative airdrop launch changed the game

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

Crypto VCs reveal what they’re looking for in 2025 - vc, 2024, Crypto, donald trump, crypto, world, Cointelegraph

Crypto VCs reveal what they’re looking for in 2025

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

A16z Predicts Bright Future for Crypto Under Trump - vc, crypto, trump

A16z Predicts Bright Future for Crypto Under Trump

The major crypto VC anticipates a shift from “regulation by enforcement” to a more constructive legislative approach.

Mehab Qureshi
How has VCs’ interest in crypto evolved? | Opinion - vc

How has VCs’ interest in crypto evolved? | Opinion

VC funds in blockchain are still alive and kicking, but now they’re helping create a more sustainable and responsible landscape.

Ariel Shapira
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Marc Andreesen shoutouts help AI-powered VC fund ai16z to nearly $100 million market cap - vc, cap, million, fund

Marc Andreesen shoutouts help AI-powered VC fund ai16z to nearly $100 million market cap

The fund's market cap has since declined to about $50 million, though the experiment is just getting started.

Zack Abrams
Fission Labs Brings VC to DeFi: Announces $1.6M Pre-Seed Raise led by SALT Fund, Kraynos Capital; Launches Closed Testnet - vc, led, 2024, seed

Fission Labs Brings VC to DeFi: Announces $1.6M Pre-Seed Raise led by SALT Fund, Kraynos Capital; Launches Closed Testnet

[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

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Former BlackRock Managing Director Joins Crypto VC Heavyweight Pantera Capital - vc

Former BlackRock Managing Director Joins Crypto VC Heavyweight Pantera Capital

BlackRock, Goldman Sachs veteran Todd Slattery appointed as Pantera's COO

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AI Meets Crypto: The Decentralized Revolution in Venture Capital and Finance - vc, ai

AI Meets Crypto: The Decentralized Revolution in Venture Capital and Finance

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.

Joshua Johnson
Pip Labs Raises $80 Million at a $2.25 Billion Valuation to Protect IP via Blockchain - vc, pip, labs

Pip Labs Raises $80 Million at a $2.25 Billion Valuation to Protect IP via Blockchain

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

Sergio Goschenko
Gate Ventures, Abu Dhabi Blockchain Center Launch $100M Innovation Fund - vc, fund, gate, launch

Gate Ventures, Abu Dhabi Blockchain Center Launch $100M Innovation Fund

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

Terence Zimwara