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Crypto VC Maven 11 raises $107 million for third fund amid cautious LP climate

Crypto VC Maven 11 raises $107 million for third fund amid cautious LP climate

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 closed about nine months later than initially expect…

Here’s what happened in crypto today

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 House. Meanwhile, Argentina has introduced new rul…

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

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 continue to show preference to AI.Data shows that inves…

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

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 built on open-source models and powered by decentral…

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

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 Young Ju—are calling for a more optimistic perspective…

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

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% decline since Monday. This downturn not only shatte…

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

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 to resolve the matter.OKX’s Aux Cayes FinTech Co.…

European Payments Giant Klarna Says It Will Look To Integrate 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 embrace crypto! More to come,” he wrote to his 33,000 f…

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

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’s largest independent staking providers, offering…

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

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 Echo's success by pressuring crypto projects not to o…

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

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 whom sold their allocations soon after the project b…

How Hyperliquid’s insanely lucrative airdrop launch changed the game

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 decentralized exchange’s (DEX’s) launch strategy a…