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NFT Marketplace Opensea Raises $100 Million — Firm Becomes A Blockchain Unicorn

Opensea has become the latest non-fungible token (NFT)-focused firm to raise funds this year as the company announced raising $100 million in a Series B this week. The venture capital…

Blockchain Groups From Major Universities Are Powerful Voters In Defi Governance Protocols

Data shows a number of groups from major universities are participating in decentralized finance (defi) governance. For instance, out of 15 of the largest voters in Uniswap’s last governance proposal,…

Andreessen Horowitz Says Crypto Is ‘the Future Of Finance’ — Launches $2.2 Billion Crypto Venture Fund

Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, has announced the launch of a $2.2 billion crypto fund. The firm is “radically optimistic…

Defi Derivatives Exchange Dydx Raises $65 Million – Project Plans To ‘Launch A Mobile Application’

The decentralized exchange (dex) Dydx announced the organization has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round led by Paradigm. The Dydx announcement notes that the additional capital will…