Crypto Research

Metaverse projects raised an aggregate $287 million in capital this week, payments and investment platforms raised $153 million, new venture capital funds created brought in $240 million and M&A activity reached $970 million this week.Deal of the Week: Digital Currency Group sells shares worth $700 million to Softbank and Alphabet among other investors at $10 billion valuationActive investors this week include SoftBank, Alameda Research, AU21 and Animoca Brands ------------------------- VENTURE...

Decentralized Exchanges (DEXes) raised $83.3 million this week; infrastructure deals had another great week with cumulative investments of $330 million and NFT projects raised $21.2 million this weekDeal of the Week: Alchemy raises $250 million in Series C, valuing the Company at $3.5 billionActive investors this week include Multicoin, Alameda Research, and Jump Capital ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Label Foundation is a blockchain-based global education content incubation platform that provides...

NFT projects raised  $185 million while payments companies raised over $600 million and new venture capital aggregate funds were $1.285 billion this weekDEAL OF THE WEEK: Crypto exchange FTX raises $420 million at a $25 billion valuationActive investors this week include Galaxy Digital, CMS, Polychain and Ribbit Capital ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Deel is an international payroll, human resources and compliance management platform that helps companies manage international employees. Deel...

Payments companies raised $145 million, infrastructure companies raised $433 million, and new venture capital funds raised over $2.0 billion this weekMost active investors this week include DCG, Fenbushi, Dragonfly Capital, and Borderless CapitalDeal of the Week: MoonPay a payments company raises $400 million at $.34 billion valuation to help link traditional payments companies to crypto ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Elliptic provides blockchain analytics, training, and certification for crypto businesses, financial...

Investors bet big on crypto exchanges, allocating almost $345 million to deals this weekDeal of the Week: Sky Mavis, creator of Axie Infinity raised $152 million at $3 billion valuationActive investors this week include Paradigm, MultiCoin, Digital Galaxy and Accel ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS BITOASIS is one of the oldest crypto exchanges in the Middle East and North African (“MENA”) region. BitOasis, received regulatory approvals from the Abu Dhabi Global...

Social platforms raise $12.9 million and energy efficient projects raise $3.9 million this weekToken sales raised $36.4 million; Bit2Me raised $23.9 million while Immutable X raised $12.5 millionOur Deal of the Week, Cardano’s commercial and venture arm, EMURGO Ventures will invests $100 million in NFT, DeFi, and Blockchain education.Most featured investors include AU21, Huobi Ventures, Alameda Research, and GBV ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS GREEN BELI’S mission is to promote an...

NFT platforms raised a combined $933 million, and infrastructure raised $155 million in new funding this weekDeal of the Week: Sorare, a soccer-NFT platform closed a $680 million Series B funding roundActive investors this week include Softbank, Coinbase Ventures, and Digital Currency Group ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Blockdaemon, a New York-based startup that builds blockchain nodes and other tech, has raised $155 million at a valuation of $1.26 billion. The...

Crypto exchange deals brings a combined $213 million in new funding this weekDeal of the Week: Coinbase debut bonds are oversubscribed, offering increased to $2 billionJump Capital and Skybridge Capital bring in over $600 million for new crypto funds ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Idexo is an NFT-centric product that is focused on building no-code digital collectibles management systems. Idexo has raised $2.5 million to bring NFTs and gaming API to cross-chain. Outlier Ventures,...

Solana-based projects have received over $10 million, leading Layer 1 capital raises this weekOur Deal of the Week is Eden Network’s $17.4 million seed round – which will fund the platform protecting traders from order frontrunningMost featured investors this week include Multicoin Capital, Alameda Research, CMS Holdings, Jump Capital and NGC Ventures ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS POLLEN DAO is a fully decentralized portfolio management protocol, enabling the creation and distribution...

FTX buys derivatives exchange and clearinghouse LedgerX for undisclosed amountOur Deal of the Week is Blockstream’s $215 million Series B, paving the way for ASIC manufacturingMost featured investors include MultiChain Capital, Paradigm, and Galaxy Digital ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS TICKER: $1INCH PRICE: $3.28 MARKET CAP: $560M 1INCH NETWORK, a platform that unites decentralized protocols ideally enabling users to achieve the best price, in a fast and secure manner, is in...