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The Funding: Crypto VC Recap 2024

Venture capital investment in crypto and blockchain reached $13.7 billion in 2024, driven by market optimism and significant early-stage funding despite lower overall levels compared to previous years.

theblock.co • 29/12/2024 - 18:07 PM

Binance and Kraken lead $10 million investment into rapidly-growing decentralized stablecoin Usual

Usual secures $10M funding led by Binance and Kraken for its stablecoin USD0, aiming for transparency in yield distribution and surpassing $1B in market cap.

theblock.co • 23/12/2024 - 19:22 PM

Lido begins phasing out staking service for Polygon PoS chain

Lido has phased out its staking services for Polygon PoS due to low adoption and challenges while emphasizing a shift towards Ethereum-focused initiatives and user needs.

theblock.co • 17/12/2024 - 08:13 AM

Avant, Ethena-like DeFi protocol, raises $6.5 million in seed funding

Avant, a crypto yield protocol, raised $6.5 million in seed funding to expand its DeFi offerings, including a stable-value token, avUSD, with plans for governance token AVANT.

theblock.co • 27/11/2024 - 18:55 PM

A16z-backed Forta launches Firewall to help prevent smart contract exploits

Forta has launched Firewall, a product designed to detect and prevent smart contract exploits, using machine learning to enhance security for the decentralized finance ecosystem.

theblock.co • 19/11/2024 - 15:23 PM

Filecoin's largest protocol Glif set to airdrop 100 million tokens

Glif is launching its GLIF token with 100 million tokens for an airdrop. It is the largest DeFi protocol on the Filecoin network, enabling FIL lending.

theblock.co • 29/10/2024 - 19:00 PM

Botanix Labs, builders behind innovative 'spiderchain' network, is the first Bitcoin Layer 2 to join Chainlink’s Scale program

Botanix Labs integrates with Chainlink's CCIP to enhance Bitcoin's Layer 2 capabilities and enable cross-chain access to Ethereum's DeFi applications, promoting interoperability in blockchain technology.

theblock.co • 24/10/2024 - 13:55 PM

The Funding: Crypto VC Recap 2024

Binance and Kraken lead $10 million investment into rapidly-growing decentralized stablecoin Usual

Lido begins phasing out staking service for Polygon PoS chain

Avant, Ethena-like DeFi protocol, raises $6.5 million in seed funding

A16z-backed Forta launches Firewall to help prevent smart contract exploits

Filecoin's largest protocol Glif set to airdrop 100 million tokens

Botanix Labs, builders behind innovative 'spiderchain' network, is the first Bitcoin Layer 2 to join Chainlink’s Scale program

zkLink postpones its token vesting schedule ahead of planned product launches

Binance Labs invests in Bitcoin liquid staking platform Lombard

Cosmos cofounder blames Iqlusion's Zaki Manian for North Korea-linked security risks in network's liquid staking module

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