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Huobi Hires Former Banking Giant Executive to Lead New DeFi Fund
The crypto exchange group is forming a new fund to invest tens of millions of dollars in the DeFi space.
작성자 Wolfie Zhao
Crypto exchange operator Huobi Group is forming a new fund to invest tens of millions of dollars of its own capital in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space.
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- Huobi Group said in an announcement Monday it has launched a new business unit called Huobi DeFi Labs to manage the new fund.
- DeFi Labs, which initially comprises of four staff, will focus on research, investment and incubation of DeFi-related projects.
- The exchange recently hired former banker Sharlyn Wu as its chief investment officer to lead the initiative.
- Previously, Wu spent three years leading the blockchain investment arm at China Merchant Bank International (CMBI), the overseas branch of one of the biggest banks in China.
- During Wu's term, the CMBI invested in several crypto and blockchain firms, including wallet startup Bitpie and public blockchain project Nervos.
- "It is exciting to see the power of the permissionless economy unleashed at global scale," Wu said. "However, there are still many problems to be solved at the theoretical and technical levels."
- The new fund comes at a time crypto VCs are upping their investments in DeFi-related protocols.
- Last week, Injective Protocol announced the raise of $2.6 million led by Pantera, while Polychain and Three Arrows backed another DeFi protocol, KeeperDao, in a seven-figure seed round.
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