Venture Capital
Bitcoin Life Insurer Meanwhile Raises $82M to Scale Savings, Retirement in BTC
With fresh capital from Bain Capital Crypto, Haun Ventures and others, Meanwhile eyes global growth in BTC life insurance market.

Melee Raises $3.5M to Launch ‘Viral Prediction Markets’ Without Gatekeepers
The platform lets creators and traders build markets on anything from politics to pop culture.

Crypto VC Firm Archetype Launches $100M Fund to Back Early Blockchain Startups
Archetype has a track record of successful investments, including Privy, which was acquired by Stripe, and US Bitcoin Corp, which completed a merger with Hut 8.

Robinhood Expands Private Equity Token Push With New Venture Capital Fund
The fund would invest in a basket of private companies across various industries and hold them through IPO and beyond.

Web3 Funding Hit $9.6B in Q2 Despite Fewer Deals
Venture capital is consolidating into larger, higher-conviction bets, with infrastructure projects leading the way, according to Outlier Ventures

Positive U.S. Regulatory Environment More Conducive for Crypto Corporate Activity: JPMorgan
The number of crypto IPOs year-to-date matches the pace of offerings seen in the bull market of 2021, the report said.

Conduit Raises $36M to Expand Stablecoin-Based Cross-Border Payments Beyond SWIFT
Stablecoins are one of the fastest-growing sectors in crypto and an increasingly popular tool for global payments, attracting interest from venture capital investments.

Resolv Labs Raises $10M as Crypto Investor Appetite for Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Soars
Stablecoins are "perfect rails for yield distribution," the protocol's CEO and founder Ivan Kozlov said in an interview.

Bitcoin Life Insurance Firm Meanwhile Raises $40M to Expand Globally
With the investment led by Fulgur Ventures and Framework, the firm plans to scale its bitcoin-denominated life insurance and annuity products designed to combat inflation risk.

Bitcoin DeFi Network Arch Finds VC Backer for Early-Stage Projects
Arch Network is working with DPI Capital to write first checks for "pillar" protocols building on the Bitcoin DeFi project.
