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Finance

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.

Meanwhile co-founder and CEO Zachary Townsend on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Finance

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.

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Finance

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.

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Finance

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.

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Finance

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

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Markets

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.

JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York City in 2023. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

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.

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Finance

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.

Resolv Labs co-founder and CEO Ivan Kozlov (Resolv Labs)

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Finance

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.

Meanwhile co-founder and CEO Zachary Townsend on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk)

Finance

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.

Bitcoin DeFi Network Arch Finds VC Backer for Early-Stage Projects