JPMorgan analysts have said that crypto venture capital funding is expected to increase in 2025, but may not reach the levels seen in 2021 and 2022. Analysts have noted that while regulatory transparency in the United States and Europe is expected to encourage more investment, other factors have also created new challenges for venture capital. Analysts point to competition from large institutions, high interest rates, and the rise of platforms such as ETFs and Echo as the main challenges facing ...
On January 14th, the Polygon Foundation issued a document saying that the second season of the Polygon Community Funding Program is now online, with a total of 35 million POLs available for funding. Details are as follows: The second quarter capital pool: 35 million POL; Application period: January 14 - April 15. Direct Track: Focus on quality, not category, up to 20 million POL; Approximately 10 grant allocators will award up to 15 million POL to the project; Themed tracks include AI, DePIN, Me...
According to Crowdfund Insider, Kadena, a company specializing in Layer 1 blockchain technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Ownera. Through this partnership, Kadena will leverage its high-performance blockchain technology to support Ownera's IOWN Tokenization Platform, which aims to provide secure and efficient digital asset issuance and management solutions for enterprises worldwide.
According to Crowdfund Insider, Ethereum L2 network Mantle has announced the integration of Ethena's USDe and Mantle's mETH into Compound, a DeFi lending protocol. The move is designed to strengthen Mantle's position in DeFi and drive the ecosystem through security and innovation. Mantle also plans to introduce cmETH to further deepen its partnership with Compound.
HydraDAO, which funds research to extend human lifespan, announced it raised $4.10 million through a HYDRA token sale. HydraDAO is designed to provide humans with biological replacement parts, including whole-body replacements, for maximum lifespan.
Bitcoin technology company JAN3 has completed a $5 million seed round, led by FulgurVentures, with GrupoSalinas, Tether, Lightning Ventures, EastVentures, PlanBFund, BitcoinOpportunityFund and NYDIG participating. As part of the current seed round, JAN will allocate $1 million to build a bitcoin vault, including 12 BTC, with an average cost of $83,333.33 per BTC.
On December 30, according to a report by Crowdfund Insider, the Malaysian Securities Commission has asked Bybit to shut down its website, mobile app or any other digital app platform accessible within Malaysia within 14 working days from December 11, 2024, immediately stop advertising targeted at Malaysian investors, and terminate its Telegram support group for Malaysians. In a statement, the Malaysian Securities Commission stressed that Malaysia's regulations are designed to protect investors a...
According to Tree News, BlackRock said allocating up to 2% of its portfolio to bitcoin is a reasonable range.
Nasdaq-listed crypto miner LM Funding America, Inc. announced the acquisition of an Oklahoma mine owned by Tech Infrastructure JV I LLC, a joint venture controlled by Arthur Inc., for $7.30 million. LM Funding said it expects to have a combined Oklahoma mining capacity of 562 petahash in the first quarter of 2025.
Sushi DAO has launched a funding diversification strategy proposal to shift 100% of SUSHI tokens in treasury assets to 70% stablecoins (USDC, USDT, etc.), 20% blue chip cryptocurrencies (ETH, BTC), and 10% DeFi tokens (e.g. AAVE). The strategy aims to reduce volatility, enhance liquidity, and generate returns through staking, lending, and liquidity provision.
According to market news, Robinhood disclosed data that in November, new fund customers exceeded 400,000, managed assets reached $190 billion (up 15% month-on-month and 100% year-on-year), stock trading volume reached $145 billion (up 170% year-on-year), and cryptocurrency trading volume reached $30 billion (up 400% month-on-month).
Union, a cross-chain settlement layer, announced the completion of a $12 million Series A funding round led by Gumi Cryptos Capital and Longhash Ventures, with participation from Borderless Capital and Blockchange, as well as blockchain founders from Polygon, Movement and Berachain. The financing funds will be used for core team expansion, partner integration and ecosystem development.
On December 4th, the Ethereum Foundation released the update report on funding projects for the third quarter of 2024. The report shows that the total amount of funding in the third quarter reached 12.8488 million US dollars, and the funding projects covered community education, consensus layer, cryptography and zero-knowledge proof, developer experience and tools, execution layer, Layer2 and other fields. Among them, community education projects accounted for the largest proportion, including t...
Arbitrum announced the launch of the $1 million Trailblazer Grant Program to attract developers with innovative ideas to deploy impactful AI Agents or other AI products based on Arbitrum, including complex transaction Agents, DeFi Agents, community engagement Agents, multi-functional smart contract Agents, and more creative ideas to further unleash AI innovation within the Arbitrum ecosystem.