According to the latest Crypto VC Trends report released by PitchBook, the total amount of cryptocurrency venture capital investment reached $2.60 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 13% compared to the previous quarter. However, the number of quarterly transactions fell from 653 in Quarter 1 to 351 in the fourth quarter, a decrease of 46%.
Recently, the explosion of DeepSeek has attracted widespread attention, among which VCs collectively missed DeepSeek and became a hot topic of public discussion. Baidu Venture Capital, as an investment institution upstairs in DeepSeek, caused many netizens to discuss the missed investment in DeepSeek. According to Lei Di's report today, Baidu Venture Capital CEO Gao Xue said in response to the matter, "We are the VCs upstairs in DeepSeek. The first time DeepSeek entered the Rongke Information Ce...
Hack VC expects more large-scale acquisitions in 2025, as web2 companies interested in cryptocurrencies are likely to return due to the ongoing bull market. Ed Roman, co-founder and managing partner of Hack VC, said: "These Web2 buyers have been inactive for the past few years due to the NFT crash and FTX crash, but we expect them to return as cryptocurrencies enter peak season again, and since these companies often lack crypto expertise or technology, it is easier to acquire some companies than...
According to The Block Pro fundraising data, VCs invested around $13.70 billion in cryptocurrency and blockchain startups in 2024, a 28% increase over the $10.70 billion deployed in 2023. However, funding is still well below the peak of $33.30 billion in 2022 and $29 billion in 2021. Dragonfly General Partner Rob Hadick pointed out that while Bitcoin has rallied more than 150% year-to-date, the growth rate of venture capital investment has not been faster compared to 2023, probably because the L...
Japanese crypto-focused financial firm SBI VC Trade will receive assets from hacked cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin, whose customer accounts are expected to be ready by March next year. SBI said in the announcement that it has agreed to receive all DMM customer accounts and assets, which will be migrated to SBI on March 8, 2025. The company said that DMM customers do not need to reopen accounts at SBI, which will automatically create accounts for DMM users who transfer. DMM Bitcoin earlier t...
SBI VC Trade, a crypto exchange owned by SBI Holdings, announced that it has signed an agreement with DMM Bitcoin for the transfer of client accounts and custodial assets. The transfer is scheduled to take place on March 8, 2025, when all clients of DMM Bitcoin will be integrated into SBI VC Trade. During the transfer process, customers do not need to go through new account opening procedures, SBI VC Trade will handle it uniformly. The transfer object is the yen and spot cryptoassets of all cust...
SBI Holdings 旗下的加密交易所 SBI VC Trade 宣布,已与 DMM Bitcoin 签署了有关客户账户及托管资产转移的协议,转移计划于 2025 年 3 月 8 日进行,届时 DMM Bitcoin 的所有客户将整合至 SBI VC Trade。 在转移过程中,客户无需进行新的账户开设手续,SBI VC Trade 将统一处理。转移的对象是截至 3 月 4 日已在 DMM Bitcoin 开设账户的所有客户的日元及现货加密资产。
Boost VC announced that it will invest in the decentralized research project PoSciDonDAO for an undisclosed amount. After the transaction is completed, PoSciDonDAO will join Boost VC's Go-To-Market program. It is reported that Boost VC is expanding the field of decentralized science (DeSci), and its portfolio also includes Molecules, ResearchHub, HairDAO, and Data Lake.
Boost VC宣布投资去中心化科研项目PoSciDonDAO,具体金额暂未披露,交易完成后PoSciDonDAO将加入Boost VC的Go-To-Market计划。据悉,Boost VC正在拓展去中心化科学 (DeSci) 领域,旗下投资组合还包括Molecule、ResearchHub、HairDAO和Data Lake等。
Metaplanet Corporation partnered with SBIVCTrade to implement a shareholders' equity plan. Shareholders holding at least one trading unit (100 shares) of Metaplanet shares as of December 31, 2024 Eligible individuals or companies that opened new accounts with SBI VC Trade between November 18, 2024 and March 31, 2025. The planned total of 30 million yen will be distributed to 2,350 eligible shareholders through a lottery system as follows: 50 winners: Bitcoin worth 100,000 yen each. 100 winners: ...
Metaplanet公司与SBIVCTrade合作实施股东权益计划。截至2024年12月31日,持有至少一个交易单元(100股)Metaplanet股票的股东 在2024年11月18日至2025年3月31日期间在SBI VC Trade开立新账户的合资格个人或公司。 计划总计3000万日元的比特币将通过抽签系统分配给2350名符合条件的股东,具体如下: 50名获奖者:每人价值10万日元的比特币; 100名获奖者:每人价值30,000日元的比特币; 200...