Former Ethereum miner CoreWeave raises $221M in Series B

    The company ceased its Ether mining operations long before the Merge Upgrade was completed. On April 20, specialized cloud provider CoreWeave announced that it had secured $221 million in a Series B funding round, putting the company on track to expand operations and increase capacity in various emerging technologies. The raise was led by Magnetar Capital with…

    LayerZero raises $120M to expand cross-chain messaging efforts

    The new funds will be used to increase headcount and expand the cross-chain messaging protocol’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Cross-chain messaging protocol developer LayerZero Labs has raised another $120 million, according to an April 4 announcement. The company plans to use the capital to increase its headcount and expand its reach into the Asia-Pacific…

    Businesses should hold two payrolls ‘worth of cash’ in crypto: Tim Draper

    American venture capital investor Tim Draper warned business founders to prepare for “more and more” bank failures if the government continues to “print money and whipsaw interest rates.” American venture capital investor and entrepreneur Tim Draper advised founders to keep at least two payrolls worth of cash in Bitcoin or alternative cryptocurrencies, in response to the…

    Anonymous DAO tomi raises $40M for ‘surveillance-free’ internet

    The anonymous group of crypto developers is promoting the use of a decentralized autonomous organization to govern an alternative version of the internet. Alternative internet developer tomi has raised $40 million from venture capital firms as part of a broader effort to lure content creators to its decentralized World Wide Web alternative. The funding round…

    Crypto funding seen shifting from CeFi to DeFi after major collapses: CoinGecko

    “NFTfi,” on-chain derivative platforms, decentralized stablecoins and Ethereum L2s are four investment opportunities being looked at closely by one crypto investment firm. Digital asset investment firms poured $2.7 billion into decentralized finance projects in 2022, up 190% from 2021, while investments into centralized finance projects went the other way — falling 73% to $4.3 billion…

    Crypto Biz: A peek into BlockFi’s secret financials (it’s not pretty)

    How much exposure does BlockFi have to Sam Bankman-Fried failed enterprises? A lot, according to accidentally leaked financials. Crypto lender BlockFi has had a highly tumultuous 12 months. After getting caught up in the Terra fiasco, which resulted in one of the most prolific asset death spirals of all time, the company managed to avoid bankruptcy after receiving…