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ForkLog 20 23.05.2025

Cryptocurrency Projects Raise $214 Million in a Week: Top 3 Rounds

As Bitcoin reaches new all-time highs, venture financing is also gaining momentum. Over the past week, cryptocurrency projects have attracted $214 million. According to DeFi Llama, the total amount of funds directed into the industry since the beginning of 2025 has reached $7.7 billion, an 87% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Data: […]

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ForkLog 110 16.05.2025

Tradoor Secures $3.2 Million to Develop ‘Fastest DEX on TON’

The decentralized exchange Tradoor on The Open Network (TON) blockchain has raised $3.2 million in funding, according to a press release. The investment round was led by TON Ventures and Kenetic Capital, with participation from Sigil Fund, Protagonist, VentureSouq, T Fund, TONX, Re7 Capital, and BitsLab. The funds will be used to implement the project’s […]

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ForkLog 17 14.05.2025

Venture Deals in Crypto Industry Surge to $6 Billion in Q1

The volume of venture deals involving cryptocurrency startups reached $6 billion by the end of January-March, according to data from PitchBook, reports Cointelegraph. For comparison, the figure for the same period last year was $2.6 billion, and $3 billion for the fourth quarter. In terms of quantity, 405 deals were recorded, which is 39.5% less […]

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ForkLog 49 01.04.2025

A16z Invests in Blockchain AI Project Positioned as Bitcoin Alternative

The Ambient network project, positioned as an alternative to the leading cryptocurrency, has attracted $7.2 million from a16z, Delphi Digital, and Amber Group, according to CoinDesk. The blockchain aims to provide “superintelligent AI” quickly, cheaply, and openly. Ambient co-founder Travis Good is convinced that Bitcoin’s encryption mechanisms are “becoming obsolete” and may “completely lose relevance […]

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ForkLog 51 24.03.2025

Visa On-Chain Card Issuer Secures $25 Million

Rain, the company behind Visa’s on-chain cards, has announced raising $24.5 million in a funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Excited to announce $24.5M in new funding for Rain led by @NorwestVP with participation from new investors @Galaxyhq, @CompoSecure, Goldcrest, Vinyl, @BDMIFund, @LatitudeCapital, Thayer and @_hardyaka, and existing investors @lightspeedvp, @cbventures, and @CanonicalCrypto.… pic.twitter.com/q7QjkKAaXa […]

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ForkLog 54 24.03.2025

DWF Labs Launches $250 Million Fund for Crypto Projects

Market maker and venture crypto investor DWF Labs announced the creation of the $250 million Liquid Fund. The initiative aims to develop medium and large blockchain projects that can facilitate the widespread adoption of Web3. Within the fund, two deals worth $25 million and $10 million are already in preparation. According to DWF Labs, projects […]

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ForkLog 14 20.03.2025

Venture Firms Amass $400 Million in TON

The organization behind The Open Network (TON), the TON Foundation, has revealed that leading venture capital firms hold over $400 million in Toncoin. ?TON Foundation recently disclosed over $400M in $TON held by top VCs, including @sequoia, @RibbitCapital, @benchmark, Kingsway, Vy Capital, @drapervc, Libertus Capital, @coinfund_io, @hypersphere_, @SkyBridge, and @Karatage_ Let’s welcome them to the […]

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ForkLog 14 17.03.2025

YZi Labs Invests in Plume

The venture firm YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) has invested an undisclosed amount in the modular blockchain Plume, which focuses on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). https://t.co/vyUle5DT17 — YZi Labs (@yzilabs) March 17, 2025 The Plume project team is developing an EVM-compatible environment that provides users with access to traditional financial instruments, carbon credits, […]

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ForkLog 35 29.01.2025

YZi Labs Leads $16 Million Investment in Blockchain Project Sign

Venture firm YZi Labs, formerly known as Binance Labs, has led a $16 million investment round for the infrastructure project Sign. https://t.co/8hEBp502dB — YZi Labs (@BinanceLabs) January 28, 2025 This marks the first investment by the company under the leadership of founder and former Binance head Changpeng Zhao (CZ) following his legal issues with the […]

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ForkLog 18 31.12.2024

Binance Labs to Undergo Rebranding

Binance’s venture arm plans to change its name. One reason is the return of CZ and his desire to be personally involved in this area. At Binance Labs (soon to be rebranded), we’re laser-focused on fundamentals, aiming for long-term impact. Going into 2025 and beyond, we’ll continue to provide evergreen support to founders who share […]

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ForkLog 5 20.12.2024

Beyond the Wild West: why VCs are leaving crypto—and crypto is leaving VCs

In the year now ending, analysts observed a marked rollback in venture funding for cryptocurrency projects to levels reminiscent of 2017. There is, however, a silver lining: some initiatives are trying to revive a spirit of independence from VC—at least in their declarations. Oleg Cash Coin explains why for ForkLog readers. Not so long ago […]

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ForkLog 10 20.12.2024

Plume Secures $20 Million from Brevan Howard Digital, Haun Ventures, and Lightspeed Faction

The modular blockchain Plume has concluded a Series A funding round, raising $20 million. The project attracted investments from Brevan Howard Digital, Haun Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, Superscrypt, Hashkey, Laser Digital (Nomura Group), A Capital, 280 Capital, SV Angel, Reciprocal Ventures, and other firms. RWAfi is here. Today, we’re proud to announce our $20M […]

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