Decentralized exchange Ostium raised a $20M Series A led by General Catalyst and Jump Trading, a source says at a ~$250M valuation, after previously raising $8M
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Crypto investor Roger Ver, aka “Bitcoin Jesus”, reaches a deferred prosecution agreement with the US DOJ, paying nearly $50M to resolve a tax evasion indictment
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The Trump family's crypto business, World Liberty Financial, is using publicly listed company ALT5 Sigma to raise $1.5B for the purchase of its WLFI token
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Subzero Labs, which is building Rialo, a blockchain designed for non-crypto developers to build “real-world” apps, raised a $20M seed led by Pantera Capital
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Sources: Zerohash, which provides crypto and stablecoin infrastructure, is raising ~$100M at a ~$1B valuation, up from $340M when it raised a Series D in 2022
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The Open Platform, a key TON developer that is behind Telegram's crypto Wallet, raised a $28.5M Series A at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $70M+
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Turnkey, which builds low-level infrastructure for digital wallets used to store and manage crypto, raised a $30M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto
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Sources: Meta is talking to crypto firms about introducing stablecoins for managing payouts, and in January 2025 hired a VP of product with crypto experience
Three Years After Diem Rony Roy / crypto.news : Meta may be eyeing stablecoin payments for Instagram creators Samuel Edyme / Bitcoinist.com : Stripe Expands Crypto Offerings With Stablecoin Accounts a...
MoviePass launches Mogul, a daily fantasy sports-inspired, blockchain-based platform for movie buffs, in beta and says 400K+ people signed up for early access
and going all in on crypto Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter : MoviePass' Next Big Bet: A Fantasy Box Office App Ben Sherry / Inc : MoviePass Just Debuted Mogul, a Fantasy League for Film X: Ben...
Messari CEO Ryan Selkis says he's stepping down after a series of controversial political X posts, and Chief Revenue Officer Eric Turner will become interim CEO
publicly, on here — that he wished he could deport him. Jimmy Skuros / @jskuros : Two years back @twobitidiot recruited me to join @MessariCrypto team. First thing I noticed when joining was the talen...