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Crypto payments firm Ripple is acquiring brokerage house Hidden Road for $1.25 billion in one of the biggest M&A deals ever in crypto.
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Venture funding to crypto and blockchain startups more than doubled in the first quarter as crypto enthusiasts seem ready to embrace easing...
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Overall, the first quarter of 2025 marked the strongest one for venture investment since Q2 2022. Funding was up 17% quarter over quarter from the...
There’s a pretty fat pipeline of venture-backed fintech startups that meet the basic criteria for an IPO. The list of likeliest suspects, however...
Last week’s run of big rounds slowed down slightly this week, but overall still had a strong showing. Yet another huge public safety raise, as well...
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance received a massive $2 billion investment from Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX in the single largest investment...
Last year, there were nearly 400 deals in which startups bought other startups — a 31% surge — per Crunchbase data, with the year ending particularly...
Of the 11 new unicorns in January, five came from healthcare, including companies working on genetic research, drug development, scanning services...
While January didn’t lack for big deals, apparently those deals were spread over a wide swath of investors. Only Andreessen Horowitz reached double...
While the U.S. presidential administration change offers the promise of reduced regulations around digital assets, funding to Web3 startups did not...
Thus far 2025 has come roaring in as far as large rounds go. Last week more than a dozen companies raised $100 million or more. This week there are...
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