Alchemy

Alchemy, considered to become the “Amazon Web Services (AWS) of blockchain,” just closed an $80 million funding round, bringing its total valuation to $505 million. “The Hash”...

By CoinDesk Staff

Apr 28, 2021 at 7:34 p.m. UTC

Apr 28, 2021

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Left to right: Joe Lau, Alchemy co-founder, and chief technology officer; Nikil Viswanathan, Alchemy co-founder and CEO; John Hennessy, Google chairman and Alchemy investor

Finance

Venture capital

'AWS for Blockchains' Alchemy Closes $80M Funding Round at $505M Valuation

Alchemy powers most of DeFi and almost all the big NFT platforms. The round was co-led by Coatue Management.

By Ian Allison

Apr 28, 2021 at 2:15 p.m. UTC

Apr 28, 2021

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Communitas Capital co-founder Tom Glocer

Finance

Coinbase

Communitas Capital's 'Infrastructure-First' Investing Approach Is Paying Off With Coinbase and Others

Ex-Reuters CEO Tom Glocer was an angel investor in Coinbase’s 2015 Series C round. Here are the other crypto VC bets his Communitas Capital is making.

By Ian Allison

Apr 9, 2021 at 8:44 p.m. UTC

Apr 9, 2021

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Nfts

Dapper Labs Taps Alchemy to Give Boost to Blockchain Powering NBA Top Shot

Flow’s NBA Top Shot accounts for more transactions than all the other NFT projects combined.

By Ian Allison

Mar 25, 2021 at 7:01 p.m. UTC

Mar 25, 2021

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Ethereum

Alchemy Goes Public With Developer Platform in Bid to Grow DeFi Ecosystem

Blockchain infrastructure startup Alchemy just launched its full suite of products to the public, after a two-year closed beta serving teams like MakerDAO and Kyber Network.

By Leigh Cuen

Aug 11, 2020 at 2:10 p.m. UTC

Aug 11, 2020

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