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Major Investors Met with SEC to Discuss Crypto Exemption
VC firms Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures reportedly met with the SEC in March to request that tokens be exempted from SEC oversight.
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Bain, Lightspeed Back First ICO With $133 Million Basis Funding
There are many stablecoins, but only one that has one investor who busted a central bank and another who used to help run one. Also, Google and Bain.
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A16z, USV Lead $12 Million Funding for CryptoKitties
CryptoKitties will break away from its developer, Axiom Zen, after raising $12 million of venture capital.
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Stellar Investment Could Make Crypto as Easy as Chat
Stellar makes a bet that Keybase can port easy end-to-end encryption over to person-to-person payments in cryptocurrency.
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Coinbase CEO Backs Crypto Derivatives Exchange DydX
DYdX, an in-development decentralized exchange for cryptocurrency derivatives, has raised an undisclosed amount in a seed funding round.
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Basecoin Revealed: A16z, MetaStable Seek Crypto Holy Grail With Stable Token
A high-profile group of investors are backing an unknown startup's token sale, in an effort to evolve the "stablecoin" concept.
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Bitcoin-Powered Marketplace OpenBazaar Raises $3 Million
The developers behind OpenBazaar, the open-source marketplace protocol powered by bitcoin, have raised $3m in new funding.
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A16z, USV Invest $10 Million in Blockchain Token Trading Firm
A hedge fund that specializes in the trading of blockchain-based assets has raised $10m from a notable cast of VCs.
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A16z, USV Lead $1.5 Million Round for Blockchain Startup Mediachain
Mediachain has become the latest blockchain startup to join the portfolios of VC heavyweights Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures.
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21 Inc Announces 'Bitcoin Computer' for Developers
21 Inc has announced it will begin accepting pre-orders for the 21 Bitcoin Computer, its first consumer product, on Monday.
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