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Market Making on Polkadot Gets Prospective Boost With $22.3M Raised by dTrade
Which of the investors will be the primary market makers on the derivatives DEX is still to be finalized.
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Polychain Leads $21M Round for Retail-Oriented DEX
Shipyard’s Clipper DEX aims to attract retail traders with low trading fees.
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Crypto Derivatives Platform dYdX Raises $65M in Paradigm-Led Series C
The San Francisco-based DEX builder has processed $2.2 billion in trades and is now “hugely profitable.”
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Solana Labs Raises $314M in Token Sale Led by A16z, Polychain
Solana Labs Raises $314M in Token Sale Led by A16z, Polychain
Solana Labs has raised $314 million from top crypto venture firms, including Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital. One of the most significant token sales in recent memor...
Solana Labs Raises $314M in Token Sale Led by A16z, Polychain

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Industry Group Led by Polychain, Coinbase Seeks to Get Ahead on Staking Regulations
The Proof of Stake Alliance has released a set of recommendations for entities securing a proof-of-stake network to avoid drawing the ire of regulators.
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Polychain Capital founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)
Investors in Polychain Capital’s Crypto Hedge Fund Saw 1,332% Gains – If They Stomached the Dips
An investor document obtained by CoinDesk charts the dramatic ups and downs of the first four years of Polychain Capital’s cryptocurrency hedge fund.
Polychain Capital founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

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New Celo Alliance Has Same Aims as Libra – And Some of the Same Partners
Dozens of blockchain companies and investors are committing to promote Celo tokens in some fashion by joining the cLabs “Alliance for Prosperity.”
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Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee
Polychain Capital Targets $200M for Second Venture Fund, Slide Deck Reveals
Cryptocurrency investment firm Polychain Capital is targeting $200 million for a second venture fund.
Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee

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There's Now a DAO for Deciding Which Blockchains to Stake On
StakerDAO will allow participants to vote on where to best earn rewards as validators in a given proof-of-stake network.
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Polychain's Assets Drop $376 Million Since August, SEC Filings Show
Polychain, one of the most elite funds serving startups in the crypto industry, is no longer a billion-dollar operation.
CoinDesk photo, Consensus: Invest 2017.