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Finance
Fundraising
Bitcoin Layer 2 Mezo Emerges From Stealth With $21M Raise Led by Pantera
Mezo is a permissionless Bitcoin economic layer that uses a neutral smart contract infrastructure to offer a wide range of applications.
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By Will Canny
Apr 9, 2024 at 11:47 a.m. UTC
Apr 9, 2024
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Crypto Venture Studio Thesis Raises $21M to Keep Building
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Crypto Venture Studio Thesis Raises $21M to Keep Building
Thesis, the crypto incubator behind the Fold crypto rewards app and the decentralized Keep protocol, has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round led by Polychain Capita...
Crypto Venture Studio Thesis Raises $21M to Keep Building
By CoinDesk Staff
Jul 23, 2021 at 3:36 p.m. UTC
Jul 23, 2021
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Members of the Fold team.
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Venture capital
Crypto Venture Studio Thesis Raises $21M to Keep Building
ParaFi and Polychain are among the investors funding the firm behind the Fold app, the Keep protocol and an upcoming MetaMask competitor.
Members of the Fold team.
By Cheyenne Ligon
Jul 22, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 22, 2021
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Tech
Ethereum
Bitcoin-on-Ethereum Token tBTC Relaunches Following Buggy Debut in May
TBTC, a decentralized way to copy bitcoin (BTC) over to Ethereum, is relaunching today after a smart-contract bug sunk the project in May.
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By Brady Dale
Sep 22, 2020 at 3:25 p.m. UTC
Sep 22, 2020
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Ethereum
Team Behind Bitcoin-Backed Ethereum Token tBTC Explains Shutdown
A bug in tBTC meant the dapp couldn't tell different bitcoin addresses apart, the team has disclosed.
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By Sebastian Sinclair
May 20, 2020 at 8:51 a.m. UTC
May 20, 2020
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Markets
Ethereum
Bug Forces Shutdown of Bitcoin-Backed Ethereum Token tBTC
Thesis has put a pause on deposits into tBTC, its new platform meant to get bitcoin into Ethereum's decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.
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By Brady Dale
May 18, 2020 at 5:05 p.m. UTC
May 18, 2020
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Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)
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Venture capital
Makers of Keep Protocol Raise $7.7M to Bring Trustless BTC to DeFi
Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its KEEP tokens to some of crypto’s top investors. Its TBTC project could get more bitcoin into DeFi.
Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)
By Brady Dale
Apr 2, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 2, 2020
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