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1 week ago |
theblock.co | Yogita Khatri
Companies • June 18, 2025, 12:00PM EDT Paxos has launched a new startup called Paxos Labs to help institutions bring decentralized finance and onchain products directly into their apps and platforms. Paxos Labs was incubated inside Paxos over the past six months as demand has grown from companies looking to connect with DeFi markets and real-world asset opportunities, Bhau Kotecha, co-founder and head of Paxos Labs, told The Block.
Peter Thiel's Founders Fund co-leads $8 million Series A for Base-based derivatives exchange Avantis
3 weeks ago |
theblock.co | Yogita Khatri
Avantis, a Base-based decentralized exchange for leverage trading, has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Pantera Capital. Other investors in the round include Symbolic Capital, SALT Fund and Flowdesk, Avantis said Tuesday. While the round closed in mid-2024, Avantis chose to announce it now to align with the protocol's growth, Harsehaj Singh, CEO of Lumena Labs, the core contributor to Avantis, told The Block.
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3 weeks ago |
theblock.co | Yogita Khatri
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) copycats are on the rise, and venture capital is backing the trend. These are firms set up to hold bitcoin, ether, Solana, XRP, or other crypto on their balance sheets, in addition to — or, sometimes, in place of — their original business models. Some investors see room to outperform the assets themselves. Others warn the model could fall apart if markets turn. Markets are rewarding these companies for now, and that's fueling the surge.
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1 month ago |
theblock.co | Yogita Khatri
Markets • May 29, 2025, 1:05PM EDT Ethereum's recent Pectra upgrade helped push ether's price and market capitalization, but recent upgrades haven't resulted in stronger onchain activity, according to JPMorgan analysts.
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1 month ago |
theblock.co | Yogita Khatri
Freysa AI, a crypto-AI project building on the Base blockchain, has quietly raised $30 million in funding as it aims to "equip every human with a personal AI twin." But the project hasn't disclosed its founding team, corporate entity, or investors — details The Block has now confirmed. The Block has learned that Selini Capital and Coinbase Ventures are two of the backers of Freysa AI. The Block has also confirmed that the entity behind the Freysa AI agent is called Eternis AI.
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