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Arbitrage opportunities opened up the funding gates for Stream Trading. (Alexander Grey/Unsplash)
Crypto Derivatives Exchange Stream Trading Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding
The funding round values the company at $20 million.
Arbitrage opportunities opened up the funding gates for Stream Trading. (Alexander Grey/Unsplash)

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Web 3 Startup Tensorplex Labs Raises $3M Seed Funding to Decentralize AI
Tensorplex said decentralization can help prevent tech giants monopolizing artificial intelligence, making them prone to biases or censorship.
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headshot of ClearToken CEO Benjamin Santos-Stephens
ClearToken Raises $10M From Institutional Investors Including Nomura’s Laser Digital
The crypto clearing house plans to start preliminary settlement services in the U.K. this year, subject to regulatory approval.
headshot of ClearToken CEO Benjamin Santos-Stephens

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Fintech Provider Portal Raises $34M Seed Round for Bitcoin-Based Decentralized Exchange
Portal aims to offer a decentralized infrastructure for peer-to-peer swapping of BTC across different blockchains without the need for intermediaries, which heighten the risk...
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Setter app (Setter)
A16z Backs Web3 Consumer App Setter in $5M Seed Round
Setter aims to address "the complexity and unfriendliness of current wallet technologies," making entry into Web3 a more seamless experience for more users.
Setter app (Setter)

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Bitcoin-Focused Ordinals Project Taproot Wizards Raises $7.5M in Seed Round
Taproot Wizards, which describes itself as "magic internet JPEGs", offers a collection of Microsoft Paint images of wizards harking back to a 2013 bitcoin meme: "magic interne...
TaprootWizards.com NFT (ordinals.com)

Llama co-founders Austin Green and Shreyas Hariharan (Llama)
Smart Contract Platform Llama Raises $6M From Investors Including Polygon, Aave Founders
The firm aims to allow blockchain governance protocols to encode role-based functionality.
Llama co-founders Austin Green and Shreyas Hariharan (Llama)

Cube3.ai founder and CEO Einaras Gravrock (CUBE3.AI)
Web3 Security Startup Cube3.ai Emerges From Stealth With $8.2M Seed Funding
The fundraising was led by Blockchange Ventures with participation from Dispersion Capital, Symbolic Capital, Hypersphere Ventures, Iclub and TA Ventures.
Cube3.ai founder and CEO Einaras Gravrock (CUBE3.AI)

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DeFi Protocol Tranchess Raises $1.5M in Seed Round Led by Three Arrows, Spartan
Money raised will go toward furthering the project's expansion while completing the development of its DAO.
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Crypto Miner Company CoinMine Scores $2.5 Million in Seed Round
The round was led by M13 Ventures, Republic Labs, Gumi Crypto and an early Uber investor Shervin Pishevar.
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