Edition #64 - 19 MAY 2023
The landmark Markets in Crypto Assets regulation was given final approval by the EU’s Council, which also agreed a new law for sharing data on crypto tax holdings.
gaming developments
​​​​​​​​​​​​Axie Infinity is on Apple’s App Store.
Tabi (ex Treasureland) raised $10M in a funding round from Animoca Brands, Binance Labs Fund, Draper Dragon, Hashkey Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC), Youbi Capital. Tabi is a decentralized marketplace on BNB chain for publishing and trading nonfungible tokens (NFTs).
metaverses & AI
​​Your ultimate guide to navigating this virtual universe and joining the future of digital interaction.
Pudgy Penguins raised $9M in a Seed funding round from 1kx*, Big Brain Holdings, Kronos Research, Old Fashion Research (OFR), CRIT Ventures. Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 unique NFT stored on the Ethereum blockchain.
defi
funding rounds
​​DeFi protocol Smilee raised $2M in a Seed funding round led by Dialectic, with participation from Synergis Capital, Concave Ventures, Owl Ventures, Yunt Capital, Dewhales Capital, Outlier Ventures, New Order, Multisig Ventures, GTS Ventures.
Arbitrum DEX and money market protocol Dolomite raised $2.5M in a funding round led by Draper Goren Holm (DGH), NGC Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, WWVentures, 6th Man Ventures (6MV), RR2 Capital, Token Metrics Ventures, Orchard Street Capital.
​​Marketplace to trade locked up DeFi Assets Hourglass raised $4.2M in a Seed funding round led by Electric Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures, Tribe Capital, Hack VC
​​Decentralized lending protocol and fintech startup Jia raised $4.3M in a Seed funding round led by The Chernin Group (TCG Crypto), with participation from BlockTower Capital, Hashed Emergent, Saison Capital, Global Coin Research (GCR), Packy McCormick
Odsy Network raised $7.5M in a funding round from Blockchange Ventures*, Rubik Ventures, Node Capital, FalconX. Odsy Network is a security-focused blockchain that offers a decentralized access layer to Web3 through dynamic wallets (dWallets).
