# Warren Buffett invests B in Bitcoin-friendly neobank, dumps Visa and Mastercard stocks

# Warren Buffett invests $1B in Bitcoin-friendly neobank, dumps Visa and Mastercard stocks

“# Warren Buffett invests $1B in Bitcoin-friendly neobank, dumps Visa and Mastercard stocks ” Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway dumped a portion of its Visa and Mastercard holdings and increased exposure in Nubank, the largest fintech bank in Brazil that’s also popular among the country’s Bitcoin investors. In a securities filing late Monday, the industrials conglomerate…

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# VC Roundup: Animoca leads NFT3 raise, Arca launches NFT fund and Alexis Ohanian broadens crypto exposure

# VC Roundup: Animoca leads NFT3 raise, Arca launches NFT fund and Alexis Ohanian broadens crypto exposure

“# VC Roundup: Animoca leads NFT3 raise, Arca launches NFT fund and Alexis Ohanian broadens crypto exposure ” Venture capital funding in the cryptocurrency market is showing no signs of slowing, as major investors continue to back promising startups in niche industries spanning the metaverse, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and GameFi.  Cointelegraph’s new series, VC Roundup,…

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# Polygon raises 0M in Sequoia-led funding round

# Polygon raises $450M in Sequoia-led funding round

“# Polygon raises $450M in Sequoia-led funding round ” Layer-2 scaling solution Polygon has raised $450 million in a funding round that was backed by some of blockchain’s biggest venture funds — offering further evidence that major investors are looking to support the future of Web3 development.  The investment round was led by Sequoia Capital…

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# Privacy-focused applications platform Aleo raises 0M

# Privacy-focused applications platform Aleo raises $200M

“# Privacy-focused applications platform Aleo raises $200M ” Zero-knowledge applications platform Aleo has raised $200 million in a solid investment round, pushing the company forward and supporting its goals to develop products and services that encourage and assist developers in building applications on top of its decentralized network. The Series B investment round was led…

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# Pixel Vault raises 0M for NFT development platform

# Pixel Vault raises $100M for NFT development platform

“# Pixel Vault raises $100M for NFT development platform ” Operator-led venture capital firms Velvet Sea Ventures and 01 Advisors invested $100 million into Pixel Vault, a large nonfungible token collection of superheroes, to jointly launch the rebranded multi-franchise nonfungible token (NFT) entertainment company, Pixel Vault Inc.  According to Pixel Vault, the aim of the…

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# Dune Analytics raises near-M in Series B funding round

# Dune Analytics raises near-$70M in Series B funding round

“# Dune Analytics raises near-$70M in Series B funding round ” Dune Analytics, a leading data analytics platform, has announced a capital raise of $69,420,000, in addition to a $1 billion-dollar valuation, the latter of which means that the company attained “unicorn” status, which describes privately-held startups that have attained a valuation of $1 billion…

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