Recap of DeFi Space, April 2024
đ Noteworthy Links
Eisenberg âWasnât borrowing, he was stealingâ;Â Convicted for $110M
Co-founders of Samourai Wallet arrested and charged with money laundering
Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act;Â TD Cowen: Act is beneficial for issuers and could âspark M&Aâ
Coinbase seeks to take core question in SEC case to higher court
Securities Law Professor: Itâs time for Uniswap to âprepare for warâ
Renzoâs $ezETH depegs 18.3% following $REZ tokenomics announcement;Â Airdrop allocation increased in response
New users flock to Ethereum, long-term holders are less active than ever
SEC delays spot Ethereum ETF decisions;Â Industry sources believe ETFs will be denied
DAO Maker hack victims still await reimbursement 3 years later
Ethenaâs âsynthetic dollarâ crosses $2B supply within two months
SushiSwap governance: Shift DAO treasury assets to a new vault;Â passes signal vote
Goldfinchâs third default shows just how risky undercollateralised crypto lending can be
Liquid staked bitcoin provides new yield option for BTC holders
Ondo Finance brings tokenized treasuries to the Cosmos ecosystem
Heroglyphs takes inspiration from Bitcoin mining to fix token distribution
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đ¸Â Venture Financing
Agor, a stablecoin issuer, raised $12M in seed funding.
Raiinmaker, a web3 AI firm, secured $7.5M in seed funding.
Mezo debuted its project after a $21M Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital.
Monad Labs announced its $225M funding round, with Paradigm leading the round.
OpenTrade closed a $3.2M seed funding round, with a16z leading the round.
Sapien raised $5M in funding to continue developing data labeling with AI applications.
Alpen Labs came out of stealth, revealing its $10.6M in past seed funding.
Stream Trading, a crypto derivatives exchange, secured $1.5M in seed funding.
Puffer Finance has closed an $18M Series A funding round, with the round co-led by Brevan Howard Digital and Electric Capital.
CVEX, a DEX, announced its $7M in funding ahead of its upcoming mainnet launch.
Homium raised $10M in funding with a goal of tokenizing home equity loans on Avalanche.
Nebra secured $4.5M in seed funding for ZKP technology.
Usual Labs, a DeFi firm, announced its $7M funding round.
Centrifuge, a tokenized credit platform, revealed its $15M in VC investment.
Thruster Finance, a DEX built on Blast, closed a $7.5M seed funding round.
Merlin Chain received an undisclosed quantity of funding from various investors.
Ord.io, a Bitcoin Ordinals explorer, raised $2M in pre-seed funding.
Shiba Inu secured $12M in a token round for its new blockchain.
Fjord Foundry secured $15M for its $FJO token, allowing users to access $28M in platform fees.
Peter Thielâs Founders Fund made a âstrategic long-term investmentâ in Alliance.
Aligned Layer announced its $20M funding round, hoping to make ZK proofs faster and cheaper with the funds.
Movement Labs received $38M in funding to build an L2 blockchain on Ethereum using Facebook tech.
OpenDelta, a Bitcoin-linked stablecoin firm, closed a $2.5M funding round.
Heroglyphs, a memecoin protocol, raised $5.5M in funding.
MilkyWay, a Celestia liquid staking protocol, secured $5M ahead of its token launch and airdrop.
Backed, a tokenized asset issuer, closed a $9.5M funding round.
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