Recap of DeFi Space, December 2022
❓ What's new at Defiprime?
Kwenta, a derivatives trading platform on Optimism offering real-world and on-chain synthetic assets through the Synthetix Protocol ✅
Rocket Pool, an Ethereum PoS Protocol, designed to be community-owned, decentralized, and trustless. ✅
🔗 Noteworthy Links
SEC: Unregistered securities charges against Thor Token creators
SBF in custody, Ellison, Wang plead guilty and are cooperating
Uniswap NFT Marketplace metrics. Is Uniswap NFT going to make it?
Ethereum Developers target March 2023 for Staked Ether release
Judge in Ooki DAO trial orders CFTC to serve original founders with lawsuit
🔥 2023 Predictions Thread from Defiprime
💸 Venture Financing
Daylight raised $3M in funding, with the round co-led by Framework Ventures and Chapter One.
Lyra secured $3M in strategic funding, with the round co-led by Framework Ventures and GSR.
Panoptic, a Uniswap-based protocol, closed a $4.5M funding round.
Perennial, a derivatives protocol, announced its $12M funding round.
Decent, an NFT infrastructure protocol, secured $3.5M in funding, with the round led by Y Combinator.
Blocknative raised $15M in funding, aiming to provide global infrastructure for Ethereum.
Aztec announced their $100M Series B funding round, hoping to build encrypted Ethereum.
Nametag, a Web3 identity platform, closed a $2M seed funding round.
Foundation Devices has secured $7M in funding, hoping to create “a truly air-gapped” Bitcoin wallet.
a16z funds still have billions to deploy, according to co-founder Chris Dixon.
Pods announced its $5.6M funding round, hoping to create structured products for crypto assets.
Revel raised $7.8M in funding, aiming to become the Instagram and Robinhood of NFT platforms.
According to VCs, a funding dry spell, the death of exchanges, and the rebirth of NFTs are trends to watch.
🗓️ Upcoming DeFi Events
ETHDenver 2023 - 24 Feb 2023 - Denver, US
DeFi Denver - 01 Mar 2023 - Denver, US
EDCON 2023 - 03 Apr 2023 - Vienna, Austria
NFT.NYC 2023 - 12 Apr 2023 - New York City, US
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