Recap of DeFi Space, January 2024
🔗 Noteworthy Links
Opinion: Etherscan is awesome, but also a critical point of failure
CFTC Commissioner Statement on Digital Assets and Blockchain Tech
Starknet approved a vote adding the use of $STRK for paying fees
Opinion: Analyzing 2023’s Narratives and Eyeing 2024’s Trends
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💸 Venture Financing
NoahArk Tech Group closed a $2.4M funding round, with the round led by EOS Network Ventures.
Bracket Labs raised $2M in a pre-seed funding round, with the round including investment from Binance Labs.
Riema Labs secured an undisclosed amount of angel investment, with the funds set to go toward launching a Bitcoin-native data availability layer.
Polyhedra was involved in a funding round led by OKX Ventures.
TrendX raised $1M in seed funding, hoping to allow traders to track trends for tokens.
Altitude closed a $6.1M seed funding round, aiming to make loans more efficient.
Saros, a Solana-based project, secured $3.75M in a private funding round.
Bitfinity, a Bitcoin L2, raised $7M in token funding.
Renzo, an Ethereum restaking protocol, announced its $3.2M seed funding round.
0xScope V2 launched in addition to its $5M funding round.
Masa closed a $5.4M seed funding round, aiming to build a data network on Avalanche.
Web3Intelligence closed a $4.5M funding round ahead of its token launch.
Bagel secured $3.1M in funding to develop a decentralized marketplace for ML datasets.
Infrared Finance raised $2.5M in seed funding, with the round led by Synergis.
DEX Portal, a project based on Bitcoin, announced its $34M seed funding round.
BBO Exchange, a derivative trading platform, closed a $2.7M pre-seed funding round.
Puffer received an undisclosed amount of funding from Binance Labs.
TProtocol raised funds from an angel round, with the round led by multiple investors.
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