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Balaji Srinivasan backed Options Issuance Platform Opyn Secures Over $2 Million to Help Protect DeFi Investors from Potential Losses

Ethereum based Opyn, an options issuance platform, has secured $2.16 million in capital via a round led by Dragonfly Capital, a cross-border crypto-asset investment firm. Other investors in Opyn’s latest round included 1kx, an early-stage token fund focused on remittances, computation, storage, prediction, and the… Read More

Blockchain Data Analytics Firm Messari Raises $4 Million via Round Led by Uncorked Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Others

Uncork Capital, a seed-stage VC firm, led a $4 million investment round for blockchain analytics company Messari. Coinbase Ventures, the venture capital arm of San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase, also took part in Messari’s latest funding round. Messari’s management confirmed on November 13 that it… Read More

Public Blockchain Findora that Aims to Redefine Finance Adds Former Coinbase Exec Balaji Srinivasan & Noted Cryptographer Prof. Dan Boneh as Advisors

Findora, a “cryptographically transparent public blockchain for building decentralized financial applications,” has enlisted the assistance of two prominent names. Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase, and Professor Dan Boneh, Head of Stanford Cryptography, have both joined Findora as Strategic Advisors. Professor Boneh said Findora’s vision… Read More

CTO Balaji Srinivasan Leaves Coinbase

Coinbase CTO Balaji S. Srinivasan, who took his position at America’s top crypto exchange in April of last year after his company Earn.com was acquired by Coinbase, has announced on Twitter that he is leaving the company: Earn.com is an app that allows users to earn… Read More

Crypto VCs at Consensus Envision Token-Based Future

Seasoned reporter Paul Vigna, who covers cryptocurrencies and blockchain at the Wall Street Journal and who also co-authored a fine book on the subject, The Age of Cryptocurrencies, sat down at Consensus with VCs Balaji S. Srinivasan and Fred Wilson to discuss the business realities that may… Read More

Jason Calacanis Slams Bitcoin, Says Leading Crypto “Could Go To Zero”

Prominent Silicon Valley investor Jason Calacanis visited with CNBC’s SquawkAlley this past week while enjoying some time in Davos, Switzerland. Last month, Calacanis told Squawk that Bitcoin is a bubble. This time, Calacanis said Bitcoin could go to zero and gave it a 1/3 chance… Read More

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