RT Giacomo Tognini (@giacomotognini)While he was flying around the world as Trump's peace envoy, Steve Witkoff got $300 million richer over the past year--largely thanks to his crypto venture with the Trump family (World Liberty) and his tiny, but valuable, stake in SpaceX. Read at @Forbes:https://t.co/KwSP6reqq7 ...

This week in crypto venture: $202M raised across 20 deals, $333M in $BTC & $ETH DATs, and 2 acquisitions.Jake (@immutablejacob):20 crypto projects raised $202 million this weekhere are the top 5 👇@arq_finance - $60M> LATAM-based stablecoin financial app serving 2+ million customers> @sequoia & @foundersfund@crossover_mkts - $31M> An electronic communication network (ECN) for crypto trading> https://t.co/UsifWkMMpv ...

This week in crypto venture: $250M raised across 17 deals, $410M in $BTC & $ETH DATs, and a $62M newly-launched fund by @EV3ventures.Jake (@immutablejacob):17 crypto projects raised $250 million this weekhere are the top 5 👇@meshpay - $75M at a $1B valuation> Global stablecoin-based payments settlement network> @dragonfly_xyz, @cbventures, & @paradigm@talostrading - $45M at a $1.5B valuation> Institutional-grade trading https://t.co/ld5Rk3HMDP ...

This week in crypto venture: $458M raised across 22 deals, $2.13B in $BTC DATs, and three acquisitions by @neynarxyz, @chainlink, & @redstone_deficereal_killer (@FBitach):@immutablejacob Free report covering this week's top fundraising deals, DATs, M&As, newly launched funds, VC investor insights, and more:https://t.co/jX3rs8Z1Tz ...

Jan 12-16 in crypto venture: $333M raised across 29 deals, $2.4B in $BTC DATs, and two payments acquisitions by @0xPolygon.Jake (@immutablejacob):29 crypto projects raised $333 million this weekhere are the top 5 👇@AlpacaHQ - $150M at a $1.15B valuation> Brokerage infrastructure offering APIs for partners such as @krakenfx and @TheOfficialSBI> @drivecapital, DRW Venture Capital, & Portage Ventures@Velafi_global - https://t.co/NMMxVcgjNX ...

Funding & Investment - Crypto projects raised $350 million this week across 28 deals [1] - $1.4 billion in $BTC treasuries [1] - RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based crypto payment platform, raised $107 million [1] - Fuseenergy, a Solana-based DePIN, raised $70 million at a $5 billion valuation [1] Mergers & Acquisitions - Circle made an acquisition [1] - Anchorage made an acquisition [1] Key Players - Goodwater Capital invested in RedotPay [1] - Pantera Capital invested in RedotPay [1] - Circle Ventures invested in RedotPay [1]

I don't envy founders having to try to figure out how to kickstart things multiple years into a crypto venture, but I respect the efforts and hope to see more of this from 2021-2022 collections/coins/IP where it makes sense.Very happy to work w/ them while they're trying to turn the ship around. ...

Follow @immutablejacob & @FBitach for all your crypto venture updatesjakob.btc (@jakob_btc):The business side of crypto has shown momentum over the past week.We saw $185M raised across 22 projects, $350M+ in M&A, $165M in corporate treasuries, and a $1B Bitcoin treasury fund.Look at the direction of capital, not just the totals. https://t.co/xRWzOXv4vI ...

Crypto Venture Proceeds - The Trump family saw $620 million from crypto venture proceeds in recent months [1]

RT Michael Anderson (@im_manderson)this is why crypto venture is like trad vc on expert level. liquidity means paper hands get shaken out, but real success takes years. and they're still just getting started. @maplefinance ...