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VCs are making a comeback to crypto with 9-figure funds and a spike in investments. March sets record crypto trading in a wild month. Ripple is launching a stablecoin. A crypto executive was sentenced to only 4 years for a $4B fraud scheme. These are some juicy headlines, but there are so many more so Keep on Scrolling 👀 🖤

  • Crypto monthly trading volume doubled in March (TB)

  • Wormhole opened up airdrop claims (TB)

  • Ripple to launch US dollar stablecoin (CNBC)

  • FTX’s bankrupt estate sells off $1.6B of locked SOL (@tryPluid)

  • $1T asset manager DWS launches physical Bitcoin ETC in Germany (@BitcoinMagazine)

  • Binance is no longer supporting Bitcoin NFTs (BIN)

  • Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup, and Citadel added as authorized participants for BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF (WG)

Crypto was sold off heavily this week, with the market down about 8% across the board
  • Paradigm seeks to raise $850M for new fund (M)

  • Bitkraft Ventures is launching a $275M blockchain gaming fund (CT)

  • Galaxy Digital recruiting investors for $100M crypto fund

  • a16z plans to invest $30M in web3 startups (TB)

  • Xion secures $25M in funding (TB)

  • Paradigm backs DEX developer Ellipsis Labs with $20M Series A (BLOCK)

  • Elixir Games raises $14M from Square Enix, Solana Foundation, and Shima Capital (YF)

  • Zeus Network to utilize $8M investment for Solana cross-chain capabilities (CDLY)

  • Jump Capital and Cypher Capital co-lead Raiinmaker’s $7.5M round (BLOCK)

  • BitLayer, a Bitcoin L2, scores $5M from Framework, ABCDE, and many other top VCs (CGLB)

  • Moongate raises $2.7M seed round for web3 engagement layer (TD)

  • Ai-powered Firewall raises $2.5M round (M)

  • NLVC leads $1.25M seed round for web3 data layer startup, RootData (BLOCK)

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  • Government moves $2B of silk road BTC (CD)

  • Coinbase clears Canada’s crypto compliance for Centralized Exchange registration (DT)

  • Market Maker GSR receives Singapore crypto license (CD)

  • Chile takes proactive stance for crypto regulation in South America (CTXO)

  • Crypto has caused a ‘global regulatory Olympics’ (CD)

  • Crypto hack roundup: First week of April (BiS)

  • March saw a 48% decrease in hacks (TB)

  • OneCoin’s compliance officer sentenced to 4 years for $4B Ponzi scheme (CD)

  • Tornado Cash founder, Roman Storm, seeks dismissal in money laundering case (BN)

  • Munchables refunds 100% of $62.5M exploit (@tryPluid)

  • Prisma Finance is restarting the protocol following major hack (CTI)

  • Lockchain.ai debuts blockchain risk management solution (P)

  • Google takes two applications to court for fraud with cryptocurrency (SCL)

  • Liquid staking platforms have jumped to $8B TVL (TB)

  • SEC calls for comments on spot ETH ETF (CD)

  • Picasso Network, part of the Cosmos blockchain, has connected to Ethereum for interoperability (BW)

  • VanEck predicts Ethereum L2 market will reach $1T by 2030 (CPED)

  • Ethereum can still avoid being labeled as a security, JPMogran reports (DT)

  • Telegram released a new feature that allows in app advertisement using Toncoin (TB)

  • Goldman Sachs clients not interested in crypto (CD)

  • Morgan Stanley and UBS racing to be the first BTC ETF bank (CT)

  • SushiSwap governance proposal wants to transfer assets from DAO to vault (BLOCK)

  • Ethena Labs is backing its USDe synthetic dollar with Bitcoin (BLOCK)

  • SAGA mainnet nears arrival as Binance Launchpool is set to reward users staking a total of $3.9B (DT)

  • Surviving crypto boom and bust cycles (Y)

  • AI will forever change crypto and web3 development (KRKN)

  • Securing your funds with 2FA, even for hardware (CT)

  • Why Ethereum is unlikely to be labeled a security in case vs SEC (CPED)

  • What to know about Apple chip that allows for crypto hacks (DT)

  • Final day of NFT NYC! (CTKR)

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