CoinFund is a web3 and crypto-focused investment firm and registered investment adviser founded in 2015. Its goal is to shape the global transition to web3. The firm invests in seed, venture, and liquid opportunities within the blockchain sector, with a focus on digital assets, decentralization technologies, and key enabling infrastructure.
Mochatrade has announced a cumulative total of $5.56 million in funding, with the seed round led by CoinFund and participation from Coinbase Ventures and others; its $690,000 pre-seed round received support from Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund. The platform targets traders in India, supports INR deposits via UPI, and allows users to go long or short with leverage on the stock prices of U.S. equities such as Nvidia, Tesla, and Apple without holding the actual shares or opening a U.S. securities account. The platform is currently in beta testing, with more than 20,000 people on its waitlist, and is expected to launch publicly in the coming weeks. The funding will be used for trading technology development and user growth, and the platform plans to launch U.S. stock options, more tradable assets, and social trading features in the future. There are currently no plans to issue a token.
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Jeeves has announced the completion of a $110 million equity financing round. The round was led by CoinFund, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coinbase Ventures, AllianceBernstein, the Singapore Government Investment Corporation (GIC), and Y Combinator.
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Odaily News: Jeeves Inc. has announced the completion of a $110 million Series C funding round, led by CoinFund, with participation from AllianceBernstein, Coinbase Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), among others. The company is a fintech firm and plans to use the funds to launch a stablecoin wallet and AI agents, as well as to provide instant payment services in more countries.
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Odaily News: RockawayX, which manages approximately $2 billion in assets, is seeking to raise $150 million for a new liquidity opportunity fund. RockawayX has previously acquired the crypto hedge fund Relayer Capital. Austin Barack, founder of Relayer Capital and former Partner at CoinFund, will continue to work at RockawayX and manage this fund. The fund will focus on investing in undervalued tokens and crypto-related stocks. Recently, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana have all risen more than 20% over the past week. Meanwhile, crypto venture capital firms such as Paradigm and Framework Ventures are incorporating fields like AI and robotics into their investment strategies.
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Franklin Templeton has announced the completion of its acquisition of 250 Digital, an active crypto investment management firm, and has established a new division named Franklin Crypto. The asset manager, which oversees $1.7 trillion in assets, did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. The new division aims to provide institutional investors with actively managed cryptocurrency strategies.The new division will combine the investment capabilities of the former 250 Digital team with Franklin Templeton's global distribution channels. As part of the closing agreement, Franklin Templeton will also invest its own capital into these liquidity strategies. The new unit has absorbed the entire 250 Digital investment team, along with all the liquid crypto strategies previously operated under CoinFund. Crypto industry veterans Christopher Perkins and Seth Ginns will co-lead the new division. (CoinDesk)
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According to an announcement on Franklin Templeton’s official website, Franklin Templeton completed its acquisition of 250 Digital, an actively managed crypto asset firm, on June 22, and officially launched its dedicated digital assets division, Franklin Crypto. Christopher Perkins has been appointed Head of the division, Seth Ginns serves as Chief Investment Officer, and Tony Pecore serves as Co-Leader; all three report to Sandy Kaul, Franklin Templeton’s Head of Innovation. Franklin Crypto will integrate 250 Digital’s existing investment team and the liquid crypto strategy previously managed by CoinFund, leveraging Franklin Templeton’s global distribution network to offer actively managed cryptocurrency strategies to institutional investors.
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stablecoin payment infrastructure company Trace Finance has completed a $32 million Series A funding round, led by CoinFund with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others. Trace Finance plans to use this round of financing to expand its business in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region and to advance more license applications. The company stated that it has processed over $10 billion in institutional cross-border transaction volume. (The Block)
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Jake Brukhman, founder of CoinFund, stated that Anthropic’s latest export-control compliance measures reflect the growing regulatory focus on frontier AI models. He believes that building open, sovereign, decentralized AI networks will become a critical direction for industry development.
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EDGE Markets, a financial infrastructure for cryptocurrency and prediction markets, has announced the completion of a $29.2 million Series A funding round, led by CoinFund, with participation from Indicator Ventures, Mantis VC, StepStone Group, and Bullpen Capital. The new funds will be used to launch EDGE Pro, a high-throughput capital account product for market makers, which can connect to U.S. CFTC-regulated exchanges for real-time fund transfers. Leveraging a unified clearing and margin management system, it aims to enhance institutional capital efficiency. The company is also currently advancing its applications for NFA Introducing Broker and Futures Commission Merchant licenses. (Prnewswire)
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