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CDCROP: Blackbird founder Ben Leventhal (Blackbird)

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Restaurant Industry Veteran Ben Leventhal Raises $11M for Web3 Startup Blackbird

Blackbird will offer a Web3 hospitality platform connecting restaurants with guests through membership and loyalty programs.

By Brandy Betz

Oct 6, 2022 at 1:51 p.m. UTC

Oct 6, 2022

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Crypto 2022: Culture and Entertainment Week

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How NFTs Put Generative Artists on the Map

Profile avatars emerged from a long tradition of artists expressing themselves through code, math and randomness. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week.

By David Z. Morris

Dec 17, 2021 at 6:33 p.m. UTC

Dec 17, 2021

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A DeFi degen riding a mountain of Dune Analytics data

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Dune Analytics, Home of DIY Data Dashboards, Raises $8M in USV-Led Series A

Dune lets anyone with on-chain know-how share their data creations with the world.

By Danny Nelson

Aug 12, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 12, 2021

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Union Square Ventures to Allocate 30% of New $250M Fund to Crypto-Related Investments

Planned investments "will include holding tokens directly as well as equity in early-stage blockchain-related projects."

By Kevin Reynolds

Jan 26, 2021 at 7:48 p.m. UTC

Jan 26, 2021

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By Matthew Kimmell

Jun 5, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 5, 2020

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Numerai founder Richard Craib at ErasureCon 2019.

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Numerai Raises $3M in Another NMR Token Sale With Union Square Ventures, Placeholder

Numerai has sold an additional $3 million in NMR tokens to a slate of investors led by Union Square Ventures on the strength of its latest product, Erasure.

By Brady Dale

Jun 3, 2020 at 3:01 p.m. UTC

Jun 3, 2020

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This USV-Backed Startup Has a Solution for Buying Information With Confidence

Erasure is a smart contract on Ethereum for people to share information and to express confidence about that information by putting money behind it.

By Brady Dale

Mar 10, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 10, 2020

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Anchorage, Bison Trails Execs to Helm Libra's New 'Technical Steering Committee'

The Libra Association has formed a steering committee to oversee the creation of its technical roadmap.

By Nikhilesh De

Jan 17, 2020 at 12:31 a.m. UTC

Jan 17, 2020

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Filecoin, But Forever: Arweave Raises $5 Million to Build Out 'Permaweb'

Arweave, a startup building a decentralized storage protocol for the world's knowledge, raises $5 million via token sale from a16z, USV and Multicoin.

By Zack Seward

Nov 5, 2019 at 9:30 p.m. UTC

Nov 5, 2019