As part of the deal, Arcium will take over Inpher’s core team and technology: Lightspeed exclusive

Spire, Citrea and Nillion also announced raises this week

Kraken says it needs to be “leaner” moving forward as it appoints a board member as co-CEO

Consensys CEO Joe Lubin was quick to point the blame at the SEC

VanEck will now offer regulated access to solana staking rewards on top of the price of SOL

Plus, MoonWalk Fitness announced a $3.4 million seed round

BlockFills brings aboard a new CFO and promotes a founding partner to lead company strategy

The proposal notes a corporation’s “fiduciary duty” to maximize shareholder value by protecting profits from debasement in an inflationary world

The Nova Labs departures spanned multiple departments, sources said

Architect Partners’ Eric Risley tells Blockworks this deal is “the most important M&A transaction to date for our industry”

A gaming studio helmed by an Electronic Arts veteran announced a Series A this week

A former pro at Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs is set to fill the CEO role at crypto firm Copper.co, replacing the company’s founder

VanEck announced its new $30 million fund last week

FTX “never had the crypto” to make in-kind distributions, witness says at FTX’s confirmation hearing

Thirty-three DeFi companies announced raises last month, data from the TIE terminal shows

A former Binance executive is set to help Bybit with compliance, while a Coinbase leader expands his role

Spain-based Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has been working in the new Visa Tokenized Asset Platform sandbox

The retail crowd is engaging with Robinhood both on and off chain, general manager Johann Kerbrat said

Jerry Brito and Robin Weisman will step down from their positions at the end of the year following 10 years with Coin Center

If you are hoping to get on the WLFI whitelist and you live in the US, you must be an accredited investor

First it was MicroStrategy, then Block. Now over a dozen companies have bought bitcoin, treating it the same as cash.

Meanwhile, a16z announced its first raise for a decentralized science (DeSci) project

Venture capital firm CoinFund hires three pros to “identify and capitalize on the most promising high-growth opportunities”

A former Silvergate exec said the shuttering wasn’t due to the bank being ill-equipped to deal with bank runs post-FTX, but rather because of the regulatory environment

Months after Riot’s so-called hostile takeover bid of Bitfarms, the two bitcoin miners forge an agreement