Lending and borrowing rates on all the top decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms are dizzyingly variable. Enter Notional, a new protocol that lets users lend and borrow crypto at fixed rates. After 10 months in stealth, the platform launches in...
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This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Richard Chen is a partner at 1confirmation, a seed-stage venture fund supporting crypto-native...
Venture capital firm 1confirmation is announcing a new, $45 million fund for investing in cryptocurrency startups. Led by early Coinbase employee Nick Tomaino, the firm’s first fund, focused on seed rounds, amounted to $26 million. “We wanted to start off...
A startup offering a new twist on token airdrops has raised $2 million from a group of notable investors, CoinDesk has learned. The investment in governance startup Commonwealth was led by 1confirmation, Canaan Partners and former Polychain partner Ryan Zurrer. Commonwealth’s...