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...
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...