Cryptos crumble but VCs remain gung-ho on future prospects
According to a report compiled by financial services and investment management firm Galaxy Digital, Venture Capitalists (VCs) have invested over $ 10 billion in crypto startups in the first quarter of this year. Just earlier this week, VC giant Andreessen Horowitz announced the close of a $ 4.5bn crypto fund that focuses on Web3 startups. Also, a group of former executives from Binance, one of the largest global cryptocurrency exchanges, announced a $ 100-million venture fund called Old Fashion Research earlier this week, to bring greater crypto adoption to growing markets like Latin America and Africa. Singapore-based VC firm NGC Ventures also launched a $ 100-million fund dedicated to high potential Web3 projects and metaverse economies. According to experts, blockchain and not crypto, is the underlying reason for these investments, with crypto being one of the use cases of the blockchain. Read details here
