New fund aims to put hundreds of millions toward Algorand DeFi growth
Different decentralized finance solutions building on the Algorand blockchain could receive a chunk of a new $300 million fund. Decentralized finance, or DeFi, has developed significantly over the past two years. The Algorand Foundation has unveiled a new fund positioned to allocate money toward certain DeFi projects looking to build on its native blockchain. The pool of capital is called the Viridis DeFi fund, headed up by the Algorand Foundation — a group that responsible for the Algorand blockchain and its ecosystem development. “This fund will provide 150 Million Algo to fuel the....
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Borderless Capital is looking to use its $500 million fund to back projects powering the “next generation” of decentralized projects on the Algorand blockchain. Capital venture firm Borderless Capital has launched a fund worth $500 million to support projects building on the Algorand blockchain. According to a Nov. 30 announcement from the Miami-based company, the Borderless ALGO Fund II will aim to back digital assets powering the “next generation” of decentralized applications (DApps) on Algorand. We are excited to announce the launch of our $500M Borderless ALGO Fund....
Decentralized finance, or DeFi, has become one of the year’s most remarkable growth stories. As millions of users converge on this new paradigm-shifting technology, questions surrounding the legitimacy and accountability of DeFi platforms are becoming more critical. Although there are hundreds of companies in the DeFi sector, only one is backed by an SEC-regulated, publicly […]
The Algorand network is one of the fastest-growing projects in the crypto industry. Its decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has expanded from less than $25 million in July 2021 to over $120 million today, according to data from DeFi Llama. The network seems poised to see further expansion as it leverages an innovative consensus algorithm called […]
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