Too many crypto startups are pricing themselves out of venture capital funding by chasing valuations far exceeding their revenues, according to Dan Tapeiro, the CEO of crypto-focused venture capital firm 10T Holdings. “For some reason, founders and CEOs think that they should be raising capital at 50 to 80 times revenue. So that makes it very hard for us to make a return for our liquidity providers,” Tapeiro said while speaking in a panel discussion at the Consensus conference in Toronto on May 14. “So a lot of those deals…
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Crypto’s $10T Surge Begins—Mainstream Stablecoins Trigger Escape Velocity
Crypto adoption is about to hit escape velocity as Meta, Stripe, and Ramp embrace stablecoins, setting the stage for a $10 trillion surge in digital asset integration, experts say. Stablecoins Hit Mainstream—Crypto Adoption Reaching Escape Velocity The accelerating shift toward stablecoin adoption reached a new milestone this week as Meta, Stripe, and Ramp each revealed […] Source CryptoX Portal
BlackRock Assets Under Management Rise Through $10T
The asset manager is the largest public holder of bitcoin by virtue of its iShares Bitcoin Trust exchange-traded fund, which now holds more than 300,000 BTC. Source
Tokenization of Real-World Assets Could Grow to a $10T Market by 2030, Digital Asset Manager Says
“The convergence between crypto and traditional asset classes, including fiat currencies, equities, government bonds, and real estate, is experiencing an unprecedented growth,” read the report. “We estimate that the market value for tokenized assets will be between $3.5 trillion in the bear-case scenario and $10 trillion in the bull case by 2030.” Source
Metaverse Startup Futureverse Raises $54M Series A From 10T Holdings, Ripple Labs: Bloomberg
Futureverse formed out of the merger of eight companies in late 2022, with three more assimilated subsequently. Source
Crypto-Focused 10T Holdings to Raise $500M in New Fund
10T had launched a $200 million 10T Holdings fund earlier this year to invest in cryptocurrency startups. The remainder of the firm’s funding has come from co-investment and sub-advised vehicles. The firm’s backing has come from a mix of public pensions, endowments, foundations and family offices. Source
Dan Tapiero’s 10T will launch $500M fund for late-stage crypto firms
Macro investor Dan Tapiero is launching another multimillion dollar fund intended to invest in mid- to late-stage companies in the digital asset ecosystem. According to a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, Tapiero and his 10T Holdings partners Michael Dubilier and Stan Miroshnik have given the regulatory body notice of a $500 million growth equity fund for crypto and blockchain firms. The filing shows the fund has not yet sold any of the original investment. The 10T DAE Fund 3.0…
Renowned stock picker believes Bitcoin will eclipse gold’s $10T market cap
Ark Invest believes Bitcoin’s (BTC) market capitalization will one day “comfortably eclipse” that of gold, and exceed $10 trillion, reports the London Times. Headed up by veteran stock picker Cathie Wood, analysts at Ark believe Bitcoin’s $1 trillion value is set to rise tenfold in the coming years, as it moves from being a fringe asset to a mainstream financial tool. The value of Bitcoin doubled since January 2021 alone, compounding 500% gains made throughout 2020. As is normally the case, Bitcoin’s rising tide lifted all of the boats in…