The Block first reported on the funding round, citing a July 21 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that showed Flashbots had raised $30,353,089 of a $59,999,919 target. A source told The Block that two more filings would become public in the coming days that would complete the round. The publication said the round carried a $1 billion valuation. A Flashbots spokesperson declined to confirm that figure to CoinDesk. Source
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Ethereum Privacy Startup Aztec Raises $17M in Paradigm-Led Series A
Aztec’s first product was the private transfer protocol zk.money, which the company says has had over 20,000 registered users, 50,000 transactions and $35 million in total deposits. In January, the company is set to launch Aztec Connect, a way for users to privately access Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Source