Billionaire Bankman-Fried's FTX Launches $2 Billion Crypto Fund Amid Venture's Big Deal Boom

Tojsiab

Tshaj tawm xyoo tshiab rau crypto txiaj kev pom zoo, FTX Kev Lag Luam, yog ib lub ntiaj teb kev lag luam loj tshaj plaws cryptocurrency pauv, tshaj tawm rau hnub Friday nws tau tshaj tawm $ 2 nphom crypto-tsim peev nyiaj txiag, ua rau nws qhov tseeb megafund cog lus tias yuav plam ntau txhiab daus las rau hauv kev loj hlob. startups nyob rau hauv lub nascent crypto chaw. 

Cov Lus Tseem Ceeb

Dubbed FTX Ventures, cov nyiaj yuav nqis peev hauv cryptocurrency pib thoob ntiaj teb thiab hauv txhua theem, nrog rau kev tsom mus rau kev sib raug zoo, kev ua si, fintech, software thiab kev lag luam kho mob.

Founded hauv 2017 los ntawm billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX tau tapping crypto investor Amy Wu, ib tug qub khub ntawm $10 billion peev tuam txhab Lightspeed Ventures, mus rau lub taub hau ntawm cov nyiaj thiab coj nws yim neeg pab neeg. 

Hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm, Wu tau hais tias nws "tshwj xeeb tshaj yog zoo siab txog web3 gaming" thiab nws lub peev xwm los ua txhaum rau hauv kev lom zem tseem ceeb; yav dhau los nws tau coj ntau lab daus las nqis peev hauv blockchain software tuam txhab Alchemy thiab crypto-gaming studio Faraway.

Wu hais tias cov nyiaj, uas tseem tsis tau tshaj tawm txog kev nqis peev, yuav sau cov tshev nyiaj txij li $ 100,000 mus txog ntau pua lab nyiaj.

Tus Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb

Kev tawg ntawm tus nqi ntawm cryptocurrencies thaum muaj kev sib kis thoob ntiaj teb tau coj mus rau hauv nthwv dej ntawm cov ntaub ntawv kev nqis peev rau qhov chaw tawg. Cov tuam txhab peev nyiaj lag luam tau nchuav cov ntaub ntawv $ 30 nphom rau hauv cryptocurrency pib hauv 2021, kwv yees li xya npaug ntawm qhov ntim ib xyoos ua ntej, raws li PitchBook. Qhov kev mob siab rau tam sim no tau ua tiav nrog FTX tsaws crypto qhov loj tshaj kev nrhiav nyiaj txiag puag ncig, nce $ 900 lab los ntawm cov tub ua lag luam thaum Lub Xya Hli. Thiab qhov kev txiav txim siab ua mania tsuas yog xav kom txuas ntxiv mus. Thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis, crypto peev tuam txhab Paradigm tshaj tawm tias nws tau nce $ 2.5 nphom los ntawm cov tub ua lag luam los tsim cov peev nyiaj loj tshaj plaws hauv kev lag luam cryptocurrency puas tau, tshaj li $ 2.2 billion tau tsa los ntawm Silicon Valley monolith Andreessen Horowitz tsuas yog tsib lub hlis dhau los. 

Tsis meej

Txij li thaum nws tso tawm tsuas yog ob xyoos dhau los, Bahamas-based FTX tau loj hlob sai rau hauv ib qho ntawm lub ntiaj teb kev sib pauv loj tshaj plaws cryptocurrency, tsis tu ncua nyob rau ntawm tsib lub lag luam loj tshaj plaws los ntawm kev lag luam ntim, raws li CoinMarketCap. Thaum Lub Kaum Hli, lub tuam txhab muaj plaub xyoos tau nqis peev ntau tshaj $ 25 billion tus nqi tom qab tau nce ntxiv $ 421 lab los ntawm cov tub ua lag luam los nthuav dav rau hauv kev txiav txim siab tshiab thiab txhim kho nws cov khoom tam sim no. 

Tus lej Loj

$26.5 billion. Qhov ntawd yog ntau npaum li cas Bankman-Fried muaj nqis, raws li Forbes, ua rau nws yog neeg ntiaj teb muaj hnub nyoog 29 xyoos. 

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Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/01/14/billionaire-bankman-frieds-ftx-launches-2-billion-crypto-fund-amid-ventures-massive-deal-boom/