GM Builders. 🚧 

Welcome back to the BW3 newsletter! Today we have a light, yet oh so bullish read as your appetizer for the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight 👊 

Here’s the punchline today:

• TradFi is breaking, Crypto is booming 📈 

• Blackrock’s Multichain Plan ⛓️ 

• Deal Flow Friday 🤑 

• Meme City 🌇 

TRADFI BREAKING, CRYPTO BOOMING 📈 

It’s always a bittersweet feeling when Crypto prices are up but stocks are up the same, if not even more.

Well… That was not the case today!

Check this out 👇️ 

S&P 500 → -1.32% today

Total Crypto Market Cap → +3.62%

That’s over a 2% divergence!! Not something you see everyday, eh?

And people noticed 👇️ 

Maybe it’s time for A16Z to release their “Crypto is eating the world” blog 👀 

Either way you slice or dice it, the charts DON’T LIE 🫡 

Even those good old stable bois that have ZERO chance to 2, 3, or 4x (like your latest memecoin) are passing up traditional finance systems!

HODL on Lads and Lassies 🫡 

BLACKROCK’S MULTICHAIN PLAN ⛓️ 

There you have it folks. The institutional behemoth, Blackrock, takes a stroll down interoperability lane. A new era is truly upon us.

Here’s a look at a breakdown by the numbers:

It’s a tight race between $OP and $AVAX for 2nd place behind $ETH.

Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, with $10.01 Trilly AUM isn’t doing all this for smoke and mirrors…

As always frens, follow the money. Follow the value creation. And hold your conviction strong 💪 

DEALFLOW FRIDAY 🤑 

Hold onto your to your ivory towers ladies and gents, let’s see where the big wigs on Sandhill tossed out their monopoly money this week 👇️ 

Top 5 deals by $ amount raised in the last 7 days:

1. OG Labs

• Round: Seed

• Raised: $40M

• Category: AI, Infrastructure, L1

• Investors: Hack VC, Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, and others.

• 🔮 Why it matters: With AI and blockchain becoming the ultimate power duo, OG Labs is building infrastructure to bridge the two worlds. Big backing suggests even bigger ambitions.

2. StakeStone

• Round: Unknown

• Raised: $22M

• Category: DeFi, Infrastructure, Liquidity, Staking

• Investors: Polychain Capital, Binance Labs, OKX Ventures, and more.

• 📈 Why it matters: StakeStone is tackling the ever-expanding staking and liquidity needs of the DeFi world. Think of them as the cornerstone for sustainable staking yields.

3. Wyden

• Round: Series B

• Raised: $16.90M

• Category: Asset Management, Finance/Banking, Trading

• Investors: Truffle Capital, PostFinance, and Sygnum.

• 🏦 Why it matters: Wyden is bringing asset management into the digital age, focusing on tools to simplify and scale crypto trading for institutions.

4. Notabene

• Round: Series B

• Raised: $14.50M

• Category: Identity, Payment

• Investors: DRW Venture Capital, ParaFi, and Wintermute.

• 🛡️ Why it matters: In a post-FTX world, compliance is king. Notabene’s identity solutions are building trust in crypto payments, one regulation at a time.

5. Mocaverse (Moca)

• Round: Unknown

• Raised: $10M

• FDV: $1B

• Category: Gaming, Marketplace, Metaverse, NFT, P2E

• Investors: OKX Ventures, HongShan, and R/Crypto.

• 🎮 Why it matters: Mocaverse is here to gamify the metaverse, with NFTs, marketplaces, and play-to-earn at its core. A $1B valuation signals just how serious the space is about merging gaming with blockchain.

This week’s deal flow highlights the innovation and ambition brewing in the crypto space, from DeFi infrastructure to metaverse gaming.

Whether it’s AI, staking, or identity solutions, the space is evolving—and the cash is flowing to fuel it. Stay tuned for more next week! 🤫 

MEME CITY 🏙️ 

Until Next Time Builders! 🏗️ 

Keep your eyes on the charts and head in the sky 🪂 

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