Absolutely thrilled to see this collaboration between our portfolio companies
@maplefinance
and
@circle
as they continue to push forward the adoption of institutional on-chain capital markets!
JUST IN: With new features from
@JackMallers
's
@ln_zap
wallet, people can buy $BTC using the Lightning Network, reducing their reliance on centralized crypto exchanges.
@La__Cuen
reports
We're super excited to be investors with
@Psycheout86
, Trung, Jeff, and the rest of the incredibly talented
@AxieInfinity
team as they build towards a future where players can unlock economic freedom through true ownership of in-game assets!
1/
FUNDING SECURED!
We're ecstatic to announce a Series A funding round for Sky Mavis 🙌🥂
The funding will help us create economic freedom for gamers by accelerating the development of Axie infinity and our NFT-gaming tools 👾📈
Full announcement 👇
We're elated to see this collaboration between our portfolio companies,
@Consensys
and
@Stakewise_io
, to launch
@MetaMask
's wallet-native Pooled Staking, powered by StakeWise Vaults!
The mission has never changed:
Onboard millions of users to staking on Ethereum.
We are excited to partner with
@MetaMask
for the launch of its wallet-native Pooled Staking, powered by StakeWise Vaults.
Now available in MetaMask Portfolio.
Our CEO Colleen Sullivan is an active participant in conferences & events that highlight the
#crypto
asset &
#blockchain
technology space. We've compiled a "live blog" of her participation at industry events to share where she'll be next. Check it out!
If you're attending
@token2049
in Dubai this week, don't miss
@AugieIlag
's panel discussion on blockchain data. It will be held on the Zeebu stage from 5:20 PM to 6:00 PM on Thursday, April 18th. We look forward to seeing you there!
Our CEO, Colleen Sullivan, enjoyed the opportunity to speak on Treading
#FATF
Recommendation 16: Compliance, Custody, & Security at The Capital by
@coinmarketcap
in Singapore.
We're excited to see
@ErisX_Digital
announce the public launch of their spot market, the first step in executing their vision for a unified spot & regulated futures market for digital assets.
We’re thrilled back
@superformxyz
! We believe tokenized vaults present a compelling opportunity within the DeFi environment and we’re excited to watch the
@superformxyz
team seek to revolutionize the DeFi space and make cross-chain yield more accessible.
We are thrilled to watch
@ZachBruch
and the team at
@RecurForever
launch their exciting new platform
@_NFTU
for everything NFT-related at the collegiate level 🚀🚀🚀
Incredibly proud to partner with the team at
@weave_db
! We believe their clever approach to data storage can benefit
@ArweaveEco
, dApps, and web3 developers as a whole 🚀
Our global team came together in Chicago this week to discuss the extraordinary work our outlier founders are doing to expand the frontiers of blockchain technology and further refine our investment thesis for rest of the year. We’re ready for you 2H2023!
Congrats to our portfolio company
@TheRealBlockFi
on their latest round! We're proud to partner with a company that's facilitating institutional borrowing of
#crypto
. We believe the team can fill this missing piece of infrastructure in the industry.
@fintechfrank
@BlockFiZac
Couldn’t be more excited to partner with
@EmpiricNetwork
! Their next-generation oracle is redefining robust, transparent data and has already built out an impressive ecosystem as the leading oracle on StarkNet.
We're here at
@Trading_Tech
where our CEO Colleen Sullivan joins Ed Dasso (
@NFA_News
) & the
@CFTC
's Michael Frisch & Jeff Gomberg for a panel discussion moderated by Nicole Kalajian from
@StradleyRonon
on the topic "Supporting Integrity in Today's
#Cryptocurrency
Markets."
We're thrilled for our portfolio company
@maplefinance
on another successful funding round. We're excited to watch them revolutionize capital markets in the coming years.
KYC/AML compliance is imperative when working with new counterparties in the
#blockchain
industry. Our CEO Colleen Sullivan will share key insights on incorporating best practices in an upcoming webinar with
@PerkinsCoieLLP
&
@NetkiCorp
. Register here 👉
We had a great time celebrating our CEO, Colleen Sullivan, at
@ChicagoInno
’s
#50onFire
event. Congrats again to Colleen for earning her spot on the list! 🔥
CMT Digital was excited to participate in the first block trade on the CME ETH futures. Trading with
@BlockFi
and growing our partnership with their amazing team.
Press Release: CME Group launches Ether futures, expanding its crypto derivatives offering for institutional traders alongside CME Bitcoin futures and options. Read more.
We are thrilled to invest in
@NestedFi
Series A round alongside Alan Howard's family office as well as
@KeneticCapital
and
@joinrepublic
! We are excited to see how Nested fits into the DeFi stack as a social trading platform tailored for the DeFi market 🚀🚀🚀
.
@_RJTodd
doing the Lord's working mapping out the most active crypto funds
"Outside of trading services/exchanges, investments into wallets and open finance on-ramps, and game studios leveraging blockchain were the next-most popular categories"
Proud & excited that one of our portfolio companies,
@AbraGlobal
, landed on the
@WSJ
's list of the 25 emerging leaders in tech to watch this year! Congrats to
@billbarhydt
& the team. We're looking forward to continued success!
#blockchain
#crypto
Listen in to the latest episode of the Signals by
@AlphaSenseInc
podcast where our Head of BD, Erik Ellingson
@ERikE22
discusses the one-in-a-generation opportunity surrounding blockchain investing.
🎧 Episode
#23
- Why
#Blockchain
Is Here to Stay
The intersection of content generation and blockchain technology is creating new opportunities. Erik Ellingson, Partner at CMT Digital, explores this exciting development in the latest episode of Signals.
He identifies key areas
Heads of trading need trustworthy platforms that eliminate hidden fees and deliver lightning-fast execution. This week,
@falconxnetwork
announced $17M in funding with partnership from CMT Digital to do just that:
We are LIVE in 8 Countries, with plans of rolling out more once we're ready!
United States, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and India, see you in Sipheria!
Our CEO Colleen Sullivan enjoyed speaking today at the Leadership Illinois "Power of the Marketplace" event that covered the
#cryptocurrency
& blockchain space! She was joined on the
@1871Chicago
stage by
@rumimorales
& Kara Wright, CEO of
@mindhearted
.
We are thrilled to back
@VesperFi
, a new DeFi intiative by
@bloqinc
, as they build out a platform that leverages the powerful network effects created by DeFi.
Congratulations
@falconxnetwork
on all the success to date! The astounding growth in 2020 is a testament to the incredible talent and extreme focus of your team. We know this is just the beginning! 😎
Thank you
@LNConf
for giving our CEO, Colleen Sullivan, the opportunity to participate on the exchanges panel and for an absolutely incredible event! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Our Head of Trading,
@koeppen_brad
, enjoyed the opportunity to speak on the Crypto Panel at
@stachicago
’s 94th Annual Mid-Winter Meeting 2020. Thank you to STAC for hosting a great event!
We're elated to participate in this funding round for
@superstatefunds
! We're excited to watch the team modernize the infrastructure of investment funds through blockchain tokenization.
We are thrilled to continue to support BlockFi as they bring meaningful value to a growing client base by providing innovative digital asset financial solutions. The BlockFi team has swiftly executed on their roadmap while prudently navigating the emerging digital asset industry
What began as an initiative to connect DeFi startups with trading firms to bolster liquidity and provide product feedback has blossomed into a group with more than 60 member companies. We are thrilled to be a founding member along with some fantastic partners!
Our CEO Colleen Sullivan, Head of Tokyo office Charlie Smith & Head of our Crypto OTC Desk Rich Erickson are proudly representing our firm at the US Ambassador to Japan’s residence. They're joined by former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins. Thanks to
@DigitalChamber
for sponsoring!
Our portfolio company
@Dapper_Labs
just announced that they are teaming up with
@NBA
&
@TheNBPA
to bring blockchain technology to the NBA’s 1.6 billion followers, which we believe is a slam dunk for crypto. Sign up for the
@NBA_TopShot
beta here:
Apply to attend the first ever Chicago DeFi Alliance panel with our CEO, Colleen Sullivan, as well as
@koeppen_brad
,
@Sunayna
,
@TheChicagoVC
, and
@Imrankhan
.
During this panel we’ll be answering questions about the CDA, navigating liquidity challenges, sourcing talent, and more!
We’re hiring a Blockchain Developer/Analyst! If you or anyone you know is interested in the rapidly growing world of digital assets and working in an innovative, fast-paced environment where creativity and entrepreneurialism are rewarded, take a look here:
Every year,
@ChicagoInno
produces a list of the 50 people & companies that are heating up Chicago tech. Our CEO, Colleen Sullivan, was featured for her work as an investor in the
#crypto
&
#blockchain
space. See the full
#50OnFireChi
list & write up here:
The industry requires guidance from US regulators on which categories
#crypto
assets fall. During a recent
@MizzouNews
School of Law talk, Commissioner Peirce said that when tokens aren't sold as investment contracts, they aren't securities.
@TheBlock__
Thanks to the
@0xEthChicago
team for having us at their inaugural event last weekend!
@samiam2194
loved chatting all things decentralization on the mainstage, and
@Aryonchain
had a blast judging the hack-a-thon!
1/ The future of cross-chain interoperability will be built around dynamic and data-rich relationships between multi-chain dApps.
Lagrange Labs is building the glue to securely scale zero-knowledge proof based interoperability.
A historical pain point for institutions wanting exposure to cryptoassets has been the lack of a regulated hedging product. We are excited about the prospects of a regulated cash/physically settled option that will improve market liquidity and adoption.
What an invigorating day today discussing the bright future of the blockchain ecosystem
@Circle
Forum NYC. Thanks to the team
@Circle
for including the CMT Digital team and
@samiam2194
!
We are thrilled to partner with the talented team at
@franklinpayroll
!
Servicing payroll in both the crypto and fiat world is complex. Franklin removes these complexities in a seamless and user-friendly way.
An increasingly necessary component when interacting in an on-chain environment is strong surveillance.
@HypernativeLabs
monitors on-chain activity to provide users and protocols with real-time alerts about potential exploits. Read below for a recent example by them 👇
1/ Yesterday our system detected an exploit on the
@TheMahaDAO
Protocol. We have immediately notified the team on discord. Unfortunately funds were stolen but this could have been entirely avoided 🧵👇
Tune in next Thursday to watch Brad Koeppen, the head of CMT Digital’s trading desk, discuss the investment case for decentralized finance with John Wu from Ava Labs and Avichal Garg from Electric Capital. Link below:
@Blockworks_
Awesome to see this collaboration between our portfolio company,
@gateway_eth
and
@BuildOnPalm
! Congrats to the team on another flawless chain migration!
1/9 Today we transitioned Palm
@BuildOnPalm
mainnet into a
@0xPoLygonLabs
L2. The transition went magically smooth — it took under 1 second, so block production and tooling weren’t affected. Let us open a bit of info about the unique work our mighty team has done. A thread.
Congratulations to our portfolio company
@ErisX_Digital
on
@CFTC
’s approval of their DCO application. Institutional investors will value the familiar regulatory framework and reliable
#capitalmarkets
workflows that ErisX brings to the
#digitalasset
space
We're thrilled to participate in
@TheRealBlockFi
's Series B round.
@therealblockfi
is building the bridge between crypto and traditional financial services products and we can't wait to see where
@BlockFiZac
and team take the business in 2020 🚀🚀🚀
Announcing our validator on the Celo network via our subsidiary TD Labs.
Currently standing at
#6
.
We’re excited to learn more about the network as we go. Here’s how you can also participate:
We are super excited to back
@recurforever
and watch them pull the digital future into the present. Recur is working with IP houses to build onchain branded experiences that enable people to purchase and sell their digital products.
Thrilled to announce our $5M Seed fundraising led by the
@DeFiAlliance
and other top-tier investors supporting us as we bring NFTs to the largest brands in the world! 🚀
2023 will be full of exciting innovations unlocked by companies building on Lit Protocol. As capital partners, we are thrilled to see what to see what is built within Lit's ecosystem!
"Without a PB, firms are directly subject to events that an exchange may suffer like hacks, regulatory, operational & tech issues — which may lead to loss of cash & coin," our CEO Colleen Sullivan told
@fintechfrank
in his recent piece on
@coinbase
Prime.
Lightning Labs is scaling!
Announcing our $10M Series A to fuel LN development, and the Lightning Loop beta release, a product making it easier send/receive
#bitcoin
instantly.
With 4000 developers and 30+ startups, the next decade of Lightning is on 🔥
@maplefinance
is continually transforming onchain capital markets. We’re elated to see them fill an important gap for a transparent web3 lender with Maple Direct.
Introducing Maple Direct, the new lending arm of Maple Finance.
With the formation of Maple Direct, Web3 now has a specialist digital native lender and launches to meet the growing institutional demand for a trusted direct lending desk in Web3.
Introducing our new "Meet the CMT Team" series in which we'll spotlight our key leaders. Today, we're starting with one of our co-founders, Jan-Dirk Lueders. Read on to learn more about Jan’s entrepreneurial background, our philosophy & much more.
It is no secret that web3 is significantly harder to use than web2.
@OliverJaros_
explores how modular and monolithic architectures are two different paths to get to the same goal of scaling blockchains here:
Watching the modular blockchain space continue to proliferate with RaaS, DA layers, Rollaps, and parallel execution layers… we've been discussing the different categorizations of modular chains devs can select from when making the overwhelming decision of where to build 🧵...
Our CEO Colleen Sullivan was pleased to speak with
@dandefrancesco
to discuss our portfolio of investments & why we continue invest in
#crypto
infrastructure companies.
@businessinsider
Interested in what we do here at
@CMTDigitalLtd
? Our CEO Colleen Sullivan, CTO Robert Walker & Head of Crypto Trading Brad Koeppen spoke with
@JohnLothianNews
about the
#cryptocurrency
industry & the story behind our firm getting involved in the space.
Congrats to the team
@stakewise_io
on the launch of V3! We're thrilled to see something so Ethereum-aligned with permissionless access to liquid staking.
StakeWise V3 is now live on mainnet 🎉
Stake ETH with your favourite operators in the Vaults Marketplace and explore DeFi opportunities with osETH, our liquid staking token.
Watch with sound 🔊
Congrats to our portfolio company, Horizon Blockchain Games, on this fantastic article describing the way
@0xsequence
is revolutionizing web 3 gaming for gamers and developers alike.
We had a chat with
@VentureBeat
to discuss how our web3 tools prioritize gamers while making the development process streamlined.
Let’s dive into how web3 is making a major impact on video games 👇🏾
A thread 🧵
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We are thrilled to have the opportunity to become new members of
@BGameAlliance
and are excited to see the use cases of blockchain-derived gaming develop!
The
@BGameAlliance
is proud to announce
@CMTDigitalLtd
as a new member. CMT Digital focuses on trading in the global crypto spot and derivatives markets and venture investing in crypto / blockchain companies.
We're thrilled to have our CEO Colleen Sullivan be a part of the
@DigitalChamber
's Token Alliance Leadership Committee. Read the full whitepaper that includes comprehensive guidelines for the maturation of the
#token
&
#ICO
ecosystem.
#blockchain
#crypto
We are thrilled to annouce that our CEO, Colleen Sullivan, has been appointed to the board of directors at
@silvergatebank
. Under the leadership of
@SilvergateCEO
and his team, they have earned a reputation as a pioneer in this asset class.
Excited to have our Investment Partner
@LassenJoseph
discuss all things Africa with
@Adaverse_Acc
in a couple days. (And it's his birthday today so let's all wish him a very happy day! 🎂)
Sending a huge congratulations to the
@Bakkt
team for a successful launch of their physically settled bitcoin futures product last night. CMT Digital is honored to have participated in the first ever trade on the platform.
Regardless of if you’re busy Dash-ing through the snow, don’t care one IOTA, or are doing something unorthodOx this season, we at CMTD hope you halve yourself a happy holiday! All of the build-out of crypto infrastructure this year augurs well for 2020!
Our Head of Trading, Brad Koeppen, made a surprise appearance on
@blockchainvoice
’s panel: “From a Trickle to a Wall of Money: Institutional Participation.” Thank you to
#VoB2019
for allowing Brad to contribute to the discussion.
Who will be attending the
@CryptoSprings
conference this week in Palm Springs? Our CEO Colleen Sullivan & counsel Christine Kailus will be in town & looking forward to conversations regarding the economics, culture, technology & future of
#cryptocurrency
.
As the market matures, we believe companies that roll out new features enabling users to reduce the need to use a variety of services for crypto-centric wants and needs will continue to flourish. BlockFi under the leadership of
@BlockFiZac
has proven to be excellent in this area.
🚩Trade your crypto on BlockFi! 👉We just launched BlockFi Trading, a way to easily trade your BTC, ETH, and GUSD while simultaneously earning compound interest paid out in the currency of your choice! No minimum to start 👇
We are thrilled with the initiative that the team at
@flow_blockchain
have recently announced called Open World Builders, which offers free workshops this summer to give students and professionals from under-represented communities access to opportunities in crypto and blockchain
Quick stats overview for Open World Builders
• over 200 applicants
• 65% students and 35% professionals
• students: 95% are college undergrad or higher
• professionals: 70% are devs / engineers
• 20+ universities covering 4 continents
Apply here
We’re thrilled to announce
@CMT_Digital
has joined the Superstate Industry Council (SIC)! We're excited to collaborate with
@Superstatefunds
and 20+ other industry leaders to drive innovation and advance the adoption of tokenization across financial markets.
[1 /3] 📢Today, we're thrilled to introduce the Superstate Industry Council (SIC), a group of leading traditional/digital asset institutions dedicated to shaping our product roadmap & driving the adoption of tokenization in traditional financial services & capital markets.
Our portfolio company Digital Assets Data raised $6 million for its
#crypto
data platform to deliver institutional-grade info & insights to crypto hedge funds, family offices & asset managers. Congrats to
@mikealfred
& the team!
@deantak
@VentureBeat
Congratulations to the talented team at Rain on raising their Series A round! We are thrilled to continue backing
@ajnelsn
,
@_jayd3e
,
@YehiaBadawy
,
@AbdullahMoai
, and the rest of the Rain team as they democratize access to digital assets.
Rain Financial Inc today announced its $6M Series A round of funding. The round was led by
@MEVPcapital
, the largest VC firm in the ME, with participation from existing and new investors:
@Coinbase
,
@VisionVCco
,
@CMTDigitalLtd
, Abdul Latif Jameel Fintech Ventures, and
@DIFC
.
We are thrilled to back the team at
@Coinledger
in its $6mm raise! CoinLedger provides a best-in-class solution to the exchange/trading venue fragmentation problem in crypto, allowing users to seamlessly handle tax reporting for crypto transactions.
It's time to BUILD 🔥
We are excited to announce our recent $6 Million fundraise.
We will be using the funds to further scale our team so that we can continue building more integrations with your favorite Web3 apps, much faster 🚀