Benchmark raises two new funds totaling $2 billion, shifts focus to mature startups

A Dragonfly Capital general partner partially walked back the attack on named investors. The founder responded by calling Schmidt a former backer turned hostile critic.

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XRP ETFs logged $131.94M May inflows as crypto ETPs saw $1.47B weekly outflows, yet price hovered near $1.33. We unpack ETF plumbing, derivatives, and risks.

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs logged a nine‑day $2.8B outflow streak as assets fell $21.46B in three weeks. Scale now shapes spreads, fees and closure risk for funds.

Benchmark's shift to larger funds signals a strategic pivot to maintain influence in a competitive market, potentially altering VC dynamics. The post Benchmark Capital raises $2B, breaking its 20-year tradition of smaller funds appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in another $519 million of net redemptions on June 2, extending the longest outflow run since the funds launched and tipping a leveraged market into $1.86 billion of forced selling.

What Elon Musk really wants out of the SpaceX I.P.O.: the funds to control the highly profitable earnings potential of low-Earth orbit.

Bitcoin is far less active than in 2021, as institutional exposure grows through ETFs and funds.