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The post Paradigm raises $1.2 billion fund for AI and robotics appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Top crypto VC firm, Paradigm, has finalized a $1.2 billion fund to back AI and robotics startups. This will be the very first time the venture firm will move beyond digital assets since it launched in 2018. The firm stated that the move does not mean it has ceased its crypto operations, however, it shows investors where the industry’s biggest checkbooks are currently facing. The AI fund arrives as money floods into AI while crypto activities reduce, with fewer rounds absorbing most of the capital. “Crypto was the first frontier for us, and it continues to be a really exciting one, but there’s so much else happening right now that’s pretty hard to ignore,” managing partner Alana Palmedo told Bloomberg. Paradigm already spending  AI fund Two of Paradigm’s early interests using the new fund are companies totally away from crypto. They include Zipline International, an autonomous drone deliv

The post Justin Sun’s NFT marketplace managed just four sales last month appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Justin Sun’s NFT marketplace, AINFT, and his memecoin platform, Sun Pump, are doing terribly, selling just four NFTs and launching 57 tokens in the past 30 days. AINFT, which describes itself as “The Biggest NFT Trading Platform on TRON,” only facilitated two NFT sales this week.  The NFT marketplace was originally launched as APENFT in 2021 before rebranding with an added nod to AI in 2025.  Today, the marketplace is a ghost town. Across the last 30 days, only four NFT sales from two collections have been recorded, with a volume of 5,434 TRON, or $1,775. Meanwhile, during that same period, only 57 tokens have been launched on Sun Pump. Some days see as little as one token launched.  That’s according to Dune Analytics, which also notes that the firm only made $196 across the last seven days.  The majority of Sun Pump memecoins are themed around Justin Sun. Read more: Justin Sun

The post Paradigm AI Venture Fund Launches $1.2 Billion Robotics Push appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. One of crypto’s most powerful venture firms is making a bold bet that the next frontier isn’t just blockchain. Paradigm’s new $1.2 billion AI and robotics venture fund marks a significant strategic shift for the firm — not an abandonment of digital assets, but an expansion into territory that its leadership believes is simply too compelling to pass up. Key takeaways Paradigm has raised a $1.2 billion fund focused on artificial intelligence and robotics startups, its third venture fund overall. The firm has already invested in Zipline International (valued at $7.6 billion in January 2026) and True Anomaly (valued at $2.2 billion in April 2026). Leadership confirmed Paradigm remains committed to crypto investing, calling it an ongoing “exciting frontier.” Co-founder Matt Huang has argued AI and crypto are complementary, not competing, technologies. Paradigm previously raised a $2.5

The post Crypto VC Paradigm launches $1.2 billion AI fund as it broadens beyond digital assets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Paradigm has raised $1.2 billion for a new venture fund focused on artificial intelligence and robotics, according to a blog post Wednesday. The firm’s third venture fund reflects growing interest in AI and defense technology, though it does not signal an exit from digital assets. “Crypto was the first frontier for us, and it continues to be a really exciting one, but there’s so much else happening right now that’s pretty hard to ignore,” managing partner Alana Palmedo told Bloomberg. Paradigm has already deployed capital from the new fund into several companies, including autonomous drone delivery company Zipline International, which was valued at $7.6 billion in January, and space defense startup True Anomaly, which reached a $2.2 billion valuation in April. Founded in 2018 by Matt Huang and Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, Paradigm built its reputation

Paradigm's AI fund expansion signals a strategic shift, potentially influencing broader tech investment trends and reshaping venture capital focus. The post Paradigm launches $1.2B AI fund as crypto’s biggest VC expands beyond digital assets appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion AI Fund, Keeps Bitcoin Bets Alive appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto News Paradigm, one of the crypto industry’s largest venture investors, has raised $1.2 billion for a new fund dedicated to artificial intelligence and robotics — its most explicit push yet beyond digital assets. The vehicle, the firm’s third venture fund, closed on Wednesday and signals a broadening strategy rather than a retreat from crypto. Managing partner Alana Palmedo described digital assets as the firm’s first frontier and still a compelling market, while acknowledging that developments elsewhere in technology had become too significant to ignore. The raise lands as Bitcoin trades near $62,000, down sharply on the year, underscoring how capital is rotating toward AI across the broader altcoin market. Founded in 2018 by Matt Huang, a former Sequoia Capital partner, and Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, Paradigm built its reputation backing protocol-level crypto proje

The post The 5 Types of RWAs Being Tokenized Fastest appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Standard Chartered head of digital assets research Geoff Kendrick predicted in a recent research note that assets in DeFi could reach $2.7 trillion by 2030. He said that, currently, only 3% of stablecoins and 10% of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) are used in DeFi. However, he predicts this will rise to 30% by 2030. That would be a 37-fold increase from where they are now, but the growing tempo of tokenization gives Kendrick reason for an optimistic outlook.  The market for tokenized real-world assets — which includes stocks, bonds, real estate, gold, and carbon credits — hit $32.22 billion in distributed on-chain value by the end of June. That’s almost three times the roughly $11.8 billion RWA market from a year earlier. Add stablecoins, which are just tokenized real world fiat, into the mix, and the broader tokenized market sits north of $328.8 billion. Total RWA asset holders have grown to 9

The dynamic shifts in market cap among tech giants and digital assets underscore the volatility and rapid capital rotation in modern markets. The post Meta surpasses Tesla’s market cap as tech giants jostle for dominance appeared first on Crypto Briefing.