"Fundraising" TAG

Several factors combined to influence the lackluster direction of industry fundraising throughout 2019. One was likely the result of the enthusiasm-sapping impact of Bitcoin’s wavering price action throughout 2019–a somewhat ironic impact given that BTC more than doubled over the year and was amongst 2019’s best performing assets across all markets. Another headwind emerged via...

Like most market periods, the first half of 2019 can be characterized in various ways. It may, for instance, be considered as an extension of 2018’s precipitous declines in the market valuations of most crypto assets, or, equally, as the period that saw the final capitulation and bottoming that was generally seen as marking the...