7 Interesting Crypto Projects Recently Raised Funding

One of the ways to keep up with crypto is by tracking VC funding and raises. In this bear market, despite high-interest rates, capital doesn’t seem to stop flowing to the industry. The rate of it is much slower compared to the previous year, but regardless, a handful of teams can do their project without much worrying about the market situation.

My source for raises is no other than the good old reliable DeFiLlama raises. I actually wrote a guide on how to use it (just ignore the part about FTX and Alameda.) Apart from DeFiLlama, I also used other sources like Twitter and newsletters — but mostly DeFillama.

1. Renegade

This project instantly caught my attention when I see who was backing it. Known as the thinkers of the crypto space, it’s a good assumption if you think they would not just back any crypto project. It must be something special.

And it is.

According to the whitepaper, Renegade promises “complete anonymity during the entire lifecycle of a trade”. Their arrival is at the right time. 1. When CeFi has proven itself untrustworthy thanks to FTX. 2. When the government is being at its most antagonistic toward crypto we might as well think Coinbase and UniSwap are the FED after all. 3. When MEV trying to sabotage your trade somehow. In…