Coinbase Ventures backs Cycles' $6.4M seed for a privacy-preserving crypto clearing network
Coinbase Ventures participated in Cycles' $6.4M Blockchange-led seed (total funding $8.7M) for a ZK/TEE-based multilateral clearing network whose first institutional product, Cycles Prime, nets OTC obligations privately for trading firms, anchored by Lynq and FalconX.
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