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Morning Minute: Paradigm Raises $1.2 billion Fund as Crypto’s Top VC Pushes Into AI
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Key facts
- Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion Fund as Crypto’s Top VC Pushes Into AI
- The bet is on a market that barely exists yet, since autonomous agents settled $73 million across 176 million blockchain transactions over the past year
- BNB Chain unveiled a second-half 2026 roadmap centered on a new Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for “agentic trading,” meaning autonomous AI agents that execute trades, manage portfolios
- Paradigm raised a $1.2 billion fund to invest in what it calls the “technical frontier,” expanding beyond crypto into AI and robotics
Summary
Crypto majors slightly rebound as Iran tensions ease; BTC +1% at $62.7k. BNB shares plans for new L1 focused on AI agents and quantum. Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion Fund as Crypto’s Top VC Pushes Into AI. Paradigm raised a $1.2 billion fund to invest in what it calls the “technical frontier,” expanding beyond crypto into AI and robotics.