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Developers working in crypto are down 25% from a year ago, but most of those were newcomers
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Crypto developer numbers have risen 66% since the last bear market, but dipped over the past year, Electric Capital found
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The year of the Merge saw the number of Ethereum developers jump to 5,000, a 400% rise compared to 2018
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Venture capital firm had concerns about the financing tactics and token economics of the Serum token Sam Bankman-Fried promoted
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Crypto company Digital Prime Technologies names a head of lending solutions from now-bankrupt Celsius
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The largest buzz came from Electric Capital with its $1 billion raise for two new funds focused on crypto ventures and tokens
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The capital raise brings the firm into a bigger playing field alongside major crypto funds such as Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm and10T Holdings
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