How is Twenty One Capital changing the Bitcoin ecosystem?

Why is Twenty One Capital buying Bitcoin?

Who is Funding Twenty One Capital?

Supporting innovation and startups

Why do Bitcoin metrics matter?

Who is behind Twenty One Capital?

Macroeconomics and Bitcoin

What does this mean for all of us?

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Twenty One Capital isn’t just buying Bitcoin—it’s building the future of finance. With bold acquisitions and backing from Tether and SoftBank, the firm is shaping a new era where BTC becomes part of everyday financial life.

Tether

SoftBank

Bitfinex

Inside Twenty One Capital’s BTC Mission

Japan

SoftBank provides fixed-line, mobile telephony, internet, telecommunications, and digital television products.

Cipher Mining

South Korea

Empowering mass adoption of the decentralized future 
through network building of the protocol economy.

Hashed

Finland

Founder and CEO of Aave and ETHLend. He is an experienced businessman with extensive knowledge of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and financial technology.

Stani Kulechov

Portugal

Fernando Martinelli

Singapore

Signum Capital invests in distributed ledger technologies and crypto assets. Signum Capital support game-changing projects that advance us towards the future of blockchain-enabled socioeconomic transformation.

Signum Capital

United States of America

Sam Kazemian is an Iranian-American​ software engineer​ and Founder of Frax Finance

Sam Kazemian

Robert Leshner

Michael Egorov is the Founder & CEO at Curve Finance.Michael is a physicist and scientist from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. A bronze medalist in the 2003 International Physics Olympiad, he studied ultra-cold atoms as a post-doc.

Michael Egorov

UOB Venture Management

Tarun Chitra

Switzerland

Aave Ventures

Sonic Labs (prev. Fantom)

Jump Crypto, a division of the Jump Trading Group, is a global leader in Web3 infrastructure development and investment.

Jump Crypto

Arrington Capital is a thesis-focused digital asset and Web3 investing firm. Since 2017, Arrington Capital has invested in over 200 early-stage companies in the crypto ecosystem. Arrington Capital's crypto-native team of seasoned entrepreneurs, founders, and executives is committed to doubling down on efforts to ensure our partners' success.

Arrington Capital

China

Nirvana Capital is a San Francisco/Beijing based venture fund that focuses on blockchain/fintech investment and incubation of edging technologies and economic experiments. Its founding partners are also early supporters of Ethereum

Nirvana Capital

Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and qualified individuals shape a changing economy.

Galaxy

A multi-strategy investment firm focused on both token and equity investment

8 Decimal Capital

DHVC is a First Principle Investor behind iconic technology companies in the AI, bio, crypto and consumer sectors. The DHVC team brings experience in entrepreneurship, operations, investing and research to help our portfolio companies grow and succeed.

DHVC

Elysium Venture Capital is an investment management group focused on global technology opportunities.

Elysium Venture Capital

JRR is a Fin-tech group focused exclusively on disruptive innovations related to the traditional industry, which is the bridge connecting real world and digital asset.

JRR Group

Australia

Kosmos Ventures is an Australian investment firm founded in early 2017, focused on helping blockchain startups scale and integrate their technology into our future.

Kosmos Ventures

Obsidian Capital is focused exclusively on Intelligent Blockchain, DLT projects, Digital and Crypto Assets. OCF accelerates the progression of blockchain development by identifying key agitators aiming to dissolve obstacles and barriers in the ecosystem.

Obsidian Capital

LinkVC is a new cutting-edge venture capital with a global view, founded in 2016 by Jiapeng Lin.

Link VC

HyperChain Capital

Bibox is an AI-enhanced encrypted digital asset exchange platform. Team members consists of the co-founder of Okcoin and many of the founding team members of the Huobi exchange. They are one of the most popular crypto exchange by trading volume.

Bibox Fund

Cicada Market Making

Fantom

Shinsegae

CJ ENM

YG PLUS produces and distributes various content such as music, MD, and others based on an artist’s intellectual property that can lead the global trend.

YG PLUS

K Auction

NAVER Z

Naver

LINE Games

Webtoon

LINE NEXT

Crescendo Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on the mid-cap technology and manufacturing sector in Asia

Crescendo Equity Partners

Czechia

Credo Ventures is a venture capital company focused on early stage investments in Central and Eastern Europe.

Credo Ventures

Connect Ventures

Fiat Republic

United Kingdom

Fabric Ventures often takes a strategic approach to its investments, seeking to support projects that align with their vision of a decentralized and open internet. They may also provide additional resources and support beyond just capital.

Fabric Ventures

Kraken Ventures invests in businesses and projects at the nexus of both the FinTech and Blockchain / Crypto revolution.

Kraken

Seedcamp

Arca

Austria

Speedinvest

Inovo is a seed-stage VC focused on CEE startups.

Inovo.vc

SNZ Holding is a crypto fund founded by a group of engineers, blockchain evangelists and entrepreneurs passionate about disruptive blockchain technologies.

SNZ Holding

10T Holdings

GGV Capital

INCE Capital

A&T Capital

InfStones

Hong Kong

HashKey Capital is a blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused venture capital and investment firm based in Hong Kong. They specialize in funding and supporting early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency projects, startups, and companies.

HashKey Capital

Dragonfly Capital Partners, commonly referred to as Dragonfly Capital, is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Dragonfly Capital is known for its active involvement in the blockchain and crypto industry and its commitment to supporting innovative projects and companies.

Dragonfly Capital

Plug and Play

Liang Xinjun

Qiming Venture Partners

SIG is a global quantitative trading firm committing its own capital to trade financial products around the world.

Susquehanna International Group (SIG)

Andreessen Horowitz, often referred to as "a16z," is a prominent venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, both of whom are well-known figures in the tech industry. Andreessen Horowitz is one of the leading venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and has gained a reputation for its investments in technology companies, particularly in the areas of software, internet, and more recently, blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Sequoia Capital is a renowned venture capital firm with a strong presence in Silicon Valley and a global reach. Founded in 1972 by Don Valentine, it has played a significant role in the growth and development of numerous technology companies.

Sequoia Capital

Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder and CEO of TransferWise. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype’s director of strategy until 2008, starting as its first-ever employee. One of the World Economic Forum's Tech Pioneers, Taavet is an adviser to Prime Minister of Estonia on the digital agenda. He’s also a mentor and angel investor; hisinvestments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Property Partner, Sunrise, Improbable and Mapillary.

Taavet Hinrikus

Matt Mullenweg is a co-founder of WordPress, an open-source blogging platform on the web. He is also the founder of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and Jetpack, and Audrey Capital, an investment and research company.

Matt got his start in technology working at CNET Networks as a senior product manager. He went on to found GlobalMultimedia Protocols Group, an experimental metamemetics company, to develop open data formats. He has been recognized for his leadership and success by Forbes, BusinessWeek, INC., PC World, and Vanity Fair.
Matt is originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended the high school for the performing and visual arts and studied jazz saxophone. In his spare time, Matt is an avid photographer.

Matt Mullenweg

Reid joined Greylock Partners in 2009. He focuses on building products that can reach hundreds of millions of participants and businesses that have network effects. An accomplished entrepreneur and executive, Reid has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses, including LinkedIn and PayPal. Hepossesses a unique understanding of consumer behavior and the dynamics of viral businesses, as well as deep experience in driving companies from the earliest stages through periods of explosive, “blitzscale” growth. Ranging from Linkedin to PayPal, from Airbnb to Convoy to Facebook, Reid invests in businesses with network effects and collaborates on building their product ecosystems. Reid co-founded LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking service, in 2003. LinkedIn is thriving with more than 500 million members around the world and a diversified revenue model that includes subscriptions, advertising, and software licensing. He led LinkedIn through its first four years and to profitability as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to LinkedIn, Reid served as executive vice president at PayPal, where he was also a founding board member. Reid is an accomplished investor. He currently serves on the boards of Airbnb, Aurora, Coda, Convoy, Entrepreneur First, Gixo, Microsoft, Nauto, Xapo and a few early stage companies still in stealth. In addition, he serves on a number of not-for-profit boards, including Kiva, Endeavor, CZI Biohub and Do Something. Prior to joining Greylock, he angel invested in many influential Internet companies, including Facebook, Flickr, Last.fm, and Zynga. Reid is the co-author of two New York Times best-selling books: The Start-up of You and The Alliance. His next book is focused on “blitzscaling”, based on his Stanford course of the same name. Reid is the host of the podcast, Masters of Scale. Reid earned a master’s degree in philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree with distinction in symbolic systems from Stanford University. In 2010 he was the recipient of an SD Forum Visionary Award and named a Henry Crown Fellow by The Aspen Institute. In 2012, he was honored by the Martin Luther King center’s Salute to Greatness Award. Also in 2012, he received the David Packard Medal of Achievement from TechAmerica and an honorary doctor of law from Babson University. In 2017, Reid was appointed as a CBE by her majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Reid Hoffman

Acequia Capital

Sara Clemens

Patrick Collison

Tom Blomfield

Nat Friedman

John Collison

Entrepreneur First

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, specializing in investments in science and technology companies.

Founders Fund

Mosaic Ventures is a Silicon Valley-style venture capital firm based in London, focused on Series A.

Mosaic

Mustafa Suleyman

Rob Bishop

Lakestar is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs. Early investments included Skype, Spotify, Facebook, and Airbnb. Since raising the first fund in 2013, Lakestar manages an aggregated volume of over EUR 1bn across three early-stage funds, and more recently a growth fund. The company has expandedand broadened its portfolio and holds investments in the likes of Opendoor, Oscar, GetYourGuide, Glovo, Sender, Eigen, Five, Revolut, and Hometogo to name a few. Lakestar has a presence in Berlin, Zurich, and London.
Lakestar helps companies to identify new markets and expand into them rapidly, with a focus on the US and Europe. The team advises and supports portfolio companies in business development, recruitment, technology, and marketing. The investments range from early-stage companies to those in their growth stage.

Lakestar

Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies. The firm invests in companies that define new markets, including Airbnb, AppDynamics, Apptio, Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), Cloudera, Docker, Dropbox, Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Medium, Nextdoor, Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW),Pandora (NYSE: P), Pure Storage, and Workday (NYSE: WDAY).
It was founded in 1965 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Greylock

Demis Hassabis

Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets. They manage a hedge fund and several venture funds, investing across both public and private markets.

Multicoin Capital

Malta

YZi Labs is an investment firm formerly known as Binance Labs that invests in all stages of development in the fields of Web3, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology.

YZi Labs (prev Binance Labs)

CoinFund is a blockchain-focused investment firm and cryptocurrency research company that specializes in supporting and investing in early-stage blockchain and crypto projects. Founded by Jake Brukhman and Alex Felix in 2015, CoinFund has been active in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space for several years

CoinFund

BITKRAFT Ventures is an early-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media.

BITKRAFT Ventures

Shima Capital is an early stage VC firm investing in disruptive web3 and blockchain technology companies.

Shima Capital

Animoca Brands is a global digital entertainment company that specializes in the development and publishing of mobile games, blockchain-based games, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). They are known for creating and publishing a wide range of popular games, including licensed intellectual properties such as Formula 1, Doraemon, and MotoGP. Animoca Brands is also heavily involved in the blockchain gaming space, leveraging the benefits of blockchain technology and NFTs to create unique gaming experiences.

Animoca Brands

Mexico

Griffin Gaming Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing across the broad gaming ecosystem.

Griffin Gaming Partners

Community Gaming

Canada

Dapper Labs is a consumer-focused flow blockchain product made for fun and games and supports digital collectables.

Dapper Labs

Coinbase Ventures is the venture capital arm of Coinbase, one of the largest and most well-known cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Coinbase Ventures is focused on investing in early-stage companies and projects in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. It provides funding, resources, and support to startups and entrepreneurs working on innovative blockchain and crypto-related technologies and applications.

Coinbase Ventures

Tribal Token

Digital Currency Group builds and supports bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging insights, network, and access to capital.

Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Tribe Capital is a venture capital firm with over $1.6 billion in assets under management that focuses on using product science and data to design N-of-1 companies and investments.

Tribe Capital

HTX Venture, the global investment arm of HTX, integrates investment, incubation, and research to identify the best and brightest teams in the world.

HTX Ventures (previously Huobi Ventures)

Circle Ventures focuses on proprietary capital investments in the technology sector.

Circle Ventures

United Arab Emirates

BECO Capital provides growth capital and hands-on operational support for early-stage technology companies.

BECO Capital

Partners for Growth provides custom debt solutions to private and public technology, healthcare, and life science companies.

Partners for Growth

Rising Tide

QED Investors is an investment firm that supports high-growth companies and businesses.

QED Investors

SoftBank Latin America Fund

Stellar Development Foundation supports the development and growth of Stellar, a blockchain network that connects financial infrastructure.

Stellar Foundation

Egypt

Endure Capital is an early stage investment fund headed by entrepreneurs looking for startup teams.

Endure Capital

Canas Capital is an independent investment consultancy firm.

Canas Capital

Marin Ventures

Endeavor

Brazil

BossaNova is the number one Brazilian Micro Venture Capital. We are the most active investor in the pre-seed stage in Latin America with more than 1200 investments in over 1000 Startups. We also invest in global companies, directly or through co-investment syndicates on AngelList.

			Stage	Investors
Cipher Mining	$50.00 M	~$500.00 M	Funding Round			Blockchain Service	Jan 31, 2025
S Sonic Labs (prev. Fantom)	$10.00 M	~$100.00 M	Strategic Round	+8		Blockchain	May 23, 2024
FTM Fantom	$10.00 M	~$100.00 M	Strategic Round	+8		Blockchain	May 23, 2024
LINE NEXT	--	--	Strategic Round	+7	--	NFT	Jul 13, 2022
Fiat Republic	$2.50 M	~$25.00 M	Funding Round			Finance	Jun 8, 2022
InfStones	$66.00 M	~$660.00 M	Series C	+3		Blockchain Service	Jun 1, 2022
Entrepreneur First	$158.00 M	~$1.58 B	Series C Round	+9		--	Jun 2022
Community Gaming	$16.00 M	~$160.00 M	Series A	+6		Gaming	Apr 7, 2022
TRIBL Tribal Token	$22.70 M	~$227.00 M	Series C			DeFi	Apr 2022
ALEO Aleo	$70.00 M	~$700.00 M	Series B+			Zero Knowledge	Feb 2022
TRIBL Tribal Token	$60.00 M	~$600.00 M	Series B	+8		DeFi	Feb 2022
FTT FTX Token	$400.00 M	~$4.00 B	Series C	+7		CEX	Jan 2022
MEAN Mean DAO	$3.50 M	$67.20 M	Private Round	+7	--	Finance	Nov 29, 2021
SAND The Sandbox	$93.00 M	~$930.00 M	Series B Round	+18		NFT	Nov 2021
EPIK Epik Prime	$324,000.00	$24.00 M	IEO on Huobi Prime (Second Round)	+8		Huobi Launchpad	Aug 27, 2021
Elliptic	$60.00 M	~$600.00 M	Series C	+6		Blockchain Service	Aug 12, 2021
Revolut	$800.00 M	$33.00 B	Funding Round			Finance	Jul 15, 2021
FTT FTX Token	$900.00 M	~$9.00 B	Series B	+18		CEX	Jul 2021
Hashdex	$26.00 M	~$260.00 M	Series A	+6		--	May 2021
MARO Maro	$2.75 M	$110.00 M	Pre-Sale	+5	--	Media	Mar 12, 2018

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