Seed Funding for Privacy-First L2s Hits Record Highs
Despite broader market cooling, zero-knowledge infrastructure remains the sector's most reliably funded category.
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Venture & DeFi Reporter
Lisbon, Portugal · Writing for MyBunnyFarm since 2021
Daniel Reis tracks venture funding, protocol governance and decentralised finance infrastructure. Before journalism he spent four years as a smart-contract auditor, which shapes a reporting habit of reading the code alongside the announcement.
Despite broader market cooling, zero-knowledge infrastructure remains the sector's most reliably funded category.
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