ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Premier League club Watford is selling about 10% of the club's shares to investors, including fans. Investors will have the option to receive tokens and gain exclusive benefits, as the club plans to facilitate future trading of the tokens. The club will facilitate the equity sale through the investment platform Republic and its European platform Seedrs.It is reported that the funds raised from this sale will be used to finance initiatives aimed at improving the club's performance—particularly in recruitment, training, and coaching for the men's first team. This funding will also be used to develop the club's brand.

ChainCatcher news, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has reached a deal worth $884 million with more than twenty buyers, including investors from Abu Dhabi, to sell two-thirds of its stake in the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic.FTX invested $500 million in Anthropic in 2021, holding about 7.8% of the company. The sale of Anthropic shares could be the most profitable asset divestiture initiated or completed by FTX since it filed for bankruptcy in November 2022, as the company seeks to raise funds to repay creditors.

ChainCatcher news, the crypto data company Coin Metrics announced the completion of a new funding round of $6.7 million. According to the email, the funds come from a new investor who wishes to remain undisclosed, and the capital was raised through the sale of equity as well as a class of assets that includes options, warrants, and other rights to purchase other securities.According to the crypto data platform RootData, Coin Metrics provides network and market data, indices, and network risk solutions for institutions investing in cryptocurrencies. The company last raised funds in April 2022 during a Series C round, securing $35 million.Coin Metrics was founded in 2017, and its board includes venture capitalist Nic Carter, Matthew Walsh of Castle Island Ventures, Goldman Sachs Managing Director Mathew McDermott, and Katey Neate, Chief Operating Officer of Digital Assets at BNY Mellon.

ChainCatcher news, the cryptocurrency trading platform eToro has agreed to a $120 million secondary equity sale, which will value the company slightly below the $3.5 billion it achieved in a funding round earlier this year. The sellers of this secondary sale are existing shareholders and early employees who have exercised options. eToro stated that this provides an opportunity for them to gain liquidity on their equity.ChainCatcher previously reported that after canceling its plans to go public via SPAC at a valuation of $10.4 billion in 2022, the stock and crypto investment platform eToro completed a $250 million funding round at a valuation of $3.5 billion, with participation from ION Group, Social Leverage, SoftBank, and Spark Capital.