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Financial technology company Ruvo has completed a $4.6 million financing round, led by 1confirmation, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Rebel Fund, Blast, Neer Ventures, First Check Ventures, and Mission Street Capital.Ruvo integrates Pix, stablecoins, bank transfers (ACH/wire), and Visa into a single application.

1confirmation announced that it has begun investing from its fourth fund (Fund IV) and will intensify support for the best early-stage crypto entrepreneurs.The firm stated in a declaration that they established the first crypto venture capital fund 10 years ago, firmly believing that cryptocurrency would empower people and bring more freedom to the world, "and this is happening. Looking forward to the next 10 years."

1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform, stating that prices are honest, while narratives are deceptive. The discussion around insider trading is quite complex; although insider trading is often viewed negatively, its essence is trading based on more accurate information. Allowing insider trading can help prices converge more quickly to their true value, benefiting the entire market and bringing more truth.Currently, the SEC prohibits insider trading in the securities market, theoretically to enhance public trust, yet Nancy Pelosi has made $130 million in the stock market during her 37-year political career. Meanwhile, the CFTC does not prohibit insider trading in commodities and futures in the same way, unless it involves fraud or manipulation; trading futures and commodities based on significant non-public information is legal. The development of prediction markets remains to be seen; those who wish to control the market will promote the harmful narrative of insider trading, but a free market and more truth are the better choices.

1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform that the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies is currently $3.1 trillion (a 14% decline over the past year), but back in 2009, this number was 0. For the crypto industry, 2025 signifies the end of an era of easy profits: venture capital has raised the stakes, Meme coins and DAT have declared failure. However, last year marked the first time in the history of the cryptocurrency industry that products not reliant on token speculation outperformed others, such as Polymarket and stablecoins. In the future, to achieve excess returns, it will be necessary to develop and utilize such products.There are three constants in the crypto industry: 1. One must see through the nature of fraudsters; 2. The decline in institutional trust and the increasingly important macro trend of the internet are real, and there are investment opportunities in credible neutral currencies; 3. Only two cryptocurrencies have credible neutrality: Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).

1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform, stating that Silicon Valley venture capital firms have been trying to dominate the entire cryptocurrency industry, and to some extent, they have succeeded. However, most venture capital firms failed between 2021 and 2023 because they invested a lot of money into zero-sum game projects that, while attracting retail investors' attention, provided no benefit to the world.Today, Silicon Valley venture capitalists are running out of steam, as evidenced by their overwhelming promotion and shoddy products. Bitcoin and Ethereum have never received investments from Silicon Valley venture capital, yet they have a total value of over $2.5 trillion and dominate the cryptocurrency market.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the prediction market platform Limitless Exchange has announced the completion of a $10 million seed round financing, led by 1confirmation, with participation from Collider, F-Prime, DCG, Coinbase Ventures, Node Capital, and Arrington Capital.The new round of financing will be used to accelerate product iteration, expand shorter cycle market types (such as 15/10/1 minute markets), increase user growth scale, and explore specific jurisdiction licensing qualifications to ensure global compliance development. These initiatives will solidify Limitless's unique position at the intersection of finance and prediction markets.

ChainCatcher message, the founder of the crypto venture capital firm 1confirmation, Nick Tomaino, commented on "Base considering issuing a token," stating, "If done correctly, BASE will immediately become one of the top five cryptocurrencies by market cap. No VCs, no insider trading, transparent airdrops to developers and users based on usage. This is the most successful tokenless chain in history, and the airdrop will become rocket fuel."

ChainCatcher news, according to Techfundingnews, the crypto-native game studio GLHF announced the completion of a $2.3 million funding round, led by 1 confirmation, with participation from several angel investors in the cryptocurrency space.The new funds are intended to expand the scale of its flagship crypto game Gigaverse and to develop new game features.

ChainCatcher message, Nick Tomaino, founder of the crypto venture capital firm 1confirmation, stated on social media, "The fatal flaw of the strategy is that Michael Saylor holds 10% of the company's shares but controls 45% of the voting rights, while the company holds 3.3% of the total Bitcoin supply, and he appears daily in the media as a 'Bitcoin spokesperson.' Wall Street clearly does not want him to become richer.In contrast, Tom Lee's shareholding is far less than Michael Saylor's, and companies like SBET, ETHZ, and GAME are making progress, with no one monopolizing Ethereum holdings. This is also why Wall Street and the public will support ETH in a way that is different from BTC."

ChainCatcher news, 1 confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on X platform that he believes ETH will reach $40,000 by 2030.He pointed out that the U.S. government is betting the future of the dollar on stablecoins, S&P 500 companies are building L2 to attract users into the Ethereum ecosystem, on-chain trading and lending of RWA, fungibles, and NFTs are in the early stages, prediction markets are integrating into culture, and on-chain gaming is attracting new users. These are all factors supporting his prediction.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform: "To my knowledge, the 1confirmation NFT Fund is currently one of the largest institutional investment tools for purchasing NFTs, but 1confirmation should not only have this one tool; there will be more funds available for deployment in the NFT market."

ChainCatcher message, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino stated today that the team firmly supports Ethereum, as the entire industry cannot continue to move forward without it. He emphasized that the values of trustworthiness, neutrality, open source, and permissionless innovation must be continuously inherited and spread.Tomaino pointed out that some current popular trends, such as venture capital chains and corporate adoption of Ethereum treasury strategies, while not directly related to the aforementioned values, do not mean they are bad. He quoted Hal Finney's perspective from 33 years ago: "Computers can be used to liberate and protect people, not to control them."

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform, pointing out that the value of ETH held on Coinbase's balance sheet has exceeded $335 million, and predicted that institutions like Robinhood may follow this allocation strategy. He believes that, although still in the early stages, competition around ETH's Layer 2 has already begun.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino stated that the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase currently has a market capitalization of $95 billion, accounting for about 11% of JPMorgan's market value, and its market value has increased by approximately 12% since its IPO.He also mentioned that Coinbase's days as a company with a market capitalization below $100 billion are numbered, predicting that the company's market value is expected to grow further.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on X platform stating that if Ethereum is seen as the "new America," then the builders of the Ethereum ecosystem are the "Founding Fathers," Uniswap is equivalent to the New York Stock Exchange, Aave is equivalent to Bank of America, Polymarket is equivalent to The New York Times, Opensea and NFT projects are equivalent to Disney, SuperRare is equivalent to MoMa, and Nexus Mutual is equivalent to State Farm.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform that the GENIUS Act is very favorable for cryptocurrency, and the market capitalization of stablecoins will quickly grow 10 times as a result.However, it might be better if the bill were decided by market participants rather than politicians influenced by corporate donors. The U.S. Congress agrees that stablecoins are beneficial for the United States, and the best measure of the bill's success is the total market capitalization of stablecoins. Anyone can spend money wisely, and the market determines the best solution to achieve the goals.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform stating that Polymarket is the first mainstream consumer crypto product that has not become popular through token speculation, and more similar products will emerge in the future. The infrastructure and user experience are ready; it just needs more visionary founders who are confident in themselves, regardless of how the public chooses.The collaboration between X and Polymarket is a huge victory for cryptocurrency, and Polymarket could not have achieved success without USDC on Ethereum.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform that there is a huge difference between trustworthy neutral value storage and "company coins," and understanding this is key to becoming rich or poor in cryptocurrency.Company coins have a high internal ownership ratio, highly coordinated marketing narratives, and jurisdiction. Early purchases can make you a fortune, but you must time it right and sell before the market eventually ends. Value depends on revenue (just like a company), and the upside is limited. The hype is always intense, but there will always be new shiny targets worth chasing.Trustworthy neutral value storage means has a low internal ownership ratio, an effective global early distribution mechanism, decentralized marketing, and is not bound by jurisdiction. Value is based on belief, and there must be steadfast believers willing to hold the asset over any other asset in the world. Trustworthy neutral value storage is the most promising investment opportunity globally, with a potential market value exceeding $100 trillion. However, most people tend to dive in headfirst, over-investing in company coins while paying insufficient attention to trustworthy neutral value storage tools.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform stating that if one truly believes that cryptocurrency is about empowering humanity, then one must believe that all those cryptocurrencies that allocate 50% of tokens to insiders for spreading rumors and dumping will ultimately trend towards zero, while credible neutral value stores like ETH may trend towards reaching $120 trillion.Nick Tomaino added that the original intention of cryptocurrency was to take control away from large financial institutions, but now those institutions are vigorously pushing up Bitcoin, indicating that Bitcoin may no longer be the people's currency.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform stating that Ethereum dominates the real-world asset (RWA) ecosystem, with a market share of 81.6%, and that trusted neutrality is crucial.