Dune Analytics Raises Crypto’s Latest Meme Round: $69,420,000

Dune Analytics Raises Crypto’s Latest Meme Round: ,420,000
One of Ethereum’s most popular data visualization and analytics platform is gearing up for expansion with a massive fundraising round.On Wednesday, Dune Analytics announced the close of a $69,420,000 round at a $1 billion valuation. (The meme-flavored sum follows crypto exchange FTX raising $420,690,000 last October.)The round was led by Coatue, a venture behemoth that, until recently, hasn’t been active in the cryptocurrency space. However, according to Dune CEO Fredrik Haga, the investment firm – which has big bets on OpenSea, Alchemy and Dapper Labs – was aggressive in courting the platform.“We had not made a single slide or Excel…