Arweave, which uses blockchain to perpetually host sites and apps, raises $8.3M seed from a16z, USV, and Coinbase Ventures, four months after raising $5M (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Arweave, which uses blockchain to perpetually host sites and apps, raises $8.3M seed from a16z, USV, and Coinbase Ventures, four months after raising $5M  —  The Chinese government has been removing criticism of its coronavirus response from apps like Weibo, the local equivalent of Twitter.