ChainCatcher News, according to The Block, decentralized messaging protocol XMTP developer Ephemera has completed a $20.00 million Series B funding round to build and grow its ecosystem. The round was co-led by Union Square Ventures, a16z crypto, and Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Offline Ventures, Sound Ventures (founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary), and Distributed Global. [ChainCatcher]