Crypto Funding Shifts to RWA & Stablecoin Payments; Fission Raises $10M Series A

Crypto venture funding last week concentrated on RWA liquidity infrastructure and stablecoin payments, with Fission closing a $10M Series A led by Pantera Capital. AI funding, by contrast, continued to concentrate in...

Funding Weekly · 5d ago

OKX Hits $25B Valuation as Q3 Capital Pivots to TradFi-Crypto Bridge

OKX raised a new round at a $25 billion valuation, reinforcing a third-quarter trend of capital rotating into TradFi-crypto infrastructure. The same week, AI firms DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and Butterfly Effect drew...

Funding Weekly · Oct 11, 2026

Crypto Banking Platform Limited Raises $18.5M Seed; Raven Hits $90M Valuation

Crypto banking platform Limited raised $18.5 million in seed funding, while Raven secured strategic investment from Coinbase Ventures and CMCC Global at a $90 million valuation. The same week saw SoftBank complete...

Funding Weekly · Oct 4, 2026

Crypto Funding Roundup: Stablecoin Infrastructure and On-Chain Trading Lead the Week

HIFI's $37 million Series A and CoinMarketCap's acquisition of Coinglass highlight a week of crypto funding focused on stablecoin infrastructure and derivatives data. Large AI rounds concentrated in compute and enterprise services,...

Funding Weekly · Sep 27, 2026

Stablecoin Payments Dominate Crypto Funding as Kaiko Raises $110M and Crusoe Lands $3.9B

Kaiko's $110M round and Crusoe's $3.9B Series F headlined a week in which stablecoin payments became the densest cluster of crypto fundraising. With Visa, Circle, Ripple, Coinbase Ventures and SBI backing Velocity,...

Funding Weekly · Sep 20, 2026

Crypto Funding Shifts to Stablecoin Payments and Compliance Infrastructure as Nasdaq Backs Kraken

Nasdaq's $100 million investment in Kraken's parent company Payward highlights a broader shift in crypto venture funding toward stablecoin payments, compliance infrastructure, and traditional finance integration. With $158 million raised across eight...

Funding Weekly · Sep 13, 2026

Trump Jr.-Backed Fund Leads $1B Polymarket Round; Figure Acquires Kiavi in RWA Push

Polymarket raises $1B led by a Trump Jr.-backed VC, while Figure acquires Kiavi for $717M to merge AI lending with blockchain—signaling a shift toward RWA tokenization and prediction market growth.

Funding Weekly · Sep 6, 2026

YZi Labs’ EASY Residency Q4: 24 Early-Stage AI & Crypto Projects Secure $12M in Seed Funding

YZi Labs' EASY Residency Q4 invests $500k each in 24 early-stage projects, focusing on AI applications, security, agent infrastructure, and embodied intelligence. This signals growing investor confidence in AI-crypto convergence, with potential...

Funding Weekly · Aug 30, 2026