The round included new backing from Coinbase Ventures, with increased commitments from Galaxy Ventures and Vertex Ventures.
M2 is backing the protocol’s bid to grow adoption of its synthetic dollar products across the Middle East.
Sony Innovation Fund, a16z crypto, Samsung Next and Hashed also participated in the round. The company has raised over $40 million.
It came as part of its proposed merger with M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp, a Nasdaq-listed blank-check company.
Tether is pursuing talks with investors to raise between $15 billion and $20 billion for approximately 3% of its equity through a private placement, Bloomberg News reported on Sept. 23. The deal could position the crypto firm among the world’s most valuable private companies, with a valuation of around $500 billion. This would place it […]
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“YZiLabs is not raising [an] external fund,” Zhao wrote, adding that “YZiLabs, since rebranding, has not sought a single external investor."
Y Combinator announced plans to fund Web3 startups through a new “Fintech 3.0” initiative created in collaboration with Base and Coinbase Ventures on Sept. 23. The accelerator targets companies building financial systems on blockchain infrastructure, citing regulatory clarity and infrastructure maturity as key factors enabling this sector’s growth. The announcement, released simultaneously by Y Combinator […]
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The combined company will hold nearly 11,000 BTC once finalized, making it the 12th-biggest publicly-traded corporate bitcoin treasury.
Raiku has raised $13.5 million across seed and pre-seed rounds from investors including Pantera Capital, Jump Crypto, and Lightspeed Faction.
Previously, Archetype has invested in blockchain firms like Privy, Monad, Hut 8, Farcaster, Ritual and Relay.
Fold has partnered with Visa and Stripe to launch a bitcoin-rewards credit card that offers up to 3.5% back on purchase.
E-trade clients should be able to trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana in the coming months, according to reports.
Fnality raised $136 million in a Series C to continue building its blockchain settlement product that targets banks, with total funding over $280 million.
The firm has reportedly received significant interest from outside investors and may eventually become an externally focused fund.
Leah Wald is stepping down after joining the firm in July 2024 and leading its transition to become one of the first Solana treasury firms.
Multicoin Capital, alongside Galaxy Digital and Jump Crypto, led a $1.65 billion private placement in Forward in early September.
Strive has agreed to acquire Semler Scientific in an all-stock merger, become a 10,900+ BTC treasury amid DAT consolidation.
The newly-launched firm is backed by UK bitcoin exchange CoinCorner, with investors including Blockstream CEO Adam Back.
Over $20 billion has already poured into crypto treasury firms in 2025. Has funding peaked — or is more to come?
Grayscale has filed an amended S-1 in its latest move to convert its closed-ended Dogecoin trust into an exchange-traded fund.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is pursuing $10 billion in funding at a $200 billion valuation, CNBC reported on Sept. 19. Sources told the news outlet that the funding proceeds will primarily support data center construction, filled with Nvidia and AMD graphics processing units required for next-generation AI development. The company is currently building […]
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The move comes as Ethena looks to “expand its presence” on BNB Chain, including supporting new money markets and protocol integrations.
The firm will acquire an initial 70% stake, set for completion in 2026, and has a call option to buy the remaining 30% based on performance.
The round was co-led by GRVT’s tech partner ZKsync and Further Ventures, an investment firm backed by Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund.
UAE-based Pulsar Group "sponsored" an oversubscribed $300 million private investment in public equity to kickstart DAT.
Crypto exchange Kraken has partnered with ICO platform Legion to host MiCA-compliant token sales on its new Launch platform.
Those tokens are worth around $876 million at current prices, making GDC among the top 15 largest publicly traded bitcoin holders.
The decentralized science (DeSci) protocol aims to build “scientific superintelligence” onchain with BioAgents.
After raising $1.65 billion from a PIPE, and buying $1.58 billion worth of SOL, Forward Industries wants to raise $4 billion to support its Solana strategy.
VivoPower said its mining arm, Caret Digital, will expand its fleet with "bulk" discounts and swap mined tokens into XRP.