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Three entities — Upshift, Clearstar, and Flare — have jointly launched earnXRP, a new product that allows users to earn yield denominated in XRP.

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The project previously raised an unannounced pre-seed round of about $5 million in mid-2024, founder Kevin Lepsoe told The Block.

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RedotPay says it processes over $10 billion in annualized volume and generates more than $150 million in annualized revenue.

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Kalshi has tapped Solana to move its prediction markets onchain and enable permissionless monetization of its "global liquidity pool."

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Investors participating in the round include Sequoia, CapitalG, a16z, Paradigm, Anthos Capital, and Neo, according to TechCrunch.

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“Harmonic brings Solana closer to being the onchain Nasdaq,” Harmonic co-founder Jakob Povšič told The Block.

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Iggy Azalea is migrating her MOTHER memecoin to Thrust, a new Solana-based token launchpad attempting to eliminate pump-and-dumps.

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Zynk raised $5 million in a seed round led by Hivemind Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, among others.

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In the latest sign of crypto consolidation, Aave Labs acquired Stable Finance, the development team behind a consumer-friendly savings app.

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OpenSea is pivoting towards multi-chain crypto trading aggregation, letting users swap NFTs, memecoins, and tokens across 22 blockchains.

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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

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The firm may still opt to remain private as discussions are ongoing, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

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Citi Ventures has made a strategic investment in BVNK, a company providing stablecoin infrastructure for enterprises.

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Walmart-backed OnePay is reportedly preparing to add bitcoin and ether trading and custody to its mobile banking app.

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Lava has also launched a new dollar yield product, currently offering up to 7.5% APY on loans backed solely by bitcoin collateral.

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All investors in both private and public rounds will get an “onchain redemption right” to redeem up to their original principal at any time.

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Blockchain Builders Fund, GSR, Kindred Ventures, Rocket Pool, and the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator, are among the other notable backers.

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Sony Innovation Fund, a16z crypto, Samsung Next and Hashed also participated in the round. The company has raised over $40 million.

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Raiku has raised $13.5 million across seed and pre-seed rounds from investors including Pantera Capital, Jump Crypto, and Lightspeed Faction.

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Fnality raised $136 million in a Series C to continue building its blockchain settlement product that targets banks, with total funding over $280 million.

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Over $20 billion has already poured into crypto treasury firms in 2025. Has funding peaked — or is more to come?

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Aria has raised $15 million in combined seed and strategic funding rounds to bring intellectual property onchain.

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At current prices, investors in the token's first round could realize a 20x return on the governance token of Trump-linked World Liberty Financial.

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Eliza Labs filed a lawsuit against X, alleging that X launched copycat AI products after obtaining key technical information from Eliza.

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The latest $20 million strategic round comes from HashKey Capital, Pantera Capital, and Primitive Ventures, among others.

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In this edition, I’m digging into why raising a crypto VC fund has gotten harder — even in a bull market — and what that means for the road ahead.

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Legion is a startup looking to bring small-time investors into the capital formation process using blockchain.

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Mesh's new funding comes five months after it raised $82 million in a Series B round led by Paradigm in March.

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Heritage Distilling is set to launch an IP token treasury strategy worth about $340 million, backed by a16z crypto and other investors.

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ALT5 Sigma is raising $1.5 billion to launch a WLFI token treasury strategy that will see it hold about 7.5% of the token’s total supply.