In the latest sign of crypto consolidation, Aave Labs acquired Stable Finance, the development team behind a consumer-friendly savings app.
OpenSea is pivoting towards multi-chain crypto trading aggregation, letting users swap NFTs, memecoins, and tokens across 22 blockchains.
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The firm may still opt to remain private as discussions are ongoing, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
Citi Ventures has made a strategic investment in BVNK, a company providing stablecoin infrastructure for enterprises.
Walmart-backed OnePay is reportedly preparing to add bitcoin and ether trading and custody to its mobile banking app.
Lava has also launched a new dollar yield product, currently offering up to 7.5% APY on loans backed solely by bitcoin collateral.
All investors in both private and public rounds will get an “onchain redemption right” to redeem up to their original principal at any time.
Blockchain Builders Fund, GSR, Kindred Ventures, Rocket Pool, and the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator, are among the other notable backers.
Sony Innovation Fund, a16z crypto, Samsung Next and Hashed also participated in the round. The company has raised over $40 million.
Raiku has raised $13.5 million across seed and pre-seed rounds from investors including Pantera Capital, Jump Crypto, and Lightspeed Faction.
Fnality raised $136 million in a Series C to continue building its blockchain settlement product that targets banks, with total funding over $280 million.
Over $20 billion has already poured into crypto treasury firms in 2025. Has funding peaked — or is more to come?
Aria has raised $15 million in combined seed and strategic funding rounds to bring intellectual property onchain.
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.
Eliza Labs filed a lawsuit against X, alleging that X launched copycat AI products after obtaining key technical information from Eliza.
The latest $20 million strategic round comes from HashKey Capital, Pantera Capital, and Primitive Ventures, among others.
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Legion is a startup looking to bring small-time investors into the capital formation process using blockchain.
Mesh's new funding comes five months after it raised $82 million in a Series B round led by Paradigm in March.
Heritage Distilling is set to launch an IP token treasury strategy worth about $340 million, backed by a16z crypto and other investors.
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.
Digital asset treasury or DAT deals are booming — but where does that leave general crypto startup funding?
A WLFI treasury company would join treasury companies holding tokens like bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, and a growing suite of others.
Perle is attempting to improve AI training using blockchain attributions and cryptoeconomic incentives for “high-quality human feedback.”
Over 100 investors backed Euphoria’s funding round, including VCs like Karatage, Figment Capital, and Robot Ventures.
While the Chinese authority did not name the project, the description appears to be a reference to World, formerly known as Worldcoin.
Venture firms are backing OpenMind, a startup building a decentralized operating system for robots, founded by a Stanford professor.
Patriot Package subscribers to the Truth+ streaming service will receive gems that can eventually be traded for a utility token, the company said.
DevvStream raised $300 million via senior secured convertible notes to purchase crypto and is looking to expand its line of credit.