Hyperliquid-based prop trading platform Hypernova says it offers "instant payouts" and plans to publicly launch within the next two months.
The round, led by Blockchange Ventures, with support from Coinbase Ventures, among others, brings Cycle's total funding to $8.7 million.
With the additional funding, Sorted intends to expand geographically, particularly targeting Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Stablecoin infrastructure startup Checker has raised $8 million in funding from a range of investors including Galaxy and Framework.
With the new funding, AEON said it aims to build a settlement layer designed to support AI agent-to-agent interactions.
The project has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Galaxy Ventures and plans to launch USBD on Ethereum in early summer 2026.
Y Combinator is set to host interviews in New York City for the first time, focusing specifically on fintech and crypto startups.
a16z crypto has raised $2.2 billion for its fifth fund as it points to growing use of stablecoins, onchain finance, and improving regulation.
Solana Ventures, Solana Labs' Anatoly Yakovenko and Solana Foundation’s Nick Ducoff have all participated in the round.
Nuva is a marketplace for tokenized real-world assets that aims to help users earn yield by connecting issuers and users directly.
The round was co-led by growth equity firm Left Lane Capital and venture firm Neo, an early backer of Kalshi.
3F has raised $4 million in funding led by Maven 11, with participation from Fidelity's F-Prime, GSR, and others.
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Pumpcade's prediction markets are embedded into livestreams, supporting markets that can resolve in a matter of minutes or seconds.
Kulipa helps fintechs and wallets issue white-label stablecoin payment cards without managing card operations themselves.
Payy's round was led by FirstMark Capital, an early backer of Airbnb, Shopify and Pinterest, and included Robot Ventures and DBA Crypto.
Ethereum block builder Eureka Labs is introducing "programmable blocks," which add logic during block construction.
The funding coincides with Arkade adding support for digital assets, including infrastructure designed for stablecoins like USDT on Bitcoin.
General Tensor's seed round was anchored by Good Morning Holdings, led by Lok Lee and backed by Goldman Sachs.
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Zcash Open Development Lab is developing the Zodl wallet, using the popular Zashi wallet codebase, and other Zcash-related tech.
Bluprynt secured $4.2 million in a seed funding round led by major industry players, including Coinbase Ventures and Robinhood.
t54 Labs has raised $5 million in a seed round from Anagram, Franklin Templeton, Ripple and other investors.
TBD, co-founded by former dYdX team members, has raised $3 million in a seed round co-led by CMT Digital and ParaFi.
The onchain analytics startup, launched in early 2021, raised a $1.25 million seed round and a $4 million seed extension.
The firm is launching initial lending strategies on Morpho, focused on capital preservation, governance, and collateral risk monitoring.
YC's Nemil Dalal told The Block that funding will be in USDC across major blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Base, and Solana.
Since launching nine months ago, Doppler says more than 90% of new DEX pools on Base now launch through its protocol.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The company plans to deploy the fresh capital toward yield vaults, onchain trading expansion, and growth across Latin America and Europe.