“Pact Labs gives us the rails to make digital dollars designed to be compliant with U.S. regulations," says Tether USAT.
The startup enables corporate users to use stablecoins while connecting to traditional banking rails and compliance systems.
Erik Voorhees' crypto-AI startup Venice has raised $65 million in a Series A funding round at a $1 billion equity valuation, led by Dragonfly.
CoinFund led the round, with Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, Jump Capital, Paxos, Chainlink Labs and others participating.
Variational is positioning itself as a retail-friendly brokerage via its in-development Omni app, which will offer "zero-fee" trading.
Sean Neville's Catena Labs closed a $30 million Series A to build governed infrastructure for AI agent financial transactions.
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.
Fun powers deposits, withdrawals, and settlement flows for some of crypto’s leading apps, including Polymarket, Lighter, and Aave.
The round was co-led by growth equity firm Left Lane Capital and venture firm Neo, an early backer of Kalshi.
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Midas raised a $50 million Series A led by RRE and Creandum, and launched a $40 million liquidity facility for tokenized assets.
The company plans to use the funds to expand across Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
Ironlight’s ATS received approval from FINRA last year to support trading in both traditional and tokenized securities.
KAST has raised $80 million in a Series A led by QED Investors and Left Lane Capital, valuing the startup at $600 million.
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The round was structured as an equity investment with token warrants, Based co-founder and CEO Edison Lim told The Block.
YC's Nemil Dalal told The Block that funding will be in USDC across major blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Base, and Solana.
Flying Tulip, a new DeFi platform founded by Andre Cronje, has raised additional capital through a mix of private and public token sales.
Sony's latest $13 million follow-on investment represents "the first close" of Startale Group's Series A, the firm said in a statement.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Series A round was led by Castle Island Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures.
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
AX allows institutional investors to trade non-expiring derivatives linked to assets such as equities and foreign exchange.
Launched in 2021, the universal liquidity layer and protocol intermediary has surpassed $60 billion in lifetime transaction volume.
The startup named Surf says over 300,000 people are using the platform with more than a million search results.
Seismic, whose total funding now sits at $17 million, says fintech demand for crypto rails is rising, but privacy gaps still deter adoption.
Fomo said with its app users can maintain one balance across multiple chains and don't have to worry about bridges or gas fees.
The $5 billion valuation cements Tempo as one of the most valuable new entrants in the stablecoin infrastructure race.
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