Genius Trading is building a privacy-focused DeFi trading platform and aims to become an onchain alternative to Binance.
In this edition, we explore why token buybacks are back in the spotlight, when they work, and when teams should think twice.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Rain has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the stablecoin payments firm at $1.95 billion.
Babylon's vaults allow native Bitcoin to be verifiably locked as collateral while remaining on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
Industry insiders expect deal momentum to continue into 2026, driven by consolidation, targeted acquisitions, and a still-open IPO window.
AX allows institutional investors to trade non-expiring derivatives linked to assets such as equities and foreign exchange.
The bank aims to service technology companies working with virtual currencies, artificial intelligence, defense, and manufacturing.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Boys Club will retain full control over its creative direction, voice, and business operations,” and maintain its client roster.
The project previously raised an unannounced pre-seed round of about $5 million in mid-2024, founder Kevin Lepsoe told The Block.
RedotPay says it processes over $10 billion in annualized volume and generates more than $150 million in annualized revenue.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The company has a diverse portfolio of companies it has invested in including artificial intelligence, robotics, and gold.
Privacy tokens are rallying, new infrastructure is gaining steam, and VCs are paying closer attention to this area.
Fogo will airdrop the tokens set aside for a pre-sale next week, a change in strategy to better distribute tokens and reward early users.
Launched in 2021, the universal liquidity layer and protocol intermediary has surpassed $60 billion in lifetime transaction volume.
Sungmo Park, former APAC lead at Monad Foundation and Polygon Labs, has been named to head a16z's efforts in the region.
Andreessen Horowitz's crypto venture capital unit pointed to high levels of crypto ownership in South Korea and Singapore, and growing onchain activity in Japan.
The startup named Surf says over 300,000 people are using the platform with more than a million search results.
Cascade raised $15 million in seed funding in a round co-led by Polychain and Variant, with support from Coinbase Ventures.
The deal deepens Tether’s push into AI and robotics, following recent investments in brain-computer interfaces and GPU infrastructure.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
AlphaTON will expand its investments in TON tokens, the Telegram mini app ecosystem, and the recently launched Cocoon AI network.
Solmate previously announced plans for an aggressive M&A strategy to bolster its treasury and staking operations.
Axis said it has also deployed $100 million in private capital through its closed beta to stress-test its delta-neutral arbitrage engine.
Crypto VCs explain what’s behind the crypto correction, whether a bottom is forming, and what they expect next.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
DWF will invest in founders “solving real structural problems in liquidity, settlement, credit, and on-chain risk management."