Crypto Fundraising weekly
Dates: 01 – 07, Mar 2026

This week's biggest funding round

ARQ (ex DolarApp) raised $70M in a funding round from Sequoia Capital, Founders fund, Kaszek Ventures, Y Combinator, Brevan Howard Digital.

ARQ is a stablecoin-based financial application designed for users in Latin America. The platform enables individuals to open mobile-accessible stablecoin accounts and perform transfers, payments, and everyday financial operations using digital dollars. By leveraging blockchain-based assets, ARQ aims to provide faster, more accessible, and low-cost financial services in regions with limited access to stable banking infrastructure. The application focuses on cross-border payments, savings in stable assets, and simple mobile-first financial tools.

Pre-seed and Seed investment rounds

QFEX raised $9.5M in a Seed funding round from Yuri Sagalov*, Y Combinator, Paul Graham.

QFEX is a hybrid perpetual exchange that enables high-leverage trading on traditional financial assets such as stocks, commodities, and indices. The platform operates 24/7 like crypto exchanges, allowing traders to access markets even outside traditional trading hours. QFEX combines crypto-style infrastructure with traditional asset exposure, supported by external market makers to maintain liquidity and efficient pricing.

Akave raised $6.7M in a Seed funding round from Protocol Labs, No Limit Holdings (NLH), Blockchange Ventures, Lightshift, Blockchain Builders Fund (BBF), Big Brain Holdings, Avalanche Foundation, Filecoin.

Akave is a decentralized Layer 2 data management platform focused on bringing data lakes on-chain with modular storage solutions. Utilizing Filecoin for storage and enhanced by S3-compatible interfaces, Akave provides verifiable, cost-effective, and scalable data solutions. It supports AI workloads, data encryption, and edge computing for efficient AI operations, aiming to deliver high data durability and control across Web3. Akave offers storage policy customization through its Oasis protocol and gateway, targeting AI, blockchain, and Web3 applications with long-term data availability.

Other investment rounds

idOS raised $2M in a Public sale  funding round from .

idOS is a decentralized, chain-agnostic identity layer for Web3, enabling users to manage their data with self-sovereignty. The platform comprises a dStorage network of nodes that host user-encrypted data and an access management protocol allowing users to grant or revoke access to third parties. idOS supports multiple identity frameworks, ensuring interoperability and compliance. By facilitating a user-owned internet, idOS enhances privacy, security, and control over personal data in the decentralized ecosystem.

OKX raised undisclosed amount in a Strategic  funding round from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).

Major global cryptocurrency exchange expanding from East Asian offshore operations into regulated U.S. market. Platform handles spot trading, derivatives, and upcoming tokenized securities from NYSE. April 2025 U.S. relaunch followed $500 million DOJ settlement for unlicensed money transmitting, pleading guilty to single count. Partnership with Intercontinental Exchange enables OKX users to trade tokenized NYSE stocks and derivatives launching H2 2026. Provides live crypto price feeds to ICE. Plans significant U.S. expansion relocating 2,000 of 5,000 employees supporting tokenized securities product. Positioning as compliance-focused global trading hub differentiating from competitors. Serving as ICE's crypto infrastructure partner for blockchain-based trading initiatives.

Axiym raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from Tether.

Axiym is a fintech infrastructure platform building a distributed treasury and settlement network for global payment companies. The platform enables payment providers to process cross-border transactions with improved liquidity through solutions like Pay Now, Settle Later (PNSL), allowing post-pay settlement while maintaining operational efficiency. Axiym integrates USD₮ (Tether) settlement flows directly into regulated payment ecosystems, enabling payment companies to access stablecoin liquidity within existing treasury operations.

iZUMi Finance raised undisclosed amount in a M&A  funding round from CIMG Inc..

iZUMi Finance is a one-stop liquidity-as-a-service (LaaS) DeFi protocol. Their product offerings include LiquidBox, iZiSwap, and iUSD, which aim to provide liquidity as a service and enable efficient, lasting, and high capital efficiency trading experiences for DeFi users.

Probable raised undisclosed amount in a M&A  funding round from Predict fun.

Probable is a zero-fee, on-chain prediction market platform launching on BNB Chain, co-incubated by PancakeSwap and YZi Labs. It enables users to forecast outcomes across crypto, sports, global events, and more using a sleek, wallet-native interface. Powered by UMA’s Optimistic Oracle, Probable ensures decentralized, tamper-resistant resolution and transparent market creation.

Interstate raised $1.5M in a  funding round from Marshland Capital, Taisu Ventures, Bloccelerate, Alpen Labs, GD1, MH Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Legends Group, Waikit Lau, Sergey Gorbunov.

Interstate is a crypto research and development firm focused on enhancing Ethereum’s user experience by reducing transaction confirmation times. Their preconfirmation network enables users to receive transaction confirmations in approximately 100 milliseconds, significantly faster than the standard 12-second block time on Ethereum. By implementing proposer commitment protocols, Interstate aims to achieve near-instant transaction confirmations, improving the overall efficiency and usability of the Ethereum network.

Cambria raised $3M in a Public sale  funding round from .

Cambria is a blockchain development company that has created Duel Arena, a high-stakes 1v1 dueling game where players can challenge each other to death matches in a public arena. In this Runescape-inspired game, players can wager Arena Tokens or Base ETH on their duels, with the winner taking all.

Cyclops raised $8M in a  funding round from Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Shift4 Payments.

Cyclops is a stablecoin and crypto payments infrastructure platform designed for payment service providers (PSPs) and merchant acquirers. It enables companies to offer cryptocurrency acceptance, stablecoin settlement, and digital asset functionality without building their own blockchain infrastructure. By integrating Cyclops, payment platforms can allow merchants to accept crypto and settle transactions in stablecoins seamlessly. Founded by the creators of The Giving Block, Cyclops focuses on bridging traditional payment systems with blockchain-based settlement and digital asset capabilities.

Crossover Markets raised $31M in a Series B  funding round from Tradeweb*, DRW Venture Capital, Illuminate Financial, Ripple, Virtu Financial, Wintermute Ventures, XTX Markets.

Crossover Markets is a digital asset trading technology firm specializing in institutional liquidity for spot and derivative cryptocurrency markets. Its execution-only cryptocurrency ECN, CROSSx, separates trade execution from custody and brokerage, allowing institutions to choose their own credit counterparties. Crossover Markets does not hold client funds, handle assets, or carry counterparty risk.

USD AI (Permian Labs) raised $19.4M in a Public sale  funding round from .

USD.AI, built by Permian Labs, is a GPU-collateralized stablecoin lending protocol tailored for AI startups. It issues USDai, a dollar-pegged token, and sUSDai, a yield-generating variant, allowing compute power (GPUs) to serve as collateral.

Sats Terminal raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from Gate Ventures.

Sats Terminal is a Bitcoin DeFi aggregation protocol that simplifies access to decentralized financial services on the Bitcoin network. It integrates decentralized exchange (DEX) services, bridging solutions, and yield aggregation into a unified platform, enhancing user experience and liquidity.

Kutt raised undisclosed amount in a M&A  funding round from Bitcoin Depot.

KUTT is a peer-to-peer (P2P) social betting platform that enables users to wager against friends and other participants on sports, politics, pop culture, finance, and personal events. Designed as a social gaming experience, KUTT blends prediction markets with competitive interaction, allowing users to create bets, challenge others, and prove their knowledge in a transparent environment.

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