Crypto Fundraising weekly
Dates: 03 – 09, May 2026

This week's biggest funding round

Reap raised $600M in a M&A funding round from Payward.

Reap is a global fintech and payment infrastructure platform that bridges traditional finance with digital assets through stablecoin-enabled solutions. The company offers corporate cards, cross-border payments, expense management, treasury tools, and API-based embedded finance products for businesses. Founded in Hong Kong, Reap helps companies streamline global money movement, manage fiat and crypto payments, and launch white-labeled financial products. Its infrastructure supports stablecoin-funded transactions, card issuance, and payout automation, enabling efficient financial operations for Web2 and Web3 businesses worldwide.

Pre-seed and Seed investment rounds

Saturn Credit raised $2M in a Seed funding round from The Spartan Group*, Anchorage Digital, Susquehanna Crypto.

Stablecoin protocol built on Strategy's STRC (MicroStrategy/Michael Saylor's digital credit instrument), delivering 11%+ Bitcoin-backed yields to DeFi. Two-token system: USDat (non-yielding stablecoin backed by tokenized U.S. Treasuries via $M, permissioned, 1:1 USDC peg) and sUSDat (ERC-4626 yield-bearing vault accruing STRC dividends, 3-7 day withdrawal queue). Launched March 2026; $60M+ TVL (May 2026). Pendle Finance integration enables principal/yield separation. Targets $10B scale as "Tether of digital credit." Named by Michael Saylor alongside Prevalon, Strive, Anchorage, Apyx as STRC adopters entering corporate treasury and DeFi markets.

Stockcoin raised undisclosed amount in a Seed funding round from Amber Group*.

Stockcoin is an AI-native trading platform focused on tokenized U.S. equities, stock-linked perpetuals, and crypto trading. The platform combines AI-driven market analysis, copy trading, and cross-border investing with blockchain infrastructure to provide access to tokenized stocks and TradFi-linked products. Built with support from partners such as Amber Group and Ondo Finance, Stockcoin.ai aims to bridge on-chain liquidity with traditional financial markets while offering compliant asset backing, deep liquidity, and advanced trading tools for global users.

Elastics raised $2M in a Pre-seed funding round from Frst*.

Elastics is an AI-powered platform for prediction market trading. It lets users build and run agents that scan markets, analyze opportunities, simulate behavior, and execute trades across platforms from one interface. The platform combines natural-language search, cross-market discovery, portfolio management, risk monitoring, and non-custodial execution for individual and institutional traders.

Other investment rounds

Stableyard raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from Movement Labs.

Stableyard provides stablecoin payment infrastructure for fintechs, payment companies, and platforms. It enables merchants to accept stablecoins through existing checkout, POS, or invoicing systems, with APIs, SDKs, QR/tap payments, cross-chain routing, compliance checks, automated settlement, and reconciliation.

Veera raised $500K in a Public sale  funding round from .

Veera is a Web3-native, on-chain neobank offering global financial services across crypto and traditional assets. The platform enables users to earn, invest, borrow, and spend using self-hosted wallets while retaining full control of their funds. Veera also offers the Veera Card, allowing users to spend on-chain assets seamlessly in the real world. By combining non-custodial wallets, on-chain financial products, and global payment infrastructure, Veera bridges decentralized finance with everyday banking in a compliant, user-friendly experience.

OpenTrade raised $17M in a Strategic  funding round from Mercury Fund*, Notion Capital*, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto), AlbionVC, CMCC Global.

OpenTrade is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol platform offering institutional-grade lending and yield products tailored for fintechs and institutional investors in both Web2 and Web3 ecosystems. It combines technology infrastructure with legal and operational frameworks to support compliant and scalable financial services, including liquidity pools for assets like U.S. Treasury bills and investment-grade commercial paper. OpenTrade's platform, running on Ethereum and Polygon blockchains, facilitates tokenized fixed-income products and enables businesses to access financing from a network of non-bank lenders within existing systems.

Centrifuge raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from Coinbase.

The untapped multi-trillion dollar market of real-world assets (RWA) is now entering Decentralized Finance (DeFi) through Centrifuge: the first protocol to connect DeFi to the real-world.

Equiniti raised undisclosed amount in a M&A  funding round from Bullish.

Equiniti is a financial services and technology company specializing in shareholder services, payments, and stakeholder management solutions. It provides digital platforms for managing equity ownership, corporate actions, pensions, and employee share plans. Serving corporations, financial institutions, and governments, Equiniti streamlines complex administrative processes with secure, data-driven infrastructure. Its services bridge traditional finance and digital transformation, enabling efficient communication between companies and their investors while ensuring compliance and transparency across global markets.

GSR raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from SC Ventures.

GSR is a global crypto trading and market-making firm specializing in digital assets and derivatives. The platform provides liquidity solutions, OTC trading, and structured products for institutional clients, helping improve market efficiency across major exchanges. With deep expertise in quantitative strategies and risk management, GSR supports token issuers, exchanges, and investors by enabling seamless trading, hedging, and capital deployment in the evolving digital asset ecosystem.

OnRe Finance raised $5M in a Series A  funding round from RockawayX*, Forward Industries*.

OnRe is an on-chain reinsurance platform bringing institutional-grade, real-world underwriting yield to DeFi. Built on Solana, it offers ONyc, a yield-bearing dollar asset backed by reinsurance premiums and collateral returns, designed for use as DeFi collateral and structured on-chain strategies.

DFlow raised $100M in a M&A  funding round from MoonPay.

DFlow is a Solana-based trading infrastructure platform providing intelligent trade execution APIs for traders, apps, and institutions. It helps route orders, improve execution quality, and connect retail order flow with liquidity providers through transparent market-driven mechanisms.

ArcNova raised $15M in a  funding round from Adaverse, Animoca Brands, Liquid Capital (LD Capital), Redline Labs, Waterdrip Capital.

Arcnova is a Web3 entertainment and AI-powered media platform focused on interactive storytelling, gaming, and creator-driven digital experiences. The project combines blockchain infrastructure with AI tools to enable communities, brands, and creators to build immersive content ecosystems, including mini-apps, social engagement layers, and tokenized entertainment experiences. Its ecosystem supports decentralized participation, digital ownership, rewards, and gamified interaction across Web2 and Web3 environments. Arcnova positions itself as an AI-native entertainment infrastructure platform integrating gaming, media, community engagement, and blockchain-powered economies.

Ekiden raised $2M in a  funding round from Aptos Network, GSR Markets LTD, Flowdesk, Keyrock, Pyth Network, Curiosity Capital, Moonhill Capital, DCF God, G20 Group.

Ekiden is a decentralized hybrid order book exchange on Aptos, combining an off-chain central limit order book with on-chain delayed settlement. It delivers high-frequency trading performance with low latency, deep liquidity, and MEV resistance. The platform supports perpetual futures and spot trading, aiming to provide an institutional-grade trading experience within a decentralized environment.

Houdini Swap raised $18M in a M&A  funding round from Sol Strategies (ex Cypherpunk Holdings).

Houdini is a non-custodial, privacy-focused cross-chain swap aggregator enabling anonymous crypto transactions across 100+ networks. It hides wallet addresses while dynamically routing trades through DEXs, bridges, and CEXs to secure the lowest-cost execution. The platform offers private swaps, no-wallet-connect functionality, payments, API integrations, and MEV protection. By combining encryption with smart routing, Houdini ensures efficient, secure, and untraceable asset transfers across multiple blockchains.

Capital B (ex The Blockchain Group) raised $13M in a  funding round from Adam Back.

Capital B, formerly The Blockchain Group, is a Euronext-listed Bitcoin Treasury Company based in France. Alongside holding BTC on its balance sheet, it develops solutions in data intelligence, AI, and decentralized technology. As Europe’s first Bitcoin Treasury Company, Capital B merges long-term crypto asset strategy with innovation in Web3 infrastructure and enterprise AI services.

* fund, that lead investment round