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The raise values Rain at $1.95 billion after 30-fold card growth in 2025, with the Visa-linked platform planning expansion across multiple continents.

The investment was made through the purchase of BABY tokens to support the development of Babylon’s trustless Bitcoin collateral infrastructure.

Barclays has invested in Ubyx, a US stablecoin clearing platform, marking a major move into regulated digital money and tokenized financial services.

Several VC-backed crypto projects now trade at market capitalizations well below the valuations assigned during their last private funding rounds.

HashKey Capital has raised $250 million in commitments for the first close of its fourth crypto fund amid continued institutional demand despite volatile market conditions.

Former-FTX US president Brett Harrison’s Architect Financial Technologies secured $35 million to build an institutional trading platform spanning crypto, equities and futures.

Luckey-backed Erebor raised $350 million at a $4.35 billion valuation as OCC and FDIC approvals signal momentum for crypto- and AI-focused banking.

Screenshots of an email shared online purportedly show founder Yida Gao stepping down as managing director of Shima Capital and outlining plans for an orderly wind-down of the fund.

Speed, which leverages the Bitcoin Lightning Network to facilitate USDT transfers, has secured $8 million from Tether and Ego Death Capital.

A16z Crypto has opened its first Asian office in Seoul, South Korea, led by former Polygon Labs executive SungMo Park, with the venture capital firm noting the region’s dominance in global adoption.

Real Finance’s raise comes as tokenization accelerates and institutions push deeper into RWAs, including fast-growing money market funds.

Ripple’s $500 million raise shows its post-SEC shift is working, as Wall Street piles in under a deal reportedly offering rare protections and guaranteed returns.

Crypto venture funding was weak in November, with only a few major raises driving totals, as overall deal activity reached one of its lowest points this year.

The YZi Labs-backed “Opinion” prediction market logged $1.5 billion in weekly volume just weeks after launch, outpacing Kalshi and Polymarket as prediction markets boom.

Kalshi has doubled its valuation after its latest Series E funding round, which come as the prediction market posted record trading volumes last month.