Deribit is currently the largest cryptocurrency options exchange. Its Bitcoin options trading volume accounts for more than 80% of the total market trading volume, and the Ethereum options trading volume accounts for more than 90% of the total market trading volume. Like most cryptocurrency exchanges, Deribit trades 24x7. Despite the fact that Deribit accounts for the vast majority of Bitcoin options market trading volume, it is an unregulated exchange.
Deribit |
M&A
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$ 2.9 B
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| May 08 | |
World consists of a privacy-preserving digital identity network (World ID) built on proof of personhood and, where laws allow, a digital currency (WLD). Every human is eligible for a share of WLD simply for being human. World has built a device called the Orb, which captures an image of a person's eyes and converts it into a short numeric code, making it possible to check if the person has already signed up. If not, they will receive their free share of Worldcoin. The original image will not need to be stored or uploaded.
WorldcoinWLD |
OTC
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$ 135 M
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| May 21 | |
Nous Research is a decentralized AI gas pedal company and research institute dedicated to developing AI models and tools, with a focus on deeply integrating AI with blockchain technology. The organization has built a series of projects based on the Solana network, including Nous Psyche, with a focus on language models, simulators, and AI orchestration platforms (such as the open source Nous-Forge), all in an open source model.
Nous Research |
Series A
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$ 50 M
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$ 1 B
| Apr 25 | |
Doppel is a real-time, cross-chain monitoring platform for detecting NFT fraud.
Doppel |
Series B
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$ 35 M
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| May 02 | |
Sentora is a DeFi asset management service platform that integrates IntoTheBlock's institutional-grade DeFi analysis data and Trident's structured liquidity solutions. It will develop a unified interface to solve the fragmentation problem of multi-chain protocol interactions. The platform aims to introduce institutional investors into the on-chain world.
Sentora |
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$ 25 M
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| May 06 | |
Polygon Miden is an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution based on zk-STARKs (zero-knowledge scalable transparent proof of knowledge) launched by Polygon, which aims to improve the scalability and security of the Ethereum network.
Miden |
Seed
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$ 25 M
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| Apr 29 | |
Camp Network is a modular L2 leveraging offchain data from Web2 social platforms to enable onchain value creation. Camp Network empowering users and creators in social media, music, entertainment, and more.
Camp Network |
Series A
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$ 25 M
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| Apr 29 | |
Metaplanet Inc., a publicly traded company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (3350), has embarked on a strategic transformation. By leveraging Bitcoin (BTC) as its principal treasury reserve asset, Metaplanet will utilize excess cash flow and implement accretive corporate governance, including financial management strategies such as debt and equity financing, to further its Bitcoin accumulation.
Metaplanet |
Debt Financing
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$ 21.25 M
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Catena Labs is a Web3 product development company incubating independent products spanning identity, communications, artificial intelligence, and commerce. Products currently launched include developer API and component suite DecentKit, decentralized social network Duffle, and custom AI agent solution Friday.
Catena Labs |
Seed
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$ 18 M
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| May 20 | |
Roxom is a Bitcoin-priced and denominated stock, commodities, and futures exchange. User can now view and trade global markets in Bitcoin terms.
Roxom |
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$ 17.9 M
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| May 22 | |
T-Rex is a blockchain built specifically for consumer applications. T-Rex solves Web3 traffic issues with its built-in distribution engine (its Chrome extension). From gas fees to consensus, each protocol decision is optimized for consumer use cases. T-Rex is developed by EVG, a developer and publisher of Web3 products.
T-REX |
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$ 17 M
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| May 08 | |
Headquarters(HQ.xyz) is the Finance Dashboard for Web3 teams, which helps Web3 teams be accountable by automating their financial activities and reporting.
Headquarters |
M&A
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$ 14.95 M
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| May 14 | |
Thru is a next-generation Layer 1 blockchain developed by Unto Labs with a focus on performance and user experience. Its smart contract runtime, the ThruVM, meticulously implements the open RISC-V specification. ThruVM works out of the box with the existing Rust, C, C++ compilers and any language that already supports RISC-V.
Thru |
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$ 14.4 M
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$ 140 M
| Apr 29 | |
The Blockchain Group is a European bitcoin finance company listed on the Euronext Paris Venture Exchange (ALTBG), which focuses on the development of data intelligence, artificial intelligence and decentralized technologies.
The Blockchain Group |
Debt Financing
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€ 12.1 M
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| May 12 | |
Dinari is a Web3 corporate equity trading firm focused on becoming the trusted standard for real-world asset backed tokens. It launched dShare platform outside of the US. The dShare platform is designed to programmatically ensure 1:1 backing of the tokens with the matching underlying securities. Dinari also provides public access to trades and total vault holdings per asset to promote transparency.
Dinari |
Series A
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$ 12.7 M
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| May 01 | |
Fuze, a digital asset startup founded in December 2022, has joined Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem. Fuze enables banks, fintechs or enterprises to offer regulated digital asset products to customers through native applications. Its white label solution handles the complex blockchain and regulatory overhead for enterprises, allowing enterprises to provide stablecoins, cryptography at any time Digital assets such as currencies, CBDCs, and tokenized assets.
Fuze |
Series A
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$ 12.2 M
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| May 01 | |
True Markets is a non-custodial, stablecoin-native exchange representing the next evolution in crypto markets dedicated to offering markets and liquidity as a service globally through reliable, innovative trading technology. True Markets features a proprietary matching engine to efficiently match trading orders, secure segregation between execution of trades and asset custody, while promising seamless completion of transactions using stablecoins. The default settlement currency on the exchange is PYUSD.
True Markets |
Series A
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$ 11 M
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| May 20 | |
Openverse Global is a Layer0 hub network based on blockchain technology. It is based on the existing blockchain technology and proposes the concept of "fully open protocol cross-chain". It will realize "the transmission of value (token/NFT/message) between different blockchains, metaverses and the traditional Internet is as simple as sending email". Openverse has proposed protocol systems such as the "Bitcurrency VRC10 Protocol", "Privcurrency VRC11 Protocol", and "Public Currency Issurance Mechanism, PCIM".
Openverse Global |
Strategic
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$ 11 M
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| May 12 | |
The Blockchain Group is a European bitcoin finance company listed on the Euronext Paris Venture Exchange (ALTBG), which focuses on the development of data intelligence, artificial intelligence and decentralized technologies.
The Blockchain Group |
Financing after Listed
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€ 9.9 M
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| May 09 | |
Sonic is a layer-1 platform with a secure gateway to Ethereum and provides the fastest settlement layer for digital assets with over 10,000 TPS and has a one-second confirmation time for transactions.
SonicS |
OTC
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$ 10 M
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| May 08 | |
Perpl is Monad's native pricing engine. Purpose-built for peak efficiency and composability, Perpl offers an unparalleled trading experience on Monad's parallel EVM.
Perpl |
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$ 9.25 M
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| May 13 | |
Terminal 3 is a Hong Kong-based Web3 startup building user data infrastructure for a decentralized future. Terminal 3 leverages decentralized storage and zero-knowledge proofs to empower an equitable Web3 where user data is freely composable while remaining fully private and secure.
Terminal 3 |
Seed
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$ 8 M
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| Apr 30 | |
Introduction: KYD Labs is a platform offering Web3-based ticketing solutions for live events, utilizing blockchain technology with smart contracts and possibly NFTs to provide ticketing solutions enhancing fan connections and revenue opportunities for event hosts.
KYD Labs |
Seed
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$ 7 M
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| May 14 | |
ZAR is a digital dollar wallet enabling users to find nearby merchants to exchange cash for digital currency, safely and conveniently. ZAR debit cards can be used anywhere Visa is accepted.
ZAR |
Seed
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$ 7 M
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| Apr 30 | |
DogeOS is an application layer for Dogecoin that supports a variety of consumer applications from games to artificial intelligence, enhancing the Dogecoin ecosystem and its decentralized financial services.
DogeOS |
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$ 6.9 M
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$ 40 M
| May 06 | |
XP is a secondary ticketing trading platform that is fan-centric and provides transparent and fair market prices and ticketing technology.
XP |
Seed
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$ 6.2 M
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| May 15 | |
Turtle.Club is a Phantom Liquidity Protocol that operates without smart contracts. Turtle aims to align the incentives amongst key DeFi players, Liquidity Providers (LPs), Developers, Venture Capitalists, Security Auditors, and Miners.
Turtle Club |
Seed
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$ 6.2 M
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| May 12 | |
Nirvana Labs is a Web3 infrastructure solution for building, managing, and supporting any blockchain application. Nirvana Labs developed Nirvana Cloud to provide a foundation for an open, secure, and distributed internet.
Nirvana Labs |
Seed Plus
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$ 6 M
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| May 13 | |
VOYA Games is a Web3 game developer, and its Craft World is a casual resource management game where players will work with friendly dinosaurs to rebuild civilization after meteorites destroy humanity.
VOYA Games |
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$ 5 M
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| May 21 | |
XSY is building a Next Gen Digital Synthetic Dollar, $UTY, creating a structured, scalable way to unlock blockchain ecosystems dormant potential.
XSY |
Pre-A
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$ 5 M
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| May 15 | |