Cryptocurrency startup OpenTrade completes $17 million in strategic financing, led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital

According to The Block, London-based crypto startup OpenTrade has completed a $17 million strategic financing round, led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with participation from a16z crypto, AlbionVC, CMCC Global, and others, bringing its total funding to over $30 million.

OpenTrade offers on-chain and real-world asset collateralized lending and stablecoin yield products aimed at institutions, planning to use this round of funding to expand its infrastructure in both regulated and unregulated scenarios. Its products include a permissionless protocol layer and a yield vault composition framework called Curation+, which can design yield strategies across RWA and on-chain assets for fintech companies, digital banks, vaults, and asset issuers. OpenTrade claims its total locked value has surpassed $200 million, with a projected transaction volume exceeding $250 million in 2025, and is expected to accumulate over $1 billion by the end of 2026.