ARK Invest acquired an additional $5M worth of Bullish shares
#ARKInvest increased its position in #Bullish by acquiring 139,117 shares worth around $5M across its ARKK, ARKW, and ARKF funds. ARK Invest has been adding to its Bullish position over the past few trading sessions, purchasing a combined $4.4M in shares across its three ETFs on Monday and Tuesday. ARK Invest often takes advantage of broader digital asset market downturns, which typically weigh on crypto-related equities, to increase exposure to cryptocurrency companies.
#MoonPay has acquired #Decent , a cross-chain routing and liquidity company. Through the acquisition, MoonPay launched #MoonPayTrade , an institutional-grade API enabling onchain execution, settlement, conversion, and payments across 200+ chains and protocols. The platform combines Decent’s routing and liquidity infrastructure with MoonPay’s fiat on/off ramps and compliance systems, as institutional adoption grows across custody, key management, and tokenization services.
TownSquare raises $16.25M in a Pre-A funding round
#TownSquare secures $16.25M in a Pre-A funding round from World Liberty Financial, Arcane Group, Auros, Amber Group, OKX Ventures, Moca Network, Animoca Ventures, SHV, Bixin Ventures, Aptos and other investors. TownSquare will utilize secured funds to bring institutional yield with USD1 and RWAs to retail.
TownSquare is a decentralized protocol combining leveraged trading and yield strategies through a cross-chain money market and modular yield vaults, enabling leveraged exposure to assets such as principal tokens, LP tokens, and liquid staking tokens.
Kalshi raises $200M in an extended Series F funding round
#Kalshi secures $200M in an extended Series F funding round from Baillie Gifford and Layer Global. This funding round brings Kalshi's total funds raised to $2.77B at a $22B valuation.
Kalshi is a regulated exchange and prediction market where users can trade on the outcome of real-world events.
Catena Labs raises $30M in a Series A funding round
#CatenaLabs secures $30M in a Series A funding round co-led by a16z crypto and Acrew Capital, with participation from Breyer Capital, General Catalyst, QED Investors, Oak HC/FT, IDG Capital, and Coinbase Ventures. This funding round brings Catena Labs' total funds raised to $48M.
Catena is creating a financial institution purpose-built for #AIagents - combining a technology platform with a national trust bank to create the first regulated banking environment where agents transact safely under human-defined policies.
Variational raises $50M in a Series A funding round
#Variational secures $50M in a Series A funding round led by Dragonfly, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Bain Capital Crypto. This funding round brings Variational's total funds raised to $61.8M.
Variational is a peer-to-peer trading protocol for perpetual and generalized derivatives, automating the entire trading and clearing process to facilitate secure bilateral trading of options, futures, perpetual, and other derivatives.
#Zama acquires #TokenOps , a token lifecycle management platform for #Web3 projects. Through the acquisition, TokenOps integrates Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) into the entire token lifecycle via the ERC-7984 confidential token standard. Issuers can now manage vesting, airdrops, and distributions with encrypted onchain allocations, release schedules, and recipient identities.
Following the acquisition, TokenOps will continue operating independently, with its confidential token lifecycle solutions available to issuers across all chains. The platform also plans to expand from distribution tools into full recipient portfolio management over time.
#Checker secures $8.1M in a Seed funding round co-led by Galaxy, Al Mada Ventures, and Framework Ventures, with participation from SNZ Holdings, Breed VC, Commerce Ventures, Bitso, Cerulean Ventures, Onigiri Capital, and others.
Checker Finance is a global liquidity network and API infrastructure platform for financial institutions. It unifies access to stablecoin and digital asset liquidity across exchanges, OTC desks, banks, and payment providers.
#Sorted secures $4.4M in a Seed funding round co-led by Tether and Gnosis, with participation from Movement, Angel Invest, and angel investors.
Sorted is a non-custodial crypto wallet built for unbanked users in developing regions, enabling secure digital payments on feature phones and low-powered smartphones without traditional banking access.
Polymarket unveils a partnership with Nasdaq Private Market
#Polymarket partners with #NasdaqPrivateMarket , an independent institutional-grade trading platform that provides liquidity solutions for private, pre-IPO companies. Through this partnership, Polymarket will roll out markets tied to private-company events. The new markets will allow users to trade on valuation shifts, IPO timelines, and secondary-market activity, with Nasdaq Private Market providing official resolution data.
Polymarket is a decentralized prediction market platform that enables users to speculate on the outcome of real-world events using cryptocurrency.
Public companies continue to expand their Bitcoin holdings, solidifying cryptocurrency's role in traditional financial markets. With industry leaders like #Strategy holding substantial amounts, the total $BTC reserved by these firms now surpasses an impressive 1,196,861 $BTC , representing significant confidence in Bitcoin's long-term value. As the market matures, these holdings underscore the evolving relationship between traditional institutions and digital assets.