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🚀 Consumer Crypto Gets Major VC Backing: $75M Series B at $550M Valuation

In the middle of a brutal bear market, a consumer crypto trading app just pulled off something remarkable — a $75M Series B led by Index Ventures at a $550M valuation.

What makes this stand out? The investors writing the checks aren't your typical crypto funds. Index Ventures made its name on Figma and Scale AI. Union Square Ventures rarely touches crypto. When non-crypto VCs lead a nine-figure raise for a blockchain startup during a downturn, that's a serious conviction signal.

The app, called Fomo, was founded in 2025 by three former dYdX employees with a bold premise: onchain trading shouldn't feel like rocket science. Since launching in May 2025, the platform has crossed 625,000 users and $4 billion in trading volume — with just 17 people on the team.

What's catching smart money's attention:

→ 3,500 new users per day
→ ~$94M total funding raised
→ Social features: leaderboards, copy trading
→ Non-custodial with ~30-second onboarding
→ Multi-chain access without wallet management

The bigger picture? Fomo isn't just building a trading app — they're targeting equities, derivatives, and prediction markets as they move onchain. The goal is to make crypto feel invisible to the end user.

With $BTC stabilizing near $62K and retail search volume ticking back up, this raise signals that top-tier VCs see consumer crypto as the next major growth vector — even when the market is red.

Do you think consumer-focused crypto apps will be the main onboarding path for the next 100M users? 🤔

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