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According to Cointelegraph, Switzerland’s Crypto Valley raised a total of $728 million in blockchain funding in 2025—a 37% year-on-year increase—and accounted for 47% of Europe’s blockchain venture capital. The largest single contribution came from TON Network’s $400 million funding round; Sygnum Bank raised $58 million; the M0 stablecoin platform raised $40 million; Impossible Cloud Network and CratD2C raised $34 million and $30 million, respectively. The report states that global blockchain funding totaled $15.5 billion, up 30% year-on-year, but deal volume declined by 32%, reflecting a trend toward concentration of capital in a smaller number of large-scale projects. The number of active blockchain companies in Crypto Valley rose to 1,766, while the number of unicorns fell from 17 to 10, primarily due to market conditions.
According to official announcements, Web3 intelligence-layer project Claw Intelligence has raised $3 million in seed funding. Investors include Castrum Istanbul, Titans Ventures, Super Labs, and Genesis Capital. Claw Intelligence is simplifying user interaction with the Web3 ecosystem and underlying computing resources through its unified intelligence layer, lowering operational barriers. The platform leverages an encryption-native Model Context Protocol (MCP) service to transform fragmented data endpoints into conversational workflows. New features include a secure, isolated large language model (LLM)-powered code execution sandbox that safely runs code directly within the chat interface—enabling real-time computation, data processing, and script prototyping; and LLM-driven cross-device/multi-computer control, allowing users to centrally manage multiple devices and servers via natural-language commands.
According to CNBC, Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO of global major cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, confirmed on April 14 that the company has confidentially filed its initial public offering (IPO) application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This IPO filing formally advances a plan first announced in November last year. Data shows Kraken’s latest valuation stands at approximately $13.3 billion—significantly down from $20 billion in November 2025. Previously, Kraken had paused its IPO plans amid a crypto market downturn. Earlier reports indicated that Deutsche Börse Group has committed to invest $200 million in exchange for a 1.5% fully diluted ownership stake in Kraken.
Odaily News Anthropic has recently received investment intentions from multiple venture capital institutions, with some offers valuing the company as high as $800 billion, significantly above its current valuation level.Previously, Anthropic completed a funding round in February of this year with a valuation of approximately $380 billion; meanwhile, secondary market data from Caplight indicates its valuation has risen to around $688 billion. Data shows the company's annualized revenue has grown to approximately $30 billion, a substantial increase from the end of last year.Market participants stated that with the rapid development of AI models and related products, investor attention on Anthropic continues to rise, and the company is also seen as a potential IPO candidate. (Business Insider)
According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, cloud computing startup Fluidstack is in funding negotiations with investors, aiming to raise approximately $1 billion at a target valuation of $18 billion. The sources indicated that this round of financing is intended to accelerate Fluidstack’s business expansion and further solidify its market position in the distributed cloud computing and Web3 infrastructure sectors. Fluidstack centers on decentralized cloud computing services, dedicated to delivering efficient, low-cost computational power to blockchain projects and the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem. If successfully completed, this funding round will help strengthen Fluidstack’s R&D capabilities and expand its global business footprint.
Odaily News, according to informed sources, AI cloud platform FluidStack is planning to raise approximately $1 billion at a valuation of $18 billion. Situational Awareness, an institution led by Leopold Aschenbrenner, is in talks to participate and co-lead the round. The funding is expected to be used to accelerate Fluidstack's expansion in the fields of AI computing and cloud infrastructure. It is reported that Fluidstack has previously signed cooperation agreements with multiple Bitcoin mining companies, including TeraWulf, Cipher Mining, Hut 8, and others.
Odaily News Bitcoin treasury company Strategy's perpetual preferred shares, STRC, recorded approximately $1.1 billion in trading volume on April 13, representing a nearly 47% increase from the previous record. This has become a core financing tool for the company to accelerate its Bitcoin accumulation. Strategy raises capital by selling preferred shares like STRC and uses the funds for high-frequency Bitcoin purchases.Data shows that Strategy recently purchased 13,927 BTC for approximately $1 billion, bringing its total holdings to 780,897 BTC. The related funds primarily came from the issuance of over 10 million STRC shares. Within the overall capital plan, STRC, along with STRK, STRF, STRD, and common stock financing, constitutes its "42/42" financing framework. The goal is to raise $84 billion by 2027 for continuous Bitcoin purchases. Current market views suggest that STRC is gradually becoming the dominant instrument within this financing system. (The Block)
According to Fortune, blockchain startup Nava has announced the completion of an $8.3 million seed funding round, co-led by Polychain and Archetype, aiming to prevent anomalous operations by AI financial agents through a custody and verification framework. Nava’s solution locks funds via custodial services; once an AI agent proposes a transaction, an on-chain verification mechanism assesses whether the transaction aligns with the user’s intent—only compliant transactions are executed, while non-compliant ones leave funds in custody. All verification decisions are publicly recorded on the blockchain for reference by other AIs. Nava currently operates as a Layer 3 blockchain on Arbitrum and plans to deploy a parallel chain on Tempo; it will also issue a native stablecoin in the future to support protocol operations. Nava’s infrastructure serves both individual users and institutions, enhancing asset security and transaction transparency.
OpenGradient, a verifiable AI computation layer, has announced the completion of a $9.5 million funding round. Investors include a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, Foresight Ventures, Pragma, SALT, Symbolic Capital, Canonical Crypto, Black Dragon, NEAR, Celestia, Thanefield Capital, and angel investors including Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase. The new funds will support the development and expansion of a decentralized infrastructure network for hosting, executing, and verifying AI models—enabling open and auditable model execution.
According to Fortune, Paxos Labs—a stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure company—has announced a $12 million funding round led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures, Maelstrom Family Office, and Uniswap Labs. Paxos Labs was spun out from Paxos and focuses on providing enterprises with stablecoin issuance and decentralized finance (DeFi) access solutions, enabling clients to create branded stablecoins via a single software suite and offering features such as interest-bearing crypto deposits and collateralized lending. Paxos Labs has already secured clients including Hyperbeat and Aleo and expects to reach breakeven by the end of this year. Previously, Paxos acquired cryptocurrency wallet company Fordefi for over $100 million to meet growing client demand for DeFi market solutions.
According to The Block, Visa, Stripe, and Zodia Custody—a digital asset custody firm backed by Standard Chartered Bank—have become the first validators on the Tempo payment blockchain. Tempo is an Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for high-throughput payments and stablecoin settlement, primarily targeting large institutions. Validators are responsible for verifying, ordering, and finalizing on-chain transactions, and are typically mature organizations with global operational capabilities. Tempo was incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, launched its private testnet in September 2025, and closed a $500 million Series A funding round in October at a valuation of approximately $5 billion. Recently, Tempo introduced its “Agent Payments” protocol—executed by AI agents—and has attracted infrastructure integrations including RedStone.
According to Bloomberg, Deutsche Börse has invested $200 million in Payward Inc., the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. This transaction will grant Deutsche Börse a fully diluted 1.5% stake in the company. The investment aims to advance Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s provision of broader securities services via blockchain technology and is expected to close in the second quarter, subject to regulatory approval. Previously, Kraken was valued at $20 billion in a share sale in November 2025.
According to The Block, renowned startup accelerator Y Combinator has completed its first fully stablecoin investment, paying $500,000 in USDC to prediction market startup Totalis via three on-chain transactions on Solana. The funds are held in custody by Ramp, a financial operations platform. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan stated that the accelerator will make stablecoin payments available to all YC-backed startups—not limited to crypto-related companies. Totalis plans to use Ramp to execute both stablecoin and fiat transactions simultaneously and to pay credit card bills from its stablecoin account.
According to the Financial Times, OpenAI investors have questioned its $85.2 billion valuation, citing a strategic shift. Some OpenAI investors say these changes could leave OpenAI vulnerable to threats from Anthropic and Google.
According to a March 2026 report by Forbes journalists Dan Alexander and Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes’ latest estimate places Donald Trump’s net worth at approximately $6.5 billion—up roughly $1.4 billion over the past year. This growth stems primarily from four areas: (1) cryptocurrency-related ventures contributed about $1.8 billion in total, including memecoins, World Liberty Financial tokens, and the stablecoin USD1; (2) legal victories eliminated approximately $500 million in debt; (3) overseas licensing operations appreciated by around $400 million, driven by developers across multiple countries rushing to partner with a sitting U.S. president; and (4) golf clubs and resorts—including Mar-a-Lago—saw their combined valuation rise to roughly $1.5 billion. Offsetting this growth was a decline of about $1.3 billion in the valuation of Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, which generated only $3.7 million in revenue in 2025 while posting a net loss of $712 million. Forbes notes that, as much of Trump’s second term remains ahead, his wealth may continue to grow.
According to The Asia Business Daily, DS Investment & Securities issued a research report lowering NAVER’s target price from its previous level to 300,000 KRW, while maintaining a “Buy” rating. Analyst Choi Seung-ho noted that the downward revision is primarily driven by two factors: first, NAVER’s operating profit margin for this year is projected to decline from 18.3% to 17.6%, due to rising advertising and e-commerce marketing expenses as well as depreciation costs; second, delayed legislative progress on cryptocurrency-related regulations is directly affecting the proposed merger between NAVER Financial and Dunamu, raising the possibility of further postponement beyond the originally scheduled completion in September. Previously, DS Securities had assigned a valuation of 15 trillion KRW to NAVER’s cryptocurrency business within its Sum-of-the-Parts (SOTP) valuation; this portion has now been removed from the updated report. Choi Seung-ho added that the e-commerce business remains NAVER’s core growth engine going forward, with annual e-commerce sales expected to reach approximately 2.7 trillion KRW.
According to reporter Eleanor Terrett, the American Bankers Association (ABA) has publicly criticized the recent stablecoin report issued by the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), arguing that the report’s analytical direction is flawed and overlooks more fundamental policy risks. The ABA warns that permitting stablecoins to pay interest could trigger massive outflows of deposits from community banks, raise funding costs, and thereby tighten local credit supply. The ABA stated: “The CEA report focuses on the implications of banning interest payments, thereby creating a false sense of security while sidestepping the far more disruptive scenario—rapid, large-scale expansion of interest-bearing payment stablecoins.”
According to Tom Dunleavy, Head of Venture Capital at Varys Capital, the fundraising environment for cryptocurrency startups has undergone significant changes over the past six months. Venture capital (VC) firms now only need capital to gain access to deal flow—high-quality projects are actively seeking investment, and funding demand has reached an all-time high. Most VC firms have either exhausted their capital, shifted focus to later-stage rounds, or failed to raise new funds, leaving fewer than 20 firms actually capable of investing at the earliest stages (Pre-Seed/Seed). The fundraising cycle for startups has lengthened from two to three weeks to two to three months, and companies lacking innovation or merely copying market trends struggle to secure lead or follow-on investments. VC firms now enjoy more time to conduct thorough due diligence when evaluating projects. Dunleavy believes that 2025 and 2026 will represent a historic window for VC firms that remain committed and resilient.
Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua posted on X, stating that two of the world’s three largest countries are at war, while the third is facilitating peace negotiations; once an agreement is reached, there will be no justification for continued conflict, and markets are poised for a rebound. He noted that, over the medium to long term, global investors are watching for a potential financial crisis—Buffett and others are hoarding cash, and countries are increasing their gold reserves. If a crisis erupts, Bitcoin’s (BTC) safe-haven properties will be tested, yet it may also present a buying opportunity. Additionally, JackYi remarked that artificial intelligence (AI) technology is creating new opportunities for exceptional founders: small teams can now develop globally scalable products without requiring substantial funding or management overhead. He advised experienced entrepreneurs to actively seize the AI wave.
Digital asset financial services firm Tok-Edge announced the launch of a cryptocurrency hedge fund targeting institutional investors, with a $100 million first-close target for 2026. Tok-Edge had previously operated in “stealth mode.” The fund’s long-term objective is to build a compliant crypto-asset allocation infrastructure for institutional investors. Its initial size stands at $21 million, backed by veteran traditional finance investor Marcus Meijer and his investment consortium, which intends to serve as the cornerstone investor with a $10 million commitment.