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    Crypto Funding Starts 2026 Strong, $763M Pours Into Projects

    With $763.5 million in cryptocurrency funding spread across six projects, the first full week of 2026 got off to a great start thanks to Rain’s $250 million Series C round.

    Summary

    • Rain led the week with a $250M Series C, valuing the stablecoin firm at $1.95B.
    • BlackOpal and Tres Finance together added $330M via funding and M&A activity.
    • Bitcoin infrastructure projects like Babylon and ZenChain also secured new capital.

    According to Cryptofundraising data, the following summarizes this week’s cryptocurrency funding activity:

    Rain

    • Raised $250 million in a Series C round
    • Fully diluted valuation of $1.95 billion
    • Rain is a blockchain-based card issuing and stablecoin platform
    • Investment was led by ICONIQ
    • Other investors include Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest, and Endeavor Catalyst
    • Total funding exceeds $338 million
    • Comes four months after Series B and ten months after Series A

    BlackOpal

    • BlackOpal secured $200 million in an unknown round
    • The project is LATAM’s global payments finance platform
    • Investment was backed by Mars

    Tres Finance

    • Acquired for $130 million through M&A
    • Tres Finance is a crypto accounting and taxation reporting platform
    • Acquired by Fireblocks
    • The project has raised $148.6 million so far

    Babylon

    • Raised $15 million in an Unknown round
    • Backed by AI6Z
    • Babylon is a Bitcoin staking infrastructure project
    • The project has raised $103 million so far

    HabitTrade

    • Secured $10 million in a Series A round
    • Investors include Newborn Town and StableStock
    • HabitTrade is a financial services platform

    ZenChain

    • Raised $8.5 million in an unknown round
    • ZenChain is an EVM-compatible Bitcoin Layer 1
    • Backed by Watermelon, DWF Labs, and Genesis Capital

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