| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.09.2026 | Deep Tech Dominates: Capital Floods AI Infrastructure, 3D Generative Models | Venture capital surges into deep tech, funneling massive investments into AI infrastructure and critical "control points." Tripo AI secured $446 million for its 3D generative foundation models, highlighting a strategic pivot towar... |
| 03.09.2026 | Felix Pago Receives $200M in Equity and Debt Financing | Felix Pago, a Miami, Florida-based cross-border fintech and conversational remittance startup for LatAm, received a $200m in equity and debt financing.
The round consisted of:
an $87m Series C equity funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz... |
| 02.09.2026 | Felix Pago Raises $200 Million to Expand Remittances Into AI-Powered Financial Services | Sending money back home as an immigrant can be a total nightmare. You deal with hidden fees, clunky apps, and endless forms just to get $50 to your abuela in Oaxaca. It’s an exhausting, anxiety-inducing process for millions of Latinos worki... |
| 01.09.2026 | Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 1, 2026: Andreessen Horowitz; General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital & More | Venture investors spent the past 12 hours buying control points rather than another layer of generic AI applications. The largest deal in this edition, Tripo AI’s roughly RMB 3 billion financing, targets 3D-native foundation models and the ... |
| 17.07.2026 | Cyclops Announces $20M Series A |
MIAMI, FL, Cyclops announced that it has raised a $20M Series A led by Nava Ventures.
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| 15.07.2026 | Cyclops Raises $20 Million Series A To Build Stablecoin Infrastructure For Payments Companies | Cyclops, a stablecoin infrastructure company built exclusively for the payments industry, has raised a $20 million Series A led by Nava Ventures, with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Circle, Lasagna Ventures, a... |
| 15.07.2026 | Cyclops Raises $20M in Series A Funding | Cyclops, a Miami, FL-based a fintech startup that provides stablecoin infrastructure for payments companies, raised $20M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Nava Ventures with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventur... |
| 31.03.2026 | Blockchain Redefines Credit: Valinor Digital Raises $25M Seed | Valinor Digital secures $25 million. Seed funding boosts its blockchain-based "Open Credit" platform. The New York firm revolutionizes credit markets. It merges traditional finance rigor with digital efficiency. This expands capit... |
| 31.03.2026 | Valinor Raises $25M in Seed Funding | Valinor Digital, a NYC-based company providing credit solutions, raised $25M in seed funding.
The round was led by Castle Island Ventures with participation from Paul Prager and Nazar Khan of TeraWulf.
The company intends to use the funds t... |
| 30.03.2026 | Valinor Digital: $25 Million Raised To Build Blockchain-Based Credit Platform | Valinor Digital, a modern credit institution operating at the intersection of credit and blockchain, announced it has raised $25 million in a seed funding round to expand its “Open Credit” platform. The round was led by Castle Island Ventur... |
| 08.03.2026 | Cyclops Nabs $8M For Stablecoin, Crypto Payments Platform | This week, Cyclops announced an $8 million strategic investment from Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime and Shift4 Payments to build the stablecoin and crypto platform exclusively for the payments industry. Created by repeat founders Pat Duffy... |
| 04.03.2026 | Cyclops Raises $8M in Funding | Cyclops, a Miami, FL-based stablecoin and Crypto infrastructure platform provider, raised $8M in funding.
Backers included Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime and Shift4 Payments.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and it... |
| 04.03.2026 | Cyclops: $8 Million Raised For Stablecoin And Crypto Infrastructure Platform For Payments Companies | Cyclops announced it has raised $8 million in a strategic investment round backed by Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime, and Shift4 Payments. The funding will support the development of a stablecoin and crypto infrastructure platform built spe... |
| 11.02.2026 | Birch Hill Holdings Raises $2.5M in Pre-Seed Funding | Birch Hill Holdings, a NYC-based developer of institutional digital asset infrastructure for onchain lending and tokenized markets, raised $2.5m in Pre-Seed funding.
The round was co-led by ParaFi Capital and Castle Island Ventures, with pa... |
| 11.02.2026 | Birch Hill Raises $2.5 Million Pre-Seed For Onchain Lending And Tokenized Asset Markets | Birch Hill Holdings, an institutional digital asset infrastructure firm focused on on-chain lending and tokenized asset markets, said it raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding to build compliant, institution-ready access to blockchain-base... |
| 15.01.2026 | Project Eleven raises $20M to prepare cryptoasset blockchains for the quantum era
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Castle Island Ventures led the r... |
| 15.01.2026 | Project Eleven Raises $20M in Series A Funding | Project Eleven, a NYC-based company which specializes in post-quantum security and migration for digital assets, raised $20M Series A funding.
The round was led by Castle Island Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Fin Capita... |
| 14.01.2026 | Project Eleven: $20 Million Series A Raised To Build Post-Quantum Migration Tools For Digital Assets | Project Eleven, a company focused on post-quantum security and migration for digital assets, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Fin Capital, Variant, ... |
| 06.11.2025 | Arx Research Launches Burner Terminal; Raises $6.1M in Funding | Arx Research, a US based provider of Burner Terminal, a handheld, EMV-certified point-of-sale device that lets merchants accept stablecoins and traditional cards on a single terminal, launched supported by a $6.1m seed funding.
Backers incl... |
| 23.10.2025 | Tesser: $4.5 Million Seed Funding Closed For Advancing Instant Cross-Border Payments For Banks And PSPs | Tesser Payments announced the close of a $4.5 million seed funding round led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Strobe Ventures, Anthemis, and other strategic investors. And the company is building a stablecoin-based payment... |
| 22.10.2025 | Tesser Raises $4.5M in Seed Funding | ì
Tesser Payments, Inc., (DBA Tesser), a NYC-based stablecoin payments startup, raised USD4.5m in seed funding.
The round was led by Castle Island Ventures alongside Strobe Ventures and Anthemis with participation from other strategic inves... |
| 16.09.2025 | Kintsu Launches sHYPE on Hyperliquid | Share
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Kintsu, a liquid staking protocol supported by investors including Castle Island Ventures, Brevan Howard Digital, CMT Digital, Spartan, Arche Capital, and F-Prime, has announced its expansion to Hyperliquid wit... |
| 07.08.2025 | British crypto startup BOB raises €8.1 million to cement Bitcoin’s role in decentralised finance (DeFi) | London-based crypto infrastructure startup BOB has raised a €8.1 million strategic round to build a hybrid Layer 2 chain that lets users earn yield on native BTC without custodians or wrapped tokens.
This most recent strategic round brought... |
| 01.08.2025 | Stable: $28 Million Funding Secured For Layer 1 Blockchain Network Platform | Stable, a layer 1 blockchain network powered by USDT and designed to achieve seamless financial transactions through stablecoins, announced the closing of its $28 million seed funding round led by Bitfinex & Hack VC, with participation ... |
| 31.07.2025 | Stable Closes $28M in Funding | Stable, a NYC-based provider of a layer 1 blockchain network for USDT, raised $28M in funding.
The round was led by Bitfinex and Hack VC, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Castle Island Ventures, eGirl Capital, Bybit-Mirana, Susqu... |
| 28.06.2025 | Stablecoins go mainstream: Why banks and credit card firms are issuing their own crypto tokens | Watch Daily: Monday - Friday, 3 PM ET
Stablecoins are entering the mainstream as Fortune 500 firms, Wall Street banks, and payment giants roll out their own crypto tokens.
Circle’s explosive IPO, new partnerships from Coinbase and Fiserv, a... |
| 29.05.2025 | OpenFX Announces $23M Round to Enhance Cross-Border Payments | OpenFX, the FX infrastructure company revolutionizing cross-border payments, announced its emergence from stealth with $23 million in funding led by Accel, with participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybridge, ... |
| 24.05.2025 | OpenFX: $23 Million Closed For Transforming Cross-Border Payments | OpenFX, an FX infrastructure company revolutionizing cross-border payments, announced its emergence from stealth with $23 million in funding led by Accel, with participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybridge, H... |
| 23.05.2025 | OpenFX raises $23M in seed round from Accel, NFX, Lightspeed Faction | OpenFX fintech infrastructure startup for cross-border payments has raised $23 million in seed funding led by Accel, with participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybridge, Hash3, and other strategic fintech inve... |
| 23.05.2025 | Accel Leads USD 23 Mn Round in OpenFX The round also saw participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybridge, Hash3, and other strategic fintech investors. | OpenFX, a pioneering FX infrastructure startup, has officially emerged from stealth, announcing a USD 23 million funding round led by Accel. The round also saw participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybridge, H... |
| 23.05.2025 | OpenFX Raises $23M in Initial Funding | OpenFX, a NYC-based company developing a multi-layer liquidity architecture for financial technology, raised $23M in initial funding.
The round was led by Accel, with participation from NFX, Lightspeed Faction, Castle Island Ventures, Flybr... |
| 08.03.2025 | Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve: A New Era for Digital Currency in America | In a bold move that could reshape the landscape of digital assets, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. This decision marks a significant pivot in U.S. digital asset policy, one that... |
| 07.03.2025 | Trump signs executive order establishing U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve | President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
White House Crypto and AI Czar David Sacks said the reserve will be funded exclusively with bitcoin seized in criminal and civil forfeiture cases, ensuri... |
| 05.03.2025 | SAP Digital Currency Hub: Transforming Cross-Border Payments Through Digital Currencies Blockchain technology and stablecoins have emerged as powerful solutions to the inefficiencies of traditional pa... | For decades, the world of cross-border payments has been ripe for disruption. Businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), have long endured high fees, opaque processes, and sluggish transaction times as they navigate... |
| 22.01.2025 | National Politics | Trump’s embrace of meme coin sours mood in crypto industry | Some crypto fans even joked on social media they missed Gary Gensler, the recently departed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission who was viewed as the Biden administration’s chief crypto antagonist thanks to the SEC’s aggressi... |
| 17.10.2024 | Yellow Card Closes US$33M Series C Funding | Yellow Card, a Johannesburg, South Africa-based licensed Stablecoin on/off ramp on the African continent, raised US$33M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Polychain Capital, Third Prime Ven... |
| 15.10.2024 | Why the $172B Stablecoin Market Could Send Crypto Prices Higher
Uptober Forming Amid Rising Stablecoin Liquidity and Bitcoin Transactions | Stablecoin market capitalization is almost back to its all-time high.
That means there’s a lot of sidelined capital ready to be deployed when momentum picks up again, according to analyst Alice Liu.
Liu compared stablecoins to Berkshire Hat... |
| 19.09.2024 | Tether's Dominance: The Unstoppable Rise of USDT in the Stablecoin Arena | In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, stability is a rare gem. Enter Tether's USDT, the heavyweight champion of stablecoins. With a market share soaring to 75%, USDT is not just winning; it’s redefining the game. Over the past two year... |
| 17.09.2024 | Tether-Issued Stablecoin USDT's Market Share Grows to 75% as Market Cap Tops $118B | USDT's market share grew to 75% from 55% in the past two years, according to Token Terminal.
The Tether-issued stablecoin's supply rose to $118 billion from $65 billion while main rivals struggled.
Tether's USDT, the largest stablecoin, is ... |
| 12.09.2024 | Stablecoins Increasingly Used for Savings, Payments in Emerging Countries, but Crypto Trading Still Leads: Report
Bitcoin Above $60K as Key Stablecoin Metric Slides to 18-Month Low | Stablecoins are increasingly used for everyday finances such as savings, currency conversion and cross-border payments in emerging markets, according to a Thursday report by digital asset investment firm Castle Island Ventures and hedge fun... |
| 10.09.2024 | The Crypto Crisis: Fear, Fraud, and Failed Ventures | The cryptocurrency landscape is a tempest. Storm clouds gather as the industry grapples with a chilling “extreme fear” sentiment. The Fear and Greed Index, a barometer of market emotions, has plummeted to a dismal 22 out of 100. Investors a... |
| 09.09.2024 | CryptoWatch: 'Extreme Fear' in the Industry, Bitcoin ATM Scams Revealed by the FTC, Trump Crypto Ventures Are Mistakes | By Isaiah Richard
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The cryptocurrency industry is not yet seeing a ray of light, and last week, it was r... |
| 07.09.2024 | Yep, Even Trump's Allies Think Their Crypto Ventures Are a Mistake | By Isaiah Richard
Published Sep 7, 2024 6:08AM EDT
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Donald Trump and his family's massive focus on cryptocurrency now made them widely po... |
| 23.08.2024 | Arch Lending Reportedly Secures $75M to Develop New Standard of Crypto Lending | Arch Lending, the crypto-backed loan provider, announced $75M in funds raised, including an oversubscribed $5M equity seed round and a $70M loan financing facility.
The equity round was co-led by Morgan Creek Digital and Castle Island Ventu... |
| 22.05.2024 | A Venture Capitalist's Guide to Consensus 2024 | First and foremost for any investor attending Consensus this year, you should be aware of CoinDesk's third annual Pitchfest, the Consensus startup competition that showcases the world's most promising early-stage Web 3 companies live onstag... |
| 26.04.2024 | Майнер биткоинов, поддерживаемый Джеком Дорси, использует вулкан в Кении, чтобы производить электричества в селах... | При поддержке американского архитектора программного обеспечения и предпринимателя Джека Дорси компания Gridless открыла цех на месте потухшего вулкана недалеко от национального парка «Врата Ада» в Кении и теперь электрифицирует свои машины... |
| 02.04.2024 | Exclusive: Former BlockFi CSO raises $5M for crypto recovery startup | Station 70, a crypto recovery and backup startup founded by BlockFi's former chief security officer, raised $5 million in seed funding, it tells Axios exclusively.
Why it matters: The company helps crypto owners that have lost access to the... |
| 19.05.2023 | Castle Island Ventures led $4 M Seed funding raised by PYOR | With additional funding from Hash3, Antler, Future Perfect Venture, Force Ventures, CoinSwitch Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and angel investor Balaji Srinivasan, PYOR (Power Your Own Research), a provider of high-fidelity data and insights ... |
| 16.02.2022 | Fidelity Alumni Raise $250 Million to Target Crypto Startups
Fidelity Alumni Raise $250 Million to Target Crypto Startups | (Bloomberg) -- Digital-asset firm Castle Island Ventures raised $250 million, the largest amount ever by the four-year-old firm, to target startups involved in building monetary networks, financial services and internet architecture such as... |
| 28.07.2021 | TPG and Brookfield add billions to the climate-tech coffers | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
As interest in climate-tech grows, so are the mega war chests.
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| 28.07.2021 | TPG and Brookfield add billions to the climate-tech coffers | As interest in climate-tech grows, so are the mega war chests.
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| 19.07.2021 | Why Central Bankers Invoke Free Banking to Attack Stablecoins | If you pay attention to central bank agitprop, you may have noticed an interesting trend: Central bankers are increasingly fond of making references to monetary history, specifically the pre-Civil War period in the U.S. That was when the U.... |
| 11.03.2019 | Bitcoin gets slower, smaller and more like Ethereum | Editor’s Note: Our writer Galen Moore (who previously wrote an analysis of STOs) attended the MIT Bitcoin Expo this weekend. These are his field notes on his interviews with a bunch of the leading thinkers in the Bitcoin community, along wi... |
| - | FTX’s token plunges 80% on liquidity concerns, wiping out over $2 billion in value | FTT, the token native to FTX, lost most of its value on Tuesday, after rival Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency firm, announced plans to acquire the company.
The coin fell from about $22 on Monday to below $5, wiping out more than ... |
| - | Watch PayPal, Visa crypto execs discuss the future of stablecoins and regulation at DC Fintech Week | [The stream is slated to start at 9:25 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]
DC Fintech Week is set to host a panel Wednesday morning called “Stablecoins Unshackled: New Features, Integrations and ... |
| - | This 22-year-old survives Lebanon with a bitcoin mining business that’s been earning $20,000 a month | Ahmad Abu Daher, 22, says he and his team of more than 40 Lebanese and Syrian employees are working around the clock to man thousands of machines across the country.
He got into the business after graduating from university into an environm... |
| - | Trump’s pick to lead NASA made a big bet on crypto while going to space on the side | Before being chosen by President-elect Trump to lead NASA, Jared Isaacman guided his payments company Shift4 into the crypto market.
Isaacman founded Shift4 in 1999 when he was 16, and built it into a $9.3 billion company, thanks in part to... |
| - | Crypto is in a tailspin. Experts recommend these 27 books to anyone who wants to become a smarter investor and better understand digital currencies. | A collage of crypto book recommendations from experts Amazon This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Cryptocurrencies have become too big to ignore after the industry exploded in ... |
| - | From $10 billion to zero: How a crypto hedge fund collapsed and dragged many investors down with it | The bankruptcy filing from Three Arrows Capital (3AC) triggered a downward spiral that wrapped in many crypto investors.
The hedge fund failed to meet margin calls from its lenders.
"3AC was supposed to be the adult in the room," ... |