[New Fundraising] Seismic raised $10 million in funding, led by a16z crypto

Seismic is a blockchain encrypted at the protocol level with encrypted global state, memory access and data flow. Seismic's protocol ships as a set of sequencers that plug into any chain.

More about Seismic:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Seismic?k=MTAzOTc%3D

Source:
https://fortune.com/2025/11/12/crypto-startup-seismic-raises-10-million-to-help-fintechs-protect-customer-data/

[New Fundraising] Lighter raised $68 million financing, led by Founders Fund and others

Lighter is a perpetual trading protocol that introduces a scalable, secure, transparent, non-custodial, and verifiable order book trading infrastructure within the Ethereum ecosystem. As an application-specific zk-rollup, it employs advanced cryptographic techniques and data structures.

More about Lighter:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Lighter?k=NzIwMQ%3D%3D

Source:
https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/lighter-fundraise-founders-fund-ribbit-capital-haun-ventures-robinhood-vladimir-novakovski/

[New Fundraising] Self Protocol raised $9 million, with Greenfield, Sandeep Nailwal and others participating in the investment

Self Labs is building a scalable trust layer for the internet that puts privacy first. Focused on proving users’ identity and unique attributes without revealing personal data, the company’s open-source platform with Self Pass & Connect offers secure, decentralized verification for millions of users by leveraging zero-knowledge proofs and electronic passport NFC technology.

More about Self Protocol:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Self%20Protocol?k=MTY0OTc%3D

Source:
https://x.com/SelfProtocol/status/1988986585883504683

[New Fundraising] Deblock raised €30M Series A, led by Speedinvest, with Commerz Ventures, Latitude and others participating in the investment

Deblock is a digital currency institution regulated by European regulators and authorized by the Bank of France/ACPR. It is the first fintech company to receive a Market in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license from France’s Financial Market Authority (AMF), enabling it to provide comprehensive services that connect traditional payment functions with decentralized financial instruments such as vaults.

More about Deblock:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Deblock?k=MTE3NjQ%3D

Source:
https://x.com/DeblockApp/status/1991074457683632225?s=20

[New Fundraising] Doppel Completes $70 Million Series C Funding Round Led by Bessemer Venture Partners

Doppel is a real-time, cross-chain monitoring platform for detecting NFT fraud.

More about Doppel
https://cn.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Doppel?k=MjI5Ng%3D%3D

Source:
https://x.com/DoppelHQ/status/1991136401014821339

[New Fundraising] 0xbow raised $3.5 million seed round, led by Starbloom Capital, with Coinbase Ventures, BoostVC, Status and others participating in the investment

0xbow is a DeFi privacy and regulatory compliance platform that provides learning resources for teaching, learning, assessment, and research purposes.

More about 0xbow:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/0xbow?k=MTIyNDg%3D

Source:
https://x.com/0xbowio/status/1990866458570862889?s=20

[New M&A] RISE acquired BSX Labs

BSX Labs is a crypto project focused on building an efficient decentralized financial infrastructure, mainly developing a decentralized exchange based on self-custodial crypto derivatives.

More about BSX Labs:
https://rootdata.com/Projects/detail/BSX?k=OTIyMw%3D%3D

Source:
https://x.com/risechain/status/1988261714769645772?s=20

[New Fundraising] ZENi raised $1.5 million seed round, led by Waterdrip Capital and Mindfulness Capital, with Rootz Labs, Attention Ventures, DePIN-X, and Metalabs Ventures and others participating in the investment

ZENi is an AI sales agency project powered by the aZen protocol, focusing on connecting Web3 brands and high-value users through intelligent data analysis to achieve precision marketing and community growth.

More about ZENi:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/ZENi?k=MjI1ODY%3D

Source:
https://chainwire.org/2025/11/20/zeni-raises-1-5-million-seed-round-to-power-the-intelligence-data-layer-for-ai-agents/?mfk=ZQNl3OBiI%2FcrUej8GuX6Cwf6HFi%2BVbummooTiPe2X01tFsj01KTnwI5e%2F2EbkUA6BU5mZNL5oPfQYmDb3N%2BQGfcjQ3lGsKuRa6qYMxa53la%2FfM0%3D

[New Fundraising] Numerai Raises $30M Series C at $500M Valuation, led by top university endowments, with Union Square Ventures, Shine Capital, and Paul Tudor Jones participating in the investment

Numerai is a new type of hedge fund built by a network of data scientists that uses artificial intelligence technology.

More about Numerai:
https://rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Numerai?k=NjM%3D

Source:
https://blog.numer.ai/numerai-raises-30m-series-c-at-500m-valuation/

[New Fundraising] Kalshi Raises $1B at $11B Valuation, led by Sequoia and CapitalG, with Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm, Anthos Capital, and Neo in the investment

Kalshi is a federally regulated prediction market that supports cryptocurrency deposits, where investors can trade event contracts related to real-world events.

More about Kalshi:
https://rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Kalshi?k=MTQ5OTY%3D

Source:
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/source-kalshis-valuation-jumps-to-11b-after-raising-massive-1b-round/

[New Fundraising] Mu Digital Raises $1.5M at Pre-Seed funding round, UOB Venture Management, CMS Holdings, Signum Capital, Cointelegraph Accelerator and Echo. The company also welcomed notable individual angels from Monad, Cointelegraph, Gauntlet, Yield Guild Games, Kizzy, Clober, Perella Weinberg and Bank of America, among others.

Mu Digital is an RWA platform for Asian companies that helps them get USD financing in cryptocurrencies and global liquidity and bring the best Asian earnings to the chain.

More about Mu Digital:
https://rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Mu%20Digital?k=MTYzNzI%3D

Source:
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/mu-digital-raises-us-1-5mm-to-bridge-asia-s-premier-investments-onchain

[New M&A] Coinbase will acquire Vector.fun

Vector.fun is a social trading application that will blend social engagement with token trading in a mobile-first app across multiple blockchain networks.

More about Vector.fun：
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Vector.fun?k=MTUwNzU%3D

Source:
https://fortune.com/2025/11/21/coinbase-buys-solana-vector-fun-acquisition-spree/

[New M&A] Paxos Acquires Fordefi

Fordefi is an institutional MPC wallet and security platform that enables institutions to interact across different blockchains.

More about Vector.fun：
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Fordefi?k=NDgxOQ%3D%3D


Source: 
https://fortune.com/2025/11/25/paxos-fordefi-acquisition-crypto-wallet-defi/

[New Fundraising] Pruv Finance Raises $3M at Pre-A funding round, This funding round was led by UOB Venture Management, with participation from Saison Capital, Taisu Ventures, Ascent, Spiral Ventures and Royal Group.

Pruv Finance is an RWA infrastructure that brings real-world assets to the DeFi ecosystem. It allows users to access trusted, tokenized assets that are freely tradable and fully composable with DeFi across multiple chains.

More about Pruv Finance:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Pruv%20Finance?k=MjI1NzY%3D

Source:
https://fintechnews.sg/122469/funding/pruv-finance-raises-3m/

[New Fundraising] Zoo Finance Raises $8M at Strategic Round, This funding round was led by Bitrise Capital, with participation from Signum Capital、Certik Ventures、TOP、CGV Funds and Cryptomeria.

Zoo Finance is a native structured asset protocol on Berachain, designed to provide highly capital-efficient liquidity solutions.

More about Zoo Finance:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Zoo%20Finance?k=MTQyMDI%3D

Source:
https://x.com/ZooFinanceIO/status/1995496712350392492?s=20

[New Fundraising] Decentralized exchange Ostium raised $20 million Series A funding, led by General Catalyst and others

Ostium is a synthetic asset protocol that enables institutional and retail traders and hedgers to gain exposure to commodities on-chain.

More about Ostium:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Ostium?k=NTM2Nw%3D%3D

Source: 
https://fortune.com/2025/12/03/ostium-series-a-fundraise-perpetuals-perps-crypto/

[New Fundraising] Stablecoin-based enterprise-grade payment platform Fin raised $17 million Series A funding, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Sequoia, Samsung Next, and others

Fin is a stablecoin-based enterprise-grade payment platform that enables users and businesses to instantly transfer millions of dollars—whether to other Fin users, directly to bank accounts, or via cryptocurrency channels.

More about Fin:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Fin?k=MjI3NTM%3D

Source:
https://x.com/fin/status/1996248631733571998?s=20

[New Fundraising] On-chain intent trading protocol Haiku raised $1 million in Pre-Seed funding, led by Big Brain Holdings, with participation from Auros, Frostlight, Daedalus Syndicate, and Biconomy CEO Ahmed Al-Balaghi.

Haiku is an AI-driven on-chain intent trading protocol that transforms any on-chain target state into a single unified transaction. It abstracts away the underlying complexities of DeFi, allowing users and partners to focus on their strategies rather than execution mechanisms.

More about Haiku:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Haiku?k=MjI3NjA%3D

Source:
https://x.com/HaikuTrade/status/1996370844990492915?s=20

[New Fundraising] Digital Asset has completed a new round of financing of $50 million, with participation from BNY Mellon, iCapital, Nasdaq, and S&P Global

Digital Asset is a blockchain software and services provider that helps enterprises create economic value through interconnected networks. Their products are built on Daml, the leading platform for developing and running complex, multi-party applications using an advanced smart contract language and tools. Daml offers unparalleled privacy and a top-notch SDK, ensuring that all participants in an application remain in sync and have access to reliable, real-time data.

More about Digital Asset:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Digital%20Asset?k=MzYyMA%3D%3D


Source:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/bny-nasdaq-join-50-million-digital-asset-fresh-funding-in-bet-on-blockchain?embedded-checkout=true

[New M&A] Galaxy acquires Alluvial

Alluvial is a enterprise-grade liquid staking protocol that allows tokenholders to receive rewards from their staked digital assets, while ensuring that their digital assets are freely tradeable and usable in other DeFi applications. Alluvial's API-first integration makes it easy and efficient for digital asset exchanges, custodians, and other enterprises to integrate Liquid Collective's liquid staking capabilities into their existing product experiences.

More about Alluvial:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Alluvial?k=Mjk2OQ%3D%3D

Source:
https://investor.galaxy.com/news/news-details/2025/Galaxy-Expands-into-Liquid-Staking-as-Development-Company-for-Liquid-Collective/

[New Position Dynamics] In the past three months, RootData has recorded job changes for over 100 key individuals.

Details: https://www.rootdata.com/people