[New M&A] Inveniam acquires Swarm

Swarm is an RWA platform that brings unique digitization and trading solutions to the world of traditional finance. It is the first organization in the world to offer digitized US treasury bills and Apple stock via a compliant and decentralized platform. Day to day, we work with real-world asset owners to tokenize collateral and build trading infrastructure in a regulatory-compliant way. Issuers that need compliance guarantees from a top tier jurisdiction to build secondary markets of tokenized securities, including fixed income products, choose to partner Swarm.

More about Swarm:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Swarm?k=MTA0ODM%3D

Source：
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/swarm-to-be-acquired-by-inveniam-to-launch-full-stack-platform-for-agentic-asset-management-302636030.html

[New Fundraising] Surf, an AI platform just for crypto, raises $15 million

Surf is a crypto AI command hub that extracts context from sources users trust and enhances it with curated crypto X feeds and on-chain data to deliver actionable insights.

More about Surf: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Surf?k=MTg5NjI%3D

Source:
https://fortune.com/2025/12/10/exclusive-surf-an-ai-platform-raises-15-million/

[New M&A] Stripe acquires Valora wallet team as it builds out stablecoin services

Valora is a mobile crypto wallet that enables global payments and easy access to Web3 dapps. The Valora team originated from cLabs, the organization that initially shaped Celo blockchain and the native asset CELO.

More about Valora: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Valora?k=NTc0NA%3D%3D

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/382111/stripe-acquires-valora-wallet-team-builds-stablecoin-services

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[New Fundraising] LI.FI completes $29 million funding, led by Multicoin and CoinFund

LI.FI is a bridge aggregation protocol with DEX connectivity and cross-chain data messaging capabilities. All of these functions will be made available on an API/Contract level, and as a widget for other developers to plug directly into their products.

More about LI.FI: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/LI.FI?k=MjEwMg%3D%3D

Source:
https://fortune.com/2025/12/11/exclusive-crypto-startup-li-fi-raises-29-million/

[New Fundraising] TestMachine Secures Over $6.5M In Venture Funding

TestMachine is an AI-powered blockchain security company that analyzes the contract and pinpoints potential security vulnerabilities. By identifying and analyzing recurring code structures and patterns, it ensures the contracts are robust to known exploits and threats.

More about TestMachine: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Testmachine?k=MTE4NTQ%3D

Source:
https://chainwire.org/2025/12/11/testmachine-secures-over-6-5m-in-venture-funding-to-expand-ai-driven-blockchain-security-solutions/

[New Fundraising] YO Labs has completed a $10 million Series A financing, led by Foundation Capital

YO is a secure multi-chain yield optimizer, continuously rebalancing to deliver the best risk-adjusted yield in DeFi.

More about YO: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/YO?k=MTc1NDg%3D

Source:
https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2025/12/13/yo-labs-raises-usd10m-to-scale-cross-chain-crypto-yield-optimization-protocol

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[New M&A] Circle to acquire Interop Labs team and IP as Axelar remains independent

Interop Labs is the initial developer of Axelar network – the programmable Web3 interoperability platform, scaling the next generation of internet applications to billions of users. Axelar network's key attributes are programmability, security and scalability.

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

Source：https://cointelegraph.com/news/circle-acquire-interop-labs-ip-axelar-crosschain-independent

[New Fundraising] RedotPay has completed a $107 million Series B funding round, led by Goodwater Capital

RedotPay is a blockchain technology company focusing on crypto wallet and payment solutions. The vision extends beyond just providing a service. RedotPay is committed to pioneering a global paradigm shift in payment methods, by expediting the acceptance of cryptocurrencies in our daily transactions and payments.

More about RedotPay：

https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/RedotPay?k=OTI3Mg%3D%3D

Source：

https://www.theblock.co/post/382729/redotpay-series-b-stablecoin-payments?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[New Fundraising] ETHGas has completed a $12 million seed round financing, led by Polychain Capital

ETHGas is a marketplace to source and trade blockspace commitments, alongside the Base Fee itself. It operates as a hybrid exchange - a centralized venue, where the central limit orderbook (CLOB) matches buyers with sellers, alongside a non-custodial smart contract where the collateral is held to backstop validator commitments.

More about ETHGas：

https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/ETHGAS?k=MTgxNDI%3D

Source：

https://www.theblock.co/post/382960/ethgas-raises-12-million-in-token-round-as-it-launches-ethereum-blockspace-futures-market-with-800-million-in-liquidity-commitments?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=chrome&utm_campaign=notification

[New Fundraising] Fuse Energy has completed a $70 million Series B financing, led by Lowercarbon and Balderton

Fuse is a decentralised renewable energy network that provides distributed energy resources (DER) installation, power trading, and power retail. Fuse subsidiary Fuse Energy is a vertically integrated electricity retailer. Fuse also launched Project Zero, a decentralized physical infrastructure network for renewable energy.

More about Fuse：

https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Fuse?k=MTQzNjk%3D

Source：

https://x.com/fuseenergy/status/2001608756090536094?s=20

[New Fundraising] DAWN completes $13 million Series B funding, led by Polychain

DAWN is a decentralized wireless network for delivering Internet service. Through the protocol and hardware, property owners or residents have the opportunity to buy and sell Internet capacity in the area around them – empowering users to operate as their own Internet provider. The decentralized nature of DAWN facilitates a trustless system of exchange that employs proof of backhaul, location, and frequency.

More about DAWN：

https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/DAWN?k=NzExNQ%3D%3D

Source：

https://x.com/dawninternet/status/2001676936599273781

[New Fundraising] Otomato completes $2 million Strategic round financing

Otomato is a no-code Web3 automation protocol and DeFi smart assistant focused on helping users create, monitor, and automate on-chain behavior with ease.

More about Otomato：

https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Otomato%20?k=MjI4NDU%3D

Source：

https://lesechos-comfi.lesechos.fr/press-release/coinsilium-group-limited-etr-coinsilium-group-limited-portfolio-company-update-otomato-web3-automation-protocol-secures-usd2m-strategic-investment-from-top-20-uk-deep-tech-venture-builder-S6bAkPyflvV

[New Fundraising] Rocket completes $1.5 million Pre-seed round financing, led by Electric Capital

Rocket is a redistribution market in which any price information can become a trading venue. Cryptocurrencies, stocks, memes, NFTs, and even Polymarket odds, anything with a price can be traded on Rocket.

More about Rocket：

https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Rocket?k=MjI1MzI%3D

Source：

https://x.com/userocket_app/status/2003481579738345924

[New Fundraising] easy.fun has completed a $2 million seed round financing, led by Mirana Ventures

easy.fun is the open on-chain trading arena built on Hyperliquid, where users battle for rank, glory, and profit.

More about easy.fun：

https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/easy.fun?k=MjMwMjk%3D

Source：

https://www.coindesk.com/press-release/2025/12/23/easy-fun-closes-usd2m-seed-round-led-by-mirana-ventures-to-scale-on-chain-trading-competitions

[New Fundraising] Barclays buys stake in Ubyx as it explores regulated 'tokenized money

Ubyx is a stablecoin startup that aims to build a global stablecoin acceptance network similar to Visa and Mastercard, enabling stablecoins issued by various institutions to circulate across platforms.

More about Ubyx: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Ubyx?k=MTg3MjE%3D

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/384571/barclays-ubyx-investment

[New Fundraising] Babylon has completed a $15 million financing round, led by a16z Crypto

Babylon is a layer 1 blockchain founded by Professor David Tse from Stanford University. The project's mission is to bring Bitcoin's unparalleled security to all PoS blockchains without any extra energy cost. The team consists of Stanford researchers and experienced developers, as well as seasoned business advisors.

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

Source: https://fortune.com/2026/01/07/stanford-professor-raises-15-million-for-babylon/

[New M&A] Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES for $130 million

Tres is a financial accounting software platform for web3 companies. It aims to improve the accounting process for web3 firms by collecting and aggregating digital asset data from separate wallets and accounts into its data platform. This enables web3 firms to more easily monitor, manage, and automate their financial transactions.

More about Tres:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Tres.finance?k=MzY4MA%3D%3D


Source：https://fortune.com/2026/01/07/fireblocks-tres-finance-acquisition-130-million/

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

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[New M&A] Coincheck signs $112 million stock purchase agreement for majority stake in digital asset manager 3iQ

3iQ is a digital asset investment fund managers, offering investors convenient and familiar investment products to gain exposure to digital assets.

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

Source：https://www.theblock.co/post/384772/coincheck-3iq-stake