[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.

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

[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

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[New Fundraising] Rain completes $250 million financing with a valuation of $1.95 billion, led by ICONIQ

Rain is blockchain-based card issuing and stablecoin interoperability platform. Rain is an issuer with the Visa Network and offers solutions for card programs across a number of regions and use cases.

More about Rain:https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Rain?k=MzE2Ng%3D%3D

Source:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-09/stablecoin-firm-rain-valued-at-1-95-billion-after-funding-round

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[New Fundraising] VelaFi has completed a $20 million Series B funding round, led by XVC and Ikuyo

VelaFi provides compliant, stablecoin-based financial infrastructure for enterprises, enabling secure payments, settlement, and liquidity across global markets.

More about VelaFi:https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/VelaFi?k=NzY0NA%3D%3D

Source:https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/12/velafi-raises-usd20-million-in-series-b-to-expand-stablecoin-payments-infrastructure

[New Fundraising] Neuramint completes $5 million seed round financing, with participation from Maelstrom and others

Neuramint is a Web3 AI agent platform whose intelligent development platform empowers developers to automate and manage complex blockchain operations through autonomous artificial intelligence agents.

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

Source:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/neuramint-raises-5m-seed-to-build-an-agent-workflow-platform-for-web3-302658622.html

[New M&A] Polygon Labs acquires two crypto startups Coinme and Sequence, with a total acquisition amount exceeding 250 million USD

Coinme is a cryptocurrency exchange that supports buying or selling crypto using cash or debit.

Sequence is a full-stack web3 developer platform with tools spanning wallets and accounts, marketplaces, smart contract management, analytics, indexers, relayers, node gateways, and plugins for Unity, Unreal, web, and mobile.

More about Coinme: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Coinme?k=Mzk1Mg%3D%3D

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

Source：https://fortune.com/2026/01/13/polygon-labs-acquisition-coinme-sequence-stablecoin-strategy/

[New Fundraising] YZi Labs invests tens of millions of dollars in Genius Trading

Genius is the on-chain trading terminal for all of Pro DeFi. Swap, ape, copy, and take out leveraged positions on over 10 chains, including BNB and Solana. Beyond the memecoin era, Genius’s long-term focus is enabling private transactions on any chain, at scale, without the need for ZK proof generation, in a single, consolidated terminal across all of DeFi—no matter where the user lives.

More about Genius:https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Genius?k=MTQ3ODY%3D

Source:https://www.theblock.co/post/385366/yzi-labs-invests-genius-trading-cz-advisor

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[New Fundraising] Project Eleven Completes $20 Million Financing at a Valuation of $120 Million

Project Eleven is is applying post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to existing protocols, starting with Bitcoin. This will ensure they remain secure even when classical cryptography fails. Its first solution is yellowpages, a post-quantum proof of Bitcoin ownership that allows users to instantly generate quantum-resistant keys and securely link them to existing Bitcoin addresses.

More about Project Eleven:https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Project%20Eleven?k=MTg4MDA%3D

Source:https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/01/14/project-eleven-quantum-threat-crypto

[New M&A] Animoca Brands completes acquisition of digital collectibles and gaming company SOMO

SOMO is an on-chain Pokémon-genre game. User can Collect & Battle in game, Build up land for resources & more. Trade with millions of mobile players.

More about SOMO: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/SOMO?k=MTI1MDI%3D

Source：https://www.animocabrands.com/animoca-brands-acquires-somo