[New M&A] Chainlink acquires transaction ordering solution Atlas

Atlas is a generalized execution abstraction protocol for building application-specific orderflow auctions on the EVM. It provides apps and frontends with an auction system in which Solvers compete to provide optimal solutions for user intents or MEV redistribution. A User Operation is collected by the app's frontend via the Atlas SDK and sent to a app-designated bundler, which combines it with Solver Operations into a single transaction

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

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/386743/chainlink-acquires-transaction-ordering-solution-atlas-accelerating-rollout-of-its-non-toxic-mev-tool

[New Fundraising] PAN Network announced the completion of a $1 million KOL funding round.

PAN Network is an on-chain AI payment protocol built for the autonomous AI agent economy. By integrating A2A payments, the x402 payment protocol, and the ERC-8004 trust standard, it enables fully automated, real-time value exchange between AI agents. The goal is to become the Stripe of the AI agent world, solving the challenges of large-scale, trusted value settlement between machines.

More about PAN:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/PAN?k=MTc3ODE%3D

Source:
https://x.com/Pan_Ecosystem/status/2014297071537541308?s=20

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[New Fundraising] Everything raises $6.9M in seed round

Everything is a trading tool fully integrated into Telegram, integrating perpetual futures, spot markets, prediction markets and payments into one platform.

More about Everything: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Everything?k=MjM1MTM%3D

Source: https://x.com/trdEverything/status/2015717013755167195

[New Fundraising] Zona raises $500K in pre-seed

Zona is an RWA platform. Users can mint synthetic assets to speculate on price changes, or tokenize real-world assets to earn profits. All assets can be traded on Zona’s decentralized exchange (DEX) and can be used as collateral on its lending platform, thereby improving the capital efficiency of risky assets.

More about Zona: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Zona?k=MTc2NTU%3D

Source: https://x.com/zona_io/status/2015635898025877747?s=20

[New Fundraising] Sentient Secures Strategic Investment from Franklin Templeton (FTI)

Sentient is an open-source artificial intelligence development platform. Sentient will launch "campaigns" for contributors, with each campaign having specific metrics for evaluating contributions and rewards based on these metrics.

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

Source：https://x.com/SentientAGI/status/2015861020556976257?s=20

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[New Fundraising] AetheriumX Completes $8 Million Strategic Financing Round Led by CGV and Others

AetheriumX is a next-generation Web3 financial entertainment platform that fuses DeFi yields with gamified GameFi 2.0 mechanics. By leveraging non-custodial, user-owned on-chain assets, AetheriumX coordinates capital through programmable strategy execution layers, enabling dynamic allocation, optimization, and verifiable yield generation.

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

Source：https://www.theblock.co/press-releases/387175/aetheriumx-completes-8-million-strategic-financing-to-drive-innovation-at-the-boundary-of-web3-finance-and-interactive-economy

[New Fundraising] Tenbin has completed a $7 million seed round financing, led by Galaxy Ventures

Tenbin is a decentralized on-chain market with the liquidity of TradFi and the utility of DeFi.

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

Source：https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/27/galaxy-digital-leads-usd7m-investment-in-tenbin-to-build-improved-tokenized-gold-and-fx-markets

[New Fundraising] Mesh has completed a $75 million Series C funding round, led by Dragonfly Capital, with a valuation of $1 billion

Mesh's mission is to build an open, connected and secure financial ecosystem. Mesh is a modern financial operating system that provides enterprise clients with the ability to enable digital asset transfers, crypto payments, account aggregation and registered securities trading, all within their platform. With integrations to over 300+ platforms like Robinhood, Coinbase and MetaMask, Mesh is creating an embedded financial ecosystem that is more open, connected and secure for businesses and users alike.

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

Source：https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mesh-secures-75m-series-c-reaches-1b-valuation-to-build-the-universal-crypto-payments-network-302670833.html

[New Fundraising] Hex Trust has announced a strategic investment in Humanity Protocol

Humanity Protocol is a sybil-resistance network of blockchains that will onboard the first billion humans. Humanity Protocol provides developers with unique-human authentication mechanisms, and users complete ownership over data and identity.

More about Humanity Protocol: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Humanity%20Protocol?k=MTE0MDg%3D

Source: https://www.humanity.org/blog/hex-trust-secures-strategic-position-in-humanity-protocol

[New M&A] DefiLlama acquires OTC data purveyor Bulletin

Bulletin is an OTC trading data company that provides detailed valuation data for cryptocurrency companies and aims to connect buyers and sellers of crypto company stocks and tokens. It was founded in 2023 by David Mirzadeh, COO of the NEAR Foundation.

More about Bulletin: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Bulletin?k=MjM1NDE%3D

Source: https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/defillama-acquires-otc-data-purveyor-bulletin/

[New Fundraising] Doppler Raises $9M Seed Round Led by Pantera Capital

Doppler is a liquidity bootstrapping Protocol built on top of Uniswap v4. Doppler abstracts the challenges associated with Uniswap v4 integrations from integrators by executing the entire liquidity bootstrapping auction inside of the hook contract. The hook-enshrined auction is designed from first principles to minimize the cost of incorrect initialization prices, leading to more accurately priced liquidity with less drag.

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

Source：https://www.theblock.co/post/387485/token-creation-platform-doppler-seed-round-pantera-capital?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[New Fundraising] Startale Raises $13M in Series A from Sony Innovation Fund

Startale Labs is a company that makes web3 infrastructure and public goods.Provide dApp and infrastructure development and research, including but not limited to Web3-related technologies and token economics, as well as Web3 startup incubation programs. Startale Labs spin out company from Astar Foundation.

More about Startale：https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Startale%20Labs?k=ODQxMQ%3D%3D

Source：https://www.theblock.co/post/387473/sony-innovation-fund-invests-13-million-in-soneium-l2-co-developer-startale-group

[New Fundraising] Talos raises $45 million, with participation from Robinhood, a16z, and others

Talos provides an institutional-grade technology infrastructure that supports the full lifecycle of digital asset trading and procurement, including liquidity sourcing, price discovery, trade execution, settlement, lending, and borrowing. The Talos platform connects the diverse group of participants involved in today's crypto-asset market structure - institutional investors, prime brokers, exchanges, OTC desks, lenders, and custodians - through a single point of access.

More about Talos：https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Talos?k=NDA1Ng%3D%3D

Source：https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/29/robinhood-is-investing-in-crypto-trading-platform-talos-at-usd1-5-billion-valuation

[New Fundraising] Jupiter secured a $35 million strategic investment in JUP from ParaFi Capital

Jupiter is a Solana-based DEX aggregator that aggregates liquidity for traders looking for the best possible prices with minimal slippage. Though Jupiter was initially conceived as a swap engine, the protocol has evolved significantly to include a number of different products for different kinds of users such as: Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA), limit orders, perpetual trading, and, most recently, a launchpad.

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

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/02/jupiter-brings-polymarket-to-solana-and-lands-usd35-million-investment-deal

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[New Fundraising] Euclid Protocol Completes $3.5M Seed and Seed Extended Rounds

Euclid is the Liquidity Consensus Layer for digital assets, designed to unify fragmented liquidity across 40+ networks. Euclid enables applications and users to tap into assets anywhere instantly, securely and cheaply without the need to bridge.

More about Euclid Protocol：https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Euclid%20Protocol?k=MTI2NTY%3D

Source：https://x.com/EuclidProtocol/status/2016891719984574572?s=20

[M&A] Bed Bath & Beyond to Acquire Tokens.com to Expand into RWA and Real Estate Finance

Tokens.com Corp is a publicly traded company that invests in Web3 assets and businesses focused on the Metaverse, NFTs, DeFi, and gaming-based digital assets. Tokens.com is the majority owner of Metaverse Group, one of the world's first virtual real estate companies. Hulk Labs, a wholly-owned Tokens.com subsidiary, focuses on investing in play-to-earn revenue-generating gaming tokens and NFTs. Additionally, Tokens.com owns and stakes crypto assets to earn additional tokens. Through its growing digital assets and NFTs, Tokens.com provides public market investors with a simple and secure way to gain exposure to Web3.

More about Tokens.com: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Tokens.com?k=MzM4MQ%3D%3D

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bed-bath-beyond-tokens-com-tokenized-real-estate

[New Fundraising] Prometheum Secures $23M in Additional Funding for Digital Asset Infrastructure

Prometheum Inc. supports digital assets including crypto, tokenized securities, and digitally-native securities through its broker-dealer network and market infrastructure for the distribution, trading, and custody of digital assets. Its broker-dealer network includes Prometheum ATS (secondary market trading), Prometheum Capital (custody, clearing, and settlement), ProFinancial (capital formation and distribution), and an SEC-registered digital transfer agent Prometheum Coinery.

More about Prometheum:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Prometheum?k=Nzk2MQ%3D%3D

Source:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260130209154/en/Prometheum-Raises-an-Additional-%2423-Million-to-Accelerate-U.S.-Digital-Markets-Expansion

[New Fundraising] Derive received investment from Variant

Derive is an automated market maker (AMM) for options, allowing traders to buy and sell options on cryptocurrencies from a pool of liquidity. Liquidity providers (LPs) deposit sUSD (a stablecoin) into one of the asset-specific Derive Market Maker Vaults (MMVs). This liquidity is used to create two-way (buy and sell) options markets for the asset that the vault holds (e.g. ETH Market Maker Vault LPs quote options on ETH). LPs deposit liquidity into the vault to receive the fees paid when options are traded. Traders use Derive to trade options, either buying options from or selling options to the MMV. They pay fees (in the form of the market-making spread) to LPs, as payment for their liquidity.

More about Derive:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Derive?k=ODcz

Source:
https://insights.derive.xyz/variant-invests-in-derive-to-build-the-volatility-layer-onchain/