[New Fundraising] Opinion raises $20 million as prediction markets draw capital in a weak crypto market

Opinion is building dynamic opinion and continuous prediction markets. These innovations will enable the valuation of human opinion, which drives social exchange, across social networks themselves, ensuring that every individual's perspective is recognized and empowered in the digital realm.

More about Opinion: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Opinion?k=MTE2MDE%3D

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/04/opinion-raises-usd20-million-as-prediction-markets-draw-capital-in-a-weak-crypto-market

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

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[New Fundraising] Feltsense has completed a $5.1 million funding round, with participation from moltbook founders and others

Feltsense is building agents as fully autonomous founders. Feltsense's AI founders will autonomously identify market opportunities, build products, and acquire customers. Some will work on pre-assigned ideas; others will discover opportunities independently. Feltsense retains ownership of the companies created, though the agentic founders can raise external capital by exchanging equity stakes.

More about Feltsense:https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Feltsense?k=MjM2MzY%3D

Source: https://x.com/MarikHazan/status/2019092317232300415

[New Fundraising] Plutus raised $ 2.3 M in funding round

Plutus is a next-generation finance app that allows users to earn free crypto from their everyday debit card payments.

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

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/uk-crypto-neobank-plutus-raises-2-3m-on-base-with-plusmore-rwa

[New Fundraising] Tether announced a strategic equity investment of $100 million in Anchorage Digital

Anchorage provides institutions with integrated digital asset financial services and infrastructure solutions, including custody, staking, voting, auditing, proof of existence, and trading. It offers a combination of secure custody, regulatory compliance, product breadth, and client service, with the first federally chartered crypto bank.

More about Anchorage:https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Anchorage?k=NDE0NA%3D%3D

Source: https://tether.io/news/tether-announces-100-million-strategic-equity-investment-in-anchorage-digital/

[New Fundraising]Relay received a $17 million Series B funding round led by Archetype and USV

Relay is a cross-chain payments system that enables instant, low-cost bridging and cross-chain execution. It works by connecting users with relayers - financial agents that act on users' behalfs across chains in exchange for a small fee. Relay is designed to minimize gas costs and execution latency, making it ideal for price-sensitive applications, such as payments, bridging, nft minting and gas abstraction. Relay was previously known as Reservoir, a token and NFT trading infrastructure.

More about Relay:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Relay?k=MjU3Mw%3D%3D

Source:
https://x.com/RelayProtocol/status/2019428751529111627?s=20

[New M&A]Pump.fun completes acquisition of Meme token tracking and analysis platform Vyper

Vyper is a meme token tracking and analytics platform that focuses on providing traders with data, analysis, and tools to help them make faster and more informed trading decisions.

More about Vyper:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Vyper?k=MjM2NjI%3D

Source：
https://x.com/TradeonVyper/status/2019530747032305891?s=20

[New Fundraising] Ruvo Completes $4.6M Seed Round Led by 1confirmation

Ruvo is a solution that combines cryptocurrencies with Pix for remittances between Brazil and the United States, helping Brazilian individuals and businesses handle cross-border money movements.

More about Ruvo：https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Ruvo?k=MjM2NjQ%3D

Source：https://x.com/alecmhoward/status/2019092310194053474?s=20

[New Fundraising] Tether Announces Investment in t-0 Network to Support USD₮-Powered Payments System

t-0 is the institutional settlement layer for stablecoin-powered payments. It connects licensed financial institutions through a single integration, using USDT liquidity and patented net-settlement technology to simplify cross-border transfers. Its system makes global payments feel local by enabling fast, programmable value movement between developed and emerging markets.

More about t-0 Network: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/t-0%20Network?k=MjM2Njk%3D

Source: https://tether.io/news/tether-announces-investment-in-t-0-network-to-support-usdt-powered-payments-system/

[Most popular projects in the past 24 hours on RootData]

[New Fundraising] Xross Road Completes $1.5M Pre-seed Round Co-led by Arbitrum Gaming Ventures and Decima Fund

Xross Road is a community-focused IP incubation and acceleration platform leveraging Web3 technology. Originally designed for Japanese IP fans, it aims to expand IP content globally. Xross Road is also strengthening its support for existing IPs and enhancing fan engagement, ushering in a new era for IP platforms.

More about Xross Road:https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Xross%20Road?k=MTYzNTk%3D

Source:https://x.com/xross__road/status/2020923879158694227?s=20

[New Fundraising]Tether announces strategic investment in LayerZero Labs

LayerZero is an Omnichain Interoperability Protocol designed for lightweight message passing across chains. It provides authentic and guaranteed message delivery with configurable trustlessness, implemented as a set of gas-efficient, non-upgradable smart contracts.

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

Source: https://tether.io/news/tether-announces-strategic-investment-in-layerzero-labs-creator-of-the-interoperability-infrastructure-used-by-usdt0/

[New Fundraising]Circle Ventures announces strategic investment in edgeX

edgeX is a high-performance, orderbook-based Perp Dex with native trading experience.

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

Source: https://x.com/edgeX_exchange/status/2021223589890973842

[New Fundraising] Bullshot Raises $7.5M Private Funding Round

Bullshot is a decentralized token launchpad that helps users discover and issue the next hot token.

More about Bullshot:https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Bullshot?k=MjI5MTU%3D

Source: https://x.com/Bullshot911/status/2021187235446751560

[New Fundraising] Sports prediction market Novig completes $75 million Series B funding round led by Pantera Capital

Novig is a sports prediction market that have two different modes: Novig Coins and Novig Cash. Novig Coins are unredeemable and are used to play for fun, and Novig Cash is a virtual currency that can be used to enter sweepstakes for the chance to win cash prizes.

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

Source: https://fortune.com/2026/02/18/sports-prediction-markets-novig-kalshi-polymarket-cftc-pantera-multicoin/

[New M&A]Kraken acquires token management company Magna

Magna is a token distribution platform that makes it easier for protocols, decentralized autonomous organizations, and crypto funds to airdrop, stream, and distribute tokens to teams, investors, and communities on custom unlock schedules easily.

More about Magna: 
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Magna?k=MjI2Mg%3D%3D


Source：
https://fortune.com/2026/02/18/kraken-acquires-magna-token-management-platform/

[New Fundraising] Kresus Labs Raises $13M from Hanwha Investment & Securities

Kresus is a Web3 mobile super app that allows users to create, manage, and store all their digital assets.

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

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/18/south-korea-s-hanwhamakes-a-usd13-million-bet-on-seedless-crypto-wallets

[New Fundraising] Unicity Labs Completes $3M Seed Round Led by Blockchange Ventures

Unicity Labs is an infrastructure developer dedicated to building the "Agentic Autonomous Internet." The Unicity Protocol it developed uses a point-to-point encryption architecture that allows AI agents to discover services, verify counterparties and settle directly at machine speed without the need for intermediaries or shared ledgers.

More about Unicity Labs: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Unicity?k=MjM3OTE%3D

Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/unicity-labs-raises-3m-to-scale-autonomous-agentic-marketplaces-302692805.html

[New Fundraising] Web3 payment application Based has completed a $11.5 million Series A funding round, led by Pantera Capital

Based is a cryptocurrency trading and consumption platform that allows users to trade spot and perpetual contracts on Hyperliquid.

More about Based: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Based?k=OTY3OA%3D%3D

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/390809/hyperliquid-web3-based-funding-pantera?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[New Fundraising] Fireplace Completes $1.5M Pre-seed Round Led by Frachtis

Fireplace is a prediction market where users can bet on news with friends

More about Fireplace: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/fireplace?k=MjA4NjY%3D

Source: https://x.com/fireplacegg/status/2024115353656189073?s=20

[New Fundraising] Kash Raises $2M Pre-seed Round Led by The Spartan Group and Big Brain Holdings

Kash is a permissionless prediction market protocol based on social media and running on a cryptocurrency platform.

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

Source: https://x.com/kash_bot/status/2026371594671501336?s=20