[RootData API Fully Upgraded, Adding Support for Credit Card Payments and More]

1. RootData API now supports credit card payments, complementing crypto payments. You can choose monthly or yearly payments, significantly speeding up the payment process. Website: https://www.rootdata.com/api

2. A new API dashboard page has been added, allowing users to view their specific Credits usage, the 100 most recent call records, and payment bill details at any time. Website: https://www.rootdata.com/api/dashboard

3. RootData API has added four new interfaces to enhance data availability, including: a new interface for synchronous updates of individuals and funding types; a new interface for the Top 300 projects in the RD Growth Index; a new interface for X follower relationships, including information on top followers; a new calendar event interface, including token unlocks, latest TGE, and product updates; the existing project interface now includes fields for country, token allocation, and RD growth index.

[New Fundraising]Onyx Odds Completes $20 Million Funding Round Led by Payward, Kraken’s Parent Company

Onyx Odds is a legal sweepstakes model sports prediction and betting platform. Users can participate in prediction betting on mainstream sports events (NBA, NFL, MLB, etc.) through web pages and mobile apps. It adopts "no purchase necessary" sweepstakes rules to realize real bonus redemption.

More about Onyx Odds： 
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Onyx%20Odds?k=MjQxNTM%3D

Source: 
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/06/24/onyx-odds-kraken-payward-20m

[New Fundraising]Ground announced the completion of a $3.6 million pre-seed round, co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and ParaFi, with participation from Nascent, Robot Ventures, Chapter One, Consonant Ventures, and others.

Ground is a multi-strategy yield wallet featuring mixed interest rates and automatic rebalancing, enabling new types of banks, exchanges, and treasuries to fully utilize their idle stablecoins. Customer deposits can be allocated to multiple yield sources through a single API integration—Ground handles allocation, rebalancing, withdrawals, and reporting.

More about Ground：
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Ground?k=MjQzMTU%3D

Source:
https://www.theblock.co/post/406040/superstate-co-founder-ground-funding-crypto-onchain-yield

[New Fundraising]Cambrian announced the completion of a $6 million seed funding round, co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital, with participation from Flow Traders, Selini Capital, Paper Ventures, Nomad Capital, and others.

Cambrian Network is an AI infrastructure protocol that integrates onchain and offchain data to deliver financial intelligence. It supports multiple blockchain networks, providing APIs for data access and analysis.

More about Cambrian：
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Cambrian%20Network?k=MTcwMTg%3D

Source:
https://www.theblock.co/post/406028/a16z-csx-backed-cambrian-seed-round-blockchain-data-oracle-network

[New Fundraising]Polysights announced the completion of a $1.5 million investment, participated by YZi Labs S3, Maven 11, Varys Capital, Contribution Capital, Edge Ventures, among others.

Polysights is a cutting-edge analytics platform designed to empower users with actionable insights on Polymarket. By integrating advanced machine learning and intuitive analytics, Polysights simplifies complex data, enabling smarter decision-making and optimized strategies.

More about Polysights：
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Polysights?k=MjExOTM%3D

Source:
https://x.com/Polysights/status/2069830766331121957?s=20

[New Fundraising]Canopy Network raised $8.5 million, with participation from Arrington Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Borderless Capital, and SNZ Capital.

Canopy Network is a secure network and Layer 1 development framework designed for application chains to provide sovereign protection for decentralized applications.

More about Canopy：
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Canopy?k=MjI2NTY%3D

Source:
https://crypto.news/canopy-network-raises-8-5m-and-acquires-infrastructure-technology-to-accelerate-ai-native-blockchain-development/

[New Fundraising]Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment in AllScale.

AllScale is a next-generation crypto-fiat neobank empowering small businesses to scale globally faster with stablecoin.

More about AllScale：
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/AllScale?k=MTczMDk%3D

Source:
https://x.com/allscaleio/status/2069982159029559569?s=20

[New M&A] SBI Holdings completes its acquisition of Bitbank.

Bitbank is a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan, serving more than 550,000 users with 30 available trading pairs. Clients of Bitbank can trade cryptocurrencies in spot markets on the exchange and on an over-the-counter (OTC) basis. Bitbank has also announced a partnership with one of the largest specialized trust bank groups in Japan, Mitsui Sumitomo Trust Holdings, Inc., to establish a certified digital asset custodian company in Japan.

More about Bitbank:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Bitbank?k=MzkyOA%3D%3D

Source：
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUB253VH0V20C26A6000000/?n_cid=SNSTW001

[New Fundraising]Daya completes a $2.4 million investment, led by Hivemind Capital, with participation from Lattice, Alliance, Globelink, and the Aptos Foundation.

Daya is a stablecoin neobank for Africa, enabling customers to make payments to global suppliers or contractors via on-chain payments or through banking channels.

More about Daya：
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Daya?k=MjI0MzU%3D

Source:
https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/innovation/daya-raises-2-4-million-from-aptos-and-others-to-power-african-cross-border-payments

[New Fundraising]Orthogonal completes a $4.3 million seed round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Decasonic, and other institutions.

Orthogonal is a unified API platform designed for AI Agents, aimed at enabling Agents to access over 40 high-quality external services in real-time through a single integration.

More about Orthogonal：
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Orthogonal?k=MjUxMTM%3D

Source:
https://x.com/chrisspickett/status/2070183773774508375?s=20

[New M&A] Bluefin completes its acquisition of Suilend.

Suilend is an autonomous lending and borrowing platform on Sui.

More about Suilend:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Suilend?k=MTA2OTM%3D

Source：
https://x.com/zabimx/status/2070128296713482314?s=20

[New Fundraising] Metal completes its seed round financing, co-led by Airwallex and Capital49.

Metal is a global settlement network for tokenized finance, with a mission to build full-stack infrastructure for tokenized products and services, agency commerce, and financial operations—featuring institutional-grade compliance and privacy, as well as global on- and off-ramps.

More about Metal:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Metal?k=MjUxMTc%3D

Source：
https://x.com/bzlwang/status/2070145589845667908

[New Fundraising] Venice AI Raises $65 Million in Series A Funding at a $1 Billion Valuation, Led by Dragonfly

Venice is a privacy-focused artificial intelligence platform offers services such as generative conversation and image creation, but it does not hold user data. The platform uses blockchain for permissionless payment, as well as web3 infrastructure for local browser storage and end-to-end encryption.

More about Venice AI: 
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Venice?k=MTI2NjY%3D

Source：
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/venice-ai-becomes-a-unicorn-with-65m-series-a-as-its-privacy-first-ai-platform-takes-off/

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

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

[New Fundraising] Extended Secures $12.5M Strategic Round Led by eToro

Extended is a self-custody exchange with on-chain trade settlement and complete transparency, dedicated to delivering the trading experience that rivals CEXs

More about Extended：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Extended?k=MTY3MTY%3D

Source：https://www.theblock.co/post/407093/etoro-leads-12-5-million-round-in-onchain-perps-exchange-extended

[New Fundraising] THEA Secures $8M to Build Solana-Based AI Coordination Layer

Thea is a project developing predictive decision-making artificial intelligence solutions for the risk market ecosystem.

More about THEA：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/THEA?k=MjIyNjE%3D

Source：https://cryptobriefing.com/thea-raises-8m-solana-ai-coordination/

[New M&A] Fhenix Acquires FHE Infrastructure Firm SunscreenTech

Sunscreen is a privacy engine that aims to make advanced privacy technology, such as Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), accessible to engineers so that they can easily build and deploy private applications.

More about Sunscreen：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Sunscreen?k=NDcxMA%3D%3D

Source：https://x.com/fhenix/status/2072651555292258399

[New Fundraising] EDX Markets Completes $76 Million Series C Funding Round Led by SBI Holdings

EDX Markets (EDXM) is a platform for trading cryptocurrency and other digital assets. It combines proven technology with the best of traditional financial markets, enabling a highly liquid cryptocurrency ecosystem. This ecosystem aggregates liquidity from multiple market makers, reducing spreads and improving transparency.

More about EDX Markets：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/EDX%20Markets?k=NDA0NQ%3D%3D

Source：https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/edx-markets-closes-76-million-series-c-funding-round-led-by-sbi-holdings-to-enhance-institutional-digital-asset-infrastructure-302819428.html

[New Fundraising] Tether Makes a $20 Million Strategic Investment in Mercado Bitcoin

Mercado Bitcoin describes itself as an alternative asset trading platform in Latin America. It supports Brazilian Reals (BRL), offering BRL pairs for BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, and USDC. In 2019, MB launched MB Digital Assets, an asset tokenization initiative that has issued more than BRL 25 MM in asset-backed tokens.

Source：https://tether.io/news/tether-to-invest-20-million-in-strategic-financing-round-for-mercado-bitcoin-to-accelerate-onchain-financial-infrastructure-in-latin-america/

More about Mercado Bitcoin：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Mercado%20Bitcoin?k=MzkzOQ%3D%3D

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KOR Protocol Completes $7.5 Million Series A Funding Round at a $100 Million Valuation, with 1kx and Others Participating

KOR Protocol is an entertainment IP infrastructure that allows creators such as Black Mirror, deadmau5 and more to manage, distribute and monetise their IPs on-chain through an ecosystem of AI tools and applications.

Source：https://www.theblock.co/post/407465/1kx-blockchain-capital-7-5-million-kor-protocol-series-a-100-million-valuation

More about KOR Protocol：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/KOR%20Protocol?k=MTM1ODI%3D