[New Fundraising] Cordant Closes $8 Million Seed Round Led by Motive Partners and Others
Cordant is a provider of financial infrastructure services for digital assets. It collaborates with financial institutions to co-develop products across a range of sectors, including banking, payments, embedded finance, cross-border transactions, stablecoins, and digital assets.
Source：
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260721775932/en/Cordant-Emerges-From-Stealth-With-$8-Million-Seed-Round-as-the-Command-Center-for-Financial-Infrastructure
More about Cordant:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Cordant?k=MjUzOTk%3D
Cordant is a provider of financial infrastructure services for digital assets. It collaborates with financial institutions to co-develop products across a range of sectors, including banking, payments, embedded finance, cross-border transactions, stablecoins, and digital assets.
Source：
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260721775932/en/Cordant-Emerges-From-Stealth-With-$8-Million-Seed-Round-as-the-Command-Center-for-Financial-Infrastructure
More about Cordant:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Cordant?k=MjUzOTk%3D
Businesswire
Cordant Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million Seed Round as the Command Center for Financial Infrastructure
Former Rapyd leaders launch Cordant, a real-time command center for financial infrastructure
[New Fundraising] Augustus Closes $180 Million Funding Round Led by Tiger Global
Augustus is an emerging digital bank that plans to become the "clearing bank in the AI era". It focuses on providing services such as deposits, loans, stablecoin issuance, and smart payments to digital asset companies, AI companies, and institutions. It is the first bank in the United States built from scratch and designed around AI and cryptoassets.
Source：
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/21/augustus-raises-usd180-million-to-build-a-clearing-bank-for-the-ai-and-stablecoin-era
More about Augustus:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Augustus?k=MjQ0OTg%3D
Augustus is an emerging digital bank that plans to become the "clearing bank in the AI era". It focuses on providing services such as deposits, loans, stablecoin issuance, and smart payments to digital asset companies, AI companies, and institutions. It is the first bank in the United States built from scratch and designed around AI and cryptoassets.
Source：
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/21/augustus-raises-usd180-million-to-build-a-clearing-bank-for-the-ai-and-stablecoin-era
More about Augustus:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Augustus?k=MjQ0OTg%3D
Coindesk
Stablecoin bank Augustus raises $180 million to build a clearing bank for the AI era
The firm, freshly valued at $1 billion, aims to replace legacy correspondent banking with always-on infrastructure that connects traditional payment systems and stablecoins.
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[New Fundraising]Tenor Finance raised a seed round led by Variant, With participation from Nascent,Prelude, Coinbase Ventures, Lattice, Very Early and Daedalus.
Tenor Finance is a non-custodial, self-executable, fixed-rate lending protocol that allows for the creation of permissionless markets and efficiently matches lenders and borrowers.
Source：
https://x.com/TenorFinance/status/2079944403544649806?s=20
More about Tenor Finance:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Tenor%20Finance?k=MTY0ODM%3D
Tenor Finance is a non-custodial, self-executable, fixed-rate lending protocol that allows for the creation of permissionless markets and efficiently matches lenders and borrowers.
Source：
https://x.com/TenorFinance/status/2079944403544649806?s=20
More about Tenor Finance:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Tenor%20Finance?k=MTY0ODM%3D
[New M&A] Mirae Asset completes its acquisition of Korbit.
Korbit is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It was the first Bitcoin-Korean Won (KRW) currency exchange in the world.
Source：https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/24/mirae-asset-has-a-name-for-what-it-s-building-with-korbit-an-intelligent-platform
More about Korbit：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Korbit?k=MzkyMg%3D%3D
Korbit is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It was the first Bitcoin-Korean Won (KRW) currency exchange in the world.
Source：https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/24/mirae-asset-has-a-name-for-what-it-s-building-with-korbit-an-intelligent-platform
More about Korbit：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Korbit?k=MzkyMg%3D%3D
[New Job Dynamics] In the past one month, RootData has recorded job changes for over 100 key individuals.
Details: https://www.rootdata.com/people
Details: https://www.rootdata.com/people
[New Fundrasing] World Foundation raises $52.5 million in WLD token sale with one-year lockup
World is a global identity and financial network designed to provide everyone in the world with a digital identity that proves they are human and a share of the global economy. Pantera Capital led the funding, with Bain Capital Crypto and other investors participating, as World looks to expand its World ID technology for enterprises, consumers and AI agents globally.
Source | Profile on RootData
World is a global identity and financial network designed to provide everyone in the world with a digital identity that proves they are human and a share of the global economy. Pantera Capital led the funding, with Bain Capital Crypto and other investors participating, as World looks to expand its World ID technology for enterprises, consumers and AI agents globally.
Source | Profile on RootData
The Block
World Foundation raises $52.5 million in WLD token sale with one-year lockup
The "first close" of the WLD token sale was led by Pantera and included Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini, Susquehanna other investors.
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[Recommended Archive]
As of today, 100 crypto projects have already failed in 2026. For the full list: https://www.rootdata.com/archives/detail/2026%20Crypto%20Dead%20Projects%20List?k=NDU0NzYz
As of today, 100 crypto projects have already failed in 2026. For the full list: https://www.rootdata.com/archives/detail/2026%20Crypto%20Dead%20Projects%20List?k=NDU0NzYz
[New Fundraising]Birdai Labs Completes $4 Million Seed Round Led by Castle Island Ventures
Birdai is an infrastructure project focused on measuring the quality of on-chain transaction execution and recovering value. It precisely quantifies, verifies, and attributes the value leakage between "order placement and transaction completion" in the on-chain market, with the goal of returning this taken value to the traders who truly created it.
Source：
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/birdai-labs-raises-4-million-to-return-onchain-trading-value-to-the-people-who-create-it-302836052.html
More about Birdai:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Birdai?k=MjU0NTc%3D
Birdai is an infrastructure project focused on measuring the quality of on-chain transaction execution and recovering value. It precisely quantifies, verifies, and attributes the value leakage between "order placement and transaction completion" in the on-chain market, with the goal of returning this taken value to the traders who truly created it.
Source：
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/birdai-labs-raises-4-million-to-return-onchain-trading-value-to-the-people-who-create-it-302836052.html
More about Birdai:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Birdai?k=MjU0NTc%3D
PR Newswire
Birdai Labs Raises $4 Million to Return Onchain Trading Value to the People Who Create It
/PRNewswire/ -- Birdai Labs, which builds infrastructure to measure, verify, and improve how trades execute on high-performance blockchains, today announced a...
[New Fundraising]Beezie has raised $4 million in an early-stage round led by Psalion VC Fund III.
Beezie is a digital claw machine for collectors, dedicated to providing a brand new collecting experience for collectors, enthusiasts and resellers, redefining the way collectibles are safely stored, traded and appreciated.
Source：
https://app.dealroom.co/news/note/beezie-raises-4m-to-turn-shopping-into-a-game-of-chance
More about Beezie:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Beezie?k=MjEzMTc%3D
Beezie is a digital claw machine for collectors, dedicated to providing a brand new collecting experience for collectors, enthusiasts and resellers, redefining the way collectibles are safely stored, traded and appreciated.
Source：
https://app.dealroom.co/news/note/beezie-raises-4m-to-turn-shopping-into-a-game-of-chance
More about Beezie:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Beezie?k=MjEzMTc%3D
Dealroom.co
Dealroom.co | Beezie raises $4M to turn shopping into a game of chance
What's the deal? Beezie has raised $4 million in an early-stage…
[New Job Dynamics] In the past one month, RootData has recorded job changes for over 100 key individuals.
Details: https://www.rootdata.com/people
Details: https://www.rootdata.com/people
[Number of New Projects]
This chart is primarily based on X account registration time statistics for over 20,000 projects included by RootData. The chart shows that the number of new projects in the past six months has reached a new low since 2020, with no more than 100 projects per month (some long-tail memecoins are not included in the statistics).
This chart is primarily based on X account registration time statistics for over 20,000 projects included by RootData. The chart shows that the number of new projects in the past six months has reached a new low since 2020, with no more than 100 projects per month (some long-tail memecoins are not included in the statistics).
[Number of M&A in Crypto]
Unlike the significant contraction in crypto fundraising market, the number of M&As in crypto remains at a historical high, undergoing a structural shift from sporadic exploration to a full-blown explosion.
As the chart shows, the number of M&As has been slowly climbing over the past decade, finally reaching a record high in the second half of 2025. Since the beginning of this year, there were 93 M&As in crypto.
Unlike the significant contraction in crypto fundraising market, the number of M&As in crypto remains at a historical high, undergoing a structural shift from sporadic exploration to a full-blown explosion.
As the chart shows, the number of M&As has been slowly climbing over the past decade, finally reaching a record high in the second half of 2025. Since the beginning of this year, there were 93 M&As in crypto.
[Top Stock Perp Exchanges]
RootData ranks and scores exchanges that support stock derivatives based on trading volume, open interest, spread, depth, trading costs, and data availability.
Learn More: https://www.rootdata.com/exchanges/stock
RootData ranks and scores exchanges that support stock derivatives based on trading volume, open interest, spread, depth, trading costs, and data availability.
Learn More: https://www.rootdata.com/exchanges/stock
[New Fundraising]Blockspace Launches and Completes a New Round of Funding, Led by BlueYard Capital
Blockspace is an Ethereum infrastructure company dedicated to improving off-chain infrastructure for the Ethereum network and enabling more applications worldwide to access Ethereum’s block space.
Source：
https://x.com/Blockspace_ETH/status/2084614592139813298
More about Blockspace:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Blockspace?k=MjU0ODA%3D
Blockspace is an Ethereum infrastructure company dedicated to improving off-chain infrastructure for the Ethereum network and enabling more applications worldwide to access Ethereum’s block space.
Source：
https://x.com/Blockspace_ETH/status/2084614592139813298
More about Blockspace:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Blockspace?k=MjU0ODA%3D
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Blockspace (@Blockspace_ETH) on X
Blockspace: Connecting the World to Ethereum
[New Fundraising]Yellow Card Completes $40 Million Strategic Financing Round, with SC Ventures and Others Participating
Yellow Card is a cryptocurrency exchange that offers the safest way to buy and sell Bitcoin with various payment options. You can also send, receive, and store your crypto with your Bitcoin wallet on Yellow Card.
Source：
https://yellowcard.io/zh/blog/yellow-card-secures-40-million-in-strategic-funding-to-further-global-expansion
More about Yellow Card:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Yellow%20Card?k=Mzg5Mg%3D%3D
Yellow Card is a cryptocurrency exchange that offers the safest way to buy and sell Bitcoin with various payment options. You can also send, receive, and store your crypto with your Bitcoin wallet on Yellow Card.
Source：
https://yellowcard.io/zh/blog/yellow-card-secures-40-million-in-strategic-funding-to-further-global-expansion
More about Yellow Card:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Yellow%20Card?k=Mzg5Mg%3D%3D
yellowcard.io
Yellow Card Secures $40 Million in Strategic Funding to Further Global Expansion | Yellow Card
Yellow Card is a licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure provider powering global money movement across USD and 50+ local currencies. Talk to us.
[New Fundraising]Bundle Completes $5.5 Million Pre-Seed Funding Round, with Anchorage Digital and Others Participating
Bundle is a blockchain rewards platform that allows brands to pool incentive budgets to form a shared reward pool, thereby providing users with more attractive rewards than individual discounts.
Source：
https://www.konsulteer.com/article/uae-startup-bundle-raises-5-5-million-to-scale-blockchain-powered-rewards-platform
More about Bundle:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Bundle?k=MjU0Nzg%3D
Bundle is a blockchain rewards platform that allows brands to pool incentive budgets to form a shared reward pool, thereby providing users with more attractive rewards than individual discounts.
Source：
https://www.konsulteer.com/article/uae-startup-bundle-raises-5-5-million-to-scale-blockchain-powered-rewards-platform
More about Bundle:
https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Bundle?k=MjU0Nzg%3D
Konsulteer
UAE Startup Bundle Raises $5.5 Million to Scale Blockchain-Powered Rewards Platform — Konsulteer
Bundle's $5.5 million pre-seed funding highlights the growing convergence of Web3 infrastructure and customer loyalty, as businesses seek more cost-effective and collaborative ways to improve customer acquisition and engagement through shared rewards ecosystems.
[New Feature] Top Stock Derivatives Exchanges
Today, RootData officially launched the Beta version of Top Stock Derivatives Exchanges. This ranking is based on publicly verifiable transaction and order book data from the platform, combining nearly 24-hour trading volume, liquidity, and the number of active stocks for scoring and ranking.
According to real-time data, Binance, Gate, and OKX are ranked in the top three. More exchange and stock data are still being integrated. Learn more: https://www.rootdata.com/exchanges/stock/spot
Today, RootData officially launched the Beta version of Top Stock Derivatives Exchanges. This ranking is based on publicly verifiable transaction and order book data from the platform, combining nearly 24-hour trading volume, liquidity, and the number of active stocks for scoring and ranking.
According to real-time data, Binance, Gate, and OKX are ranked in the top three. More exchange and stock data are still being integrated. Learn more: https://www.rootdata.com/exchanges/stock/spot
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[New Job Dynamics] In the past one month, RootData has recorded job changes for over 100 key individuals.
Details: https://www.rootdata.com/people
Details: https://www.rootdata.com/people
[Top Hot Crypto Projects List]
In the past 24 hours, Cysic and GRVT are among the most popular projects on RootData. Learn more: https://www.rootdata.com/
In the past 24 hours, Cysic and GRVT are among the most popular projects on RootData. Learn more: https://www.rootdata.com/
[New Fundraising] JPYC Reaches ¥6 Billion Cumulative Series B Total with Latest Extension Round, Adding AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings as Strategic Investor
JPYC is a stablecoin pegged to the Japanese Yen that supports NFT purchases and the exchange of crypto assets for real-world goods. JPYC is committed to providing compliant Japanese Yen stablecoin issuance and operation services.
More about JPYC：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/JPYC?k=MjIxNjM%3D
Source：https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000328.000054018.html
JPYC is a stablecoin pegged to the Japanese Yen that supports NFT purchases and the exchange of crypto assets for real-world goods. JPYC is committed to providing compliant Japanese Yen stablecoin issuance and operation services.
More about JPYC：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/JPYC?k=MjIxNjM%3D
Source：https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000328.000054018.html
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[New M&A] OpenFX Acquires Global Ledger
Global Ledger is a blockchain analytics company that provides real-time anti-money laundering compliance, transaction monitoring, and investigative support to cryptocurrency firms, financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement agencies.
Source：https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/06/3340101/0/en/openfx-acquires-global-ledger-to-launch-multi-currency-accounts-for-fintechs.html
More about Global Ledger：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Global%20Ledger?k=MjU0ODY%3D
Global Ledger is a blockchain analytics company that provides real-time anti-money laundering compliance, transaction monitoring, and investigative support to cryptocurrency firms, financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement agencies.
Source：https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/06/3340101/0/en/openfx-acquires-global-ledger-to-launch-multi-currency-accounts-for-fintechs.html
More about Global Ledger：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Global%20Ledger?k=MjU0ODY%3D
GlobeNewswire News Room
OpenFX Acquires Global Ledger to Launch Multi-Currency Accounts for Fintechs
OpenFX is launching multi-currency accounts for fintechs after acquiring Global Ledger. Hold USD locally, pay into 100+ countries. Request early access....