[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 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

[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

[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

[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

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

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).

[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.

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

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

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/

[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

[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

[New Fundraising] Vangrid Closes $9 Million Seed Funding with Backing from HashKey, Crypto.com Capital, and Animoca Brands

Vangrid is a decentralized spatial data network designed to collect and verify high-precision 3D spatial data through mass smartphones, providing real-time "ground truth" data for the era of Physical AI (physical artificial intelligence).

More about Vangrid：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Vangrid?k=MjU0ODg%3D

Source：https://www.theblock.co/post/411022/depin-project-vangrid-funding-token-round-spatial-data-physical-ai?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[New Fundraising] River Markets Completes $8.5 Million Seed Round Led by Haun Ventures

River Markets is a premier broker for prediction markets.

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

Source：https://fortune.com/2026/08/11/exclusive-river-markets-seed-round-prediction-market-trading-tools-institutions/