[New Fundraising] atum has raised $13.5 million in funding, with investors including Variant and PayPal Ventures.
Atum is the open payments network for global money movement. Atum connects payment companies, developers, and enterprises through a unified coordination layer that handles authorization, routing, and confirmation without being a counterparty and without taking custody.
More about Atum：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Atum?k=MjYwMjA%3D
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atum-emerges-from-stealth-with-the-open-payments-network-for-global-money-movement-302886088.html
Atum is the open payments network for global money movement. Atum connects payment companies, developers, and enterprises through a unified coordination layer that handles authorization, routing, and confirmation without being a counterparty and without taking custody.
More about Atum：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Atum?k=MjYwMjA%3D
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atum-emerges-from-stealth-with-the-open-payments-network-for-global-money-movement-302886088.html
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[New M&A] Citrea Acquires Crest
Crest is a Bitcoin privacy product for everyday use. It treats privacy as the default while users keep their own keys and coins, with no custody and no surveillance.
More about Crest:https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Crest?k=MjYwMzc%3D
Source:https://www.blog.citrea.xyz/citrea-acquires-crest-to-bring-zcash-style-privacy-to-bitcoin/
Crest is a Bitcoin privacy product for everyday use. It treats privacy as the default while users keep their own keys and coins, with no custody and no surveillance.
More about Crest:https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Crest?k=MjYwMzc%3D
Source:https://www.blog.citrea.xyz/citrea-acquires-crest-to-bring-zcash-style-privacy-to-bitcoin/
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[New Fundraising] infiniFi Raises Over $3 Million in Funding, Led by Electric Capital
InfiniFi is an on-chain decentralized fractional reserve system that issues iUSD as a base deposit receipt token, and builds two structured yield layers on top: siUSD (senior, liquid staked layer) and liUSD (junior, locked subordinated layer). Users deposit collateral assets such as USDC to mint iUSD, and can choose to hold the base token, stake it as siUSD for enhanced yield, or lock it as liUSD for higher potential returns while absorbing first losses. The system connects to yield strategies such as Aave and Pendle via adapters, with future support for RWAs, and manages liquidity through a redemption queue and exit timers.
More about infiniFi：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/InfiniFi?k=MTYyOTc%3D
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/infinifi-raises-3m-ahead-of-q4-tge-302887464.html
InfiniFi is an on-chain decentralized fractional reserve system that issues iUSD as a base deposit receipt token, and builds two structured yield layers on top: siUSD (senior, liquid staked layer) and liUSD (junior, locked subordinated layer). Users deposit collateral assets such as USDC to mint iUSD, and can choose to hold the base token, stake it as siUSD for enhanced yield, or lock it as liUSD for higher potential returns while absorbing first losses. The system connects to yield strategies such as Aave and Pendle via adapters, with future support for RWAs, and manages liquidity through a redemption queue and exit timers.
More about infiniFi：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/InfiniFi?k=MTYyOTc%3D
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/infinifi-raises-3m-ahead-of-q4-tge-302887464.html
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[New Fundraising] HIFI Completes $37 Million Series A Funding Round Led by Left Lane Capital
HIFI is a financial infrastructure platform that enables developers and enterprises to move, convert, route, and settle value between stablecoins and traditional bank rails through a single API integration. It supports stablecoins such as USDC and USDT, fiat payment networks including ACH, SWIFT, and SEPA, and blockchains like Base, Polygon, and TRON. The platform offers virtual accounts, wallet management, embedded KYC/KYB compliance screening, transaction approval workflows, multi-chain settlement, and private transactions on Canton Network.
More about HIFI：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/HIFI?k=MTc5MjM%3D
Source: https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-09-24-hifi-raises-37-million-series-a-to-expand-tokenized-capital-markets-infrastructure-416242
HIFI is a financial infrastructure platform that enables developers and enterprises to move, convert, route, and settle value between stablecoins and traditional bank rails through a single API integration. It supports stablecoins such as USDC and USDT, fiat payment networks including ACH, SWIFT, and SEPA, and blockchains like Base, Polygon, and TRON. The platform offers virtual accounts, wallet management, embedded KYC/KYB compliance screening, transaction approval workflows, multi-chain settlement, and private transactions on Canton Network.
More about HIFI：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/HIFI?k=MTc5MjM%3D
Source: https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-09-24-hifi-raises-37-million-series-a-to-expand-tokenized-capital-markets-infrastructure-416242
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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
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[New Fundraising] functionSPACE has raised $1.7M in pre-seed funding led by Maven11 and Blockwall
functionSPACE is a prediction market that allows users to trade the complete probability distribution of consecutive outcomes.
More about functionSPACE：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/functionSPACE?k=MjQ4MjU%3D
Source: https://x.com/functionspaceHQ/status/2103122285964001737?s=20
functionSPACE is a prediction market that allows users to trade the complete probability distribution of consecutive outcomes.
More about functionSPACE：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/functionSPACE?k=MjQ4MjU%3D
Source: https://x.com/functionspaceHQ/status/2103122285964001737?s=20
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[New M&A] CoinMarketCap Acquires CoinGlass
CoinGlass is a professional cryptocurrency derivatives data analysis platform that aggregates real-time data from major global exchanges, providing core metrics such as contract open interest, funding rates, liquidations, options data, ETF flows, and order flow. Its liquidation heatmap can predict potential liquidation clusters, the liquidity heatmap reveals support and resistance levels, and professional K-line charts can overlay multi-dimensional derivatives data.
More about CoinGlass:https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/CoinGlass?k=MTA3ODE%3D
Source:https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/coinmarketcap-acquires-coinglass-bringing-crypto-derivatives-data-to-the-worlds-most-referenced-crypto-price-tracker
CoinGlass is a professional cryptocurrency derivatives data analysis platform that aggregates real-time data from major global exchanges, providing core metrics such as contract open interest, funding rates, liquidations, options data, ETF flows, and order flow. Its liquidation heatmap can predict potential liquidation clusters, the liquidity heatmap reveals support and resistance levels, and professional K-line charts can overlay multi-dimensional derivatives data.
More about CoinGlass:https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/CoinGlass?k=MTA3ODE%3D
Source:https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/coinmarketcap-acquires-coinglass-bringing-crypto-derivatives-data-to-the-worlds-most-referenced-crypto-price-tracker
[New Fundraising] Limited Completes $18.5 Million Seed Round Led by Third Prime and Others
Limited is a multi-currency fintech platform offering global banking services for both individuals and businesses. It provides US bank account opening, multi-currency wallets, virtual/physical cards, cross-border payments, and FX conversion. The platform emphasizes compliance and fund security, catering to freelancers, remote workers, and SMEs.
More about Limited：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Limited?k=MTgxMzk%3D
Source: https://x.com/limitedgrouphq/status/2103182827898675625
Limited is a multi-currency fintech platform offering global banking services for both individuals and businesses. It provides US bank account opening, multi-currency wallets, virtual/physical cards, cross-border payments, and FX conversion. The platform emphasizes compliance and fund security, catering to freelancers, remote workers, and SMEs.
More about Limited：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Limited?k=MTgxMzk%3D
Source: https://x.com/limitedgrouphq/status/2103182827898675625
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[New Fundraising] Raven Completes New Round of Funding at a Valuation of 90 Million; Coinbase Ventures Participates in the Round
Raven is a high-frequency algorithmic trading firm focused on digital assets, specializing in market making for CeFi (centralized exchanges) and liquidity provision for DeFi (decentralized finance). It operates proprietary low-latency, high-throughput trading systems to maintain market depth, tighten spreads, and improve trading efficiency for exchanges and projects. Users or partners can access its liquidity network for better quotes and more stable execution. Its mechanism is technology-driven, using algorithms to respond to market changes in real time, ensuring price discovery and a healthy order book.
More about Raven：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Raven?k=MTI3MzE%3D
Source:https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/coinbase-ventures-and-cmcc-global-close-strategic-funding-round-with-raven.html
Raven is a high-frequency algorithmic trading firm focused on digital assets, specializing in market making for CeFi (centralized exchanges) and liquidity provision for DeFi (decentralized finance). It operates proprietary low-latency, high-throughput trading systems to maintain market depth, tighten spreads, and improve trading efficiency for exchanges and projects. Users or partners can access its liquidity network for better quotes and more stable execution. Its mechanism is technology-driven, using algorithms to respond to market changes in real time, ensuring price discovery and a healthy order book.
More about Raven：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Raven?k=MTI3MzE%3D
Source:https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/coinbase-ventures-and-cmcc-global-close-strategic-funding-round-with-raven.html
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[New Fundraising] Jeeves Closes $110 Million Series C Funding Round Led by CoinFund
Jeeves is a global financial platform that helps companies streamline everything from corporate payments and credit cards to expense management. Its cutting-edge technology is built to adapt to businesses of all sizes, making financial operations faster, smarter, and more efficient.
More about Jeeves：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Jeeves?k=MjQ2NDU%3D
Source:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-29/jeeves-raises-110-million-from-a16z-coinbase-for-crypto-push
Jeeves is a global financial platform that helps companies streamline everything from corporate payments and credit cards to expense management. Its cutting-edge technology is built to adapt to businesses of all sizes, making financial operations faster, smarter, and more efficient.
More about Jeeves：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Jeeves?k=MjQ2NDU%3D
Source:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-29/jeeves-raises-110-million-from-a16z-coinbase-for-crypto-push
[New Fundraising] Multicoin Capital announces an investment in Grass, the read layer for machine intelligence
Grass is a decentralized AI data network where users share idle bandwidth via browser extensions or node apps to scrape and verify public web data, providing traceable datasets for AI model training. Its core mechanisms include distributed data collection using residential IPs, recording metadata such as source, timestamp, and region on a Layer 2, generating zero-knowledge proofs to ensure data integrity, and selling cleaned data to AI companies. Users earn Grass points for contributing bandwidth, which can be exchanged for tokens.
More about Grass：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Grass?k=ODUzNQ%3D%3D
Source: https://multicoin.capital/2026/09/29/the-read-layer-for-machine-intelligence/
Grass is a decentralized AI data network where users share idle bandwidth via browser extensions or node apps to scrape and verify public web data, providing traceable datasets for AI model training. Its core mechanisms include distributed data collection using residential IPs, recording metadata such as source, timestamp, and region on a Layer 2, generating zero-knowledge proofs to ensure data integrity, and selling cleaned data to AI companies. Users earn Grass points for contributing bandwidth, which can be exchanged for tokens.
More about Grass：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Grass?k=ODUzNQ%3D%3D
Source: https://multicoin.capital/2026/09/29/the-read-layer-for-machine-intelligence/
[New Fundraising] Walapay raised $4.6M in seed funding, led by Generative Ventures
Walapay is global money movement infrastructure for businesses and platforms. Through its API, developers can collect, hold, and move fiat and stablecoins on behalf of customers, onboard them with compliance checks, and create named multi-currency virtual bank accounts and digital asset wallets.
More about Walapay：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Walapay?k=MjYwODM%3D
Source: https://x.com/walapay_io/status/2105675240344789401
Walapay is global money movement infrastructure for businesses and platforms. Through its API, developers can collect, hold, and move fiat and stablecoins on behalf of customers, onboard them with compliance checks, and create named multi-currency virtual bank accounts and digital asset wallets.
More about Walapay：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Walapay?k=MjYwODM%3D
Source: https://x.com/walapay_io/status/2105675240344789401
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[New Project Archives]
Colosseum Accelerator Cohort V: https://www.rootdata.com/archives/detail/Colosseum%20Accelerator%20Cohort%20V?k=NTA1NjA4
Base Batches 004: https://www.rootdata.com/archives/detail/Base%20Batches%20004%20Shortlisted%20Projects?k=NTE3MDY1
Colosseum Accelerator Cohort V: https://www.rootdata.com/archives/detail/Colosseum%20Accelerator%20Cohort%20V?k=NTA1NjA4
Base Batches 004: https://www.rootdata.com/archives/detail/Base%20Batches%20004%20Shortlisted%20Projects?k=NTE3MDY1
[New Fundraising] HyperLink Raises $2.5 Million in Funding; Alliance and Others Participate
HyperLink is a broker on Hyperliquid.
More about HyperLink：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/HyperLink?k=MjI0Mzk%3D
Source: https://x.com/hyperlink_xyz/status/2106729908693266755
HyperLink is a broker on Hyperliquid.
More about HyperLink：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/HyperLink?k=MjI0Mzk%3D
Source: https://x.com/hyperlink_xyz/status/2106729908693266755
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[New Fundraising] Umia Raises $6M via $UMIA Token Auction
Umia is a full-stack operating platform for token-native ventures, integrating project launch, community fundraising, and on-chain governance. It provides infrastructure for legal entity formation, token issuance, and treasury management, and pioneers a "decision market" mechanism: key proposals are turned into prediction markets where participants express views by trading conditional tokens on different outcomes.
More about Umia：https://x.com/umia_finance/status/2107153949451288729
Umia is a full-stack operating platform for token-native ventures, integrating project launch, community fundraising, and on-chain governance. It provides infrastructure for legal entity formation, token issuance, and treasury management, and pioneers a "decision market" mechanism: key proposals are turned into prediction markets where participants express views by trading conditional tokens on different outcomes.
More about Umia：https://x.com/umia_finance/status/2107153949451288729
[New Fundraising] Xverse has closed a strategic funding round led by Draper Associates
Xverse is a non-custodial Bitcoin Web3 wallet supporting Bitcoin mainnet and Layer 2 networks such as Stacks and Starknet. Users can securely store, send, and receive Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, BRC-20 tokens, and swap tokens via built-in exchange。
More about Xverse：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Xverse?k=NjM2NA%3D%3D
Source: https://x.com/xverse/status/2107078372769816704?s=20
Xverse is a non-custodial Bitcoin Web3 wallet supporting Bitcoin mainnet and Layer 2 networks such as Stacks and Starknet. Users can securely store, send, and receive Bitcoin, Ordinals, Runes, BRC-20 tokens, and swap tokens via built-in exchange。
More about Xverse：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Xverse?k=NjM2NA%3D%3D
Source: https://x.com/xverse/status/2107078372769816704?s=20
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[New Fundraising] Spiko Raises $90M Series B Led by NEA to Make Yield Universal
Spiko is a French-regulated tokenization platform that issues UCITS-compliant money market funds, tokenizing risk-free assets such as U.S. Treasury bills into on-chain shares. Funds are held by an independent custodian bank and never sit on Spiko's balance sheet, ensuring a bankruptcy-remote structure.
More about Spiko：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Spiko?k=MTQxNDQ%3D
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006901425/en/Spiko-Raises-%2490M-Series-B-Led-by-NEA-to-Make-Yield-Universal
Spiko is a French-regulated tokenization platform that issues UCITS-compliant money market funds, tokenizing risk-free assets such as U.S. Treasury bills into on-chain shares. Funds are held by an independent custodian bank and never sit on Spiko's balance sheet, ensuring a bankruptcy-remote structure.
More about Spiko：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Spiko?k=MTQxNDQ%3D
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006901425/en/Spiko-Raises-%2490M-Series-B-Led-by-NEA-to-Make-Yield-Universal
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[New Fundraising] OKX Completes Funding Round at a $25 Billion Valuation; Standard Chartered Bank and Circle Among Investors
OKX is a cryptocurrency exchange that builds the next-gen financial ecosystem and provides spot, margin, futures, options, perpetual swaps trading, DeFi, lending, and mining services.
More about OKX：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/okx?k=Mzg5Nw%3D%3D&nt=transparency_disclosure
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-06/crypto-exchange-okx-raises-at-25-billion-from-stanchart-circle
OKX is a cryptocurrency exchange that builds the next-gen financial ecosystem and provides spot, margin, futures, options, perpetual swaps trading, DeFi, lending, and mining services.
More about OKX：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/okx?k=Mzg5Nw%3D%3D&nt=transparency_disclosure
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-06/crypto-exchange-okx-raises-at-25-billion-from-stanchart-circle
[New Fundraising] Imperial Completes $1.5 Million Seed Round Led by Foundation Capital
Imperial is a perpetual futures trading terminal and order router on Solana. Users trade crypto, equities, FX, commodities, and pre-IPO price-linked perpetuals from one interface with a Solana wallet.
More about Imperial：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Imperial?k=MjYxMTc%3D
Source: https://x.com/ImperialPerps/status/2107471045406187963
Imperial is a perpetual futures trading terminal and order router on Solana. Users trade crypto, equities, FX, commodities, and pre-IPO price-linked perpetuals from one interface with a Solana wallet.
More about Imperial：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Imperial?k=MjYxMTc%3D
Source: https://x.com/ImperialPerps/status/2107471045406187963
[New Fundraising] Founders Fund leads a $5 million token buy in crypto collateral protocol Anvil
Anvil is an Ethereum-based collateral management protocol centered on the Collateral Vault and digital Letters of Credit (LOCs). It allows users to lock digital assets as collateral and issue fully secured credit instruments that are verifiable on-chain, without relying on a bilateral counterparty's balance sheet.
More about Anvil：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Anvil?k=MTU0OTk%3D
Source: https://x.com/anvil_xyz/status/2107576265611849921
Anvil is an Ethereum-based collateral management protocol centered on the Collateral Vault and digital Letters of Credit (LOCs). It allows users to lock digital assets as collateral and issue fully secured credit instruments that are verifiable on-chain, without relying on a bilateral counterparty's balance sheet.
More about Anvil：https://www.rootdata.com/projects/detail/Anvil?k=MTU0OTk%3D
Source: https://x.com/anvil_xyz/status/2107576265611849921
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