Funding Weekly Report | 16 publicly disclosed funding events; crypto compliance company TRM Labs completes $70 million Series C funding, reaching a valuation of $1 billion.

Highlights of this episode

According to incomplete statistics from PANews, there were 16 investment and financing events in the global blockchain sector last week (February 2-8), with a total funding scale exceeding US$332 million. An overview is as follows:

• Two investment and financing events were announced in the DeFi sector, including Jupiter receiving a $35 million strategic investment from ParaFi Capital;
• One investment and financing event was announced in the Web3+AI sector: FeltSense completed a $5.1 million financing round, with participation from the founder of Moltbook and others.
• In the infrastructure & tools sector, six investment and financing events were announced, including the completion of a $70 million Series C funding round for cryptocurrency compliance and investigation startup TRM Labs, valuing the company at $1 billion.
• Four investment and financing events were announced in the centralized finance sector, including a $100 million strategic equity investment by Tether Investments in digital asset platform Anchorage Digital;
• The prediction market sector announced three investment and financing events, including Opinion completing a $20 million Pre-A round of financing, with Hack VC and others participating.

DeFi

Jupiter receives $35 million in strategic investment from ParaFi Capital.

Jupiter has secured a $35 million strategic investment from ParaFi Capital to accelerate the development of its on-chain financial infrastructure.

Relay Protocol, a token trading infrastructure provider, has completed a $17 million Series B funding round, led by USV and others.

Relay Protocol, a token trading infrastructure provider, has completed a $17 million Series B funding round, led by Archetype and USV. Furthermore, Relay Protocol is about to launch Relay Chain, an infrastructure built specifically for instant cross-chain settlement.

AI

FeltSense, an agency project founded by its own creators, has raised $5.1 million in funding, with participation from the founder of Moltbook and others.

FeltSense, a company dedicated to developing intelligent agents that act as fully autonomous founders, has just completed a $5.1 million funding round. Investors include Matt Schlicht, founder of Moltbook; founders of Crunchbase and Republic; and prominent venture capital firms such as Draper VC, Precursor VC, and Liquid2 Ventures. Founded in January 2025, FeltSense launched 10,000 founder agents within just a few months. These agents can gather ideas, develop strategies, create products, and bring them to market through social listening. Last December, the company saw its monthly registration target increase 18-fold in a week, attracting a large number of users to try out products created by its agents.

Infrastructure & Tools

Crypto compliance firm TRM Labs completes $70 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at $1 billion.

Cryptocurrency compliance and investigation startup TRM Labs announced the completion of a $70 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at $1 billion and making it a new “crypto unicorn.” The round was led by early investor Blockchain Capital, with participation from traditional institutions including Goldman Sachs, Bessemer, Brevan Howard, Thoma Bravo, and Citigroup Ventures.

Founded in 2018 by Esteban Castaño and Rahul Raina, TRM Labs' blockchain analytics software is widely adopted by law enforcement agencies worldwide and a growing number of private companies using cryptocurrencies for money transfers. Currently, approximately 40% of TRM's clients are from the private sector, and this percentage is growing as financial institutions explore assets such as tokenized deposits and equity. The company has rapidly expanded to 350 people and is leveraging AI technology to address evolving crime tactics.

Axiology has raised approximately $6 million in seed funding, led by Exponential Science and others.

Axiology, a European pilot company for distributed ledger technology, announced the completion of a €5 million (approximately $6 million) seed funding round, led by Exponential Science, e2vc, and Coinvest Capital. New investors TIBAS Ventures and Plug and Play participated, along with existing investors including BSV Ventures and NGL Ventures, bringing the total funding to €7 million (approximately $8 million).

Huddle01 receives investment from Tandem, bringing its total funding to $6.6 million.

Huddle01, a blockchain-based video conferencing project, has secured investment from Tandem, bringing its total funding to $6.6 million. Other investors include Offchain Labs, Protocol Labs, Fenbushi Capital, HashKey Capital, Hivemind Capital, LD Capital, and M31 Capital. The HUDL token is the underlying native token for the economic model of all Huddle01 products (including Huddle01 Meet, Huddle01 Cloud, Huddlepad, and future products), with a portion of the revenue used for HUDL asset buybacks and/or burning.

Euclid Protocol, a unified cross-chain liquidity layer, has raised $3.5 million in funding.

Euclid Protocol, a unified cross-chain liquidity layer, announced the completion of a $3.5 million seed and seed extension funding round, with participation from KuCoin Ventures, Gate Ventures, 0G Labs, ATOM Accelerator, and Kahuna. The protocol aims to build a unified global liquidity layer, enabling multiple applications and networks to share liquidity sources across ecosystems and conduct cross-chain transactions at speeds exceeding 1000 TPS.

Gate Ventures Announces Strategic Investment in Crypto Payments Network Mesh

Gate Ventures, the venture capital arm of Gate.com, announced a strategic investment in Mesh, a crypto payment network. Mesh aims to build a unified payment connectivity layer, streamlining wallets, exchanges, payment service providers, and fiat currency deposit and withdrawal channels through a single API, reducing the system complexity of crypto and fiat currency payments. By abstracting multiple payment channels into a unified payment layer, Mesh enables seamless value transfer across ecosystems and regions, possessing the potential to become a critical infrastructure. Mesh aggregates wallets, exchanges, banks, deposit and withdrawal channels, and payment service providers, supporting crypto payments, fund deposits and withdrawals, and stablecoin settlements. It also provides secure and scalable execution capabilities for merchants, PSPs, and AI-driven automated transaction scenarios.

Tether makes a strategic investment in t-0 Network to support the USDT payment system.

The company has made a strategic investment in t-0 Network, a USDT-based settlement platform, to support its efforts in building instant, low-cost cross-border payment systems for licensed financial institutions. t-0 Network is a proprietary payment solution connecting global financial institutions, enabling banks and fintech companies to coordinate fiat-to-fiat cross-border payments with near-instantaneous settlement speeds and minimal fees by utilizing stablecoins as the core settlement infrastructure.

Centralized Finance

Tether announces $100 million strategic equity investment in Anchorage Digital.

Tether Investments, the investment arm of Tether, announced a $100 million strategic equity investment in Anchorage Digital, a digital asset platform. This acquisition values ​​the company at $4.2 billion . Anchorage Digital is the first federally regulated digital asset bank in the United States, providing custody, staking, settlement, and stablecoin issuance services to institutions worldwide. Both parties stated that they will jointly support the development of regulated, institutional-grade infrastructure to promote the stability and inclusivity of the digital asset ecosystem.

Digital asset market infrastructure provider Prometheum raises an additional $23 million in funding.

Prometheum, a US-based digital asset market infrastructure provider, announced that it has secured an additional $23 million in funding since early 2025 from a group of high-net-worth investors and institutions. This funding will support its business expansion in the US digital market. Specific areas of focus include: providing clearing services for digital assets to US broker-dealers, enabling their clients to trade digital assets through existing brokerage accounts; and accelerating the issuance and distribution of blockchain-based digital-native and tokenized securities through its brokerage network.

Singapore-based crypto firm Penguin Securities completes approximately $18 million Pre-A round funding.

Singapore-based cryptocurrency financial services company Penguin Securities Holdings announced the completion of a Pre-A round of financing of approximately ¥2.8 billion (approximately US$18 million). Investors in this round include mint, Tokyo University of Science Investment Management, and Third Wave Financial, among other Japanese institutions. Founded in February 2023 by Japanese entrepreneurs, the company obtained a Capital Markets Services license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore in 2025, enabling it to offer cryptocurrency derivatives as well as traditional financial products such as stocks, bonds, and ETFs. The company plans to establish a branch in Japan to formally enter the Japanese market and explore partnerships with local businesses.

Fintech company Ruvo raises $4.6 million, led by 1confirmation.

Fintech company Ruvo has raised $4.6 million in funding, led by 1confirmation, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Rebel Fund, Blast, Neer Ventures, First Check Ventures, and Mission Street Capital. Ruvo integrates Pix, stablecoins, bank transfers (ACH/wire transfer), and Visa into a single application.

Prediction Market

Opinion, a prediction market, has completed a $20 million Pre-A round of financing, with participation from Hack VC and others.

Blockchain prediction market platform Opinion announced the completion of a $20 million Pre-A round of financing, with participation from Hack VC, Jump Crypto, Primitive Ventures, and Decasonic, among others.

Opinion is a prediction market platform with fully on-chain settlement, similar in model to Polymarket. The company states it currently handles approximately one-third of global prediction market trading volume, with open interest exceeding $130 million. The platform is characterized by its diverse trading categories, covering a wide range of areas including macroeconomics, regional events, and crypto assets, not just sports and politics. The company founders stated that this round of funding will be used to deepen regional presence and expand globally, in preparation for events such as the 2026 World Cup and multiple elections.

Gambling platform BLUFF raises $21 million, led by 1kx.

BLUFF, a gambling and entertainment platform, has completed a $21 million strategic funding round led by 1kx, with participation from Makers Fund, Maximum Frequency Ventures, and other prominent figures including sports champion and tech investor Tristan Thompson.

Kairos, a professional prediction market trading terminal, has raised $2.5 million in funding, led by a16z crypto.

According to Fortune magazine, Kairos, a professional prediction market trading terminal, announced the completion of a $2.5 million funding round. The round was led by a16z crypto, with participation from Geneva Trading, the University of Illinois, and angel investors. The company's valuation was not disclosed.

Kairos was co-founded by Jay Malavia (CEO) and Zayd Alzein (CTO), both former employees of the traditional financial firm Cboe Global Markets. They started the project after noticing the fragmented information and disjointed user experience within the prediction market industry. Their platform aims to integrate market data and trading activity from leading prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, providing fast, customizable dashboards and synchronizing relevant news updates with trading data. The company plans to launch a private beta version in the coming weeks. Currently, the team consists of only two co-founders, and hiring is expected to begin after securing funding.