Series A

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton president and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Layer-2 Chain Bitlayer Raises $11M Led by ETF Issuer Franklin Templeton
Bitlayer's layer 2 is based on the BitVM paradigm, which was unveiled last October and laid out a path for Ethereum-style smart contracts on the original blockchain.
Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton president and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Visa's Data Partner Allium Labs Raises $16.5M as Their New Findings Show Stablecoin Activity Is Back Up
Visa and Allium Labs released their latest findings on stablecoin activity which showed demand for stablecoins has picked back up in 2024 and there's a steady growth of monthl...
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RedStone Oracles co-founders Jakub Wojciechowski and Marcin Kazmierczak (RedStone)
RedStone, Blockchain Oracle Project Pushing Into Restaking, Raises $15M
The fresh round of capital will go towards hiring new team members, according to a press release.
RedStone Oracles co-founders Jakub Wojciechowski and Marcin Kazmierczak (RedStone)

Avail co-founders Anurag Arjun and Prabal Banarjee (Avail)
Polygon Spinoff Avail Raises $43M in Series A Funding
The news comes three months after Avail, a data availability company, disclosed its $27 million seed funding round.
Avail co-founders Anurag Arjun and Prabal Banarjee (Avail)

Group photo of the Baanx team
Crypto Payments Specialist Baanx Raises $20M Funding Round
The Series A investment round included Ledger, Tezos Foundation, Chiron and British Business Bank.
Group photo of the Baanx team

Oobit's payment app includes a tap-and-pay feature. (Christiann Koepke/Unsplash)
Crypto Payments App Oobit Raises $25M in Series A Funding Round Led by Tether
The round also included participation from Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder of Solana.
Oobit's payment app includes a tap-and-pay feature. (Christiann Koepke/Unsplash)

Axiom co-founders Jonathan Wang and Yi Sun (Axiom)
Axiom, Protocol for Historical Ethereum Data, Raises $20M, Led by Paradigm, Standard Crypto
The funding will go towards further developing the protocol and adding new hires. Axiom allows smart contract developers to access historical data from Ethereum and then perfo...
Axiom co-founders Jonathan Wang and Yi Sun (Axiom)

The TRES team (TRES)
Crypto Accounting and Tax Reporting Platform TRES Raises $11M to Add New Blockchains
TRES currently services clients with combined assets worth $19 billion, helping them manage, monitor and reconcile their digital asset activity across more than 100 layer-1 an...
The TRES team (TRES)

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Steve Cohen’s Point72 Ventures Leads $15M Fundraising in Swiss Fintech GenTwo
The firm plans to use the funding to grow internationally and develop the company’s financial engineering platform.
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