Crypto companies announced $151 million in disclosed funding across five deals between Sept. 5 and Sept. 11, 2026.
The biggest deal was Nasdaq Ventures’ agreement to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken. Latitude followed with a $35 million Series A round for its stablecoin-based cross-border payment business.
Antarctic Exchange announced $7 million in financing for its derivatives platform, while Web3 gaming company RealGo raised $6 million. Geospatial data project TINA announced another $3 million.
The $151 million total includes Nasdaq’s announced investment agreement, even though the companies did not say the money had already been paid. Deals with undisclosed amounts, company valuations and acquisitions were not included.
Nasdaq announced on Sept. 10 that its venture arm had agreed to invest $100 million in Payward. The deal is connected to work between the two companies on tokenized stocks.
Nasdaq said it plans to connect its proposed Nasdaq Equity Tokens system with Payward’s xStocks infrastructure. Payward will also use Nasdaq’s market surveillance technology across its trading platforms.
Nasdaq is targeting the second quarter of 2027 for the launch of its equity-token system. The Payward deal made up about 66% of all disclosed crypto funding during the week.
Latitude raised $35 million in a Series A led by Oak HC/FT on Sept. 9. The company is building payment infrastructure that uses stablecoins for settlement while allowing recipients to receive money through local banks and payment systems.
Latitude says its system gives businesses one platform for sending money across different countries. The company is focused on connecting stablecoin payments with local banking systems, liquidity and compliance requirements.
Oak HC/FT said Latitude has secured money-transmitter licenses or approvals across 45 US markets. The company previously raised $8 million in March, but that earlier funding is not included in this week’s total.
Latitude and Payward together accounted for $135 million, or about 89% of the total disclosed funding.
Antarctic Exchange announced a $7 million financing round on Sept. 7 for its decentralized perpetual-futures trading platform. The company said Valisa Capital Markets and Lucidity Capital were among the investors, while Republic Crypto helped structure the token part of the deal.
The financing was structured as a SAFE-plus-token deal and valued the company at $70 million. That valuation is separate from the $7 million raised and is not included in the weekly funding total.
RealGo reported $6 million in strategic funding from UZ Capital, Greenwood Global Capital and Infinite Alliance. The Web3 gaming company plans to use the money for product development, hiring and AI research.
TINA also announced $3 million in funding for its geospatial data network. The project said the money would support its location-data platform and dashcam ecosystem.
Some crypto companies announced new investments but did not reveal how much money they received.
TRM Labs announced a Series C expansion on Sept. 9, led by Blockchain Capital. The company’s valuation reached $2 billion, but TRM did not disclose the amount of new funding. The $2 billion figure represents the company’s valuation, not the amount raised.
Robinhood also announced plans to take equity stakes in Crypto.com and OG.com as part of a prediction-markets partnership. However, no investment amounts were disclosed, so these deals were not added to the $151 million total.
Acquisitions were also excluded because an acquisition price does not represent new funding raised by the company.
Overall, the week’s funding was heavily concentrated in Payward and Latitude, which together accounted for most of the disclosed capital. The deals also show continued investment in stablecoin payments, tokenized assets, derivatives and blockchain-based infrastructure.
