According to CoinMarketCap, last week’s top crypto fundraising totaled about $65.6 million across seven deals, led by Architect_Fi with $35.0 million in perpetuals and Kontigo with $20.0 million in neobank services, according to CoinMarketCap. CoinMarketCap reported that perpetuals-focused projects secured $37.0 million, or roughly 56% of the disclosed total based on CoinMarketCap’s figures. CoinMarketCap listed the remaining rounds as Coinbax $4.2 million for payments, easydotfunx $2.0 million for DEX and perpetuals, HodlherAI $1.5 million for AI agents, Userocket $1.5 million for prediction markets, and Nodu $1.4 million, according to CoinMarketCap. Based on CoinMarketCap’s breakdown, funding was concentrated in derivatives, DEX infrastructure, and trading utilities, according to CoinMarketCap.

According to @AltcoinGordon, PerpsDAO has launched Pair Trading that enables positions such as long $PUMP while shorting $SOL, and long $HYPE versus short $ASTER. According to @AltcoinGordon, traders can choose any long-short combination on the venue. According to @AltcoinGordon, the $PERPS token conducts daily buybacks funded by 93% of trading fees.