List of Flash News about payments funding
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2026-01-12 14:58 |
Crypto Fundraising Weekly: $624.4M Flows Into Payments, RWA, and Data Services; Top 9 Deals and Sector Weights
According to CoinMarketCap, nine crypto projects raised a combined $624.4M last week, led by Rain Cards at $250M (payments), Black Opal at $200M (payments, RWA), and Tres Finance at $130M (data services, tax and accounting) (source: CoinMarketCap X post dated Jan 12, 2026). According to the same source, the remaining raises were Babylon $15M (LSDfi, restaking), HabitTrade $10M (CEX, trading), ZEN Chain $8.5M (cross-chain L1, EVM), Ranger Finance $8M (perps aggregator), Trove Markets $2.5M (perps, RWA), and DEFY $0.4M (data service, AI) (source: CoinMarketCap). According to CoinMarketCap, sector allocation concentrated in payments $450.0M (72.1%) and data/AI $130.4M (20.9%), with smaller shares in LSDfi/restaking 2.4%, CEX/trading 1.6%, cross-chain L1 1.4%, and perps-related 1.7% (source: CoinMarketCap). |