The first full week of 2026 is off to a great start, with $763.5 million in crypto funding spread across six projects, thanks to Rain’s $250 million Series C round.
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- Rain led the week with a $250 million Series C, valuing the stablecoin company at $1.95 billion.
- BlackOpal and Tres Finance added a combined $330 million through financing and M&A activity.
- Bitcoin infrastructure projects such as Babylon and Zenchain also secured new funding.
According to Crypto Fundraising Data, this week’s cryptocurrency fundraising activity is summarized as follows:
rain
- Raised $250 million in Series C round
- Fully diluted valuation of $1.95 billion
- Rain is a blockchain-based card issuance and stablecoin platform
- Investment led by ICONIQ
- Other investors include Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest, and Endeavor Catalyst.
- Total funding exceeds $338 million
- Coming 4 months after Series B and 10 months after Series A
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black opal
- BlackOpal secures $200 million in unknown round
- This project is a global payment finance platform in Latin America
- The investment was supported by Mars
As 2026 dawns, @blackopal_fi is emerging as Latin America’s global payments finance platform, built on B2B integration rails for the tokenization era.
Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of GemStone, our flagship investment-grade product in tokenized Brazilian credit cards… pic.twitter.com/cA6A4qbNKb
— BlackOpal (@blackopal_fi) January 8, 2026
three finance
- Acquired for $130 million through M&A
- Tres Finance is a cryptocurrency accounting and tax reporting platform
- Retrieved by Fireblock
- The project has raised $148.6 million to date
We have an important announcement from the TRES team! Today, TRES was acquired by @FireblocksHQ.
Together, we have completed the first complete operating system for digital assets.
TRES brings accounting, reporting, and control to on-chain activities – auditability, scale, and… pic.twitter.com/nMoGXq4XHM
— Tres.finance (@TresDotFinance) January 7, 2026
babylon
- Raised $15 million in Unknown round
- Supported by AI6Z
- Babylon is a Bitcoin staking infrastructure project
- The project has raised $103 million to date.
habit trading
- Secured $10 million in Series A round
- Investors include Newborn Town and StableStock
- HabitTrade is a financial services platform
zen chain
- Raised $8.5 million in unknown round
- ZenChain is EVM compatible Bitcoin Layer 1
- Supported by Watermelon, DWF Labs, and Genesis Capital
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