Crypto Funding Weekly: $151 Million Across Five Deals Led by Nasdaq’s $100 Million Kraken Investment
Crypto companies disclosed $151 million in new financing across five deals during the week of September 5–11, 2026. The total is dominated by Nasdaq Ventures’ agreement to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, and a $35 million Series A for stablecoin payments infrastructure provider Latitude. The figures capture announced financing agreements rather than completed cash transfers in every case, and exclude rounds with undisclosed amounts, valuation changes without new capital, and acquisitions.
Nasdaq Ventures Commits $100 Million to Payward for Tokenized Equities Collaboration
On September 10, Nasdaq announced that its venture arm had signed an agreement to invest $100 million in Payward. The exchange operator emphasized that the announcement describes an agreement to invest, meaning the capital is counted as announced financing rather than cash already received. The deal represents roughly 66% of the week’s total disclosed volume.
The partnership extends existing work between Nasdaq and Payward on tokenized equities. Nasdaq stated the companies plan to connect its proposed Nasdaq Equity Tokens design with Payward’s xStocks infrastructure. Additionally, Payward will adopt Nasdaq’s market surveillance technology across its trading venues. Nasdaq targets a second-quarter 2027 launch for its equity-token design, a timeline the company characterizes as a target rather than a guaranteed launch date. The initiative directly involves U.S. securities-market infrastructure, as Nasdaq operates American exchanges and the proposed design concerns the ownership and trading of tokenized shares.
Latitude Raises $35 Million Series A to Bridge Stablecoin Settlement and Local Payments
Oak HC/FT led Latitude’s $35 million Series A, announced September 9. The company builds infrastructure that uses stablecoins for settlement while delivering payments to recipients through local banking and payment systems. Oak described Latitude’s product as a single interface for businesses sending money across markets, with an investment thesis centered on the operational work required to turn stablecoin transfers into usable local-currency payments, including banking connections, liquidity management, and compliance.
The financing carries a practical U.S. regulatory angle: the investor noted Latitude has secured money-transmitter licenses or approvals across 45 U.S. markets, providing a regulated route for businesses originating payments in the United States that need to pay recipients abroad. The $35 million reflects only the new Series A; an earlier $8 million round from March falls outside this weekly tally. Together, Payward and Latitude account for $135 million, or approximately 89% of the five deals’ disclosed value.
Antarctic Exchange Secures $7 Million for Decentralized Perpetual Futures Platform
Antarctic Exchange announced a $7 million financing round on September 7 for its decentralized perpetual-futures platform. The company-supplied announcement, published by Crypto Fundraising, named Valisa Capital Markets and Lucidity Capital as backers and indicated Republic Crypto structured the transaction’s token component. The round was structured as a SAFE-plus-token deal at a $70 million company valuation, a figure that measures the stated price of the business in the transaction and is separate from the $7 million raised.
Antarctic states it is developing trading tools for retail derivatives users. Claims about platform standing and product performance originate from the company announcement and should be treated as company claims rather than independently verified results. This round represents the week’s largest disclosed financing for a decentralized trading platform.
Smaller Rounds: RealGo and TINA
RealGo Reports $6 Million Strategic Financing
Web3 gaming company RealGo reported a $6 million strategic financing involving UZ Capital, Greenwood Global Capital, and Infinite Alliance. According to the report, the funds will be directed toward product development, team expansion, and AI research. The figure reflects the newly reported round, separate from earlier RealGo funding.
TINA Raises $3 Million for Geospatial Data Network
TINA announced a $3 million financing for its geospatial data network, according to ChainCatcher. Investors include THINKWARE, Gemhead Capital, Archer Capital, Astra Capital, Mayer Venture, and Tidal Capital. The company said the funding would support expansion of its location-data project and dashcam ecosystem. The report did not identify a lead investor, so backers are listed without assigning a lead role.
Undisclosed Investments and Excluded Transactions
Several notable transactions fall outside the $151 million total due to undisclosed amounts or structural classification.
TRM Labs Series C Expansion
San Francisco-based TRM Labs announced a Series C expansion on September 9 led by Blockchain Capital, with the company’s valuation reaching $2 billion, double the valuation attached to its February Series C. TRM did not disclose the amount of new capital raised. The $2 billion figure is a valuation, not funding received.
Robinhood Equity Stakes in Crypto.com and OG.com
Robinhood disclosed it would hold equity stakes in Crypto.com and OG.com through a prediction-markets partnership announced September 8. The companies did not disclose investment amounts. OG.com stated Robinhood would route some event-contract volume through its U.S. derivatives infrastructure. The equity arrangements are counted as two disclosed-stake transactions, but neither adds a dollar figure to the weekly total.
Acquisitions Excluded
Acquisitions appearing in funding databases, including Circle’s Tazapay transaction, are excluded because an acquisition price is not fresh financing raised by the acquired company.
Methodology Note
The deal inventory draws on CryptoRank’s funding database and Crypto Fundraising’s deal records, with transaction details checked against company, investor, and other reporting sources. The disclosed total counts each of the five dated financings once.
