{"id":12593,"date":"2025-10-04T21:01:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T21:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-flying-tulip-leads-with-200m-xmoney-follows-with-21-5m\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T21:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T21:01:56","slug":"crypto-vc-funding-flying-tulip-leads-with-200m-xmoney-follows-with-21-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-flying-tulip-leads-with-200m-xmoney-follows-with-21-5m\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC Funding: Flying Tulip leads with $200m, xMoney follows with $21.5m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Crypto projects raised $351 million across 13 deals from September 28 to October 4, led by Flying Tulip\u2019s $200 million seed round, as DeFi and finance-focused ventures dominated the week\u2019s funding activity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_b44d4f48b4e7170b748ec9cf6d458780\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flying Tulip raised $200m seed at $1b valuation, leading weekly crypto funding.<\/li>\n<li>DeFi and finance startups dominate $351m crypto funding across 13 projects.<\/li>\n<li>Payments and gaming projects like xMoney and AmbrusStudio secured millions.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a breakdown of this week\u2019s top announcements, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crypto-fundraising.info\/deal-flow\/?start_date=2025-09-28&amp;end_date=2025-10-04&amp;sortby=raised&amp;sort=desc&amp;filter=closed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Crypto Fundraising data<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flying Tulip<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flying Tulip, a full stack on-chain exchange, raised $200 million in a Seed round<\/li>\n<li>Backed by Brevan Howard, CoinFund, and DWF Labs, the startup has a fully diluted valuation of $1 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aiEY6AlGmx\">https:\/\/t.co\/aiEY6AlGmx<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cgie4nsx5L\">pic.twitter.com\/cgie4nsx5L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 flyingtulip.com (@flyingtulip_) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flyingtulip_\/status\/1972697549904433664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">xMoney<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The payment infrastructure platform <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/xMoney_com\/status\/1973010485759922581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">secured<\/a> $21.5 million from various investors, including Sui Foundation and MultiversX (formerly Elrond).<\/li>\n<li>So far, xMoney has raised $31.5 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lava<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lava raised $17.5 million ($27.5 million in total).<\/li>\n<li>Its backers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ventureburn.com\/lava-raises-17-5m-series-a-extension-launches-bitcoin-backed-yield-product\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">include<\/a> Peter Jurdjevic of Qatar Investment Authority, Bijan Tehrani of Stake, Zach White of 8VC, Saurabh Gupta of DST Global, Terry Angelos, formerly of Visa, and Aaron Suplizo, formerly of Block (previously Square).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today we\u2019re proud to announce we&#8217;ve raised $17.5M in additional funding.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re also launching our newest product\u2014 earn up to 7.5% yield on your USD by funding bitcoin-backed loans on Lava.<\/p>\n<p>2x more than a high-yield savings account, fully backed by BTC. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/66TluZdkFZ\">pic.twitter.com\/66TluZdkFZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 lava (@lava_xyz) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lava_xyz\/status\/1973419826669559964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AmbrusStudio (E4C: Final Salvation)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gathered $15 million in an Unknown round<\/li>\n<li>E4C token is operating in Gaming, NFT, P2E, and Sports sectors<\/li>\n<li>Investment was backed by Capital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects &lt; $15 Million<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ethena Labs, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MVenturesLabs\/status\/1973224090774413394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$14 million<\/a> in an Unknown round<\/li>\n<li>KGeN (ex Kratos), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KGeN_IO\/status\/1973027585358778475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$13.5 million<\/a> in an Unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Talus Labs, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/talus_labs\/status\/1972662568213987756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$10 million<\/a> in a Strategic round<\/li>\n<li>Yield Basis, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/legiondotcc\/status\/1973401345425015138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$5 million<\/a> in a Public sale<\/li>\n<li>Tea Protocol, $3 million in a Public sale<\/li>\n<li>BaseVol, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BaseVolApp\/status\/1972913314058604933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$3 million <\/a>in a Seed round<\/li>\n<li>Novastro, $2 million in a Public sale<\/li>\n<li>Nolan, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nolandevq\/status\/1972205937089040750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$2 million<\/a> in a Seed round<\/li>\n<li>Drake Exchange, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrakeExchange\/status\/1972685514433057139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$1 million<\/a> in a Seed round<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" 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