{"id":18750,"date":"2025-12-27T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T13:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-hashkey-group-bags-250m-architect-raises-35m\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T13:44:05","slug":"crypto-vc-funding-hashkey-group-bags-250m-architect-raises-35m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-hashkey-group-bags-250m-architect-raises-35m\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC Funding: HashKey Group bags $250m, Architect raises $35m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The week of December 21-27, 2025, closed the year with $316.2 million in crypto funding across 8 visible projects.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_cf13290d9d726c6914855b31e61b7d48\" 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>Crypto projects raised $316.2M in the final week of 2025 across eight deals.<\/li>\n<li>HashKey Group dominated funding with a massive $250M year-end raise.<\/li>\n<li>Finance and trading infrastructure attracted most investor attention to close 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>As per the data, HashKey Group\u2019s $250 million raise dominated a year-end funding period that featured finance platforms and infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p>Finance and trading platforms led the majority of investor attention during this final week of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a comprehensive breakdown of this week\u2019s crypto funding activity as per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crypto-fundraising.info\/deal-flow\/?start_date=2025-12-21&amp;end_date=2025-12-27&amp;sortby=raised&amp;sort=desc&amp;filter=closed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cryptofundraising data<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HashKey Group<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>HashKey <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hashkey.capital\/news\/details42_477.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">raised<\/a> $250 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>The firm has raised $380 million so far<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Architect<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Secured $35 million in a Series A round<\/li>\n<li>Architect is a financial technology firm specializing in high-throughput, low-latency infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>The investment was backed by Miax, HGSA Capital, and Galaxy<\/li>\n<li>Gained +7 new investors<\/li>\n<li>Architect has raised $52 million so far<\/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\">Architect has completed a $35M strategic Series A fundraise to accelerate the growth of AX, the financial industry\u2019s first centralized and regulated exchange for trading perpetual futures on traditional assets. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UL7HzRsEqE\">pic.twitter.com\/UL7HzRsEqE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Architect (@Architect_Fi) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Architect_Fi\/status\/2003484124628254805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">December 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Octra<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Octra raised $20 million through public sale<\/li>\n<li>The project has raised $26 million so far<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding Under $5 Million<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coinbax, $4.2 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>easy.fun, $2 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Otomato, $2 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>HodlHer, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hodlherai\/status\/2004065904532115459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$1.5 million<\/a> in a strategic round<\/li>\n<li>Rocket, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/userocket_app\/status\/2003481579738345924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$1.5 million<\/a> in a pre-seed round<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read last week\u2019s VC funding coverage here.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The week of December 21-27, 2025, closed the year with $316.2 million in crypto funding across 8 visible projects. 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