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Crypto and blockchain companies disclosed $292.35 million across 10 funding deals between Aug. 31 and Sep. 5, 2026. F\u00e9lix led the week with a $200 million financing package that combined equity and debt, while bank-backed digital money network Cari secured $32.5 million.<\/p>\n
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OpenReserve and Diameter Pay also attracted funding for regulated banking and stablecoin payment infrastructure. The weekly total includes F\u00e9lix\u2019s $113 million credit facility and therefore represents disclosed financing rather than pure venture capital.<\/p>\n
Data from DeFiLlama\u2019s crypto raises database<\/a>, CryptoRank, and company announcements showed that investors concentrated most of the week\u2019s capital in stablecoin payments, remittances and tokenized banking infrastructure. The total excludes acquisitions and unconfirmed reports, including Polymarket\u2019s reported $1 billion round.<\/p>\n Miami-based F\u00e9lix secured<\/a> $200 million in Series C financing to expand its WhatsApp-based financial platform for Latino customers in the United States.<\/p>\n The package included an $87 million equity investment led by Andreessen Horowitz. QED Investors, Castle Island Ventures, Switch Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, and Endeavor Catalyst also participated.<\/p>\n General Catalyst\u2019s Customer Value Fund separately committed to a $113 million credit facility. F\u00e9lix plans to expand beyond remittances into savings, lending and AI-supported financial services.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The company uses USDC on Stellar to help settle cross-border transfers and works with Bitso to move funds between digital assets and local currencies. F\u00e9lix said it has processed more than $8 billion in transactions across 11 Latin American markets and served more than six million people.<\/p>\n The financing brought the company\u2019s total capital raised to nearly $300 million. F\u00e9lix did not disclose its latest valuation, although it said the figure had tripled since its $75 million Series B in 2025.<\/p>\n Washington, D.C.-based Cari raised<\/a> $32.5 million in the first tranche of its initial external funding round. All of the capital came from banking institutions.<\/p>\n First Horizon Bank, Huntington Bank, KeyBank, M&T Bank, Old National Bank, SouthState Bank and Glacier Bank participated in the financing.<\/p>\n Cari is developing a bank-governed network that allows chartered institutions to issue and transfer tokenized commercial bank deposits. Its permissioned Layer 2 network is anchored to Ethereum, while participating banks remain responsible for issuing and managing their own deposits.<\/p>\n The company said the funds would support product development, bank onboarding, and network integration. Cari has signed 30 banks and is holding discussions with another 40 institutions, according to its announcement.<\/p>\n Unlike stablecoins backed by separate reserve assets, tokenized deposits represent liabilities of the banks that issue them. Cari\u2019s structure is designed to let regional and community banks use programmable payment rails without handing control of deposits to nonbank issuers.<\/p>\n OpenReserve announced a $25 million seed round led by a16z crypto as it works to establish a full-service U.S. national bank built around continuous settlement.<\/p>\n Jump Crypto, Acrew Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Quona Capital, AAF Management, and Zero Knowledge participated.<\/p>\n The announcement followed preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. OpenReserve must still raise at least $210 million in initial paid-in capital, secure Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage and meet the OCC\u2019s preopening requirements before beginning banking operations.<\/p>\n The proposed Utah-based bank plans to offer deposits, lending, digital asset custody, tokenized deposits, and stablecoin payment services. OpenReserve said its infrastructure would support settlement outside the operating hours of conventional U.S. payment systems.<\/p>\n Jersey City-based Diameter Pay raised<\/a> $10 million in a Series A co-led by CMT Digital and Lightspeed Faction.<\/p>\n SixThirty Ventures, the Stellar Development Foundation, Onigiri Capital, Tech Council Ventures, and BitRock Capital also joined the equity round.<\/p>\n Diameter provides financial institutions with U.S. dollar virtual accounts, domestic and international payment rails, stablecoin access, and compliance tools through an application programming interface. The company said it processed more than $10 billion in payments during 2026 before announcing the financing.<\/p>\n The funds will support additional banking connections, stablecoin settlement services, foreign exchange products and compliance infrastructure.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Crypto and blockchain companies disclosed $292.35 million across 10 funding deals between Aug. 31 and Sep. 5, 2026. 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Cari raises $32.5 million from U.S. banks<\/h2>\n
OpenReserve announces $25 million seed round<\/h2>\n
Diameter Pay adds $10 million for stablecoin payments<\/h2>\n
Projects raising between $3 million and $8 million<\/h2>\n
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Funding rounds below $3 million<\/h2>\n
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