{"id":4404,"date":"2025-06-28T20:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T20:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-kalshi-dominates-with-185m-bit-digital-secures-150m\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T20:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T20:01:14","slug":"crypto-vc-funding-kalshi-dominates-with-185m-bit-digital-secures-150m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-kalshi-dominates-with-185m-bit-digital-secures-150m\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC funding:\u00a0Kalshi dominates with $185m, Bit Digital secures $150m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Crypto startups raised a hefty $739.5 million across 17 deals during the week of June 22\u201328, 2025, marking one of the sector\u2019s strongest funding stretches in months, with infrastructure and institutional-focused projects leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p>Topping the list was Kalshi, a regulated prediction market exchange, which closed a $185 million Series C round at a $2 billion valuation. Bitcoin miner Bit Digital followed with $150 million, while institutional blockchain platform Canton Network and DeFi firm World Liberty Financial secured $135 million and $100 million, respectively. <\/p>\n<p>The week\u2019s fundraising column, compiled with the help of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crypto-fundraising.info\/deal-flow\/?start_date=2025-06-22&amp;end_date=2025-06-28&amp;sortby=raised&amp;sort=desc&amp;filter=opened\" target=\"_blank\">Crypto Fundraising<\/a>, highlights infrastructure and DeFi protocols, as well as renewed investor confidence in core blockchain services and institutional-grade products. <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kalshi<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kalshi raised $185 million in a Series C round with a fully diluted valuation of $2 billion.<\/li>\n<li>Paradigm, Sequoia, and Multichain Capital participated in the effort. <\/li>\n<li>Kalshi has raised a total of $215.15 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\">I\u2019m excited to announce our $185M Series C valuing Kalshi at $2B.<\/p>\n<p>The round was led by Paradigm with participation from Sequoia, Multicoin, Peng Zhao, Neo, and Bond Capital.<\/p>\n<p>People choose to work at Kalshi not because of the money we&#8217;ve raised, but because of our ambition:\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OGgZSwOPvj\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/OGgZSwOPvj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tarek Mansour (@mansourtarek_) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mansourtarek_\/status\/1937947818276339734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bit Digital<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bit Digital secured $150 million.<\/li>\n<li>The company focuses on Bitcoin mining across Canada, the U.S., and Iceland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canton Network (Digital Asset)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canton Network collected a $135 million in an unknown round, bringing funds to $397.2 million.<\/li>\n<li>The investors include DRW Venture Capital, Tradeweb, and BNP Paribas.<\/li>\n<li>Canton Network is a public Layer-1 blockchain especially for institutional finance.<\/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=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\uddf5Canton\u2019s creators, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/digitalassetcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@digitalassetcom<\/a>, have raised $135M from a powerhouse group, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DRWTrading?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DRWTrading<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tradeweb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tradeweb<\/a>, with funding participants:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNPParibas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BNPParibas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/circle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@circle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/citsecurities?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@citsecurities<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_DTCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@The_DTCC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldmanSachs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GoldmanSachs<\/a>, IMC, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCVentures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LCVentures<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptiverGlobal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OptiverGlobal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paxos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Paxos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/polychain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@polychain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QCPgroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@QCPgroup<\/a>,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8gYOEUC8Cq\">pic.twitter.com\/8gYOEUC8Cq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canton Network (@CantonNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CantonNetwork\/status\/1937442854005035141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World Liberty Financial<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>World Liberty Financial gathered $100 million in an unknown round, bringing total funds to $715 million.<\/li>\n<li>WLFI token focus on DeFi, Ethereum Ecosystem, Lending\/Borrowing, and yield aggregators.<\/li>\n<li>Aquant participated in the latest investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zama<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zama <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zama.ai\/post\/announcing-the-zama-confidential-blockchain-protocol\" target=\"_blank\">now has<\/a> $130 million in funds, thanks to the latest $57-million Series B investment.<\/li>\n<li>The startup has a fully diluted valuation of $1 billion.<\/li>\n<li>The latest round included investors Pantera and BlockChange. The project is operating in the infrastructure and Privacy sectors and focuses on state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Niural<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Niural, an AI-native Professional Employment Organization (PEO) and HR platform, nabbed $31 million in a Series A round.<\/li>\n<li>The latest investment was backed by Marathon Digital, M13, and Inspired Capital.<\/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=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude80 Thrilled to announce Niural\u2019s $31M Series A led by Marathon Management Partners! We\u2019re redefining global CFO &amp; People Ops with the first AI-native PEO platform.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Niural?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Niural<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fintech?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fintech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u26a1Niural\u2019s end-to-end global PEO and payments platform is powered by proprietary tax engines\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y9Je76kXJ8\">pic.twitter.com\/y9Je76kXJ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Niural (@niuralHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niuralHQ\/status\/1937874749516116451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects &lt; $30 million<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Veda, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/veda_labs\/status\/1937130381465039310\" target=\"_blank\">$18 million<\/a> in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>The Global Token Exchange (GTE), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GTE_XYZ\/status\/1937148640507867438\" target=\"_blank\">$15 million<\/a> in a Series A round<\/li>\n<li>Concrete Protocol (Blueprint Finance), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConcreteXYZ\/status\/1937134820368564525\" target=\"_blank\">$9.5 million<\/a> in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Spekter Games, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpekterGames\/status\/1938271188410896505\" target=\"_blank\">$5 million<\/a> in a pre-seed round<\/li>\n<li>dKloud, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dKloud_io\/status\/1937816464037425167\" target=\"_blank\">$3.15 million<\/a> in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Inference Labs, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/inference_labs\/status\/1938263501308629184\" target=\"_blank\">$3 million<\/a> in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Makina, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/makinafi\/status\/1937886998141735381\" target=\"_blank\">$3 million<\/a> in a strategic round<\/li>\n<li>Sphinx Protocol, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SphinxProtocol\/status\/1937165552247509068\" target=\"_blank\">$2 million<\/a> in a pre-seed round<\/li>\n<li>Byzantlink, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/byzanlink\/status\/1938273501091402140\" target=\"_blank\">$1 million<\/a> in a private round<\/li>\n<li>Twyne, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/twynexyz\/status\/1937912570557366614\" target=\"_blank\">$450,000<\/a> in a pre-seed round<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/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>Crypto startups raised a hefty $739.5 million across 17 deals during the week of June 22\u201328, 2025, marking one of the sector\u2019s strongest funding stretches in months, with infrastructure and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4405,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4404\/revisions\/4405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}