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Crypto companies announced $151 million in disclosed financing across five deals from Sep. 5\u201311, 2026. The largest was Nasdaq Ventures\u2019 agreement to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward; Latitude\u2019s $35 million Series A ranked second.<\/p>\n
\n Summary<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The total includes Nasdaq\u2019s announced investment agreement, which the companies did not describe as a completed payment. It excludes funding rounds with undisclosed amounts, company valuations, and acquisitions.<\/p>\n The deal inventory draws on CryptoRank\u2019s funding database<\/a> and Crypto Fundraising\u2019s deal records<\/a>, with transaction details checked against company, investor and other reporting sources. The disclosed total counts each of the five dated financings once.<\/p>\n Nasdaq said on Sep. 10 that its venture arm had agreed to invest $100 million<\/a> in Payward, the parent company of Kraken. The announcement described an agreement to invest, so the $100 million is included in the week\u2019s announced financing total rather than presented as cash already received.<\/p>\n The transaction builds on work between Nasdaq and Payward on tokenized equities. Nasdaq said the companies plan to connect its proposed Nasdaq Equity Tokens design with Payward\u2019s xStocks infrastructure. Payward will also adopt Nasdaq\u2019s market surveillance technology across its trading venues.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nasdaq expects to launch its equity-token design in the second quarter of 2027. That is a company target, not a completed launch. The U.S. market link is direct: Nasdaq operates American securities-market infrastructure, while the proposed design concerns the ownership and trading of tokenized shares.<\/p>\n The Payward agreement accounted for about 66% of the week\u2019s $151 million disclosed total. Its size made it the clear leader, although its transaction status differs from the rounds the companies said they had already raised.<\/p>\n Oak HC\/FT said<\/a> it led Latitude\u2019s $35 million Series A on Sep. 9. The company builds infrastructure that uses stablecoins for settlement while delivering payments to recipients through local banking and payment systems.<\/p>\n Oak described Latitude\u2019s product as a single interface for businesses sending money across markets. Its investment case focused on the work needed to turn stablecoin transfers into usable local-currency payments, including banking connections, liquidity and compliance.<\/p>\n The investor said Latitude had secured money-transmitter licenses or approvals across 45 U.S. markets. That gives the financing a practical U.S. angle: the company is building a regulated route for businesses that originate payments in the United States and need to pay recipients abroad.<\/p>\n The $35 million figure refers to the new Series A. Crypto Fundraising also lists an earlier $8 million Latitude financing in March, which is outside this roundup and is not included in the weekly total. Latitude and Payward together made up $135 million, or roughly 89% of the five deals\u2019 disclosed value.<\/p>\n Antarctic Exchange announced<\/a> a $7 million round on Sep. 7 for its decentralized perpetual-futures platform. The company-supplied announcement, published by Crypto Fundraising, named Valisa Capital Markets and Lucidity Capital among its backers and said Republic Crypto structured the transaction\u2019s token component.<\/p>\n The announcement described the financing as a SAFE-plus-token deal and gave a $70 million company valuation. The valuation measures the stated price of the business in the transaction; it is separate from the $7 million raised and is not added to the weekly funding total.<\/p>\n Antarctic said it is developing trading tools for retail derivatives users. Its claims about platform standing and product performance come from the company announcement and should be treated as company claims, rather than independently established results.<\/p>\n The round was smaller than the two payments and market-infrastructure deals above it, but it was the week\u2019s largest disclosed financing for a decentralized trading platform.<\/p>\n TRM Labs announced a Series C expansion<\/a> on Sep. 9. The San Francisco company said Blockchain Capital led the investment and that its valuation reached $2 billion, double the valuation attached to its February Series C. TRM did not disclose the new capital raised. The $2 billion figure is a valuation, not funding received.<\/p>\n\n\n
Payward secures Nasdaq\u2019s $100 million investment agreement<\/h2>\n
Latitude raises $35 million for stablecoin payments<\/h2>\n
Antarctic Exchange announces a $7 million financing<\/h2>\n
Projects below $7 million<\/h2>\n
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Undisclosed investments remain outside the total<\/h2>\n