Weekly Funding Roundup: 8 Projects Secure Funding, Total Raises Reach $223 Million (Mar 2-8)

The project with the largest single financing amount this period was ARQ, a Latin American financial application focused on stablecoin services, which completed a $70 million financing round. The second largest was the decentralized protocol OmniPact, which builds a trust layer for peer-to-peer trading of physical and digital assets, announcing the completion of a $50 million private financing round.

The following are the specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted by the announced amount; 2. Excluding fund fundraising and M&A events; 3. * indicates “traditional” sector companies with partial business involving blockchain):

Stablecoin Financial App ARQ Completes $70 Million Financing, Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund Participate

On March 4, ARQ, a Latin American financial application focused on stablecoin services, completed a $70 million financing round with participation from Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund. The company stated that the funds will be used for rebranding, hiring employees, and expanding into new business areas such as wealth management, high-yield local currency accounts, and credit.

ARQ, formerly known as DolarApp, offers multi-currency accounts, digital wallets, foreign exchange services, and debit card services, supporting cross-border fund storage and transfer. It currently has over 2 million users in Latin America, with an annualized transaction volume exceeding $10 billion.

On-Chain Escrow Decentralized Protocol OmniPact Completes $50 Million Private Financing

On March 8, OmniPact, a decentralized protocol building a trust layer for peer-to-peer trading of physical and digital assets, announced the completion of a $50 million private financing round. The investors were a consortium of an institutional investor and family offices requesting anonymity. The protocol uses smart contracts as on-chain escrow to solve the “trust problem” in peer-to-peer transactions. The new funds will support the development of its core contracts and multi-chain infrastructure, as well as related security audits, while also driving the launch of its testnet in Q1 2026.

Payment Tech Company Silverflow Completes $40 Million Series B Financing, Led by Picus Capital

On March 6, payment technology company Silverflow announced the completion of a $40 million Series B financing round, led by Picus Capital, with participation from Rabobank’s investment arm Rabo Investments, Inkef, Crane, Coatue, and GPT, among others. Its platform provides cloud-native payment processing solutions, supporting functions like network tokenized payments and card payments.

Digital Asset Trading Firm Crossover Markets Completes $31 Million Series B Financing, Led by Tradeweb

On March 5, digital asset trading firm Crossover Рынокs announced the completion of a $31 million Series B financing round at a $200 million valuation, led by the cross-asset class electronic trading platform Tradeweb. Participants included DRW Venture Capital, Ripple, Virtu Financial, Wintermute Ventures, XTX Рынокs, and Illuminate Financial, among others. The new funds will be used to enhance the technical architecture of the криптовалютаcurrency electronic communication network CROSSx, expand global operations, deepen integration with institutional partners, and promote the extension of Tradeweb’s electronic trading standards to the криптовалютаcurrency sector.

Perpetual Futures Exchange QFEX Completes $9.5 Million Seed Round, Led by Yuri Sagalov

On March 5, according to an official announcement, perpetual futures exchange QFEX completed a $9.5 million seed financing round, led by Yuri Sagalov of General Catalyst, with participation from Paul Graham, Y Combinator, and others. Other investors included institutions such as Nexus Ventures, Moonfire Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Liquid2 Ventures, 468 Capital, and Ritual Ventures, as well as angel investors.

Stablecoin Infrastructure Cyclops Completes $8 Million Financing, Castle Island Ventures and Others Participate

On March 4, stablecoin infrastructure provider Cyclops announced the completion of an $8 million financing round, with participation from Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime, and Shift4 Payments. Specific valuation data has not been disclosed.

Utexo Completes $7.5 Million Financing, Led by Tether and Others

On March 6, blockchain payment infrastructure company Utexo announced the completion of a $7.5 million seed financing round, jointly led by Tether, Big Brain Holdings, and Portal Ventures, with follow-on investments from over ten institutions including Franklin Templeton, Maven11 Capital, and FlowTraders. Utexo integrates Bitcoin, the Lightning Network, and the RGB protocol to provide payment operators with a single API access point, enabling instant settlement of USDT on the native Bitcoin network. Transaction fees are fixed and predictable, settlement time is under 1 second, and the entire process is executed with encryption and privacy.

Decentralized Cloud Storage Service Provider Akave Completes $6.65 Million Seed Round, BBF and Others Participate

On March 4, decentralized cloud storage service solution provider Akave announced the completion of a $6.65 million seed financing round, with participation from CVP NLH Advisors, Protocol Labs, No Limit Holdings, Blockchain Builders Fund (BBF), Big Brain Holdings LLC, Avalanche Foundation, and Filecoin Foundation, among others. Akave Cloud is built on the Layer 1 blockchain Avalanche and aims to support enterprises running data-intensive AI and analytics workloads. The new funds will primarily be used to expand sales and marketing efforts.

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