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NOVEMBER RECAP Despite liquid token prices suffering steep drawdowns over the past two months, the private market has remained extremely strong. There was a total of $1.4 billion in funding across 57 deals in November. This was the third consecutive month with more than $1 billion in funding, marking the longest monthly streak since Q1 2023. In addition to funding totals increasing, there has been a notable rise in valuations....
OCTOBER RECAP October set another 2025 record in monthly funding, totaling $1.78 billion across 109 deals. The large total was fueled by the two largest deals of the year: a $500 million Series A round completed by Tempo, and a $300 million undisclosed round from Kalshi. Infrastructure was the leading category with $912 million in funding across 56 deals, representing approximately 50% of both funding and deal count. CeFi followed...
SEPTEMBER RECAP Q3 ended on a strong note with September representing the highest monthly funding of the year at $1.38 billion across 77 deals. Quarterly funding totals have been on an upward trend since Q4 of last year, with this quarter marking the highest quarterly amount since Q1 2023. Optimism surrounding the industry has increased under the new administration and notably after the passing of the GENIUS Act. Source: Fundstrat...
AUGUST RECAP Although funding fell approximately 15% from July’s total, August funding remained strong, totaling $820 million across 92 deals. Year-to-date funding is significantly ahead of 2024’s pace, reaching $7.5 billion thus far compared to $8.5 billion for all of 2024. August’s funding was heavily concentrated in Infrastructure, DeFi, and CeFi, which represented 93% of total funding and 91% of deal count. It was a strong month for Series B...
JULY RECAP Funding continues to impress, totaling $1.1 billion across 88 deals. July represents the second consecutive month with over $1 billion in funding and the fourth in 2025, compared to just one in 2024. Infrastructure made up about half of total funding and deal count, including our Deal of the Month, Stable, a USDT-centric layer one chain built to transform payments. CeFi was the second leading category in funding...
JUNE RECAP June was another good month for crypto funding, with $1.2 billion in total funding across 84 deals, representing a 108% MoM increase, while deal count was relatively flat with a 3.7% increase. June was the second month in 2025 to have over $1 billion in funding, topping April’s high of $1.1 billion. Unsurprisingly, Infrastructure was the leading category, making up 53% of funding and 51% of deal count....
MAY RECAP After April saw a multi-year high in monthly funding, May’s total funding cooled significantly to $553 million, while deal count held relatively steady at 77 deals. Despite lower funding, stablecoin/payments related companies were a bright spot in May, with companies such as Plasma (DotM), Conduit, and Beam all raising capital. Infrastructure accounted for nearly three-quarters of total funding and about half of all deals. DeFi was the second...
APRIL RECAP Monthly funding rose 31% from $840 million in March to $1.1 billion in April despite the deal count falling 25% from 106 to 80. April represented the highest monthly funding total going back to November 2022, helped by two nine-figure deals from Auradine and ZenMEV, representing about 27% of total funding. Infrastructure was the leading category, accumulating $639 million in funding across 41 deals, representing over half of...
MARCH RECAP March showed declines in private funding activity and represented the lowest monthly total for the first quarter. Total funding fell 16% from February’s $1 billion to $840 million, while total deal count dropped 9% from 116 to 106. Infrastructure was the leading category, representing 50% of funding and 42% of all deals. There have been more CeFi deals to start 2025, with 25 through the first quarter compared...
MONTHLY RECAP February showed a modest increase in funding amount and deal count compared to January. Total funding rose 7% to $1 billion, and deal count increased 8% to 116 deals. Infrastructure was the leading category, with $388 million raised across 58 deals. CeFi has had its third consecutive month of nine-figure investment with less than 10 deals. The largest raise in February was a $200 million undisclosed round completed...
MONTHLY RECAP 2025 started on a strong foot, with January funding rising 5% month-over-month to $938 million from $895 million in December, while the deal count decreased 8% from 116 to 107. Infrastructure was the leading category of January, totaling $628 million in funding across 64 deals, representing 67% of total funding and 60% of total deal count. Although there were only six CeFi deals in January, it was the...
