From Morpho's $175M raise to Digital Asset's $355M Canton round, web3 funding in early June 2026 chased onchain infrastructure for institutions. We rank the five biggest crypto funding rounds from June 1 to June 13, with leads, participants, and the risks attached to each.
The first two weeks of May delivered a $1 billion Kalshi Series F, Circle's $222 million Arc presale, a $600 million Kraken-Reap deal, Elliptic's $120 million Series D, a fresh OCC bank charter for Augustus, and GVFL's first institutional check into Indian blockchain firm Antier Solutions.
Prosperr.io builds AI powered tax management infrastructure aimed at simplifying compliance for individuals and enterprises operating across increasingly complex financial and regulatory environments.
Founded in 2021 by Abhilash Madabhushi during his second year at PES University, Consuma is transforming the consumer research landscape by helping brands derive faster, deeper insights from digital behaviour data — at scale.
Despite the turbulence, venture capital (VC) firms have continued to invest heavily in blockchain and crypto startups, particularly in areas such as decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs), Web3 gaming, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and derivatives markets.
The funding sets Analog’s fully diluted valuation (FDV) at $300 million as the company prepares for its upcoming Token Generation Event (TGE).
Athina AI offers an end-to-end platform that simplifies the development and deployment of AI applications. The startup aims to empower teams to create production-ready AI systems up to 10 times faster.
This announcement follows the recent launch of Rekt Drinks, Rekt’s first physical consumer product. The lime-flavored sparkling water, branded with the recognizable Rekt logo, was made available in 32 countries, with an initial stock of 222,456 cans.
The pre-seed attracted a diverse group of investors, including early-stage backers from Panama and international supporters.
The platform is also one of the first to support SATs (Satoshis), the smallest unit of Bitcoin, and offers trading in more than 35 other liquid tokens.
This strategic investment is aimed at advancing PiP World’s mission to transform financial education through gamification, making complex financial concepts engaging and accessible to users of all levels.
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With the recent funding, Groq plans to deploy over 100,000 additional LPUs into GroqCloud, focusing on the deployment of AI models for global use.
Nine leading financial and crypto firms, including BlackRock, Coinbase, and Strategy, have launched the Bitcoin Security Consortium with a combined $15 million commitment over three years. The initiative will fund Bitcoin security research and open source development while preparing for future quantum computing risks.
Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, the exchange's first institutional funding round since its 2016 founding. The capital will fund a push into tokenized securities and derivatives as crypto fundraising sinks to its lowest level since 2020.
Robinhood took its Arbitrum-built Layer 2, Robinhood Chain, live on public mainnet on July 1. The launch brings 24/7 Stock Token trading to more than 120 countries, adds onchain lending through Robinhood Earn, and routes 10% of chain fees back to the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Social trading platform Fomo has raised $75 million in a Series B round led by Index Ventures at a $550 million valuation. Union Square Ventures and Benchmark joined, alongside angels Mark Pincus, Humam Sakhnini, and Kevin Hartz. Fomo reports 625,000 users and $4 billion in trading volume.
Crypto game studio Uncharted is closing its flagship Ronin title Fishing Frenzy on June 25 after failing to prove its crypto gaming thesis. The wind-down includes $62,845 in USDC payouts, refunds, and a frozen, spend-only FISH token.
SuperAI Singapore 2026 gathered 10,000 attendees at Marina Bay Sands on June 10-11. Benedict Evans warned of financial gravity in the AI boom, Exa's Will Bryk mapped the rise of agent search, Max Tegmark pushed a pro-human safety case, and Cerebras made the case for faster inference.
The DOJ and CFTC are investigating former Rep. George Santos over Kalshi bets tied to his attendance at Trump's State of the Union address. Kalshi froze his account and referred the case, as prediction-market insider trading scrutiny widens.
Brussels-based Keyrock has been named the successful bidder for the assets of bankrupt crypto trading firm BlockFills, agreeing to pay $3.25 million. The deal awaits approval at a U.S. bankruptcy court hearing scheduled for June 16, 2026, months after BlockFills filed for Chapter 11.
Coinbase launched direct INR rails in India on June 1, 2026, letting customers deposit and withdraw rupees via IMPS without P2P workarounds. The exchange added spot trading, perpetual futures, local rupee order books, and Coinbase Advanced tools, backed by FIU-IND registration.
KuCoin is framing its Australian push as an 'evolution,' pairing its November 2025 AUSTRAC registration with the launch of KuCard, a Mastercard-linked debit card built with Immersve that lets users spend USDC at any Mastercard merchant, including via Apple Pay and Google Pay.
93% of GameFi projects are dead, token values have collapsed 95% from 2022 peaks, and studio funding fell 93% by 2025 — Caladan's report confirms Web3 gaming burned $15 billion chasing speculators while gamers never arrived.
