Crypto VC funding: Payward’s $100M deal leads Latitude’s $35M round

Crypto companies announced $151 million in disclosed financing across five deals from Sep. 5--11, 2026. The largest was Nasdaq Ventures' agreement to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward; Latitude's $35 million Series A ranked second.

Summary

• Five disclosed deals totaled $151 million, including Nasdaq Ventures' $100 million agreement to invest in Payward.
• Latitude raised $35 million in a Series A for stablecoin-based cross-border payments.
• Antarctic Exchange announced a $7 million financing tied to its derivatives trading platform.
• RealGo reported $6 million in strategic funding, while geospatial data project TINA announced $3 million.
• TRM Labs disclosed a new investment at a $2 billion valuation but did not reveal its size.

The total includes Nasdaq's announced investment agreement, which the companies did not describe as a completed payment. It excludes funding rounds with undisclosed amounts, company valuations, and acquisitions.

The deal inventory draws on CryptoRank's funding database and Crypto Fundraising's deal records, with transaction details checked against company, investor and other reporting sources. The disclosed total counts each of the five dated financings once.

Payward secures Nasdaq's $100 million investment agreement

Nasdaq said on Sep. 10 that its venture arm had agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken. The announcement described an agreement to invest, so the $100 million is included in the week's announced financing total rather than presented as cash already received.

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's xStocks infrastructure. Payward will also adopt Nasdaq's market surveillance technology across its trading venues.

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.

The Payward agreement accounted for about 66% of the week's $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.

Latitude raises $35 million for stablecoin payments

Oak HC/FT said it led Latitude's $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.

Oak described Latitude's 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.

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.

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' disclosed value.

Antarctic Exchange announces a $7 million financing

Antarctic Exchange announced 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's token component.

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.

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.

The round was smaller than the two payments and market-infrastructure deals above it, but it was the week's largest disclosed financing for a decentralized trading platform.

Projects below $7 million

• RealGo reported a $6 million strategic financing involving UZ Capital, Greenwood Global Capital, and Infinite Alliance. According to the report, the Web3 gaming company plans to spend the money on product development, team expansion, and AI research. The figure is the newly reported round, separate from earlier RealGo funding.
• TINA announced a $3 million financing for its geospatial data network, according to ChainCatcher. The report named THINKWARE, Gemhead Capital, Archer Capital, Astra Capital, Mayer Venture, and Tidal Capital as investors. TINA said the funding would support the expansion of its location-data project and dashcam ecosystem. The report did not establish a lead investor, so the backers are listed without assigning one.

Undisclosed investments remain outside the total

TRM Labs announced a Series C expansion 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.

Robinhood also said it would hold equity stakes in Crypto.com and OG.com through a prediction-markets partnership announced Sep. 8. The companies did not disclose an investment amount. OG.com said Robinhood would route some event-contract volume through its U.S. derivatives infrastructure; the equity arrangements are counted as two disclosed-stake transactions, but neither adds a dollar figure to the $151 million total.

Acquisitions appearing in funding databases, including Circle's Tazapay transaction, are excluded because an acquisition price is not fresh financing raised by the acquired company.