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1) An open-source AI lab building foundation models, autonomous agents, and distributed training infrastructure. Its flagship AI agent has become one of the most widely adopted open-source agent stacks.

Backed by leading AI and crypto investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures and USV, alongside a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.

2) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

3) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

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Summary

Anthropic filed for a Nasdaq IPO under the proposed ticker $ANT, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley leading the offering. Its filing disclosed $16.3B in first-half revenue and an $80.7B net loss, largely driven by non-cash changes in the value of convertible financing instruments. Bitcoin trades around $80K after briefly falling below that level over the weekend, while broader risk sentiment remains pressured by concerns around AI infrastructure spending. SpaceX raised $40B in debt to fund GPU purchases, with Elon Musk warning that financing markets are increasingly shutting out AI infrastructure companies without substantial non-AI revenue.

Strive acquired 6,182 BTC for $511M between October 17 and 23, taking its holdings to 43,000 BTC. BitMine added another 10,452 ETH, bringing its treasury to 6.05M ETH, or 4.95% of circulating supply, with roughly 86% currently staked. Strategy, meanwhile, paused Bitcoin purchases after five consecutive weeks of buying and instead repurchased 2.07M STRC preferred shares for $204.9M, leaving its holdings unchanged at 848,517 BTC.

HSBC launched its HKD-backed RedCoin for retail payments, while Aviva Investors launched a tokenized share class of its £22B Sterling Liquidity Fund on XRP Ledger and invested £50M into the offering. SoFi also launched an interest-bearing, FDIC-insured tokenized deposit that can be converted into SoFiUSD, further blurring the line between traditional deposits and onchain settlement infrastructure.

On the regulatory front, South Korea is considering delaying its 22% crypto capital-gains tax for a fourth time, potentially pushing implementation from January 2027 to 2029 as authorities align reporting infrastructure with the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework. Elsewhere, hardware-wallet maker Keystone disclosed that customer names, contact details, shipping addresses and order information were exposed through its Shopify store, though private keys and recovery phrases were not compromised.

Crypto Markets

BTC briefly dipped below $80K, but bulls have held the level for now, with price recovering back above it. The broader structure remains intact, although momentum has weakened, with RSI around 42.

OI has continued to rise while price has drifted lower, suggesting new positioning is entering during the pullback, rather than leverage simply being flushed.

For now, $80K remains the key short term level. Holding it keeps the current consolidation intact, while a decisive breakdown would put the daily 200 EMA around $76K back into focus.

Total Market Cap: 2.68T
BTC Dominance: 60.0%
Fear and Greed Index: 50 (Neutral)

General News

• Anthropic files for Nasdaq IPO under $ANT after reporting $80.7B first-half loss

• SpaceX raises $40B for AI chips as Musk warns of neocloud shakeout

• Strive buys 6,182 BTC for $511M, taking holdings to 43,000 BTC

• BitMine adds 10,452 ETH as holdings reach 6.05M ETH

• Strategy pauses Bitcoin buying and repurchases $205M of STRC preferred shares

• Aviva tokenizes share class of £22B fund on XRP Ledger with £50M investment

• South Korea considers delaying 22% crypto gains tax until 2029

• HSBC launches HKD stablecoin RedCoin for retail payments

• SoFi launches interest-bearing, FDIC-insured tokenized deposit

• Keystone customer data exposed in hardware-wallet store breach

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Latest Deals Highlights on GCRx

1) An open-source AI lab building foundation models, autonomous agents, and distributed training infrastructure. Its flagship AI agent has become one of the most widely adopted open-source agent stacks.

Backed by leading AI and crypto investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures and USV, alongside a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.

2) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

3) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

Latest Deals, Rounds & Raises Across Web3, AI, Robotics, Space, FinTech, and More

1) Erebor Bank, a nationally chartered U.S. bank serving companies across defense, robotics, AI, hard tech and the broader innovation economy, secured a $30M investment from Robinhood Ventures Fund through the purchase of preferred stock.

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2) Mural, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses and AI agents, raised a $15M Series A led by Tether, with participation from North Island Ventures, bringing total funding to $28M.

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3) Whop, a platform providing entrepreneurs and digital businesses with infrastructure to sell products, manage payments and grow their businesses, raised a $200M Series D at a $5.1B valuation, led by Sequoia and Shopify Ventures. The funding will support global expansion and further development of its payments and advertising infrastructure.

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4) Dataline, a decentralized data network for AI agents, raised a $10.6M seed round co-led by Lattice and Samsung-backed Dispersion Capital, with participation from Symbolic Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Anagram and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev. Dataline also plans to hold a public token sale on Uniswap.

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DISCLAIMER: Investing carries with it inherent risks, including but not limited to technical, operational, and human errors, as well as platform failures. The content provided is purely for educational purposes and should not be considered as financial advice. The authors of this content are not professional or licensed financial advisors and the views expressed are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization they may be affiliated with. This content is intended solely for members of GCR and may not be redistributed.

Latest Deals Highlights on GCRx

1) An open-source AI lab building foundation models, autonomous agents, and distributed training infrastructure. Its flagship AI agent has become one of the most widely adopted open-source agent stacks.

Backed by leading AI and crypto investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures and USV, alongside a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.

2) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

3) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

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Summary

Bitcoin trades around $82.7K after briefly falling below $80K, with some traders calling for a “Black Monday” as AI stocks sold off in thin weekend liquidity and macro pressure remained elevated. September PPI rose 1.3% MoM and 6.3% YoY, while the 10-year Treasury yield briefly reached 5.33% before falling back toward 5.1%. Despite the inflation surprise, markets now price only around a 12% chance of an October Fed hike. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded roughly $229M of net outflows last week, while Ether ETFs lost about $320M.

Strategy purchased another 267 BTC for $22.1M, taking its holdings to 848,517 BTC, while Strive added 3,311 BTC for $280M and now holds 35,595 BTC. BitMine added 12,532 ETH, bringing its treasury to 6.03M ETH, or roughly 4.9% of circulating supply. However, MSCI finalized new index rules that could exclude Strategy, Metaplanet and other crypto treasury companies, potentially forcing passive funds to sell their shares.

JPMorgan expanded its JPM Coin deposit token to Ethereum after previously launching it on Base, with Kinexys now having processed more than $4T cumulatively. Mastercard and BVNK launched Global Money Platform, while World launched a World ID suite built specifically for banks and financial firms, with Bain Capital and VanEck Funds among its design partners. Morgan Stanley also said it expects to support tokenized equities in Q1 2027 and sees the tokenized RWA market reaching $3T–$10T by 2030.

On the regulatory front, Revolut secured a Gibraltar crypto licence to support its international expansion, while the EBA classified USDC as the EU's first “significant” e-money token under MiCA. Elsewhere, Cysic suspended its bridge after an attacker minted 10M unauthorized CYS and moved roughly $727K to Ethereum, while nine U.S.-listed companies objected to tokenized versions of their shares trading on OKXICE.

Crypto Markets

Despite hotter U.S. inflation and an AI led equity selloff pressuring risk assets, BTC has shown relative resilience, holding around $82K and remaining well above the daily 200 EMA near $76K.

OI remains subdued, while CVD is still negative across most major exchanges, suggesting the recent strength has not been driven by aggressive leveraged buying. At the same time, price holding despite persistent net selling suggests sell pressure is being absorbed.

For now, we expect choppy price action into the U.S. midterms, with macro conditions still the main driver of short term direction.

Total Market Cap: 2.73T
BTC Dominance: 60.2%
Fear and Greed Index: 59 (Greed)

General News

• Bitcoin rebounds above $82K as October Fed hike odds fall to ~12%

• Strategy buys another 267 BTC for $22.1M, holdings reach 848,517 BTC

• Strive buys 3,311 BTC for $280M, taking holdings to 35,595 BTC

• MSCI rules put Strategy, Metaplanet and other crypto treasuries at risk of index exclusion

• JPMorgan brings JPM Coin to Ethereum after processing $4T through Kinexys

• World launches World ID suite for banks and financial firms

• Revolut secures Gibraltar crypto licence to support international expansion

• Mastercard and BVNK launch fiat and stablecoin Global Money Platform

• EBA classifies USDC as EU's first significant e-money token under MiCA

• Cysic suspends bridge after attacker mints 10M CYS and moves $727K to Ethereum

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With transparent pricing and rapid vehicle setup, GCRx handles the operational and administrative complexity from formation through execution.

DISCLAIMER: Investing carries with it inherent risks, including but not limited to technical, operational, and human errors, as well as platform failures. The content provided is purely for educational purposes and should not be considered as financial advice. The authors of this content are not professional or licensed financial advisors and the views expressed are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization they may be affiliated with. This content is intended solely for members of GCR and may not be redistributed.

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Latest Deals Highlights on GCRx

1) An open-source AI lab building foundation models, autonomous agents, and distributed training infrastructure. Its flagship AI agent has become one of the most widely adopted open-source agent stacks.

Backed by leading AI and crypto investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures and USV, alongside a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.

2) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

3) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

Latest Deals, Rounds & Raises Across Web3, AI, Robotics, Space, FinTech, and More

1) Modal, a cloud infrastructure platform for teams developing, training and serving AI applications at scale, raised a $750M Series D at a $15.75B post-money valuation, led by Accel, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, Redpoint, Lux Capital and others. Modal has also crossed $1B in annualized run rate.

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2) Fission, a marketplace for tokenized funds building liquidity infrastructure for tokenized investment products, raised a $10M Series A led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Circle Ventures, New Form, gumi Cryptos Capital, Borderless Capital and GTS CEO Ari Rubenstein.

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3) Multiliquid, an institutional settlement and liquidity platform connecting regulated RWAs with institutional capital through a unified integration layer, closed a seed round led by Polychain, with participation from Strobe Ventures, CMT Digital, Metalayer Ventures, Generative Ventures and Circle Ventures, bringing total funding to $8M.

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4) Spout Finance, enabling users to borrow against their equities at 0% APR, raised a $2M strategic round from Draper Dragon, Anchorage Digital, Flow Traders, Taisu Ventures, Vessel Capital, Solayer, 2Square Capital and Bering Waters Ventures, with strategic backing from Solana Labs.

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Latest Deals Highlights on GCRx

1) An open-source AI lab building foundation models, autonomous agents, and distributed training infrastructure. Its flagship AI agent has become one of the most widely adopted open-source agent stacks.

Backed by leading AI and crypto investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures and USV, alongside a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.

2) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

3) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

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1) Spiko, a regulated European fintech and tokenized-fund infrastructure platform, raised a $90M Series B led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from Index Ventures, Bpifrance, Speedinvest, Flourish Ventures, White Star Capital, Wintermute Ventures and others.

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2) Navara, an MPC wallet with AI support and access to onchain financial markets, raised a Series A reportedly worth $19M, led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Jump, DCM, DST Global Partners, Faction, Distributed Global, Blockchange, Morgan Creek Digital, Figure and others.

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3) Nous Research, an AI research lab and infrastructure startup building open-source AI models, autonomous agents and decentralized training tools, raised $90M at a $1.5B valuation, with participation from Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures and Nvidia.

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4) Anvil, a digital-asset collateral infrastructure platform enabling businesses and financial institutions to integrate onchain collateral without writing blockchain code, secured a $5M governance token investment led by Peter Thiel-backed Founders Fund, with participation from Pantera Capital, Theta Blockchain Ventures, Bullish and Protoscale Capital.

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DISCLAIMER: Investing carries with it inherent risks, including but not limited to technical, operational, and human errors, as well as platform failures. The content provided is purely for educational purposes and should not be considered as financial advice. The authors of this content are not professional or licensed financial advisors and the views expressed are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization they may be affiliated with. This content is intended solely for members of GCR and may not be redistributed.

Latest Deals Highlights on GCRx

1) An open-source AI lab building foundation models, autonomous agents, and distributed training infrastructure. Its flagship AI agent has become one of the most widely adopted open-source agent stacks.

Backed by leading AI and crypto investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures and USV, alongside a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.

2) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

3) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

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Summary

Bitcoin trades around $86K after a weak U.S. jobs report pushed traders to drop bets on an October Fed rate hike. Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index climbed to roughly 102.5, its highest level in nearly 18 months.

Crypto treasury activity continued. Strategy purchased 334 BTC for $28.7M, Strive added 2,000 BTC for $169M, and BitMine acquired another 15,112 ETH. Metaplanet took a different approach, selling 10,000 BTC during Q3 before buying back 11,000 BTC to demonstrate liquidity.

Institutional crypto infrastructure continued expanding. OKXICE, the joint venture between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, notified the SEC of plans to launch a tokenized securities trading venue. Payward integrated Singapore Gulf Bank's real-time clearing network for 24/7 institutional settlement, while Stripe plans to expand its stablecoin card programs to more than 100 countries by year-end. A Visa study also found that 46% of APAC consumers expect to use stablecoins within five years.

Elsewhere, Near Intents recovered the full $3.8M stolen in last week's exploit and closed its investigation. Ethereum Layer 2 Blast announced plans to wind down its network, citing operating costs exceeding revenue and no credible path to economic sustainability.

Crypto Markets

Bitcoin is holding around $86K as weekday liquidity returns, with CEX spot and perpetual DEX volumes increasing more than 40%, while open interest has grown less than 2%. This suggests activity is returning without a significant buildup in leverage.

CVD is positive across all major venues and has generally trended higher since late September, showing consistent aggressive buying rather than a move driven primarily by short covering. RSI around 67 also shows strong momentum without being extremely stretched.

Overall, the setup looks constructive. Rising price, positive CVD and relatively contained OI suggest the move has healthier participation behind it. The main question is whether spot demand can remain strong enough to push BTC through the next major resistance around $90K to $92K.

Total Market Cap: 2.93T
BTC Dominance: 59.1%
Fear and Greed Index: 70 (Greed)

General News

• Bitcoin holds above $86K as traders price out an October Fed hike

• Strategy buys another 334 BTC for $28.7M

• BitMine adds 15,112 ETH as Tom Lee highlights Ether's performance

• Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC before buying back 11,000 BTC to demonstrate liquidity

• OKX and ICE joint venture plans tokenized securities trading venue

• Visa study finds 46% of APAC consumers likely to use stablecoins within five years

• Ethereum Layer 2 Blast to shut down as operating costs exceed revenue

• Payward and Singapore Gulf Bank launch 24/7 institutional crypto settlement

• Zcash's 25-second blocks go live on public testnet ahead of schedule

• DeFi Development's NAV per share doubles as SOL holdings reach 2.56M

GCRx Team at Token2049 Singapore

The GCRx team is in Singapore for TOKEN2049.

Arthur and Erlisa are there all week, meeting founders, syndicate leads, angels and funds.

If you're a founder bringing together a group of angels, a syndicate lead with a deal in the works, or a fund with LPs looking to invest via USDC, make sure to connect with them.

DISCLAIMER: Investing carries with it inherent risks, including but not limited to technical, operational, and human errors, as well as platform failures. The content provided is purely for educational purposes and should not be considered as financial advice. The authors of this content are not professional or licensed financial advisors and the views expressed are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization they may be affiliated with. This content is intended solely for members of GCR and may not be redistributed.

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Latest Deals Highlights on GCRx

1) An open-source AI lab building foundation models, autonomous agents, and distributed training infrastructure. Its flagship AI agent has become one of the most widely adopted open-source agent stacks.

Backed by leading AI and crypto investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures and USV, alongside a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.

2) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

3) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

The team brings deep aerospace experience across SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab, NASA JPL, and major research institutions, supported by a vertically integrated manufacturing facility connecting design, testing, production, and flight data.

Latest Deals, Rounds & Raises Across Web3, AI, Robotics, Space, FinTech, and More

1) Jeeves, a stablecoin-native banking platform for companies, raised $110M in a round led by CoinFund, with participation from AllianceBernstein, a16z, Coinbase Ventures, CRV, GIC, Global PayTech Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Vista, Wintermute Ventures, Y Combinator and others.

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2) Verona, an intelligence layer for AI that makes user-verified data portable, private and programmable, introduced verUSD, a stablecoin built for AI agents, with $100M+ in institutional launch commitments from Animoca Ventures, Figment Capital, Sfermion, Pentos Ventures, ArkStream Capital and others.

verUSD gives AI agents a dollar-denominated token they can use to autonomously pay for data, services and other machine-to-machine transactions.

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3) Varda Space Industries, building the infrastructure to make low Earth orbit accessible, raised a $250M Series D at a $1.6B valuation, bringing total funding to $598M. The round was led by Lux Capital and Natural Capital, with participation from Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Caffeinated Capital, 8090 Industries, Giant Step and Also Capital.

The funding will be used to build more spacecraft, expand pharmaceutical partnerships and advance toward manufacturing medicines in space for use on Earth.

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4) ElevenLabs, an AI research and products company, completed a $300M employee tender offer at a $22B valuation. EQT, Goldman Sachs, GIC, OTPP, Sapphire Ventures and BDT & MSD invested for the first time, alongside existing investors including a16z, Lightspeed, ICONIQ, D.E. Shaw and others.

ElevenLabs was valued at just $9M in its first funding round in 2022.

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The GCRx team is heading to Singapore for TOKEN2049.

Arthur and Erlisa will be there all week from 5 October, meeting founders, syndicate leads, angels and funds.

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DISCLAIMER: Investing carries with it inherent risks, including but not limited to technical, operational, and human errors, as well as platform failures. The content provided is purely for educational purposes and should not be considered as financial advice. The authors of this content are not professional or licensed financial advisors and the views expressed are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization they may be affiliated with. This content is intended solely for members of GCR and may not be redistributed.

Latest Deals Highlights on GCRx

1) An open-source AI lab building foundation models, autonomous agents, and distributed training infrastructure. Its flagship AI agent has become one of the most widely adopted open-source agent stacks.

Backed by leading AI and crypto investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures and USV, alongside a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.

2) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

3) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

The team brings deep aerospace experience across SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab, NASA JPL, and major research institutions, supported by a vertically integrated manufacturing facility connecting design, testing, production, and flight data.

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Summary

Bitcoin is down 1.6% over the past 24 hours, trading around $83.4K. The latest pressure is coming from oil rather than crypto, after President Trump rejected Iran's latest terms for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the pullback, institutional flows remained strong. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $2.4B last week, pushing their 2026 net flows back into positive territory, while Ether ETFs recorded $690M in net inflows.

Crypto treasury accumulation also continued. Strategy purchased 1,665 BTC for $142.7M, Strive added 1,107 BTC for $94.5M, and BitMine acquired another 17,362 ETH over the past week.

On the industry side, researchers proposed Shielded Bitcoin, a Zcash-inspired privacy system that could conceal transaction amounts, senders and recipients without changing Bitcoin's consensus rules. Vitalik Buterin outlined Ethereum's broader 2030 vision, while Ethena is expanding the basis trade behind USDe into tokenized equities. Citigroup also tapped Coinbase to help institutional clients accept stablecoin payments. Meanwhile, Bitget began gradually restoring withdrawals after a Sept. 24 exploit drained roughly $388M from the exchange.

On the regulatory front, the SEC said token buybacks, network upgrades and marketing claims do not automatically make a crypto asset a security. California also banned public officials from issuing memecoins under a new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.

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Crypto Markets

Bitcoin saw a slight retracement after last week’s breakout and now appears to be forming a new range around $80K to $85K. More importantly, the weekly structure has finally printed a higher high above the April 2026 peak, shifting the HTF structure bullish.

Derivatives positioning has cooled, with open interest falling alongside the pullback, suggesting positions are being closed rather than significant new shorts being added. Negative funding and a slight sell side imbalance in taker flow show that remaining positioning still leans bearish.

Holding the breakout area would keep the bullish HTF structure intact, with $85K to $87K the immediate area to reclaim.

Total Market Cap: 2.87T
BTC Dominance: 58.5%
Fear and Greed Index: 74 (Greed)

General News

• Bitcoin falls to $83K as rising oil pressures risk assets

• Vitalik Buterin outlines Ethereum's shift beyond a blockchain in 2030 vision

• Bitcoin researchers propose Zcash-style shielded privacy without changing network rules

• Ethena expands USDe backing strategy into tokenized stocks and equity perpetuals

• SEC says token buybacks and network upgrades don't automatically make crypto assets securities

• California bans public officials from issuing memecoins under new law

• Citi expands digital asset push with Coinbase stablecoin payments partnership

• Bitget begins phased withdrawal resumption following $388M exploit

• Strategy buys another 1,665 BTC for $142.7M

• BitMine tops 6M ETH after buying another 17,362 ETH

GCRx Team at Token2049 Singapore

The GCRx team is heading to Singapore for TOKEN2049.

Arthur and Erlisa will be there all week from 5 October, meeting founders, syndicate leads, angels and funds.

If you're a founder bringing together a group of angels, a syndicate lead with a deal in the works, or a fund with LPs looking to invest via USDC, make sure to connect with them.

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1) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

2) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

The team brings deep aerospace experience across SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab, NASA JPL, and major research institutions, supported by a vertically integrated manufacturing facility connecting design, testing, production, and flight data.

Having raised $7M to date from investors including Lux Capital, Soma Capital, Alumni Ventures, and Kakao Ventures, the company is now raising $10M to scale its satellite manufacturing and production capabilities.

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1) Breed VC announced Breed VC Fund II, a $15M early-stage fund, backed by LPs including FalconX, Hutt Capital, Arrington Capital, Nic Carter, Rob Hadick, Jake Brukhman and others. Fund II follows its 2023 vintage Fund I, which is now fully deployed.

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2) MoonPay acquired North Capital for $60M, a private-markets infrastructure platform combining API-first technology with SEC-regulated brokerage services and $8.7B in transaction volume. The acquisition will add North Capital’s securities brokerage and investment advisory businesses to MoonPay’s global financial infrastructure platform.

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3) Citrea, a Bitcoin application layer enabling institutions and users to access Bitcoin capital markets, acquired Crest, a self-custodial, privacy-first Bitcoin mobile wallet. The acquisition aims to bring a simpler and more intuitive privacy (similar to Zcash) experience to Bitcoin.

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4) HIFI, a stablecoin payments and tokenized assets company helping businesses move money between bank accounts and stablecoins, raised a $37M Series A led by Left Lane Capital. The company now processes more than $7B annually, with usage among existing customers growing more than 4x over the past six months.

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1) NEW An open-source AI lab building foundation models, autonomous agents, and distributed training infrastructure. Its flagship AI agent has become one of the most widely adopted open-source agent stacks.

Backed by leading AI and crypto investors including Paradigm, Robot Ventures and USV, alongside a strategic relationship with NVIDIA.

2) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

3) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

The team brings deep aerospace experience across SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab, NASA JPL, and major research institutions, supported by a vertically integrated manufacturing facility connecting design, testing, production, and flight data.

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Bitcoin surged above $85K as a short squeeze liquidated $666M in bearish positions, for the time being shrugging off the hawkish sentiment from last week's Federal Reserve rate hike, which lifted the benchmark target to 4.00%. The move also followed the SEC opening its conditional five-year exemption window, allowing select institutional venues to pilot tokenized stock trading directly on public blockchains.

Institutional activity continued, with Strategy purchasing another 950 BTC for $76M and BitMine adding 27,562 ETH. The ECB deployed its Pontes platform for settling wholesale tokenized assets in central-bank money, marking another step toward institutional adoption of tokenized finance. Speaking of ECB, it's President Christine Lagarde reportedly intervened to block Binance's EU MiCA license.

Prediction markets faced renewed scrutiny. Polymarket reportedly dealt with a $10M fraud attempt, while Kalshi faced allegations over fake volume. Outside crypto, SoftBank launched more than $10B plus €1B in bonds to finance its next OpenAI investment tranche, while Chinese regulators increased scrutiny of humanoid robotics companies seeking public listings amid concerns around valuations and commercial demand.

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Bitcoin has pushed toward $85K and reclaimed its 50 week EMA, a meaningful improvement in the broader market structure.

The move is supported by flows, with CVD turning sharply positive across major venues while open interest increased alongside price. This suggests aggressive buying and new positioning contributed to the move, rather than it being purely driven by short covering.

$90K to $92K is the next major resistance area to watch.

Total Market Cap: 2.89T
BTC Dominance: 59.2%
Fear and Greed Index: 70 (Greed)

General News

• Bitcoin hits $85K as short squeeze liquidates $648M in bearish bets

• Scott Bessent champions dollar dominance across global markets and stablecoins

• ECB President Christine Lagarde reportedly intervened to block Binance's EU MiCA license

• SoftBank launches over $10B in bonds to fund OpenAI investment

• China slows humanoid robot IPO rush as regulators scrutinize valuations

• Google and Apple seek crypto talent as Big Tech eyes stablecoin and tokenization rails

• BitMine adds 27,562 ETH as holdings near 5% of Ethereum supply

• Strategy buys another 950 BTC for $76M

• ECB launches Pontes to settle tokenized assets in central-bank money

• Kalshi responds to fake crypto volume allegations

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1) A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

2) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

The team brings deep aerospace experience across SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab, NASA JPL, and major research institutions, supported by a vertically integrated manufacturing facility connecting design, testing, production, and flight data.

Having raised $7M to date from investors including Lux Capital, Soma Capital, Alumni Ventures, and Kakao Ventures, the company is now raising $10M to scale its satellite manufacturing and production capabilities.

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Summary

Bitcoin rose above $79K despite broader pressure on risk assets, as calls to slow AI development weighed on technology shares. Rising energy prices added another headwind, with Brent crude climbing more than 3% to $107 per barrel, while the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield traded just below 5% and the 30-year reached 5.355%.

In Washington, Senate Republicans released a revised version of the Clarity Act incorporating changes requested by Democrats, including new ethics provisions. President Trump agreed to restrictions that would limit government officials and their spouses from certain crypto-related dealings.

Institutional activity remained strong. Strategy repurchased $139M of STRC shares while leaving its Bitcoin holdings unchanged. BitMine acquired another 27,180 ETH, taking total holdings to 5.96M ETH, or roughly 4.9% of supply. Kaiko extended its Series B to $110M, led by S&P Global alongside Nasdaq, BNP Paribas and Coinbase Ventures. The UAE's federal digital government authority is also moving the UAEPASS Digital Vault to Avalanche.

On the regulatory front, ESMA said major prediction market platforms lack EU authorization and questioned whether partial geo-blocking by Polymarket and Kalshi is sufficient to prevent access by EU users.

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Bitcoin rose back above $78K despite broader pressure across risk assets, continuing to hold its post breakout range and remain comfortably above the daily 200 EMA around $73K.

The underlying positioning remains interesting. Open interest has stayed relatively stable while CVD remains deeply negative, particularly on Binance and Bybit. Price holding firm despite persistent aggressive selling suggests that sell pressure continues to be absorbed.

For now, $80K to $82K remains the key resistance area, with the market still largely in consolidation ahead of the Fed decision.

Total Market Cap: 2.66T
BTC Dominance: 59.0%
Fear and Greed Index: 57 (Greed)

General News

• Senate Republicans release final Clarity Act draft

• Crypto outperforms as calls to slow AI development weigh on tech stocks

• Bernstein sees more Clarity Act progress than markets expected

• S&P Global leads Kaiko investment as Series B extends to $110M

• Revolut says customer KYC and Bitcoin transaction data exposed after fake government request

• BitMine adds $68M in ETH as holdings reach 5.96M ETH

• ESMA says major prediction platforms lack EU authorization

• Strategy repurchases $139M of STRC shares as Bitcoin holdings remain unchanged

• Uniswap introduces StablePair Hook for more efficient stablecoin liquidity

• Robinhood crypto trading volume jumps 61% in August

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1) *NEW* A neurotech AI company building a non-invasive interface to decode thoughts from brain activity.

The technology turns neural activity into a format that can interact with AI models, with potential applications across healthcare, human-computer interaction, and eventually consumer brain interfaces.

Early testing has already shown significant improvements in neural decoding accuracy.

2) An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

The team brings deep aerospace experience across SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab, NASA JPL, and major research institutions, supported by a vertically integrated manufacturing facility connecting design, testing, production, and flight data.

Having raised $7M to date from investors including Lux Capital, Soma Capital, Alumni Ventures, and Kakao Ventures, the company is now raising $10M to scale its satellite manufacturing and production capabilities.

Latest Deals, Rounds & Raises Across Web3, AI, Robotics, Space, FinTech, and More

1) Nasdaq Ventures invested $100M in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, at a reported $21B valuation, as the firms deepen their collaboration on tokenized equities and market infrastructure, including Nasdaq Equity Tokens (NETs), expected to launch in Q2 2027.

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2) Circle agreed to acquire Tazapay, a Singapore-based B2B cross-border payments infrastructure company, for $400M in stock. Tazapay processes $25B+ in annualized payment volume, with ~60% of transactions already involving stablecoins.

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3) Cognition, the AI coding company behind Devin , raised over $2B at a $48B valuation. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, with participation from Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Avenir and others.

Cognition’s run-rate revenue has grown from $492M in May to nearly $900M.

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4) Lightfield, an AI-native CRM platform, raised $47M in a round led by a16z, with participation from Maverick Ventures, Coatue, Audacious, Alumni Ventures, Greylock and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The funding will be used to expand its 40-person team, particularly across sales and engineering.

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Deal Highlight

An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

The team brings deep aerospace experience across SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab, NASA JPL, and major research institutions, supported by a vertically integrated manufacturing facility connecting design, testing, production, and flight data.

Having raised $7M to date from investors including Lux Capital, Soma Capital, Alumni Ventures, and Kakao Ventures, the company is now raising $10M to scale its satellite manufacturing and production capabilities.

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Summary

Bitcoin trades above $79K as markets remain divided over the Fed's next move. Polymarket currently prices a 51% chance of no change versus roughly 50% for a 25 bps hike. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $986.9M in net inflows last week, extending their positive streak to three consecutive weeks, while Capital B made its largest Bitcoin purchase in a year, adding $29M in BTC.

The week's standout was Robinhood launchpad Pons, which generated $36.44M in 7-day fees compared with PumpFun's $9.45M, although PumpFun remained slightly ahead in revenue at $7.2M versus $7.16M. STONK also surged roughly 250% to a $140M market cap as stock-paired Solana launchpad StonkFun announced an integration with Raydium's LaunchLab.

Institutional adoption continued, with UBS, Bank of Montreal and Jane Street disclosing holdings in U.S. Hyperliquid ETFs. DBS and Citi also completed their first weekend USD payment between Singapore and the U.S. using tokenized deposits.

Elsewhere, the attacker who withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC from a Liquid Federation wallet said most of the funds would be returned after a fix for the underlying bug was confirmed. Harmony proposed sunsetting its Layer 1 and migrating ONE to Ethereum, while Coinbase-backed Router Protocol announced plans to shut down and burn 303M ROUTE tokens.

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Bitcoin remains in a $77K to $82K range, with price consolidating after the strong move in late August. Despite renewed concerns over a potential Fed rate hike, BTC has held relatively well, while U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $986.9M in net inflows last week, marking a third consecutive week of positive flows.

CVD remains negative across most major exchanges, particularly Binance, while price continues to hold near $79K. This suggests aggressive selling is being absorbed without translating into significant downside.

For now, $77K and $82K define the range, with eyes firmly on the Fed and its upcoming rate decision for the next major catalyst.

Total Market Cap: 2.69T
BTC Dominance: 59.0%
Fear and Greed Index: 71 (Greed)

General News

• Bitcoin holds near $80K as Fed hike fears return ahead of CPI

• DBS and Citi complete first weekend USD payment between Singapore and U.S. via tokenized deposits

• Liquid attacker says most of 4,000 BTC will be returned after bug fix

• STONK surges 250% as StonkFun drives volume to Raydium and Jupiter

• Capital B buys $29M in Bitcoin in largest purchase in a year

• Ethereum moves toward letting users pay gas without holding ETH

• Solana plans to triple transaction size for more complex applications

• UK regulator weighs easing financial prediction market ban

• Zcat memecoin pays holders $2.8M in Zcash as ZEC tops $1,200

• Harmony proposes sunsetting its Layer 1 and migrating ONE to Ethereum

• Coinbase-backed Router Protocol to shut down and burn 303M ROUTE

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An AI-native satellite manufacturing company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy customized orbital systems without operating their own space programs. Its platform automates mission design, simulation, and integration, turning satellite development into a scalable and repeatable production process.

The team brings deep aerospace experience across SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Rocket Lab, NASA JPL, and major research institutions, supported by a vertically integrated manufacturing facility connecting design, testing, production, and flight data.

Having raised $7M to date from investors including Lux Capital, Soma Capital, Alumni Ventures, and Kakao Ventures, the company is now raising $10M to scale its satellite manufacturing and production capabilities.

Latest Deals, Rounds & Raises Across Web3, AI, Robotics, Space, FinTech, and More

1) NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, a platform for the machine learning community, for $12.93B. The acquisition will focus on scaling Hugging Face’s platform, strengthening its infrastructure and expanding access to AI for developers and institutions globally.

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2) Félix Pago, a stablecoin-based remittance startup enabling users to send money through WhatsApp, raised $200M, including an $87M Series C led by a16z crypto and a $113M credit facility from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund.

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3) Firelight, a decentralized risk cover protocol, raised $8M in a seed round led by Gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from Maven 11, Metalayer, Joint Effects and Tribe Capital.

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4) OpenReserve, a blockchain-native digital bank, emerged from stealth after receiving conditional OCC approval to form a full-service U.S. national bank. It also raised a $25M seed round led by a16z crypto, with participation from Jump Capital, Acrew, Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute Ventures and others.

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A humanoid robotics company developing one of the world's most advanced full-stack autonomous robots for warehouses, factories, and logistics operations, combining proprietary robotics hardware with AI-powered autonomy and designed for real-world industrial deployment.

The technology is already being deployed with major enterprise partners across manufacturing and logistics. The team brings more than a decade of humanoid robotics experience, having developed 15+ robots across exoskeletons, bipedal platforms, and robotic arms.

The company is moving toward commercial-scale production, with its robots engineered for real-world utility and large-scale enterprise deployment.

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Summary

Bitcoin held above $78K despite a broader risk-off move after the first U.S. strikes against Iran in weeks pushed oil higher and equities lower.

Institutional activity remained strong. Strategy purchased another 4,603 BTC for $369.7M, bringing total holdings to 845,050 BTC, while BitMine added 53,501 ETH, taking its holdings to 5.9M ETH. NYSE parent ICE partnered with tZERO to develop infrastructure for tokenized securities, while Bybit launched 24/7 options on stock perpetuals, starting with SpaceX and Nvidia. SBI Holdings also invested $270M in Indonesian investment platform Ajaib, acquiring roughly a 20% stake.

Crypto continued expanding into mainstream sports. Circle signed a front-of-shirt sponsorship with Chelsea featuring USDC, giving the stablecoin exposure across one of the world's most-watched sports leagues. Meanwhile, Kalshi became the exclusive prediction market partner of the US Open, further strengthening the intersection between prediction markets and professional sports.

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Bitcoin held up remarkably well despite escalating U.S. Iran tensions, continuing to trade around $79K and comfortably above the daily 200 EMA.

Price resilience is particularly notable given persistent selling across major exchanges, with CVD deeply negative on Binance, Bybit and OKX. Open interest also remains below recent highs, suggesting leverage is relatively contained.

The $80K to $82K range remains the key resistance zone that needs to be cleared before targeting further upside.

Total Market Cap: 2.65T
BTC Dominance: 59.7%
Fear and Greed Index: 62 (Greed)

General News

• Bitcoin holds above $78K after renewed U.S. strikes on Iran

• Strategy buys another 4,603 BTC for $369.7M

• BitMine adds 53,501 ETH, taking holdings to 5.9M ETH

• SEC and CFTC move toward bringing crypto perpetuals trading onshore

• Strive becomes fifth-largest public Bitcoin treasury after 1,800 BTC purchase

• NYSE parent ICE partners with tZERO on tokenized securities infrastructure

• Circle signs Chelsea front-of-shirt sponsorship featuring USDC

• Bybit launches 24/7 options on SpaceX and Nvidia stock perpetuals

• SBI invests $270M in Ajaib for roughly 20% stake

• Kalshi becomes exclusive prediction market partner of the US Open

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A robotics company building an operating system for physical-world computing, founded by a co-founder of one of the world’s largest ride-hailing platforms. The company develops specialized autonomous systems across food production, mining, and transportation, targeting immediate cost savings, high-margin recurring software revenue, and potential distribution through one of the world’s largest mobility networks.

The company is raising at a multi-billion-dollar valuation, with the round led by one of the world’s most prominent VC firms and backed by a major global mobility platform and several top-tier institutional investors.

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1) RockawayX, a global digital asset investment platform with ~$2B in AUM, acquired Relayer Capital, a digital asset hedge fund founded by Austin Barack. Relayer will become the RockawayX Liquid Opportunities Fund, focused on undervalued tokens and crypto-related equities.

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2) Fasset, an onchain neobank, raised a $68M Series C led by SBI Group at a $1B valuation. The round follows its $51M Series B in May, bringing Fasset’s total funding in 2026 to $119M.

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3) City Protocol, open infrastructure for neofinance, raised $11M across its Seed and Pre-A rounds to bring structured products onchain, backed by Dragonfly, CMT Digital, Stratified Capital, Bitscale Capital, Adaverse, Mirana and Jump.

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4) Standard Metrics, an AI-driven portfolio management platform for VC and PE firms, raised a $20M Series B led by 8VC, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital, January Capital, First Trust Capital Partners and others. The company has raised ~$50M to date.

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A robotics company building an operating system for physical-world computing, founded by a co-founder of one of the world’s largest ride-hailing platforms. The company develops specialized autonomous systems across food production, mining, and transportation, targeting immediate cost savings, high-margin recurring software revenue, and potential distribution through one of the world’s largest mobility networks.

The company is raising at a multi-billion-dollar valuation, with the round led by one of the world’s most prominent VC firms and backed by a major global mobility platform and several top-tier institutional investors.

Summary

Bitcoin recorded its largest weekly USD gain on record last week and is now trading toward $80K. The rally accelerated on reports that the U.S. Treasury could use its nearly $1T Treasury General Account to help fund recently announced plans to increase government bond purchases, adding another potential liquidity catalyst for risk assets.

Institutional activity remained strong. Grayscale moved closer to launching the first U.S. Zcash ETF after filing an amended registration with the SEC, while Upbit saw trading volume surge 273% in 24 hours. Kraken parent Payward is exploring becoming a full-service bank outside the U.S., BitMine purchased $81M of ETH in its largest weekly acquisition since early July, and Strive Asset Management added 1,110 BTC. Strategy, meanwhile, sold $2B in MSTR shares without purchasing additional Bitcoin.

Bernstein remains bullish on Circle despite uncertainty around the Clarity Act, arguing that its growth cycle can continue without the legislation and seeing 59% potential upside for the stock.

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Bitcoin saw a decisive breakout above the daily 200 EMA, extending the rally toward $80K, which now represents the next key resistance.

The move was driven by reports that the U.S. Treasury could use its nearly $1 trillion Treasury General Account to help fund its recently announced plans to increase government bond purchases. CVD remains strongly positive across major exchanges, while the decline in OI during the rally suggests short covering contributed significantly to the move.

A clean break above $80K would further strengthen the bullish structure.

Total Market Cap: 2.64T
BTC Dominance: 59.4%
Fear and Greed Index: 73 (Freed)

General News

• Treasury could tap nearly $1T General Account to support increased bond buybacks

• Bitcoin steadies near $78K as gold rallies and altcoins consolidate

• Bitcoin posts its second-best week since early 2021 as crypto rallies

• Strategy raises $2B through MSTR sales and creates new cash pool

• Kraken parent Payward explores becoming a full-service bank outside the U.S.

• Ondo executive says tokenization is following the same path as early ETFs

• Grayscale moves closer to launching first U.S. Zcash ETF

• Strategy shares hit two-month high as STRC rebounds toward $100

• Bernstein sees 59% upside for Circle even without the Clarity Act

• BitMine buys $81M in ETH as Tom Lee says upside move was overdue

• Fasset raises $68M in round backed by SBI Group

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A robotics company building an operating system for physical-world computing, founded by a co-founder of one of the world’s largest ride-hailing platforms. The company develops specialized autonomous systems across food production, mining, and transportation, targeting immediate cost savings, high-margin recurring software revenue, and potential distribution through one of the world’s largest mobility networks.

The company is raising at a multi-billion-dollar valuation, with the round led by one of the world’s most prominent VC firms and backed by a major global mobility platform and several top-tier institutional investors.

Latest Deals, Rounds & Raises Across Web3, AI, Robotics, Space, FinTech, and More

1) Etched, a semiconductor company building high-performance chips and rack-scale server systems for AI inference, raised $700M at a $21B valuation. The round included investment from Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, a16z, Peter Thiel, Bain Capital Ventures and Blackstone.

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2) Concrete, a full-stack yield infrastructure platform for DeFi powering automated, risk-managed vault products, raised a strategic funding round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Bullish, Keyrock, BitGo, FalconX, G-20, Flowdesk, JPEG Trading, Sentient Capital, Andes and 2Square.

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3) NeoSoul, a trust infrastructure platform for autonomous trading, raised an $11M pre-Series A round with participation from MH Ventures, Amber Group, ArkStream Capital, 0G Foundation, Kirin Capital, CatcherVC and New Oak International.

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4) Idler, a frontier data research lab, raised $9M to build frontier-difficult reinforcement learning environments for top AI labs. The seed round was led by Paradigm, with participation from Y Combinator, Long Journey Ventures and angel investors.

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Other active Deals on GCRx

1) Humanoid robotics infrastructure protocol building the intelligence, coordination, and safety layer for autonomous robots. It enables real-time autonomy orchestration, cross-embodiment skill transfer, safety certification, and cryptographic audit trails across compatible platforms.

Already live through its Cortex platform, with signed OEM partnerships and production deployments.

Raising a $7.5M seed round at a $75M valuation to scale the infrastructure powering enterprise humanoid robotics.

2) Stablecoin payment infrastructure protocol building a programmable clearing layer for complex payment flows across payroll, treasury, cross-border payments, and AI. The protocol improves capital efficiency by pricing, matching, verifying, and settling obligations across multiple counterparties without requiring every settlement path to be pre-funded.

Already implementing with ecosystem partners including Paxos and Polygon, with partners projecting approximately $660M in monthly cleared volume within 12 months.

Raising a $1.5M strategic round at a $30M valuation, following a previous $4M seed round.

For more details and interest submission head over to GCRx app.

3) A robotics company building one of the world’s most advanced full-stack humanoid robots for warehouses, factories, and logistics.

Its robots combine proprietary hardware with AI-powered autonomy, enabling them to perform industrial tasks and learn from human demonstrations.

Already in production with enterprise partners including Mercedes-Benz, GXO Logistics, and Jabil.

Having raised nearly $1B to date, the company recently closed a $520M Series A extension at an approximate $5.3B valuation, with broader commercial deployment targeted for 2027.

4) Prediction market infrastructure protocol building the credit layer for event-driven markets, enabling margin trading and lending on platforms such as Polymarket.

Its proprietary risk engine prices lender shortfall upfront, improving capital efficiency without relying on traditional liquidation models.

Trained on hundreds of millions of historical trades, with simulations showing lower liquidation rates and stronger risk-adjusted returns.

Raising a $600K pre-seed round, led by Polychain with a $400K commitment, initially targeting active traders before broader ecosystem integrations.

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A robotics company building an operating system for physical-world computing, founded by a co-founder of one of the world’s largest ride-hailing platforms. The company develops specialized autonomous systems across food production, mining, and transportation, targeting immediate cost savings, high-margin recurring software revenue, and potential distribution through one of the world’s largest mobility networks.

The company is raising at a multi-billion-dollar valuation, with the round led by one of the world’s most prominent VC firms and backed by a major global mobility platform and several top-tier institutional investors.

Summary

Bitcoin continued trading in the $62K–$64K range, tracking a rebound in equities while U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded roughly $390M in weekly outflows. Implied volatility remains near seasonal lows, although options markets continue to price more movement than Bitcoin is actually delivering. Strategy made no BTC purchases or sales, instead selling $334M in MSTR shares and increasing its USD reserve to $4.8B.

Cybersecurity dominated industry headlines. SafePal disclosed a data breach exposing personal information of nearly 40,000 customers, hackers exploited a macOS Screen Sharing vulnerability to install Monero miners, and a separate cyberattack reportedly exposed data belonging to around 678,000 French taxpayers. Tether completed its first full independent financial statement audit, receiving an unqualified opinion from KPMG U.S., while onchain lender Figure nearly tripled quarterly profits as marketplace volume reached $4.3B. Goldman Sachs also said a September Fed rate hike is now "very unlikely."

On the regulatory front, Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda €81,000 in its first publicly disclosed MiCA penalty. The OCC granted conditional approval to Trump-backed World Liberty National Trust Bank, while President Trump is expected to attend Wednesday's White House meeting with crypto and prediction market executives.

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Crypto Markets

Bitcoin continues to trade around the $62K to $65K range, with price action largely unchanged despite another volatile week across broader markets.

Open interest has climbed toward recent highs while price remains flat, suggesting leverage is building without translating into directional momentum. CVD shows persistent selling across most major venues, although Binance buying recovered sharply toward the end of the week.

BTC continues to absorb selling around current levels, but $65K remains the key level to reclaim before the range can shift higher.

Total Market Cap: 2.18T
BTC Dominance: 58.5%
Fear and Greed Index: 31 (Fear)

General News

• Bitcoin tracks equity bounce, but $390M ETF outflow week keeps bulls on back foot

• Strategy sells $334M in MSTR shares as Bitcoin holdings remain unchanged

• September Fed rate hike is 'very unlikely,' Goldman Sachs says

• BitMine adds 9,926 ETH, taking total holdings to roughly $11B

• SafePal data breach exposes personal information of nearly 40,000 customers

• Tether receives clean opinion from KPMG in first full financial audit

• Hackers exploit macOS Screen Sharing flaw to install Monero miners

• JPMorgan cut Polymarket's banking ties but still wants role in potential IPO

• French tax breach exposes nearly 678,000 people as crypto wrench attacks rise

• Israel's largest bank taps Galaxy to offer Bitcoin, Ether and Solana trading

Regulatory & Policy

• OCC grants conditional approval to World Liberty National Trust Bank

• Austria fines Bitpanda €81,000 in first published MiCA penalty

• Trump and CFTC Chair Selig expected at White House meeting with crypto and prediction market executives

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Latest deal highlight GCRx

A robotics company building an operating system for physical-world computing, founded by a co-founder of one of the world’s largest ride-hailing platforms. The company develops specialized autonomous systems across food production, mining, and transportation, targeting immediate cost savings, high-margin recurring software revenue, and potential distribution through one of the world’s largest mobility networks.

The company is raising at a multi-billion-dollar valuation, with the round led by one of the world’s most prominent VC firms and backed by a major global mobility platform and several top-tier institutional investors.

Latest Deals, Rounds & Raises Across Web3, AI, Robotics, Space, FinTech, and More

1) Silicon Data, a data intelligence platform providing institutional benchmarks across the AI economy, raised $30.5M in the initial close of its Series A, led by Valor Atreides AI Fund, with participation from CME Ventures, DRW, F-Prime Capital, Samsung Next, VanEck, Jump Trading, Wintermute and others.

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2) Lovable, a no-code software creation platform, raised $400M in a Series C at a $13.3B valuation. The round was led by Menlo Ventures and co-led by EQT’s Scaleup Europe Fund, with participation from Balderton Capital, Carmignac, Kaszek Ventures, LTS Growth, Tencent, World Innovation Lab and Regent. Existing investors including Accel, CapitalG, DST Global, HubSpot Ventures and Salesforce Ventures also participated.

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3) eToro, a multi-asset investment platform, has agreed to acquire TradeZero, a U.S. online brokerage for active traders, in a cash and stock deal valued at up to $231M.

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Other active Deals on GCRx

1) Humanoid robotics infrastructure protocol building the intelligence, coordination, and safety layer for autonomous robots. It enables real-time autonomy orchestration, cross-embodiment skill transfer, safety certification, and cryptographic audit trails across compatible platforms.

Already live through its Cortex platform, with signed OEM partnerships and production deployments.

Raising a $7.5M seed round at a $75M valuation to scale the infrastructure powering enterprise humanoid robotics.

2) Stablecoin payment infrastructure protocol building a programmable clearing layer for complex payment flows across payroll, treasury, cross-border payments, and AI. The protocol improves capital efficiency by pricing, matching, verifying, and settling obligations across multiple counterparties without requiring every settlement path to be pre-funded.

Already implementing with ecosystem partners including Paxos and Polygon, with partners projecting approximately $660M in monthly cleared volume within 12 months.

Raising a $1.5M strategic round at a $30M valuation, following a previous $4M seed round.

For more details and interest submission head over to GCRx app.

3) A robotics company building one of the world’s most advanced full-stack humanoid robots for warehouses, factories, and logistics.

Its robots combine proprietary hardware with AI-powered autonomy, enabling them to perform industrial tasks and learn from human demonstrations.

Already in production with enterprise partners including Mercedes-Benz, GXO Logistics, and Jabil.

Having raised nearly $1B to date, the company recently closed a $520M Series A extension at an approximate $5.3B valuation, with broader commercial deployment targeted for 2027.

4) Prediction market infrastructure protocol building the credit layer for event-driven markets, enabling margin trading and lending on platforms such as Polymarket.

Its proprietary risk engine prices lender shortfall upfront, improving capital efficiency without relying on traditional liquidation models.

Trained on hundreds of millions of historical trades, with simulations showing lower liquidation rates and stronger risk-adjusted returns.

Raising a $600K pre-seed round, led by Polychain with a $400K commitment, initially targeting active traders before broader ecosystem integrations.

DISCLAIMER: Investing carries with it inherent risks, including but not limited to technical, operational, and human errors, as well as platform failures. The content provided is purely for educational purposes and should not be considered as financial advice. The authors of this content are not professional or licensed financial advisors and the views expressed are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization they may be affiliated with. This content is intended solely for members of GCR and may not be redistributed.