Top Blockchain Startups (2026)
Polymarket, Ripple, and Evernorth lead a surge in crypto capital. See the top blockchain startups reshaping institutional digital asset infrastructure.
Published April 13, 2026 by Jacob Klionsky
- 01$1BEquity
Institutional XRP treasury firm Evernorth raised a $1 billion funding round from SBI Holdings, Pantera Capital, Kraken, GSR and Rippleworks.
- 02Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•California$1BEquity
Blockchain payments firm Ripple Labs is seeking to raise at least $1 billion through a SPAC-structured financing from undisclosed investors to capitalise a Digital Asset Treasury focused on accumulating XRP.
- 03$600MEquity
Polymarket, a prediction market platform, received a $1.6 billion equity capital investment completed by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) after an initial $1 billion commitment and an additional $600 million, with ICE also planning to purchase up to $40 million of securities from existing holders and having previously committed up to $2 billion at a $9 billion valuation.
- 04$600MEquity
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken raised an $800 million funding round—including a $200 million strategic investment—backed by Jane Street, DRW Venture Capital, HSG, Oppenheimer Alternative Investment Management, Tribe Capital, and Citadel Securities.
- 05Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•California$500MSeries A
Payments blockchain startup Tempo raised a $500 million Series A led by Thrive Capital and Greenoaks, with Sequoia, Ribbit Capital, and SV Angel participating.
- 06$500MEquity
World Liberty Financial, a DeFi lending and borrowing platform, sold a 49% equity stake for roughly $500 million to a senior Abu Dhabi royal.
- 07$450MEquity
Blockchain network Sui raised a $450 million investment round from Mill City Ventures.
- 08Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•Midland$380MEquity
Vietnam Prosperity Crypto Asset Exchange (CAEX), a Vietnam-based crypto exchange, raised strategic capital to bring its capital base to about $380 million in a funding led by OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital alongside founding shareholders VPBank Securities and LynkiD
- 09$252MSeed
Merge Labs, a high-bandwidth non-invasive BCI startup, raised a $252 M seed round from OpenAI, Bain Capital, Gabe Newell, and others.
- 10Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•New York$250MSeries C
Stablecoin payments infrastructure startup Rain raised a $250M Series C led by ICONIQ with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest and Endeavor Catalyst.
- 11$230.8MEquity
Zeta Network raised a $230.8 million private placement of Class A common stock and warrants from undisclosed investors, accepting payment in Bitcoin and SolvBTC.
- 12Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•Hamilton$217MEquity
XBTO, an institutional digital asset solutions firm, secured commitments toward a capital raise of up to $217 million and entered a strategic partnership with ValueLabs, which took a minority equity stake in XBTO Global Limited.
- 13$200MEquity
Bitcoin-backed lending platform Lava raised a $200 M combination of venture and debt financing with angel participation from Anthony Pompliano and Eric Jackson.
- 14Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•North Carolina$200MEquity
Digital-asset tokenization firm FG Nexus raised a $200 million funding round from undisclosed investors.
- 15Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Information Technology•Zug$150MEquity
Privacy-computing startup Zama raised a $150 million funding round led by Pantera Capital and Multicoin Capital with participation from Gavin Wood and Anatoly Yakovenko.
- 16Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Other•New York$128.7MICO
Monad, an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain, has raised $128.7 M through a public MON token presale on Coinbase.
- 17Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Information Technology•Florida$125MEquity
Eightco Holdings, a crypto infrastructure company, secured $125M in institutional commitments led by BitMine, ARK Invest, and Payward.
- 18Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•Tel Aviv$125MEquity
Orbs, an investment-focused company, raised $125 million in a financing round led by Bitmine with contributions from ARK Invest and Payward
