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Capital B announced a private placement raising €15.2 million by issuing 23,038,844 shares at €0.66 per share, each accompanied by four warrants. Investors include global institutional investors such as Adam Back and TOBAM. The company stated that the proceeds will primarily be used to increase its Bitcoin holdings; combined with existing operating capital, this could enable the acquisition of an additional 182 BTC, potentially bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 3,125 BTC. If all warrants issued in this offering are fully exercised, the company could raise an additional €99.1 million.
According to The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI allowed each employee to sell up to $30 million worth of shares in its recent funding round, making them among the early beneficiaries cashing out amid the current AI boom. The report states that in October last year, over 600 current and former employees collectively sold shares worth $6.6 billion; approximately 75 of them hit the $30 million cap. Employees had previously waited about two years before being granted the opportunity to sell their shares.
According to CNBC, AI chip company Cerebras Systems is expected to raise the size and price range of its initial public offering (IPO) as early as Monday, increasing the offering price from $115–$125 per share to $150–$160 per share and raising the number of shares offered from 28 million to 30 million. At the upper end of the revised range, Cerebras could raise approximately $4.8 billion—up from the originally planned $3.5 billion. Sources indicate that the IPO’s subscription volume has already exceeded available shares by more than 20 times. Cerebras expects to price its IPO on May 13 and plans to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “CBRS.”
According to Bloomberg, blockchain infrastructure company Digital Asset is raising approximately $300 million from investors including a16z crypto at a valuation of about $2 billion. Sources familiar with the matter said that a16z crypto—one of the crypto industry’s major venture capital firms—is leading this funding round. The deal is expected to close within the next few weeks, though the final funding amount may still change. Digital Asset’s blockchain has already been adopted by numerous major banks and trading firms.
Digital Asset (the developer of Canton Network) is reportedly raising approximately $300 million in funding at a valuation of around $2 billion, led by a16z crypto, the venture arm of Andreessen Horowitz.The funding round is expected to close within the next few weeks and would be the company's largest financing round to date. Canton Network has attracted participation from institutions including Visa, Goldman Sachs, and DTCC.The network focuses on a privacy-configurable public chain designed for institutions and has already processed or issued over $6 trillion in tokenized assets.
: Crypto analyst Axel Adler Jr stated that although Bitcoin rebounded after falling from around $125,000 to $60,000, the current trend remains a "repair after decline" and has not yet been confirmed as entering a new bull market cycle.He pointed out that from an on-chain data perspective, multiple key indicators have not yet entered the historical bear market bottom range. This includes the "Supply in Loss" and 90-day UTXO-related metrics, which have not yet shown a sufficient cyclical bottom structure. Meanwhile, the "LTH Realized Supply" has also not displayed the typical accumulation pattern seen at the end of a bear market, indicating that the market has not yet entered a deep reallocation phase.Additionally, spot selling pressure indicators have not shown obvious "capitulation selling", suggesting that a typical comprehensive market cleansing has not occurred during this decline. Axel Adler Jr believes that before improvements are seen simultaneously in on-chain structure, spot demand, and supply pressure, the current upward move is more likely a technical rebound rather than a trend reversal.On a macro level, he pointed out that the global risk environment remains tight. The conflict between the US and Iran has pushed Brent crude oil close to $100 per barrel, reigniting inflationary pressure. Consumer confidence and financial health indices are weakening, indicating pressure on the demand side. Meanwhile, US Treasury yields remain high, with real interest rates and inflation expectations rising concurrently, further suppressing risk asset valuations.He also mentioned that the leadership of the US Federal Reserve is about to enter a potential transition phase, but the interest rate market is no longer pricing in rapid rate cuts and has even begun to price in the probability of rate hikes. Market expectations have clearly shifted towards "higher for longer". In an environment of high oil prices, high interest rates, and uncertain monetary policy, overall financial conditions remain tight.Axel Adler Jr stated that the current market needs to wait for clearer on-chain bottom structures and signs of demand-side recovery. Until then, he maintains a cautious stance on the market outlook.
Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research at VanEck, stated he expects Bitcoin to revisit its all-time high within the next 12 months. This is because the current correlation between BTC and the Nasdaq index is near a five-year high, and the resilience of the US stock market provides support for this rebound. However, the derivatives market has not yet shown significant optimism; futures and options trading largely reflects short covering and hedging demand. From a contrarian perspective, this suggests the Bitcoin rally may still have room to continue.Matthew Sigel also noted that a central bank has already announced plans to include Bitcoin in its foreign exchange reserves this year, indicating that BTC is gradually evolving into a global asset suitable for large-scale cross-border settlements. He believes this will become a long-term trend. In terms of investment direction, he favors a further increase in Bitcoin's market dominance, as well as Bitcoin mining companies poised to benefit from the trend of AI integration. He believes mining companies are increasingly becoming significant beneficiaries of AI infrastructure, and as AI-related businesses grow, the pressure on miners to sell BTC for financing is also decreasing.Furthermore, Matthew Sigel believes that if the CLARITY Act is eventually passed, it could revitalize sentiment in the altcoin market. However, currently, most institutional investors remain cautious towards the majority of altcoins due to regulatory and investor protection concerns.
enterprise-level native AI platform Pit has announced the completion of a $16 million funding round, led by a16z, with participation from Lakestar and executives from leading AI companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Deel, and Revolut. It is reported that Pit is positioned as an "AI product team as a service," aiming to replace traditional spreadsheets and rigid SaaS systems.
after South Korea this year began separately listing virtual asset sale proceeds within housing financing plans, the influx of cryptocurrency gains into the real estate market has been partially reflected.According to data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of South Korea, from February 10 to March 31, a total of 324 homebuyers declared the use of proceeds from crypto asset sales in their residential property financing plans. Among them, buyers aged 30 to 39 numbered 229, accounting for approximately 70.7%. In terms of amount, this age group reported crypto asset sale proceeds used for home purchases amounting to about 10.31 billion Korean won (approximately $7.4 million), the highest among all age groups.However, these funds currently account for only about 0.1% of total home purchase capital, with the overall scale remaining relatively limited.
According to Yicai, recent reports indicate that DeepSeek is launching its first round of financing, attracting interest from companies including Tencent and Alibaba in discussions regarding equity investment. However, negotiations between Alibaba and DeepSeek recently broke down. Today, a market source told Yicai reporters that Alibaba likely did not engage in such negotiations.
in April, DeepSeek launched a rare massive fundraising plan, attracting major players Tencent and Alibaba. Earlier, media sources claimed that negotiations between Alibaba and DeepSeek had collapsed. In response, a market source exclusively told reporters on May 9 that Alibaba likely did not participate in any talks. (National Business Daily)
According to PRNewswire, enterprise blockchain infrastructure provider Antier Solutions announced the completion of a $3 million funding round, led by GVFL. The new capital will support the development of secure transactions, verifiable workflows, and institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure; expand deployments in the government and banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sectors; and grow its business operations in the United States, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific markets.
: A source close to DeepSeek revealed that Alibaba and DeepSeek could not reach an agreement on specific financing terms. On one hand, Alibaba's own ecosystem is not highly compatible with DeepSeek, and DeepSeek is not short of potential external investors, hoping to minimize restrictions on the terms.Additionally, DeepSeek and potential shareholders are currently in negotiations. Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported that Tencent has proposed subscribing to up to 20% of DeepSeek's shares in this financing round, but DeepSeek is reluctant to cede a large proportion of control. According to previous reports, DeepSeek is valued at up to 300 billion and plans to raise 50 billion, of which 20 billion will be internal capital increase and 30 billion external fundraising. This valuation has been confirmed by DeepSeek internal employees. (White Whale Lab)
According to Bitcoin.com, Tether has filed a lawsuit in São Paulo, Brazil, seeking repayment of a $300 million loan from Titan Holding, a company owned by the Master Group. The loan was issued in March 2025 by Tether Investments, Tether’s venture capital arm, and was originally due for repayment on March 28, 2026—but no repayment has been received to date. Daniel Vorcaro, owner of the Master Group, was recently arrested. His Banco Master was liquidated by the Central Bank of Brazil last November after revealing a reserve shortfall of $2.2 billion, affecting over one million customers. In its lawsuit, Tether has requested the freezing of all financial assets belonging to Titan Holding and its affiliated companies.
According to Bloomberg, SoftBank Group is scaling back a financing plan that uses its equity stake in OpenAI as collateral. The original plan aimed to raise approximately $10 billion in margin loans, but the amount may now be reduced to around $6 billion. Reportedly, some lenders have expressed concerns about the transaction structure and the reliability of OpenAI’s valuation as a private company—key factors hindering progress on the financing. The loan was initially structured as a two-year facility, extendable by one year, secured against SoftBank’s OpenAI equity holdings, and intended to further expand its investment footprint in the artificial intelligence sector.
According to an official announcement, Sportix.AI has raised $3.2 million to build AI-powered sports intelligence infrastructure. The company stated that this funding marks a significant milestone in advancing its team’s long-term vision. Backers of this round include CoinvestorV, Animoca Brands, Becker Ventures, X21 Digital, and Alpha Capital.
AI automation workflow startup Tessera Labs has announced a $60 million funding round led by a16z, with participation from Foundation Capital, Myriad Venture Partners, Osage University Partners, and others. The company primarily leverages AI to automate enterprise SAP and ERP migration and modernization processes. Its AI-native platform can compress enterprise transformation project timelines from years to weeks and reduce costs by more than half. (TechfundingNews)
Odaily, Odaily news: Balcony, a RWA infrastructure based on the Avalanche blockchain, announced the completion of a $12.7 million seed funding round, led by Blockchange Ventures. The new funds will be used to deploy its platform for on-chain real estate transactions and asset settlement services in the U.S. market, integrating fragmented property records into a tamper-proof digital registry. (Tamradar)
Odaily Odaily Planet Daily reports that Swiss investment institution Multi Investment has announced the completion of a CHF 480 million (approximately USD 616 million) fundraising round, bringing its total assets under management to over CHF 3 billion. The initiative aims to further advance its portfolio diversification strategy, with a key focus on high-growth sectors including FinTech, Deep Tech, Blockchain, and Web3. Multi Investment plans to increase its investment intensity in these strategic areas before the third quarter of 2026, with multiple deals currently under evaluation. It also intends to rapidly expand its influence within relevant emerging ecosystems. (eqs-news)
U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren posted a comment on X regarding the recent controversies surrounding World Liberty Financial (WLFI). She stated, “While this crypto project backed by the Trump family—WLFI—is quietly cashing out, ordinary investors are left stranded.” Warren shared Bloomberg’s recent report on WLFI’s fund flows, which revealed that most of the proceeds raised through fundraising and private token sales have flowed to entities affiliated with the project’s founders. The project team sets governance rules, controls token issuance, and captures revenues—while investors have virtually no exit options.