Venture deployment climbed 31% quarter-over-quarter across 384 deals, with later-stage companies capturing roughly 78% of invested capital.

Venture funding increased 31% to $5.6 billion in the second quarter, while Tether launched a real-world asset platform and partnered with Kazakhstan's central bank.

Jeeves Inc., a stablecoin-focused banking platform for global enterprises, announced Tuesday it has raised $110 million in equity funding to launch a cryptocurrency wallet with payouts across 190 countries. The crypto-focused venture capital and investment firm CoinFund led the round. Additional participants included AllianceBernstein, Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, CRV, GIC, Global PayTech Ventures, ParaFi, Vista, Wintermute, Y Combinator, and others. Jeeves touts itself as a stablecoin-native banking platform, meaning it uses cryptocurrency tokens pegged to a local currency, such as United States dollars, to avoid the volatility common to other cryptocurrency tokens while keeping the benefits of rapid transactions. The company says its platform lets global enterprises save time and money by using its service to power corporate cards, accounts payable and treasury payments, spend management and agentic workflows. “We built Jeeves as a banking platform on stablecoin rails because that’s the only way to give companies the same speed and cost structure moving money between São Paulo and Berlin that they get transacting within one country,” said founder and Chief Executive Dileep Thazhmon. “That is what a stablecoin-native banking platform for global business actually looks like.” Current Jeeves customers include industry leaders such as BMW, H & M Hennes...

Bessemer Venture Partners, a prominent investment firm, has secured $5.75 billion in funding to further invest in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. This significant capital injection is expected to intensify competition in the AI sector, pot

Bessemer's massive funding boost signals intensified competition in AI, potentially accelerating innovation and market shifts globally. The post Bessemer Venture Partners raises $5.75B to double down on AI bets appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Crypto venture funding rebounded sharply in the second quarter of 2026, with investors deploying about $5.7 billion across 384 deals. The recovery was driven by larger, later-stage financings, while fundraising for new crypto venture funds remained unusually weak. Crypto VC Firms Deploy Funds Across 384 Q2 Deals Crypto venture capital is showing signs of life […]

Crypto venture capital isn’t simply recovering; it’s recalibrating its tolerance for risk, tempo, and the path to liquidity. In Q2

Crypto venture funding rebounded sharply in the second quarter of 2026, with investors deploying about $5.7 billion across 384 deals.

Galaxy Research reported on September 16 that venture investment in crypto and blockchain companies rose 31% from the first quarter, while the number of deals

Stablecoin startups are attracting venture capital for payments and treasury infrastructure, but thin margins, regulatory costs and powerful incumbents threaten their path to durable growth.