Crypto Fundraising Last Week Led by Payments, Prediction Markets, and RWA Projects

The latest fundraising data for the period March 16 to March 22 shows that capital continues to flow primarily into payments infrastructure, financial platforms, real-world asset projects, and AI-related trading tools.

The funding activity was led by a few very large rounds, followed by a group of mid-sized and smaller investments across different sectors of the crypto industry.

BVNK and Kalshi Dominate Weekly Fundraising

According to CoinMarketCap, the largest fundraising round of the week was completed by BVNK, which raised $1.8 billion. The company focuses on payments and neobank infrastructure, making it by far the biggest funding round during the period. The second largest raise came from Kalshi, which secured $1.0 billion in funding for its prediction markets platform.

These two companies alone accounted for the majority of the capital raised during the week, showing strong investor interest in financial infrastructure, payments systems, and market platforms rather than purely speculative crypto projects.

Payments and RWA Projects Continue to Attract Capital

Beyond the two largest funding rounds, several mid-sized investments were completed across payments and real-world asset sectors. Ironlight raised $21.0 million focusing on real-world assets, while Stripe secured $14.6 million and TransFi raised $14.2 million, both operating in the payments sector. Another payments-focused company, dtcpay, raised $10.0 million.

This cluster of funding rounds suggests that payment infrastructure and tokenized real-world asset platforms remain important areas for investment and development.

AI, Trading, and Synthetic Assets Also See Investment

Smaller fundraising rounds were completed by projects operating in trading, AI, and synthetic asset markets. Derivioraised $6.0 million for trading and AI agent technology, while Capital B secured $3.5 million. SwarmBase raised $3.0 million focusing on AI agents, and Watt2Trade secured $1.6 million for synthetic assets and decentralized exchange infrastructure.

Overall, the fundraising activity during the week shows that investment is concentrated primarily in financial infrastructure, payments systems, real-world assets, AI-related trading technology, and synthetic asset platforms, indicating continued development across multiple sectors of the crypto industry.

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