Crypto and blockchain firms have announced a flurry of new investments totaling more than $104.2 million. This fresh influx of capital was raised across eight separate funding deals closed between September 19 and 25, 2026.
The bulk of this week’s venture funding went to entities building payment settlement infrastructure, rather than newly launched speculative asset projects.
Series A Round for HIFI
The largest capital injection of the week was secured by HIFI, which raised a $37 million Series A round led by Left Lane Capital. HIFI’s management plans to deploy the fresh capital to strengthen its stablecoin settlement platform and accelerate the expansion of its card issuance business. Another portion of the venture funds will be used to deepen regulatory compliance and support the company’s initial expansion into tokenized capital markets.
HIFI’s expansion goals are supported by its live payment infrastructure platform. The system is directly integrated with the Visa Direct network to support diverse payout routes, while also maintaining a connection to the Circle Payments Network. Through this dual-infrastructure pipeline, HIFI reported processing annualized transaction volumes exceeding $7 billion.
US Public Company Scoops Up Solana
A distinct investment maneuver was also spearheaded by a public firm from the conventional equity markets. US-listed Forward Industries completed a registered direct offering that raised $25 million in cash. The sizable capital was collected through the sale of 3,125,000 common shares to public investors. Forward Industries is dedicating the entire proceeds from the share sale to expand its corporate treasury, primarily aiming to lock up assets via Solana staking.
Liquidity this week also flowed into early-stage startups completing initial product development. Startup Atum raised $13.5 million in funding as its product emerged from stealth mode on September 22. Atum’s early-stage round was fully backed by venture firms including Variant, PayPal Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Road Capital, and Mirana.
The move by a public entity like Forward Industries to issue millions of new shares to boost Solana reserves underscores an accumulation trend taking hold across the institutional market. Corporate treasury strategies are no longer anchored to a single asset, but are beginning to absorb base tokens from alternative blockchains that offer steady yields through staking. Reported by crypto.news.
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