Institutional capital continued to flow into fundamental crypto infrastructure during the second week of September 2026. Oak HC/FT deployed $35 million to lead a Series A round for Latitude on September 9, coinciding with analytics firm TRM Labs seeing its valuation surge to $2 billion through a Series C expansion.
Latitude provides bridging infrastructure between two financial systems. The company builds rails that utilize stablecoins as a backend settlement mechanism. Once value transfers across the blockchain network, Latitude’s system delivers final payouts to recipients via local banking rails in the destination country.
Regulatory compliance underpins Latitude’s cross-border operations. The company has secured money-transmitter licenses or regulatory approvals across 45 US markets. This legal status opens a compliant pathway for US businesses looking to pay overseas vendors or counterparties without legacy system friction.
TRM Labs Valuation Leap
San Francisco-based TRM Labs posted substantial valuation growth. Its Series C funding expansion on September 9, led by Blockchain Capital, doubled the firm’s valuation to $2 billion. This figure is twice its valuation from its initial Series C round back in February, although the blockchain analytics and compliance firm opted to keep the amount of fresh capital raised undisclosed.
Where the $151 Million Flowed
Disclosed crypto industry funding for the week of September 5 to 11, 2026, recorded $151 million in capital inflows across five distinct funding deals. The largest funding sum came from the previously announced $100 million deal between Nasdaq and Kraken. Latitude’s capital injection ranked second at $35 million, followed by Antarctic Exchange, which secured $7 million.
Funding for Antarctic Exchange was provided by Valisa Capital Markets and Lucidity Capital to build a decentralized perpetual futures platform. The capital pegged the project’s valuation at $70 million via a SAFE-plus-token structure. In a separate deal on September 8, Robinhood also made a strategic move by announcing equity stakes in Crypto.com and OG.com through a prediction-market partnership, with the investment amount remaining undisclosed.
Moves by Traditional Players
The collaboration between Nasdaq and Payward - the parent company behind Kraken - highlights technology sharing on the front lines. Kraken is preparing to adopt Nasdaq’s market surveillance technology across its trading venues. Meanwhile, Nasdaq plans to roll out its own tokenized equity structure through a product dubbed Nasdaq Equity Tokens in the second quarter of 2027.
This series of early September deals demonstrates the trajectory of institutional investment. Millions of dollars are not flowing into retail platforms or experimental coins, but are instead concentrated in infrastructure entities and compliance tools that augment today’s banking system.
Reported by crypto.news.
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Disclaimer: This article is for informational and educational purposes only, not financial advice. Cryptocurrency assets are highly volatile and carry significant risk. Always do your own research (DYOR) and never invest more than you can afford to lose.
