Crypto VC funding: $161m floods startups as token prices sway
According to the latest Crypto Fundraising data, the last week of May wrapped up with a staggering \$161.1 million in crypto funding activity. Yes, you read that right—\$161.1 million! Twenty One, a shiny new Bitcoin treasury company, raised a jaw-dropping \$100 million. Meanwhile, Conduit Pay, which sounds like a plumbing service for your finances, secured \$36 million to expand its crypto-native banking services. And let’s not forget Donut, a newcomer with a name that makes you crave pastries, which managed to snag \$7 million in a pre-seed round to build an AI-powered crypto browser. Because who doesn’t want a robot to help them navigate the wild world of cryptocurrency?