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Crypto funding July 2026: 46 rounds, $3.15B, Citadel's $400M

By NAUT Research · · 8 min read

$3.15B Crypto funding July disclosed by 38 of 46 crypto rounds announced 1 to 31 July 2026. Logos: Strategy, Crypto.com, Alpaca, Augustus, Prime Intellect, Gauntlet, EDX Markets, Venice, World.

In its crypto funding July 2026 data, NAUT tracks 46 crypto rounds announced between 1 and 31 July 2026, and the 38 that disclosed an amount add up to $3.15B. Strategy's 3 post-IPO raises hold $1,274.7M of that total on NAUT's record, and the largest round a source check matched was Citadel Securities' $400M strategic investment in Crypto.com.

Data note. NAUT's data as of 13 November 2026. NAUT holds 67 non-launchpad rows with a July 2026 announce date. 16 are mergers and acquisitions and are left out, which leaves 51 funding rounds. 5 more are left out because they fund AI companies with no crypto business: Fireworks AI ($1.505B Series D) and Together AI ($800M Series C), both AI model platforms per their own posts, Axis Robotics ($12M seed, a robot training data company per The Block), and Gradium (voice APIs) and Safe Superintelligence (an AI lab), both on their own NAUT descriptions. That leaves 46 rounds at 44 companies, because Strategy has 3. 12 of the 46 rounds were read against an outside report or company post: 7 matched, 1 conflicted (Securitize), 1 had no source (Strategy's 27 July tranche) and 3 could not be confirmed word for word on the page. The other 34 were not checked against a source. 2 undisclosed rows are counted without a name: 1 company has no NAUT page yet and 1 has a NAUT record still being fixed. Sector tags are NAUT's; a round can carry several. Written by the NAUT data desk.

Crypto funding July 2026: how many rounds, and which were the top 5?

46 crypto rounds, with 38 disclosing $3.15B in total. The top 5 below are ranked by amount raised on NAUT's record, with 2 flagged rows left out of the ranking: Strategy's $544.5M tranche dated 27 July, for which research found no report, and Securitize's $225M row, which a source check contradicted.

Company Round Source check
Post-IPO, $466.7M, 13 Jul Not confirmed word for word
Strategic, $400M, 16 Jul Matched
Debt financing, $300M, 16 Jul Matched
Post-IPO, $263.5M, 20 Jul Not confirmed word for word
Series B, $180M, 21 Jul Matched
  • . NAUT records 3 post-IPO raises in July: $466.7M on 13 July, $263.5M on 20 July and $544.5M on 27 July. Research found reports for the first 2 weeks but could not confirm the wording on the page, and found no report for the 27 July figure, so that row is flagged for review.
  • . The Block reported on 16 July that Citadel Securities made a strategic $400M investment in the exchange at a $20B valuation.
  • . The brokerage API firm announced a $135M equity round on 16 July, plus up to $300M in debt financing from Payward, the parent of Kraken, and a bank. NAUT's row holds the $300M debt line.
  • . Tiger Global led a $180M Series B at a $1B valuation, per The Block on 21 July. The sources describe a global dollar clearing bank for fintechs and banks and do not name a crypto product; NAUT tags it Payment.

How was crypto funding July 2026 split by sector?

DAT, the digital asset treasury tag, took $1,314.7M across 4 rounds, and Strategy's 3 tranches are $1,274.7M of it. Infrastructure carried the most rounds, 9, for $860.8M. A round can carry several tags, so the rows overlap.

Sector Rounds Largest round
DAT 4 rounds, $1,314.7M disclosed , $544.5M (flagged)
Infrastructure 9 rounds, $860.8M disclosed , $300M
Payment 5 rounds, $627M disclosed , $400M
CEX 3 rounds, $496M disclosed , $400M
RWA 3 rounds, $284.5M disclosed , $225M (flagged)
DeFi 5 rounds, $147.5M disclosed , $125M
AI 8 rounds, $147.5M disclosed , $65M
DePIN 3 rounds, $141.5M disclosed , $130M
L1/2/3 2 rounds, $51M disclosed , $50M
Stablecoins 2 rounds, $45M disclosed , $38M
No tag 9 rounds, $70.75M disclosed , $33M

The other tags are Tokenized Stocks (1 round, $225M, Securitize), Intelligence (1, $125M, Gauntlet), DEX (3, $12.5M), IP (1, $7.5M), Meme and Launchpad (1 round each, $3.5M, Memecoin.Fun), and Compliance and Prediction Market (1 round each, no amount). The 8 AI-tagged rounds that stay in include Venice, whose NAUT description names its VVV token for API access and staking.

Which crypto startups raised in July 2026, and who backed them?

The 38 crypto funding rounds that disclosed an amount, largest first. 5 of the 46 rounds have a backer on NAUT's record and 3 have a lead. A None on record cell means NAUT holds no backer for that round yet; the notes below name backers that sources report.

Date Company Round Backer
27 Jul Post-IPO, $544.5M (flagged) None on record
13 Jul Post-IPO, $466.7M None on record
16 Jul Strategic, $400M None on record
16 Jul Debt financing, $300M None on record
20 Jul Post-IPO, $263.5M None on record
1 Jul IPO, $225M (flagged) None on record
21 Jul Series B, $180M None on record
8 Jul Series A, $130M
9 Jul Series C, $125M None on record
7 Jul Series C, $76M None on record
1 Jul Funding round, $65M None on record
24 Jul Private token sale, $52.5M None on record
13 Jul Strategic, $50M None on record
16 Jul Seed, $40M None on record
14 Jul Series A, $38M and (leads), plus 6
15 Jul Strategic, $33M None on record
15 Jul Series A, $20M None on record
7 Jul Strategic, $20M None on record
2 Jul Strategic, $12.5M None on record
30 Jul Seed, $10M None on record
16 Jul Series A, $9M None on record
21 Jul Seed, $8M None on record
2 Jul Strategic, $8M None on record
7 Jul Series A, $7.5M None on record
14 Jul Series A, $7M (lead), plus 1
15 Jul Seed extension, $6.8M None on record
3 Jul Seed, $6.5M None on record
30 Jul Strategic, $6.5M None on record
30 Jul Pre-seed, $5.5M None on record
6 Jul Seed, $5.5M None on record
23 Jul Strategic, $5M None on record
27 Jul Undisclosed, $4M None on record
28 Jul Seed, $4M None on record
16 Jul Strategic, $4M None on record
24 Jul Series A, $3.5M None on record
13 Jul Strategic, $2M None on record
16 Jul Seed, $1.75M None on record
16 Jul Strategic, $1M None on record

The 8 rounds with no amount are Elliptic, Ethereum Institutional, Fluid (backed by AppWorks on NAUT's record), Notabene, Solar Swap, Tenor Finance (led by Variant, plus 5 on NAUT's record) and the 2 unnamed rows from the data note.

Backers that sources name. SBI Holdings was the sole investor in Gauntlet's $125M Series C and led EDX Markets' $76M Series C. Dragonfly led Venice's $65M round, which The Block called a Series A at a $1B equity valuation. Pantera Capital led World's $52.5M WLD token sale, which sources credit to its foundation, with a 1-year lockup on the tokens.

Flagged rows. NAUT's Securitize row holds a $225M IPO dated 1 July. A source check found reports of a SPAC listing on 2 July with a different amount, so the row is flagged for correction. It and Strategy's 27 July row stay inside the $3.15B total and are left out of the top 5 and the chart.

How much did each crypto startup raise in July 2026?

Raised per round, the 9 largest disclosed (2 flagged rows left out)
  1. Strategy, 13 Jul$466.7M
  2. Crypto.com$400M
  3. Alpaca$300M
  4. Strategy, 20 Jul$263.5M
  5. Augustus$180M
  6. Prime Intellect$130M
  7. Gauntlet$125M
  8. EDX Markets$76M
  9. Venice$65M

Below the top 9, the 27 other unflagged disclosed rounds run from World's $52.5M down to ILITY's $1M; the 2 flagged rows sit outside the chart.

What this tells a BD team

  • 7 rounds of $100M or more sit outside the 2 flagged rows. Strategy (twice), Crypto.com, Alpaca, Augustus, Prime Intellect and Gauntlet hold fresh money at scale.
  • Infrastructure is the widest buyer pool. 9 rounds carry the tag, $860.8M between them, from Alpaca's $300M down to SwarmBase's $4M, plus 1 with no amount.
  • 14 strategic rounds point to partners. Strategic was the most common round type in July, ahead of 8 Series A and 7 seed rounds.
How a BD team can work the July list
  1. Start with the large 7Open Crypto.com, Alpaca and Gauntlet on NAUT for their teams.
  2. Pick by sector9 infrastructure, 8 AI-tagged crypto and 5 payment rounds sit in the tables above.
  3. Time the pitchEach row carries its July announce date, so the newest raises go first.
  4. Reach the decision makerOpen the company page for the team members NAUT holds; verified channels unlock on a paid plan.

What this tells a crypto founder raising

Among crypto investors named on NAUT's record for the 46 rounds or in the sources read for 12 of them, 3 appear on 2 rounds each:

How a founder can use the July rounds
  1. Find a leadVariant led Tenor Finance; Tether led Pact Labs at $7M.
  2. Check the portfolioNAUT's fund record lists each round with its date, amount and lead flag.
  3. Ask for an introUse a founder from the same portfolio as the warm path.

How to reach the decision makers

43 of the 44 companies behind the 46 July rounds have a NAUT company page showing the team members NAUT holds; 1 has no page yet. For funds such as SBI Holdings, Pantera Capital and Coinbase Ventures, NAUT's fund record carries its team and portfolio rows, so a founder can see who wrote which check before asking for a meeting.

Related reading on NAUT: Crypto VC funding Q3 2026: NAUT 142 rounds, Galaxy 296 deals and Crypto funding October 2026: 60 rounds, $1.78B, Strive took 47%.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/sbi-holdings with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY returns a fund with its team and portfolio rows, each with company, roundType, amountUsd, announceDate and isLead, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/crypto-com-mco returns 1 company with its team. Each data call costs 5 credits; the docs are at naut.so/docs/api and plans at naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for these teams unlock on any paid NAUT plan: start a 7-day trial.

Crypto funding July 2026 FAQ

How much did crypto startups raise in July 2026?

NAUT tracks 46 crypto rounds announced from 1 to 31 July 2026, and the 38 that disclosed an amount total $3.15B. Strategy's 3 post-IPO raises account for $1,274.7M of that on NAUT's record.

What was the biggest crypto funding round in July 2026?

Among rounds a source check matched, Citadel Securities' $400M strategic investment in Crypto.com on 16 July 2026, at a $20B valuation, was the largest. NAUT's record holds larger Strategy post-IPO raises of $466.7M and $544.5M, which a source check could not confirm.

Which sectors raised the most crypto funding in July 2026?

By NAUT tag, DAT raised $1,314.7M across 4 rounds, infrastructure $860.8M across 9 and payments $627M across 5 in July 2026. A round can carry several tags, so these figures overlap.

Where can I find the teams behind July 2026's funded crypto startups and their contact channels?

43 of the 44 companies behind the 46 July 2026 crypto rounds have a NAUT page listing the team members NAUT holds, and where a page exists GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/<slug> returns the same team by API. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan: start a 7-day trial.

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