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Crypto funding statistics 2026: 327 rounds, $11.45B, 30 numbers

By NAUT Research · · 8 min read

$11.45B Crypto funding statistics across 327 crypto rounds NAUT tracked from 1 January to 31 October 2026. Logos: Strategy, Polymarket, Strive, Ionic Digital, Crypto.com, Tazapay, Alpaca, Bitbank.

NAUT tracks 327 crypto funding rounds announced from 1 January to 31 October 2026, and the 236 of them that disclosed an amount total $11.45B. This page holds 30 crypto funding statistics from that record, grouped by month, sector, round stage, lead investor and round size, with every number read from NAUT's own data on 1 November 2026.

Data as of 1 November 2026, from NAUT's funding records. The scope is every round on NAUT with a crypto company on the other side of it: 327 of the 368 rounds the raw table holds for 1 January to 31 October 2026. The 41 rounds left out carry no sector tag, no chain tag and no token launch, and their own descriptions name no blockchain activity, so they sit outside a crypto page (that set includes OpenAI at $110B, OpenRouter at $7B and Mistral AI at $3.58B, which between them would have swamped every total here). The latest round in the window is dated 28 October 2026. Sector counts cover the 174 rounds that carry a sector tag; 153 rounds have no tag yet, so they count in the totals and in no sector. Lead figures count the fund row each name links to, which is the page a reader lands on. The 12 biggest rounds are each checked against outside reports, listed under Sources. NAUT Research wrote this report, and no one paid for it.

What are the headline crypto funding statistics for 2026?

Totals first, each one read from NAUT's 2026 record for 1 January to 31 October 2026.

  1. NAUT tracked 327 crypto funding rounds announced between 1 January and 31 October 2026.
  2. The 236 of those rounds that disclosed an amount total $11.45B, and 91 rounds carry no amount.
  3. The median disclosed crypto round in 2026 through 31 October is $5.75M.
  4. The average disclosed crypto round across the same 10 months is $48.5M.
  5. The 327 rounds map to 276 companies that have a NAUT page, plus 13 rounds whose company row has no page slug yet.
  6. 25 companies raised more than once between 1 January and 31 October 2026, and Strategy alone accounts for 5 rounds and $3.61B, which is 32% of the $11.45B.
  7. Zama recorded 7 rounds in January 2026, every one of them a token sale tranche, for $54.8M in total.

Which month had the most crypto funding rounds in 2026?

July 2026 had the most rounds, at 63, and August 2026 had the largest total raised, at $3.96B. The table counts the crypto funding rounds 2026 produced month by month, from 1 January to 31 October 2026, and the Disclosed column counts the rounds in that month that carry an amount.

Month Rounds Disclosed Raised
January 2026 22 21 $179.0M
February 2026 14 14 $200.7M
March 2026 15 15 $39.5M
April 2026 9 9 $15.3M
May 2026 3 3 $0.35M
June 2026 22 10 $811.8M
July 2026 63 39 $3.16B
August 2026 60 48 $3.96B
September 2026 60 36 $1.30B
October 2026 59 41 $1.78B
  1. July 2026 is the busiest month in NAUT's 2026 record, with 63 rounds.
  2. August 2026 is the largest month by money, with $3.96B across 48 rounds that disclosed an amount.
  3. May 2026 is the quietest month on both counts, with 3 rounds and $350K.
  4. The 4 months from July to October 2026 hold 242 of the 327 rounds and $10.20B, against 85 rounds and $1.25B in the 6 months from January to June.
  5. The third quarter of 2026 holds 183 rounds and $8.42B, and October 2026 on its own holds 59 rounds and $1.78B.
  6. 25 August 2026 is the busiest single day in the record, with 22 rounds announced.

Which sectors raised the most in 2026?

Strategy and the other digital asset treasury companies make DAT the largest sector by money, at $3.62B from 6 rounds, while DeFi leads on round count with 52. Crypto funding by sector covers the 174 rounds that carry a tag, and the table below is ranked by round count and covers the 12 largest tagged sectors; a round can carry more than 1 tag.

Sector Rounds Disclosed Raised
DeFi 52 40 $1.51B
Infrastructure 44 37 $1.25B
AI 22 15 $380.8M
DePIN 14 11 $261.3M
Privacy 13 13 $81.7M
Stablecoins 13 11 $254.4M
L1/2/3 12 12 $109.0M
DEX 11 8 $61.0M
RWA 11 11 $370.5M
Payment 9 8 $522.4M
Prediction Market 7 4 $1.24B
DAT 6 6 $3.62B
  1. DeFi is the most funded sector by round count in 2026 through 31 October, with 52 rounds and $1.51B.
  2. DAT, the digital asset treasury sector, raised $3.62B from 6 rounds, the largest sector total of 2026 through 31 October.
  3. DAT, DeFi and Infrastructure together hold $6.39B of the $11.45B, across 102 of the 327 rounds.
  4. NAUT's 2026 rounds carry 36 distinct sector tags across the 174 rounds that have one.
  5. 153 of the 327 rounds carry no sector tag, so they count in every total on this page and in no sector row.

Crypto funding statistics by stage: which round types are most common?

Strategic rounds are the most common label in NAUT's 2026 record, at 44, and Post-ipo rounds raised the most money, at $4.49B from 9 rounds. The table is ranked by round count and covers the 10 most common of the 31 stage labels in the record.

Stage Rounds Disclosed Raised
Strategic 44 26 $822.1M
M&A 41 4 $690.5M
Seed 39 37 $298.5M
IEO 27 27 $37.9M
Incubation 25 21 $10.5M
Funding Round 20 6 $378.8M
IDO 18 17 $94.9M
Undisclosed 18 11 $1.51B
Series A 17 16 $459.0M
ICO 12 12 $215.3M
  1. Strategic is the most common stage label of 2026 through 31 October, on 44 of the 327 rounds.
  2. M&A covers 41 rounds in the same window, and 4 of them disclosed a price.
  3. Seed covers 39 rounds and $298.5M, and the wider early stage group of pre-seed, seed, seed extensions and angel rounds covers 57 rounds.
  4. Post-ipo is the largest stage by money in 2026 through 31 October, with $4.49B from 9 rounds.
  5. Token sale stages, meaning ICO, IEO, IDO, private token sales and pre-sales, cover 61 rounds and $406.1M, while priced venture series from Series A to Series D and their extensions cover 37 rounds.

Who led the most crypto funding rounds in 2026?

49 of the 327 rounds carry a lead investor on NAUT's record, and those 49 rounds name 45 different firms and people as lead. The table is ranked by rounds led and lists every firm NAUT records as lead on 2 or more 2026 rounds. Disclosed counts the rounds it led that carry an amount, and Raised adds those amounts.

Fund Rounds Disclosed Raised
3 3 $290.0M
2 2 $114.9M
2 2 $33.0M
2 2 $26.0M
2 2 $22.0M
2 2 $18.0M
2 1 $13.5M
2 1 $13.3M
2 2 $9.5M
2 1 $8.0M
2 2 $3.7M
  1. 49 of the 327 rounds have a lead investor on NAUT's record, and 278 rounds carry no lead flag, which means NAUT holds no lead for them rather than that no firm led.
  2. Sequoia Capital sits alone at the top of NAUT's 2026 lead table with 3 rounds led, and 11 firms led 2 or more rounds.
  3. Sequoia Capital leads the table by money, with $290.0M across its 3 rounds, and CoinFund follows at $114.9M across 2.

How much did the biggest crypto rounds raise?

Biggest 2026 round per company, the 8 largest, $M
  1. Strategy$2000M
  2. Polymarket$1000M
  3. Strive$630M
  4. Ionic Digital$400M
  5. Crypto.com$400M
  6. Tazapay$400M
  7. Alpaca$300M
  8. Bitbank$288M

Every date in the table below falls in 2026. Each bar is that company's largest single 2026 round, so Strategy's 4 other rounds and the 2 other rounds its repeat raisers recorded sit outside the chart.

Date Company Stage Raised Lead
24 Aug Post-ipo $2.00B None on NAUT's record
31 Aug Undisclosed $1.00B
20 Oct Post-ipo $630.0M None on NAUT's record
27 Jul Post-ipo $544.5M None on NAUT's record
13 Jul Post-ipo $466.7M None on NAUT's record
26 Jun Undisclosed $400.0M None on NAUT's record
16 Jul Strategic $400.0M None on NAUT's record
8 Sep M&A $400.0M None on NAUT's record
17 Aug Post-ipo $333.7M None on NAUT's record
16 Jul Debt Financing $300.0M None on NAUT's record
25 Jun Funding Round $288.0M None on NAUT's record
20 Jul Post-ipo $263.5M None on NAUT's record

The sources for these rounds name backers that NAUT's record does not flag as lead: Citadel Securities put the $400M into Crypto.com, Circle is the buyer in the $400M Tazapay deal, Attestor, Oaktree Capital Management and Sachem Head Capital led Ionic Digital's $400M, and Alpaca's $300M came as debt from Payward, the parent of Kraken, and BMO.

  1. 27 of the 236 disclosed rounds came in at $100M or more, and they hold $9.21B, which is 80% of the $11.45B total.
  2. 116 of the 236 disclosed rounds came in at $5M or less, and 56 of those were under $1M.
  3. The 12 biggest rounds of 2026 through 31 October total $7.03B, which is 61% of the $11.45B.
  4. Strategy's $2.00B on 24 August 2026 is the largest single round in the record, and Polymarket's $1.00B on 31 August 2026 is next.

How to use these crypto funding statistics as a BD team

  • The money sits in 3 sectors. DAT, DeFi and Infrastructure hold $6.39B of the $11.45B across 102 rounds, so a seller of custody, treasury or node services has a target list before any outreach.
  • Recency beats size. October 2026 holds 59 rounds and $1.78B, and those teams are still spending the money.
  • Lead data is thin by design. 49 of 327 rounds carry a lead on NAUT's record, so plan to reach the company rather than route through a fund.
  • Round size sorts the pitch. 116 of 236 disclosed rounds were $5M or less, which sets the budget conversation before the first call.
How a BD team can work these numbers
  1. Start where the money isDAT, DeFi and Infrastructure hold $6.39B of the $11.45B across 102 rounds.
  2. Pick the live monthOctober 2026 holds 59 rounds and $1.78B, the newest cohort in the record.
  3. Find the lead49 of the 327 rounds carry a lead on NAUT's record, naming 45 firms and people.
  4. Open the company pageEach of the 276 companies with a NAUT page lists its team and its backers.

What this tells a founder raising in 2026

  • The median is the anchor. The median disclosed round is $5.75M while the average is $48.5M, because 27 rounds of $100M or more pull the average up.
  • Priced crypto venture funding is a small slice. Series A to Series D and their extensions cover 37 of the 327 rounds, and Strategic at 44 rounds outnumbers Series A at 17.
  • Repeat leads are a short list. 11 firms led 2 or more rounds in the 10 months to 31 October 2026, which is the realistic lead pool for a crypto round.
  • Timing follows the market. 242 of the 327 rounds landed between July and October 2026.
How a founder can use this record
  1. Set the ask against the medianThe median disclosed 2026 round is $5.75M, and 116 of 236 came in at $5M or less.
  2. Name the stage buyers useStrategic covers 44 rounds and Seed 39, the 2 most common labels in the record.
  3. Shortlist the repeat leads11 firms led 2 or more rounds, from Sequoia Capital's 3 to CoinFund's $114.9M across 2.
  4. Match a sector to a fundDeFi holds 52 of the 174 tagged rounds, Infrastructure 44 and AI 22.

How to reach the decision makers

Each of the 276 companies with a NAUT page carries its team, its rounds and the firms NAUT records as backers, and each of the 45 lead firms and people has a page with its own portfolio. The 11 repeat leads in the table above are the fastest route into a priced round, and each of their NAUT pages says which channels NAUT holds for the people there.

Related reading on NAUT: Crypto seed funding: 13 October rounds, $98.9M, median $5.0M and Most active crypto VCs: 44 funds ranked, the leader led none.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. A call to GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/sequoia-capital with the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY returns every round NAUT records for Sequoia Capital, each row carrying the company, roundType, amountUsd, announceDate and an isLead flag, which is the shape behind the lead table above, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?sector=DeFi&limit=100 returns the DeFi companies behind the 52 rounds in the sector table. Each call costs 5 credits on a paid plan, the parameters are documented at naut.so/docs/api, and plans run from $49 a month for 3,000 credits at naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people at these companies and funds unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach them.

Crypto funding statistics FAQ

What are the key crypto funding statistics for 2026?

NAUT tracked 327 crypto funding rounds announced from 1 January to 31 October 2026, and the 236 with a disclosed amount total $11.45B, with a median of $5.75M and an average of $48.5M. July 2026 was the busiest month at 63 rounds, August 2026 the largest at $3.96B, DeFi the busiest sector at 52 rounds and DAT the largest at $3.62B.

How much crypto funding was raised in 2026?

$11.45B across the 236 of 327 rounds that disclosed an amount between 1 January and 31 October 2026. The 27 rounds of $100M or more hold $9.21B of that, and the 12 largest alone hold $7.03B.

Which investors led the most crypto rounds in 2026?

Sequoia Capital led 3 of the rounds NAUT records between 1 January and 31 October 2026, more than any other firm, and 11 firms led 2 or more, including CoinFund, Blockchain Capital, Ribbit Capital, CMT Digital, Tether and Variant. 49 of the 327 rounds carry a lead on NAUT's record, naming 45 firms and people in total.

Where can I find the teams behind these 327 rounds and their contact channels?

On NAUT: each of the 276 companies with a NAUT page lists its team, its 2026 rounds and its backers, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?sector=DeFi&limit=100 returns the same rows for a sector at 5 credits a call. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for those people unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open them.

Which month had the most crypto funding in 2026?

July 2026 recorded the most rounds, 63 of the 327, and August 2026 recorded the most money, $3.96B from 48 rounds that disclosed an amount. October 2026, the last full month in the window, recorded 59 rounds and $1.78B.

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