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Crypto rebrand list: 73 renamed projects, 52 with funding

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

73 Crypto rebrands live crypto projects on NAUT that carry their old name, read 13 November 2026. Logos: Sonic, MultiversX, Meteora, Bitget Wallet, Velora, Viction, Vaulta, Zentry, Beam, Supra, Multichain, KPK.

NAUT tracks 73 live crypto projects that went through a crypto rebrand and still carry their old name on their NAUT page, from Fantom (now Sonic) to ParaSwap (now Velora), read on 13 November 2026. Of the 73, 52 have at least 1 funding round on NAUT's record and 34 have a token flag, so a deal maker searching an old name can still land on the current team.

Data note. NAUT's data shows 91 company rows with "(prev. ...)" in their name on 13 November 2026. 8 were set aside before this list: 4 investor rows, 1 platform row and 3 project rows with no old name NAUT could parse. That left 83 project rows, and 10 more came out: 2 rows whose stored name or rename NAUT's own review flagged as wrong or unproven, 4 listed companies that renamed around a crypto treasury (a stock-market pivot, a different kind of rename), 1 listed company NAUT describes as a Bitcoin miner, with no token (Keel Infrastructure, once Bitfarms), 1 community row with no description, 1 row whose stored name and last round both differ from the source NAUT checked, and 1 row where the source describes an acquisition of the old project. 15 claims went to outside sources, 12 renames and 3 last rounds, each on a different row: 13 of those rows are in the 73 and the other 60 listed rows were not checked outside NAUT. Sector is each row's first NAUT tag, and "last round" is the most recent round NAUT holds, as NAUT's record, never a full funding history. The Ambient Finance round date (July 2023) comes from its source, the BADMAD ROBOTS round amount is left out because no source confirmed it, and the Bitune IDO amount is left out because 2 NAUT reads of it disagree. Written by the NAUT research desk.

Which crypto projects have changed their name?

These 73 crypto projects renamed and NAUT keeps the old name beside the new one. They are grouped by each row's first NAUT sector tag, largest group first, and sorted A to Z by the new name inside each group, with each crypto project old name beside it. 21 of them have no funding round on NAUT's record. Each project's NAUT page shows its token, where it has one.

Infrastructure: 14 renamed projects

Project Old name Last round
Merit Circle IDO, Nov 2021, $105.66M
AntiMatter IDO, Feb 2021
Cooking City Pre-series A, Aug 2026, $4M
LiquiFi Accelerator, $350K
Magpie Protocol IDO, Mar 2025, $2M
IX Swap None on record
karpatkey None on record
Anyswap Funding, Dec 2021, $60M
Allianceblock None on record
Karak Network Series A, $3.25M
Flux Protocol Seed, May 2021, $10.3M
Trident Digital None on record
SupraOracles IEO, Nov 2024, $100K
Syntropy ICO, Jul 2019, $251K

DeFi: 11 renamed projects

Project Old name Last round
HMX None on record
Formation Fi Strategic, May 2021, $3.3M
Kalmar None on record
Hard Protocol None on record
Beyondfi IDO, Apr 2021, $50K
Qredo ICO, Jul 2021, $2.25M
OX.FUN Funding, Feb 2024, $4M
Satoshi Protocol Strategic, Jan 2026, $12M
Fantom OTC purchase, Oct 2026
Tranching Protocol Incubation
Alpha Finance Lab Private, Oct 2020, $1.65M

Gaming: 8 renamed projects

Project Old name Last round
Drunk Robots IDO, Apr 2022
PolkaFoundry Funding, Mar 2021, $1.9M
fantomGO None on record
READYgg ICO, Jul 2024, $6.4M
Chillchat Seed Token, Jun 2022, $6.5M
Dropp IDO, Dec 2023, $75K
GuildFi IDO, Dec 2021, $139.84M
DeRace IEO, Aug 2021, $40K

DEX: 7 renamed projects

Project Old name Last round
Crocswap Seed, Jul 2023, $6.5M
Juice Finance None on record
Mercurial Finance None on record
MCDEX Funding, May 2021, $7M
Vanilla Finance None on record
ParaSwap Funding, May 2021, $3M
FuseFi IDO, Feb 2022, $150K

Other sectors: 20 renamed projects

The sector NAUT tags each of these with sits in brackets after the old name.

Project Old name Last round
BitKeep (Wallet) IEO, Jun 2024, $1.5M
Side Protocol (L1/L2) IDO, Jan 2026, $1M
NOBI (CEX) M&A, Jul 2026
ClustroAI (AI) None on record
Ape Terminal (Launchpad) None on record
Commonwealth (Tools) Private, May 2022, $20M
Bitclout (SocialFi) Funding, Sep 2021, $200M
StarTerra (L1/L2) IEO, Jul 2023, $50K
Memes Lab (Launchpad) Seed, Feb 2025, $2.3M
CryptoGPT (AI) Series A, Apr 2023, $10M
Sling Money (Payment) None on record
Elrond (AI) Private, Jun 2019, $1.9M
Omni Network (Tools) M&A, Sep 2026
DeCurret (CEX) None on record
ICON (Tools) ICO, Sep 2017, $42.75M
Soulbound (Media) IDO, Jul 2025, $300K
Truemarkets (Prediction Market) None on record
Proprietary Trading Network (Prop Fund) None on record
EOS (L1/L2) Funding, Apr 2023, $60M
Tomochain (L1/L2) ICO, Mar 2018, $1M

No sector tag: 13 renamed projects

Project Old name Last round
BlockPad None on record
Polkally IDO, May 2021, $200K
Magic Labs M&A, Jul 2026
Polysynth Strategic, Jul 2022, $3M
Sentiment ICO, Feb 2025, $1M
Strips Finance IEO, Oct 2021, $50K
Libre DeFi Private, Oct 2021, $945K
DragonSB None on record
Swipe None on record
SuperFarm Strategic, Feb 2021, $1.2M
MonkeyLeague Series A, Jul 2022, $24M
Dexpools IDO, Apr 2022, $849.8K
ZKSwap None on record

Infrastructure leads with 14 rows, then DeFi with 11, Gaming with 8 and DEX with 7, while 13 rows carry no sector tag at all.

Which crypto rebrand dates can outside sources confirm?

9 of the 12 renames NAUT put to outside sources came back confirmed with a dated page, listed here from oldest to newest rename.

Old name New name Renamed
Anyswap Dec 2021
Elrond Nov 2022
Mercurial Finance Dec 2022
BitKeep Mar 2023
TomoChain Nov 2023
Fantom Aug 2024
EOS Mar 2025
ParaSwap Apr 2025
karpatkey By May 2025
  • . The Anyswap rename came with a $60M round led by Binance Labs.
  • . Cointelegraph reported on 4 November 2022 that "The company will move forward under the new name MultiversX", alongside 3 new metaverse products.
  • . Forklog wrote on 27 December 2022 that "Mercurial, a non-custodial exchange focused on stablecoins, has rebranded to Meteora", and MER holders received MET.
  • . Cointelegraph reported on 29 March 2023 that "BitKeep will rebrand to Bitget Wallet", a week after Bitget invested $30M.
  • . TOMO holders swapped to VIC 1:1.
  • . FTM converts to S under the new name.
  • . EOS renamed as it pivoted to Web3 banking.
  • . Cointelegraph, 3 April 2025: "DEX aggregator ParaSwap has rebranded to Velora". The Block reported in September 2025 that VLR takes over from PSP, while NAUT's row still stores the PSP ticker.
  • . The karpatkey team launched the KPK token on 15 May 2025.

The other 3 renames checked found no page stating the rename (Supra, Common) or described an acquisition (Self), which is why that row is out of the list.

Which renamed projects have the most funding rounds on NAUT?

Funding rounds on NAUT's record, renamed projects with 6 or more
  1. BADMAD ROBOTS12
  2. Play Network10
  3. Soulbound TV10
  4. Supra9
  5. Voltage Finance9
  6. Sonic8
  7. RabbitX7
  8. Rebase7
  9. LAB6

BADMAD ROBOTS, once Drunk Robots, holds the most rounds on NAUT's record with 12, and 5 of these 9 projects (Play Network, Soulbound TV, Supra, Sonic and LAB) list a last round from 2024 or later.

What a crypto rebrand means for a BD team

  • Search both names. A pitch deck, an old Telegram group or a 2021 press release will use the old name. On NAUT the old name is part of the stored company name, such as Anyswap on Multichain and Merit Circle on Beam.
  • Check who bought whom. 3 renamed rows list an M&A round as their last record: Bybit Indonesia (once NOBI, July 2026), Newton Labs (once Magic Labs, July 2026) and Nomina (once Omni Network, September 2026). Coinbase Token Manager carries Coinbase in its new name. The buyer's team may now own the deal.
  • Start with recent money. 11 of the 73 list a last round dated 2025 or 2026, including River (once Satoshi Protocol, $12M strategic round, January 2026) and City Protocol (once Cooking City, $4M pre-Series A, August 2026).
  • Expect stale tickers. A token can change after the name does: NAUT still stores PSP for Velora, the ticker Velora replaced in September 2025.
How a BD team can work this crypto rebrand list
  1. Match the old nameFind the name your CRM holds in the Old name column, such as BitKeep for Bitget Wallet.
  2. Open the new pageThe NAUT page under the new name lists the current team.
  3. Check for a buyer3 rows end on an M&A round: Bybit Indonesia, Newton Labs and Nomina.
  4. Rank by timing11 rows list a last round in 2025 or 2026; start there.

What this tells a founder or investor

  • A founder planning a rename can see what peers did in a token rebrand. Viction swapped TOMO to VIC 1:1, Sonic converts FTM to S, and MultiversX kept EGLD.
  • An investor checking a cap table should search the old name too: Zentry (once GuildFi) and Beam (once Merit Circle) both list their last round in 2021 on NAUT's record, so search the old name as well as the new one.
  • 23 of the 73 have both a funding round and a token flag on NAUT's record, the overlap to read first when a round and a listed token both matter.

How to reach the team behind a renamed project

Open the project's NAUT page under its new name: it lists the people NAUT holds for that company, each with a person page that says which channels NAUT has on file. Use the new name in the first line of any message. Where an M&A round is the last record, also open the buyer's page before you write.

Related reading on NAUT: Crypto M&A deals: 43 since July, 10 name the buyer and Crypto contact data accuracy: 86 of 100 X handles, 0 suspended.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: each renamed project is 1 call, such as GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/velora-prev-paraswap, which returns that company with its team, with your key sent as Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY. Each data call costs 5 credits, so all 73 pages come to 365 credits, inside the 3,000 credits of the Essential plan at $49 a month; the API docs and pricing have the rest. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on those pages unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

Crypto rebrand FAQ

Which crypto projects have changed their name?

NAUT tracks 73 live crypto projects that renamed and keep their old name on their NAUT page, read 13 November 2026, among them Fantom to Sonic, Elrond to MultiversX, BitKeep to Bitget Wallet and EOS to Vaulta.

When did Fantom, Elrond and ParaSwap rebrand?

Elrond became MultiversX in November 2022, Fantom became Sonic in August 2024, and ParaSwap became Velora in April 2025, per the dated sources NAUT checked for this crypto rebrand list.

How many renamed crypto projects have raised money?

52 of the 73 renamed crypto projects on NAUT have at least 1 funding round on NAUT's record as of 13 November 2026, and 23 of those 52 also carry a token flag.

Where can I find the team behind a renamed crypto project?

NAUT keeps 73 renamed crypto projects under their new names with the old name in the title, and each project page lists the people NAUT holds, also available through GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/<slug> at 5 credits a call. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

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