<p>With $763.5 million in cryptocurrency funding spread across six projects, the first full week of 2026 got off to a great start thanks to Rain’s $250 million Series C round.</p>
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   <li>Rain led the week with a $250M Series C, valuing the stablecoin firm at $1.95B.</li>
   <li>BlackOpal and Tres Finance together added $330M via funding and M&amp;A activity.</li>
   <li>Bitcoin infrastructure projects like Babylon and ZenChain also secured new capital.</li>
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<p>According to <a href="https://crypto-fundraising.info/deal-flow/?start_date=2026-01-04&amp;end_date=2026-01-10&amp;sortby=raised&amp;sort=desc&amp;filter=closed" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cryptofundraising data</a>, the following summarizes this week’s cryptocurrency funding activity:</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="rain">Rain</h2>
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 <li>Raised <a href="https://crypto.news/rain-250-series-c-stablecoin-payments-infrastructure/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$250 million</a> in a Series C round</li>
 <li>Fully diluted valuation of $1.95 billion</li>
 <li>Rain is a blockchain-based card issuing and stablecoin platform</li>
 <li>Investment was led by ICONIQ</li>
 <li>Other investors include Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest, and Endeavor Catalyst</li>
 <li>Total funding exceeds $338 million</li>
 <li>Comes four months after Series B and ten months after Series A</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="blackopal">BlackOpal</h2>
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 <li>BlackOpal secured $200 million in an unknown round</li>
 <li>The project is LATAM’s global payments finance platform</li>
 <li>Investment was backed by Mars</li>
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   <p>As we kick off 2026, <a href="https://twitter.com/blackopal_fi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@blackopal_fi</a> is emerging as LATAM's global payments finance platform, built with B2B integrated rails for the tokenized era.<br><br>Today, we're excited to announce the launch of GemStone, our flagship investment-grade product in tokenized Brazilian credit card… <a href="https://t.co/cA6A4qbNKb" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/cA6A4qbNKb</a></p>— BlackOpal (@blackopal_fi) <a href="https://twitter.com/blackopal_fi/status/2009274138595111111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">January 8, 2026</a>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="tres-finance">Tres Finance</h2>
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 <li>Acquired for $130 million through M&amp;A</li>
 <li>Tres Finance is a crypto accounting and taxation reporting platform</li>
 <li>Acquired by Fireblocks</li>
 <li>The project has raised $148.6 million so far</li>
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   <p>Huge announcement from the TRES team! Today, TRES has been acquired by <a href="https://twitter.com/FireblocksHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@FireblocksHQ</a>!<br><br>Together, we now complete the first complete operating system for digital assets. <br><br>TRES brings accounting, reporting, and controls to onchain activity – built for auditability, scale, and… <a href="https://t.co/nMoGXq4XHM" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/nMoGXq4XHM</a></p>— Tres.finance (@TresDotFinance) <a href="https://twitter.com/TresDotFinance/status/2008911810213405147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">January 7, 2026</a>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="babylon">Babylon</h2>
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 <li>Raised $15 million in an Unknown round</li>
 <li>Backed by AI6Z</li>
 <li>Babylon is a Bitcoin staking infrastructure project</li>
 <li>The project has raised $103 million so far</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="habittrade">HabitTrade</h2>
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 <li>Secured <a href="https://x.com/HabitTrade/status/2008511993880473937" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$10 million</a> in a Series A round</li>
 <li>Investors include Newborn Town and StableStock</li>
 <li>HabitTrade is a financial services platform</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="zenchain">ZenChain</h2>
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 <li>Raised <a href="https://x.com/zen_chain/status/2008488045029548410" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$8.5 million</a> in an unknown round</li>
 <li>ZenChain is an EVM-compatible Bitcoin Layer 1</li>
 <li>Backed by Watermelon, DWF Labs, and Genesis Capital</li>
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