🔥In Q1 2026, the crypto industry’s capital flows undergo a major reshuffle! Friends in the retail crowd—are you still blindly chasing pumps and selling at the dips? Let’s see how institutional capital is positioning itself! 🚀


In Q1 2026, crypto startups raised nearly $5 billion in total. Although this is down 16% compared with last year, the direction of capital flows has changed significantly! From previously speculative tokens to practical projects such as payments and trading infrastructure today, the investment focus is quietly shifting.
💥 The most eye-catching of them is the prediction market track, attracting more than $1.7 billion! Next up are payments and trading infrastructure, receiving $735 million and $423 million in investment, respectively.
Even more worth noting is that top institutions are accelerating their entry, with global powerhouses such as Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Bain Capital, and Alibaba all placing bets on the crypto industry—are you daring enough to not follow this trend?! #Gate广场四月发帖挑战 #三月非农数据来袭 #SpaceXIPO冲刺2万亿美元估值 $ONG $BTC
Q1’s top 10 financing projects revealed:
Kalshi: $1 billion in funding, valued at $22 billion! Led by Coatue Management; a prediction market leader regulated by the CFTC—an indicator of where the market winds will blow in the future!
Polymarket: $600 million; backed by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). A dominant decentralized prediction market— the next explosion point for the market!
Rain: $250 million Series C funding; stablecoin payment infrastructure; valued at nearly $2 billion!
BitGo: $213 million; NYSE IPO; a leading global crypto custody provider; valuation surpassing $2 billion!
Flying Tulip: $206 million; led by DeFi architect Andre Cronje; a project that integrates trading, lending, and insurance—comprehensive deployment on all fronts!
Whop: $200 million; funded by Tether—this is a potential stock you can’t afford to miss!
💡 Reminder: The funds behind these projects aren’t coming from just anywhere—they’re seen as “wealth mines” in the eyes of the big players! You can also become part of this ecosystem, as long as you seize the opportunity right now.
🌟 Still hesitating? Come find me, and I’ll take you along to participate in this crypto storm!
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· 8h ago
You can't write token letters, can you?
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