BlockBeats News, July 15th, according to CoinDesk, enterprise-focused crypto-friendly bank platform Dakota has completed a $12.5 million Series A financing round. The round was led by CoinFund, with participation from 6th Man Ventures and Triton Ventures, aiming to expand its borderless banking services.

BlockBeats News, July 15, according to CoinDesk, Two Prime is an investment advisor and institutional lender registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), currently managing approximately $1.75 billion in assets. The company announced that it has completed a $20 million equity financing round led by Bitcoin mining firm MARA Holdings (MARA), with participation from Susquehanna Crypto.

In addition to acquiring equity in the company, MARA will also increase its Bitcoin allocation in Two Prime's institutional yield strategy from the original 500 BTC to 2000 BTC.

BlockBeats News, July 12th, according to Fortune citing sources familiar with the matter, cryptocurrency and stablecoin infrastructure startup Zerohash is set to close a funding round of about $100 million, with a valuation close to $1 billion. Online brokerage firm Interactive Brokers leads this funding round.

Reportedly, Zerohash provides backend infrastructure support for banks, brokerages, and fintech companies for digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs, and has grown to become a key player in the stablecoin space. Its core operations include partnering with Stripe to facilitate fiat-to-stablecoin exchanges through a network of banking relationships and regulatory licenses. It has helped traditional financial institutions like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton participate in tokenization initiatives and has provided stablecoin exchange services to clients like the prediction market Kalshi and digital bank MoneyLion.

BlockBeats News, July 11th, according to official sources, Pump.fun has announced the official acquisition of the wallet tracking tool Kolscan, with the specific amount undisclosed.

According to the introduction, Kolscan focuses on monitoring the behavior of top on-chain traders, providing real-time transaction dynamics, token profit and loss analysis, and a performance-based leaderboard.

BlockBeats News, July 10th. Salvadoran financial platform NextBridge announced that it has completed an $8 million Series A funding round led by Fulgur Ventures for its subsidiary exchange platform NEXPLACE. The funding will be used to expand its compliant digital asset issuance and trading ecosystem based on the Bitcoin Liquid Network.

Previously, Salvadoran financial platform NextBridge conducted its first round of USTBL token issuance through Bitfinex Securities, raising $30 million. The underlying asset of this token is the US Treasury bond, built on the Bitcoin blockchain and operating on the Liquid Network layer-two solution.

BlockBeats News, July 10th, according to Fortune magazine, stablecoin startup Agora has completed a $50 million Series A funding round, with lead investment from Paradigm and participation from Dragonfly.

It is reported that Agora hopes to use this funding to drive the development of its proprietary stablecoin, AUSD. AUSD is a cryptocurrency pegged to basic assets such as the US Dollar. Agora also offers white-label services, allowing other companies to launch their own branded versions of AUSD while sharing the stablecoin's interoperability and liquidity advantages.

BlockBeats News, July 9th, According to official sources, the Tanssi Foundation announced that it has recently successfully completed an $850,000 final round of strategic financing, with blockchain investment firm KR1 leading the round and other key investors participating.

BlockBeats News, July 9th, According to official sources, AI-driven cryptocurrency trading platform OlaXBT announced the completion of a $3.38 million seed round of financing, led by Amber Group, with participation from DWF Ventures, Mindfulness Capital, Web3Labs club, Credit Scend, and others.

OlaXBT uses its proprietary MCP technology and reinforcement learning to achieve automated market making, sentiment analysis, and trade execution. Built on the BNB Smart Chain, it consists of a market composed of interoperable MCP servers and a chat-earn trading terminal.

BlockBeats News, July 3rd. According to official sources, MEXC has officially listed Memecore (M) on July 3rd at 15:50 (UTC+8) and opened the M/USDT trading pair. The same day, M perpetual contract trading will be available, supporting leverage from 1-50x with a one-click long/short conversion. At 16:50 (UTC+8), the platform launched its instant swap feature, allowing seamless and instant conversion with other assets.