- Venture capital funding in the cryptocurrency sector remained low in November 2025, with most deals concentrated in established companies.
- Only 57 crypto funding rounds were disclosed in November, with major raises from Revolut and Kraken.
- Ostium secured $24 million to expand its onchain perpetuals protocol to traditional markets.
- Axis raised $5 million for an onchain yield protocol featuring Bitcoin, Gold, and USD exposure.
- PoobahAI completed a $2 million seed round to develop its no-code Web3 and AI platform.
Venture capital investment in the cryptocurrency industry continued to slow in November 2025, maintaining a trend seen throughout the year. According to data from RootData, only 57 crypto funding rounds were publicly disclosed for the month, marking one of the weakest deal counts of the year despite high-profile fundraising events.
Most funding activity in November focused on centralized finance, decentralized finance, and NFT–Gamefi sectors. Notable large-scale capital raises included Revolut with $1 billion and Kraken with $800 million ahead of its planned initial public offering.
In this environment, Ostium, a decentralized perpetuals platform founded by former Harvard classmates, raised $24 million to enhance its onchain perpetuals protocol beyond cryptocurrency to include traditional assets such as stocks, commodities, indexes, and currencies. The funding will be used to improve smart contracts, pricing infrastructure, and liquidity engines to support greater trading volumes. Investors backing the company include General Catalyst, Jump Crypto, Susquehanna International Group, and angel investors linked to Bridgewater, Two Sigma, and Brevan Howard.
Axis, an onchain revenue protocol, secured $5 million in a private round led by Galaxy Ventures. Axis’s platform offers yield exposure to Bitcoin, gold, and the US dollar and aims to develop transparent onchain yield infrastructure for digital assets. Additional participants in the round included OKX Ventures, Maven 11 Capital, CMS Holdings, and FalconX. According to Axis’s announcement, the company has already deployed $100 million in private capital through a beta platform to test its protocol engine.
PoobahAI, a Texas-based startup enabling tokenized Web3 networks and AI agents without coding, raised $2 million in seed funding. The no-code platform is designed to allow creators, developers, and businesses to build onchain ecosystems and deploy AI agents without technical expertise. The round was led by FourTwoAlpha, a venture firm known for early investments in Ethereum and Cosmos.
This cautious investment climate reflects a broader market slowdown with capital flowing primarily to larger, more mature crypto firms, as noted in previous quarter data from Galaxy Digital.
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