Crypto VC Funding: HashKey Group Bags $250m, Architect Raises $35m

The week of December 21-27, 2025, closed the year with $316.2 million in crypto funding across 8 visible projects.

Summary

  • Crypto projects raised $316.2M in the final week of 2025 across eight deals.
  • HashKey Group dominated funding with a massive $250M year-end raise.
  • Finance and trading infrastructure attracted most investor attention to close 2025.

As per the data, HashKey Group’s $250 million raise dominated a year-end funding period that featured finance platforms and infrastructure development.

Finance and trading platforms led the majority of investor attention during this final week of the year.

Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of this week’s crypto funding activity as per Cryptofundraising data:

HashKey Group

  • HashKey raised $250 million in an unknown round
  • The firm has raised $380 million so far

Architect

  • Secured $35 million in a Series A round
  • Architect is a financial technology firm specializing in high-throughput, low-latency infrastructure
  • The investment was backed by Miax, HGSA Capital, and Galaxy
  • Gained +7 new investors
  • Architect has raised $52 million so far

Octra

  • Octra raised $20 million through public sale
  • The project has raised $26 million so far

Funding Under $5 Million

  • Coinbax, $4.2 million in a seed round
  • easy.fun, $2 million in a seed round
  • Otomato, $2 million in an unknown round
  • HodlHer, $1.5 million in a strategic round
  • Rocket, $1.5 million in a pre-seed round

Read last week’s VC funding coverage here.

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