Crypto VC Funding: Paribu Acquires CoinMENA For $240m, N3XT Bags $72m
The week of November 30 to December 6, 2025, recorded $478.9 million in crypto VC funding across 18 projects.
Summary
- Weekly crypto VC funding hit $478.9M across 18 projects.
- Paribu’s $240M CoinMENA acquisition dominated this week’s deals.
- N3XT, Canton Network, and Portal secured major multi-million raises.
As per the data, Turkish digital asset platform Paribu’s $240 million acquisition of CoinMENA led the funding period.
Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of this week’s crypto funding activity as per Cryptofundraising data:
CoinMENA
- CoinMENA acquired for $240 million through M&A
- The cryptocurrency exchange was acquired by Paribu
- The exchange has raised $249.5 million so far
N3XT
- Raised $72 million in an unknown round
- The investment was backed by Paradigm, Hack VC, and Winklevoss Capital
- N3XT is a financial institution offering programmable real-time settlement
Canton Network (Digital Asset)
- Canton Network bagged $50 million in a strategic round
- Investors include BNY Mellon, iCapital, and Nasdaq
- The public Layer‑1 blockchain has raised $447.2 million so far
Portal
- Portal raised $25 million in an unknown round
- Backed by JTSA Global
- The Bitcoin-based DEX has raised $117.5 million so far
Ostium Labs
- Secured $20 million in a Series A round
- Fully diluted valuation of $250 million
- Investors include General Catalyst, Jump Trading, and Coinbase Ventures
- Ostium Labs is behind the perpetual exchange Ostium
Fin (ex TipLink)
- Fin raised $17 million in an unknown round
- Backed by Pantera, Sequoia, and Samsung Next
- Fin is a stablecoin-based, enterprise-grade payment platform
BitStack
- Secured $15 million in a Series A round
- Bitstack is a French Bitcoin savings app
- Investors include 13books, North Island Ventures, and Plug and Play
Projects Under $15 Million
- Zoo Finance (ex IndexZoo), $10 million in a strategic round
- Ranger, $6 million in a public sale with $15.38 million fully diluted valuation
- Axis, $5 million in a private round
- Altura, $4 million in a seed round
- Reya Network, $3 million in a public sale with $150 million fully diluted valuation
- TrueNorth, $3 million in a pre-seed round
- DeepNode AI, $3 million in a strategic round with $75 million fully diluted valuation
- LayerBank, $2.30 million in a pre-seed round
- DeepNode AI, $2 million in a seed round with $25 million fully diluted valuation
- Haiku, $1 million in a pre-seed round
- Harmonix Finance, $600,000 in a public sale with $25 million fully diluted valuation
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