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Welcome to the Network
We are proud to introduce the newest innovators and leaders joining our community; please take a moment to connect with them and welcome them to the inner circle 👇
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Top Headlines
Member Activity
VC
Origins Network raised $8 million in strategic funding led by Animoca Brands to develop its modular blockchain infrastructure for AI agents.
The team will deploy the funds to scale its compute node network and drive development of verifiable on-chain orchestration for the agentic economy.
Huge shoutout to Luca Ioannis and the team at Animoca Brands for their leadership in this milestone raise!
Current secured an undisclosed strategic investment led by Polymorphic Capital to scale its leverage liquidity layer on the Sui network.
The capital will be used to enhance core infrastructure and accelerate the integration of institutional liquidity providers within the Sui DeFi ecosystem.
Massive win for Arik Shinkarevsky and the team at OKX for their participation in this strategic move!
Strategic
Avalanche received a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount from Animoca Brands to deepen its footprint across high-growth markets in Asia and the Middle East.
The partnership focuses on expanding the reach of Avalanche subnets within the gaming, digital identity, and real-world asset sectors.
Big wins for Animoca Brands this week huh.
M&A
Polymarket acquired Brahma for an undisclosed amount to streamline its internal technical stack and simplify the user experience for prediction market participants.
The integration utilizes Brahma’s smart account technology to reduce friction during asset deposits and user onboarding for global traders.
Elden Mirzoian and the team at Polymarket continue to build, hype!
Impossible Finance completed the acquisition of Rarible for an undisclosed amount to unify digital commerce infrastructure and expand its NFT marketplace capabilities.
The deal integrates Rarible’s core technology into the Impossible ecosystem to provide a more robust environment for cross-chain collectors and creators.
LFG! Jonathan Colón and the team at Rarible are making moves!
Non-Member Activity
VC
Kalshi raised $1 billion in a new funding round led by Coatue Management at a $22 billion valuation.
The platform will use the capital to support massive scaling following a surge in trading volume and to expand its regulated event contract offerings.
Bluesky raised $100 million in a Series B round led by Bain Capital Crypto to grow its decentralized social network.
The capital will be used to expand the ATmosphere developer ecosystem and develop new premium subscription models for its rapidly growing user base.
Series A
TransFi secured $19.2 million in a financing round led by Turing Financial Group to scale its payment infrastructure.
The firm will use the equity and liquidity facility to expand its stablecoin-powered onboarding solutions across emerging markets in Asia and Africa.
Singapore-based dtcpay raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India.
The regulated provider plans to use the capital to enhance its global stablecoin payments infrastructure and accelerate its entry into the European market.
M&A
Katana Blockchain acquired the decentralized exchange IDEX for an undisclosed amount to power the launch of its new perpetuals trading platform.
The acquisition brings IDEX’s existing order-book and liquidity routing infrastructure into Katana’s institutional-grade DeFi ecosystem.
Headlines
Hull war risk premiums for Gulf shipping have surged from 0.25% to as high as 7.5% of vessel value, moving the insurance bill for a $200M tanker from $500K to roughly $15M in extreme cases. As private insurers scale back, the U.S. has provided $20B in reinsurance support to maintain the flow of energy and fertilizer supply chains. This premium spike functions as a sudden tax on global trade, increasing the cost of essential goods while simultaneously dampening international demand.
The American Gaming Association estimates Americans will legally wager $3.3B on the NCAA tournaments this year, representing a 54% increase over three years. Polymarket has already processed over $17.1M in winner volume, signaling that decentralized prediction markets are maturing into a mainstream alternative to traditional sportsbooks. This shift has transformed March Madness into a regulatory wedge issue, prompting the NCAA to aggressively lobby against these platforms to prevent collegiate sports from being treated as a federally regulated prediction asset class.
Beijing has lowered its 2026 growth target to a 4.5% to 5.0% range as the nation grapples with a persistent property overhang and weak domestic demand. Youth unemployment reached 16.1% in February, signaling a significant mismatch between the labor market and the current industrial transition. These internal pressures are now compounded by rising input costs, which risk flipping China’s deflationary environment into a period of suppressed corporate margins and stalled private spending.
U.S. consumer spending rose 0.4% in January, led by a $105.7B increase in services that outweighed a softening in the goods sector. With retailers forecasting $24.9B in Easter spending, a 5.5% year over year increase, the domestic engine shows few signs of cracking under pressure. Such persistent spending resilience complicates the Federal Reserve’s inflation mandate; sustained demand forces the central bank to maintain a "higher for longer" interest rate stance to neutralize the impact of rising energy costs.
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