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

Architect has completed a $35M strategic Series A fundraise to accelerate the growth of AX, the financial industry’s first centralized and regulated exchange for trading perpetual futures on traditional assets. pic.twitter.com/UL7HzRsEqE — Architect (@Architect_Fi) December 23, 2025

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.