Crypto VC Funding Highlights $292M in Payments and Banking

Crypto and blockchain companies pulled in $292.35 million across ten disclosed funding deals between August 31 and September 5, 2026, according to data compiled from DeFiLlama’s crypto raises database, CryptoRank and company announcements. The week’s crypto VC funding activity leaned heavily toward one theme: building the plumbing that connects digital dollars to the traditional banking system. Miami-based remittance platform Félix pulled off the biggest raise of the period, while a coalition of seven U.S. banks backed a tokenized deposit network called Cari.

Key takeaways

• Ten crypto and blockchain companies disclosed $292.35 million in financing between August 31 and September 5, 2026.
• Félix secured $200 million, combining $87 million in equity led by Andreessen Horowitz with a $113 million credit facility from General Catalyst.
• Cari raised $32.5 million entirely from seven U.S. banks to build its tokenized commercial bank deposit network.
• OpenReserve landed a $25 million seed round and preliminary conditional approval for a U.S. bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
• Payments and banking infrastructure accounted for roughly 93%, or $270.5 million, of all disclosed financing for the week.