Odaily: Digital asset insurance company Soter Insure has announced that SC Ventures, the innovation and venture investment arm of Standard Chartered, and Japanese financial group SBI Group participated as strategic investors in its Series B funding round. Existing investor Token Bay Capital also added to its investment. Galaxy had previously led the round, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Franklin Templeton, and Brevan Howard Digital. The specific funding amount was not disclosed.

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Odaily: Rates Exchange has announced an investment from Coinbase Ventures, with the amount undisclosed. Rates Exchange is an on-chain order book trading platform for trading and hedging interest rates. Currently, the platform offers interest rate swaps and plans to launch calculation swaps, FX swaps, and fixed-rate equity options.

Odaily reports that Mochatrade has announced a cumulative total of $5.56 million in funding, with the seed round led by CoinFund and participation from Coinbase Ventures and others; its $690,000 pre-seed round received support from Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund. The platform targets traders in India, supports INR deposits via UPI, and allows users to go long or short with leverage on the stock prices of U.S. equities such as Nvidia, Tesla, and Apple without holding the actual shares or opening a U.S. securities account. The platform is currently in beta testing, with more than 20,000 people on its waitlist, and is expected to launch publicly in the coming weeks. The funding will be used for trading technology development and user growth, and the platform plans to launch U.S. stock options, more tradable assets, and social trading features in the future. There are currently no plans to issue a token.

Odaily reports that Dataline, a decentralized data network project for AI agents, has announced the completion of a $10.6 million seed round, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev. The project also plans to conduct a public token sale through Uniswap's auction platform, with specific details expected to be announced next week and the token planned for launch before the end of this year.

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Odaily News: Jeeves Inc. has announced the completion of a $110 million Series C funding round, led by CoinFund, with participation from AllianceBernstein, Coinbase Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), among others. The company is a fintech firm and plans to use the funds to launch a stablecoin wallet and AI agents, as well as to provide instant payment services in more countries.

Odaily News: Trading firm Raven has announced the completion of a strategic funding round at a $90 million pre-money valuation, with Coinbase Ventures and CMCC Global participating. Founded in 2023, Raven initially provided liquidity for crypto trading and expanded into prediction markets in the second quarter of 2025.

Odaily reports that stablecoin infrastructure company Bastion has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to apply to establish a national trust bank. Founded in 2023 by two former a16z crypto executives, Bastion provides white-label stablecoin issuance, reserve custody, customer wallets, and payment infrastructure for enterprises; its investors include Coinbase Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Samsung Next, and its latest funding round last year raised $14.6 million.

Odaily reports that the funding round was led by Expa, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others. Fin.com primarily provides global stablecoin infrastructure services.