Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab building an open-access decentralised machine learning network for smart infrastructure, has launched v2.0 of its Mainnet with 30 validators, including Outlier Ventures, Forbole, and InfStones.  

The Solana Foundation has partnered with cryptocurrency exchanges, OKEx and MXC, to launch two strategic investment funds that will bring USD40 million of new capital to accelerate the growth and development of key projects in the Solana ecosystem. 

Lukka, a specialist enterprise crypto asset software and data provider, announced it has completed its USD53m Series D round of financing. Participants in the round include Soros Fund Management, S&P Global, and CPA.com (a subsidiary of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants). This fundraise follows Lukka’s recent Series C round, which was led by State Street just three months prior.   

The Astrea VI private equity bonds issued this month have been tokenised by iSTOX to reduce the minimum investment ticket by up to 10 times. 

Currencies Direct, a specialist in digital foreign exchange (FX) and international payment services to high value private clients and SMEs, has completed a GBP165 million dividend recapitalisation.  

MintGreen has closed a seed financing round, led by CoinShares Ventures, the investment arm of the publicly listed digital asset investment firm, as it looks to deploy the first large-scale commercial project to harvest heat from bitcoin mining.

TotemFi, a decentralised finance (DeFi) prediction markets platform for the crypto community, has closed USD255,000 funding round with a roster of strategic investors including DuckDAO, Nabais Capital, LD Capital, Alphabit, Altvest, Moonwhale Ventures, and Bluenode Capital.

Fidelity International (Fidelity), a global asset manager with total client assets of USD706.3 billion, and Moonfare, the leading digital investment platform for high quality private markets funds, announce an exclusive strategic distribution partnership.  

Pluto Digital Assets (Pluto), a crypto venture capital and technology company has closed its third and largest funding round to date.

Texture Capital, an institutional marketplace for private capital, has formed a partnership with Vertalo, a digital asset data management platform and SEC-registered transfer agent, to collaborate on solutions to develop the digital securities ecosystem.