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⚡️Notable Crypto Funding Rounds in October
@Kalshi — $1B
@whop — $200M
@Spiko_finance — $90M
@PhotonPay — $40M
@meanwhile — $37.5M
@meow — $31.6M
@hyperbolic_labs — $30M
Kalshi’s $1B round lifted October’s crypto venture investment to $1.65B, more than double September — but excluding it, the rest of the market raised $651M, roughly in line with September’s $665M.
Read the full October Crypto Fundraising Recap👇
📊 Crypto Fundraising Recap: October 2026
• Activity in early stage rounds has increased.
• Payments led in deal count, but funding declined in October compared to September.
• Kalshi’s $1B round was the key growth event for crypto fundraising.
• Institutional participation rose for the second consecutive month, but remained below last year.
Explore the full recap:👇cryptorank.io/insights/repor…
📊 Top Crypto Gainers Over the Past Week
AI-related projects dominated the weekly gainers, accounting for 5 of the top 7 performers, with @ritualnet , @JANCTION_Global , and @ICN_Protocol leading the rally.
🏆 Top Gainers:
$RITUAL +227%
$JCT +120%
$ICNT +94%
$AIOT +77%
$PIEVERSE +55%
$CAP +47%
$RSR +25%
🔓 Major Token Unlocks of the Week
The following tokens with the largest unlock value are scheduled to unlock this week:
PIEVERSE — $140.13M
ADI — $56.11M
ALLO — $24.90M
PUMP — $24.48M
JCT — $10.40M
AZTEC — $8.94M
ALLO has the largest unlock relative to size at 39.33% of market cap, as its Backers and Core Contributors allocations unlock after the cliff.
📈 Institutional Investor Activity Rebounds From 2026 Lows
The number of unique institutional investors participating in crypto funding rounds reached 155 in October, up 16% MoM, marking the second consecutive monthly increase since August's low.
Despite the recovery, institutional participation remains 56% below October 2025, when 353 investors were active.
👉 Rear The Full Story: cryptorank.io/insights/repor…
🔥 Most Searched Tokens on CryptoRank This Week
@1winToken was the most searched token this week after its launch.
@Everlyn_ai was the only gainer on the list, up +71.6%, while every other token ended the week in the red.
📊 CEX Listing Activity Falls 39% in October
New CEX listings fell to 117 in October 2026, down from 191 in September, pulling back after the Q3 surge.
The notable shift was at the top: @okx listed 34 tokens to edge past @MEXC at 33, the first month in the two-year window on the chart that MEXC has not led the field.
🔀 ⛓️ Recent Сrypto Project Migrations to New Blockchains
Running your own chain is getting harder to justify: most projects on this list are shutting down their own L1s and moving to networks that already have the users, liquidity and infrastructure they need.
@akashnet → @Solana
@datafdn → @SuiNetwork
@extendedapp → @arc
@zetachain → Solana
@harmonyprotocol → @ethereum
@bouncebit → @BNBCHAIN
@MoonriverNW → @base
@Scroll_ZKP → Ethereum
@GnosisChain → Ethereum
📈 Stablecoin Holder Addresses Surpass 300M
The number of stablecoin-holding addresses has reached a new milestone of 310M, continuing its steady growth.
$USDT dominates with 221M addresses, followed by $USDC with 63M. Together, the two stablecoins account for more than 91% of all stablecoin holder addresses.
📈 Prediction Markets Trading Volume Hits $123B in October
Prediction markets recorded their highest monthly trading volume ever in October, reaching $123B, up 57.5% MoM and more than doubling since August.
Sports markets generated $26B in trading volume, crypto markets reached approximately $14B, while political markets exceeded $800M, up 43% MoM due to the November 3 US midterms, with @Kalshi leading across all categories except politics.
🛡️ Gate Introduces Proof of Security (PoSEC)
@Gate rolled out PoSEC — a framework showing whether an exchange’s cold storage alone could cover all user funds if its hot wallets were lost.
The metric: Cold Storage ÷ User Assets. Gate’s current coverage: 104.58%.
Following its Proof of Reserves push, Gate is positioning PoSEC as a new transparency standard for exchanges.
⚡Monthly Perp DEX Volume Climbs 6% in October
Spot and CEX futures both fell in October, while perpetual DEX volume climbed 6% to $659B.
The drop in centralised-exchange activity lined up with a fall in Bitcoin following a reported $6.3B Binance hack.
Among perp DEXs, the month’s standout was @variational_io, which climbed to $78B to rank second for the first time, overtaking every challenger behind Hyperliquid.
📉 Why Did Market Sentiment Return to Fear in October?
After spending most of September and October in Greed territory, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index dropped to around 30 points by the end of October, returning to the Fear zone.
Amid a series of negative market developments, $BTC fell below $77K and $ETH dropped below $2,200. We explored the key factors behind the selloff in our October Market Recap.
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📔 Crypto Market Recap: Why the Crypto Market Was Down in October 2026
October marked the weakest month of 2026 for crypto market breadth. Only seven tokens in the current Top-100 sample, excluding stablecoins, ended the month in green zone.
What triggered such a broad selloff ?
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