Huo Xing Cai Jing reports, according to The Block, London-based crypto startup OpenTrade has raised $17 million in a strategic funding round led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with participation from a16z crypto, AlbionVC, CMCC Global, and others, bringing its total raised to over $30 million. OpenTrade offers institutional-grade on-chain and real-world asset (RWA) collateralized lending and stablecoin yield products, and plans to use the new funding to expand its infrastructure across both permissioned and permissionless environments. Its offerings include a permissionless protocol layer and a yield vault aggregation framework called Curation+, enabling fintech companies, digital banks, vaults, and asset issuers to design yield strategies across RWA and on-chain assets. OpenTrade states its total value locked has surpassed $200 million, with transaction volume exceeding $250 million in 2025, and projects cumulative volume to surpass $1 billion by the end of 2026.
OpenTrade Completes $17M Strategic Funding Led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital
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OpenTrade announced $17 million in project funding, led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with participation from a16z crypto, AlbionVC, and CMCC Global. The round brings total funding past $30 million. The London-based company provides institutional on-chain news and real-world asset-backed lending and stablecoin yield products. OpenTrade plans to scale its infrastructure for both permissioned and permissionless use cases. The platform has reported over $200 million in TVL, with 2025 transaction volume expected to exceed $250 million and potentially reach $1 billion by 2026.
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