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According to Bitcoin Magazine, Wall Street financial giant Cantor Fitzgerald is helping the Bitcoin sidechain and open-source decentralized network VerifiedX complete a $15 million financing round. The VerifiedX Foundation announced on Wednesday that it has raised this funding, which will be used to expand its custodial partnership with the NYSE-listed custodian BitGo and to promote the launch of its wrapped token product vBTC on centralized exchanges.Cantor Fitzgerald serves as the banking partner for this financing round, and the announcement did not disclose specific investors. VerifiedX is a Bitcoin financial operating system that offers products such as self-custody, instant settlement, programmable finance, and native Bitcoin utility. Unlike traditional wrapped tokens, when holders create vBTC, the network generates a unique native Bitcoin address within the token, allowing holders to deposit Bitcoin into that self-custody address. The tokens always remain on the Bitcoin ledger and do not leave the Bitcoin ecosystem.Cantor Fitzgerald is one of the earliest institutions on Wall Street to support Bitcoin and currently holds reserve assets for the stablecoin giant Tether's USDT product. Its former chairman and CEO Howard Lutnick served as an advisor to Trump's 2024 campaign and is currently the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.

According to Bloomberg, Dell Technologies is seeking to raise approximately $4 billion through the issuance of investment-grade bonds for refinancing existing debt. Insiders say the final issuance size has not yet been determined and will be adjusted based on market demand.This bond issuance comes at a time when demand for AI-driven servers continues to grow, and Dell is benefiting from the surge in investment in AI infrastructure, boosting its performance.

According to PR Newswire, AI fintech company Kapital has completed a new round of equity and debt financing totaling $125 million, led jointly by Tru Arrow Partners and Fasanara Capital, with participation from Cervin Ventures, Niya Partners, and Overlook Capital.Kapital utilizes artificial intelligence technology to help individuals and businesses efficiently manage operations, credit, and cash flow, while also promoting savings and investments through its brokerage and fund management services. The new funds will be used for the in-depth development of its AI platform and data analytics suite, and to accelerate expansion in the U.S. and European markets.

According to official news, the AGENT economic project Agentum has completed a $7 million financing round, with participation from MEXC Ventures, BingX Labs, Arca, Wave Digital Assets, BlockTower Capital, Echo3 Labs, Greenwood Global Capital, UZ Capital, and Vega Ventures.The funds from this round will mainly be used to accelerate the construction of the trust and settlement layer for the autonomous Agent economy, with Agentum deployed on the BNB Chain. The BSC testnet has registered 399 Agents, completed 218 transactions, and achieved a GMV of over 2.44 million MockUSDT.

According to a report by Sina Finance, AI 3D company VAST (Sanqi Wànwù) announced the completion of Series B and B+ financing, totaling approximately 3 billion yuan, led by Matrix Partners. Perfect World, BlueFocus Communication Group, Xindong Energy Investment, Yanqu Games, Zhongke Chuangda, 37 Interactive Entertainment, as well as Dinghui VGC, CICC Capital, CMC Capital and others participated in the investment, while existing shareholders Dachen Caizhi, Chunhua Capital, and Wengce Capital continued to invest.According to the official introduction, VAST has raised approximately 5 billion yuan in less than six months. It is reported that VAST also released the latest version of its flagship 3D base model Tripo P series, Tripo P2. The funds from this round of financing will be invested in the iteration of 3D native models and data capabilities, expansion of training and inference infrastructure, product development, and commercialization.

FinChip and AgentOn today announced a merger agreement, and the two parties will integrate into a unified operating company, branded as Finch, while also announcing the completion of a pre-A round of financing.Finch is valued at 50 million USD in this round, with participation from Waterdrop Capital, Peer VC, and other institutions. Previously, the company had received investments from Longling Investment, ME Group, and X INFINITY. The funds from this round will primarily be used to expand the supply of agents and skills in four major markets, develop enterprise clients and task demand sides, and promote the implementation of skill standards in the industry.

Indonesian AI infrastructure platform Zankore has received support from NVIDIA, signing a $3.1 billion loan agreement to purchase advanced chips, highlighting the surge in demand for computing power in Asia.Citigroup, Dutch International Bank, and others are underwriting this loan, with Citigroup as the sole debt advisor. This is one of the largest AI infrastructure financings in Asia.

Physics AI simulation company Antioch announced the completion of a $32 million Series A funding round, led by Greylock, with participation from A* Capital, Category Ventures, BoxGroup, Icehouse Ventures, and angel investors.Antioch stated that AI has significantly accelerated software development, but physical autonomous systems are still limited by slow and expensive hardware development. The company provides simulation capabilities for physical AI teams to build, test, and validate systems. Its clients and partners include Amazon Ring, NVIDIA Robotics, and Nebius.Antioch claims to be rapidly expanding and is hiring for positions in simulation, infrastructure, machine learning, 3D graphics, marketing, and operations.

London-based AI precision machining software startup CloudNC announced the completion of a €17.2 million (approximately $20 million) funding round, led by the American venture capital firm Nimble Ventures, with participation from Calculus Venture Capital, Entrepreneur First, and Lockheed Martin's venture capital fund LM Ventures.

Layer1 blockchain Linera posted on X that the LNRA community round commitment period has ended, failing to reach the minimum target of 1.5 million USDC. A total of 617 participants from 69 countries committed a total of 848,271 USDC.The related website will be updated soon to begin processing refunds, which will be returned to the same wallet used at the time of commitment. An announcement will be made once the refund process is live, and further updates will be released after the refund period ends.

The AI intelligent terminal project Herdr announced the completion of a $6 million seed round financing, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Y Combinator, e2vc, and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke.The funds will be used to enhance Herdr's runtime performance, stability, and scalability, and to build a team focused on Rust, terminals, and AI intelligences.

Insiders revealed that the artificial intelligence startup Cognition claims its funding has exceeded 2 billion dollars, with a valuation reaching 48 billion dollars.

According to Bloomberg, AI chip startup Celero Communications announced the completion of a $275 million financing round, with the company's valuation exceeding $3 billion. This round of financing was co-led by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and CapitalG, a venture capital firm under Alphabet.Founded in 2024, Celero primarily develops coherent digital signal processors (DSP) for optical data transmission in AI systems, which can enhance the efficiency of high-speed data transmission between data centers and among different server racks within a single data center, thereby helping to build larger-scale AI chip clusters. It is reported that Gavin Baker, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Atreides, will join Celero's board of directors.

According to the disclosure by Family Office New Intelligence, data service provider FINTRX tracking shows that in August, family offices participated in a total of 109 transactions, with the total disclosed financing amount reaching 16.9 billion USD. Among these, follow-on financing rounds, where family offices continued to invest in companies they already hold, accounted for 27% of the transaction count. This indicates that, compared to continuing to invest in existing projects, family offices are more active in seeking and investing in new projects. The most active institution in August was a16z Perennial.a16z Perennial was established in 2022 and is a joint family office under the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, providing wealth management and investment services for its core partners Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, as well as the entrepreneurs they support. As of the end of 2025, a16z Perennial manages approximately 2.74 billion USD in regulated assets. In August, a16z Perennial participated in a total of 17 transactions, ranking first; the total disclosed scale of the related financing rounds reached approximately 10.45 billion USD.Ranking second is YZi Labs, founded by Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. YZi Labs manages over 10 billion USD in assets globally, with investment coverage including Web3, artificial intelligence, and healthcare, and invests in startups at various stages of development. In August, YZi Labs participated in 10 transactions, second only to a16z Perennial; however, the total scale of the financing rounds involved in these transactions was 42.1 million USD, largely appearing in large financing rounds of several hundred million or even several billion USD.It should be noted that the amounts mentioned above refer to the total financing scale of all investors in the related financing rounds, rather than the actual investment amount of the family offices themselves. Due to the strong privacy of family office investments, it is usually difficult to obtain the specific investment amount of a single family office in each transaction.

According to Fortune, the artificial intelligence startup Sapien has completed a new round of financing, led by Ali Partovi of Neo, with the company's valuation reaching 180 million dollars.

French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI announced the completion of a €3 billion Series D funding round, with a post-investment valuation exceeding €21 billion. The company stated that this is the largest equity financing for a technology company in Europe to date. Samsung Electronics led the round, with the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT and existing investor PSG Equity co-leading. New investors include Advent, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.Existing investors such as a16z, ASML, Belfius, BNP Paribas CIB, Bpifrance, Carmignac, DST Global, Eurazeo, General Catalyst, Headline, Hillspire, Index Ventures, Korelya Capital, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Solar Fund under Phoenix Court (including LocalGlobe, Latitude, and Solar), and Salesforce Ventures continued to participate. The funds will be used for cutting-edge model research, computing power and infrastructure expansion, as well as commercialization and international market development. Mistral AI currently operates in 20 countries, serving over 125 companies, including Airbus, ASML, and HSBC.

According to Dealroom, the decentralized perpetual contract exchange in Singapore, Antarctic Exchange, has completed a $7 million financing round, with a valuation of $70 million. Investors include Valisa Capital Markets, Lucidity Capital, and Republic Crypto, as well as proprietary traders who are entering the crypto asset space for the first time.The platform targets retail derivatives traders and offers tools similar to centralized exchanges. The founding team consists of former executives from OKX, Binance, and MEXC.

According to Strategy's latest 8-K filing, Strategy has raised approximately $20.9 billion this year through the issuance of common and preferred stock, ranking fourth in the scale of stock issuance in the United States, only behind SpaceX, Alphabet, and Intel.Recently, Strategy obtained a net gain of $602.8 million by selling MSTR common stock, of which $369.7 million was used to purchase 4,603 BTC, with an average purchase price of approximately $80,318. As of August 30, the company's total holdings of BTC increased to 845,050, with a cumulative purchase cost of approximately $63.73 billion and an average cost of approximately $75,412.In addition, MSCI's consultation regarding financial reserves for digital asset companies will conclude on September 30, and the market is paying attention to whether there will be adjustments to the inclusion criteria for related indices thereafter.

The decentralized lending protocol Pencil Finance has announced the completion of a $1 million student loan portfolio on-chain, including fundraising, lending, repayment records, and fund returns, constituting a complete financing and repayment cycle. Animoca Brands, Open Campus, and NewCampus provided funding for this portfolio in July 2025.The education financing company ErudiFi issued most of the funds through Southeast Asian student loans and tuition financing, covering markets such as Indonesia and the Philippines. The portfolio operates for 12 months, supporting over 6,600 students across 118 schools and universities, of which approximately 1,050 students received funding directly attributable to Pencil Finance. Investors are divided into priority and subordinate shares, with the former providing fixed returns and enjoying repayment priority, while the latter has variable returns and bears the first loss from defaults. Pencil Finance claims this is the first fully on-chain student loan cycle, but has not disclosed interest rates, investor yields, default situations, or blockchain transaction records.