Crypto VC funding: DATA draws $30m as Fission lands $10m Series A

FUNDING ROUNDCrypto VC funding: DATAdraws $30m as Fission lands$10m Series A40IMPORTANCEACTIVE2NEWS MEDIA2PIECESOct 17, 2026 06:35blockboard.net

Fission raised $10 million in a funding round led by Pantera Capital, and the company said it is building infrastructure to make tokenized private-market holdings easier for eligible investors to sell without waiting for traditional redemption windows. In the same Oct. 10–16 fundraising window, crypto and blockchain projects disclosed at least $51.4 million across six financings, with the largest single deal being Sui Foundation’s $30 million strategic investment in DATA Network.

What this rests on

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Crypto and blockchain projects disclosed at least $51.4 million across six financings during Oct. 10–16.
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Sui Foundation made a $30 million strategic investment in DATA Network, the largest disclosed deal in that period.
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Fission raised $10 million in a funding round led by Pantera Capital.
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Fission said it wants to make it easier for eligible investors to sell tokenized private-market holdings without waiting for traditional fund redemption periods.

What it means

Who it affects, what changes and what is still unconfirmed

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People watching tokenized private-market products would notice that Fission now has fresh capital behind its platform, and the company frames the service around letting eligible investors sell holdings before traditional redemption periods end. That matters today because it points to a product aimed at secondary liquidity in private markets rather than a general-purpose crypto app. It is still limited to what Fission described about eligible investors and tokenized holdings, not a change across the whole market.

For the crypto financing sector, the broader week showed at least $51.4 million in disclosed funding across six deals, with one large allocation standing out at $30 million for DATA Network. Compared with a quieter single-deal view, this is a clustered funding week with multiple projects announcing capital rather than one isolated raise. The basic disclosure window and the named financings are clear, but the full set of transactions behind that total is not laid out here.

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