Robinhood, Peter Thiel fund pile on as crypto startups snag $22bn in 2025 – DL News
- This week saw raises in DeFi and privacy sectors.
- Crypto firms on track to raise $25 billion this year.
- Robinhood, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, a16z among biggest investors this week.
Top institutional investors are piling into crypto startups to the tune of $22 billion in 2025.
And not even the record 43-day US government shutdown, $1 trillion of market value evaporating, and growing uncertainty about the global economy are discouraging them from ploughing even more into blockchain-based businesses.
That’s according to Eva Oberholzer, chief investment officer of venture capital firm Ajna Capital, who told DL News that sentiment is now shifting “from hype to proof” as core infrastructure “continues to attract institutional…
