VCs indulge in $1.4bn crypto bonanza in January – DL News
- Investors poured in over $1 billion in January crypto bonanza.
- Institutional infrastructure is by far the most popular sector.
- TradFi firms are also piling on, alongside frontier investors.
Venture investors have charged into 2026 at full throttle, despite market volatility and global political chaos.
They ploughed $1.4 billion into crypto companies in January, according to DefiLlama data.
That’s 14% more than in January 2025, even though the number of funding events dropped to 60 from 85, suggesting bigger bets across fewer targets.
Among the top investors this month are traditional Wall Street institutions like BNY Mellon, Fidelity, Citadel Securities, and Bain Capital. Frontier VCs like Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom Fund, Revolut’s CTO…
