Crypto venture funding rises 65.4% in October, but remains 65.3% below 2025

Crypto venture funding rose to about $2.099 billion in October 2026 , up 65.4% from September, with Kalshi’s $1 billion round topping the disclosed deals. But RootData’s figures show a sharp annual decline: funding remained 65.3% below October 2025, while the number of deals fell 40.2%. Key takeaways October’s disclosed deal count reached 67, an 8.1% monthly increase. Kalshi secured a $40 billion valuation in its latest financing. Major deals backed payments, AI computing, tokenization and bitcoin insurance. Crypto venture funding rebounds monthly, trails last year RootData recorded 67 disclosed deals for October, compared with 62 in September 2026 and 112 in October 2025. The figures use records available on October 29, 2026. Deals without disclosed amounts count toward the transaction total but not the funding total.

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