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Katie Haun, founder and CEO of the crypto venture capital firm Haun Ventures, stated in an interview with CNBC, "What is happening in the global payments space is essentially an arms race. Mastercard this week acquired the stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, officially entering the stablecoin space. This is one of Mastercard's largest acquisitions ever. Stablecoins can transfer digital dollars instantly and frictionlessly on a global scale, which is a truly significant innovation. The transaction volume in this space has reached $12.5 trillion, and we believe this scale will only continue to grow in the AI era."On the regulatory front, Katie Haun mentioned, "This week, the CFTC and SEC jointly released guidance on what constitutes a security and what constitutes a commodity, which is a core issue in the crypto industry. I have heard that the Senate Banking Committee is advancing a compromise proposal that could be announced as early as today, and I am cautiously optimistic about it. But the key issue is that Congress effectively has only three working months left before the midterm elections, and they need to quickly push the CLARITY Act to a vote after the Easter recess." Speaking about the combination of AI and blockchain, Katie Haun stated, "AI agents will increasingly replace humans in executing transactions and payments. If you think AI agents will use the same payment systems as humans, I believe that is a mistake. Agents require 24/7, instant settlement on a global scale, and stablecoins are the infrastructure built for this new era."

Shaun, the founder and CEO of ANT.FUN, stated at the Finternet 2025 Asia Digital Finance Summit supported by the OSL Group that stablecoins are expected to drive the emergence of new financial applications, which he described as "three-dimensional species," believing that their characteristic is the ability to obtain a high customer lifetime value (LTV) from a single user.Shaun indicated that traditional super apps are "two-dimensional," only occupying user time and installation volume, and their financial monetization capabilities are strictly limited by licenses and regions. However, the "financial super APP" of Web3 will be "three-dimensional": supported by stablecoins, users can seamlessly connect all financial services such as consumption, trading, wealth management, and contracts within the same application, thereby creating lifetime value that traditional applications cannot reach. Shaun noted that the backdrop of this transformative era is that the world is on the "eve" of general artificial intelligence (AGI), and he anticipates that strong artificial intelligence (ASI) will be achieved within three to five years, emphasizing that it is the combination of AGI and digital currency that makes such a super application capable of reshaping the economic structure possible.

ChainCatcher news, the life insurance company Meanwhile, priced in BTC, announced the completion of $82 million in financing, led by Haun Ventures and Bain Capital Crypto, with participation from Pantera Capital, Apollo, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Stillmark.It is reported that the company offers life insurance policies priced in Bitcoin, with all premiums, policy values, and claims managed in Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the cross-border settlement infrastructure project XFX has officially launched and completed a $9.1 million seed round financing. This round of financing was led by Haun Ventures and Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Oak HC/FT, MAYA Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, Bitso, and other institutions.XFX focuses on building institutional-grade cross-border settlement infrastructure, aiming to promote the future development of global capital flows. The specific technical details and application scenarios of the project have not yet been disclosed, but its support from several well-known blockchain investment institutions indicates the market's continued interest in cross-border payment solutions.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, the Solana ecosystem multi-signature protocol Squads announced a strategic investment from Haun Ventures, with the specific amount not disclosed.In addition, Squads also announced the upcoming launch of its stablecoin native account Altitude, allowing companies to open and fund dollar accounts without relying on traditional banks or U.S. entities.

According to ChainCatcher news, former U.S. federal prosecutor Katie Haun is raising a total of $1 billion through Haun Ventures for two new crypto funds, which are expected to close fundraising in June this year.The new funds will focus on early-stage and late-stage crypto projects, continuing the structure she adopted when she first launched in 2022.

ChainCatcher news, according to an announcement from Finisterra Labs, the company has completed a $3.75 million seed round financing, led by Haun Ventures and participated by Lightshift Capital, to develop the decentralized data marketplace Baselight.Baselight is dedicated to solving data fragmentation, high access costs, and unfair profit models, providing a queryable, computable, and monetizable data platform for financial analysts, DeFi developers, AI teams, and more. The team plans to expand the data ecosystem, optimize the analytics engine, and deepen the integration of AI, finance, and blockchain to promote data democratization.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, the gift card crypto platform Raise announced the completion of a $63 million financing round, led by Haun Ventures, with participation from Paper Ventures, Selini Capital, GSR, and Solana co-founder Raj Gokal. The company declined to disclose the valuation of this financing round.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, tokenization startup Plume has completed a $20 million financing round led by Brevan Howard Digital, Haun Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, and Galaxy Ventures. With this, Plume's total financing has reached $30 million. The company is building the first financial ecosystem for real-world assets (RWAfi), supporting the tokenization of diverse assets ranging from Pokémon cards to oil reserves.Plume CEO Chris Yin stated that there are currently 180 projects being developed on its network, including the decentralized private credit platform Credbull. The blockchain is set to open to users in early 2025, offering features such as asset yield acquisition, verification of physical collectibles trading, and real-time data-based asset price predictions. The financing will be used to expand coverage from crypto-native users to traditional financial institutions and optimize customized features for developers.According to Web3 asset data platform RootData, [Plume](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Plume Network?k=MTA0ODA= "RWA platform") is a fully integrated modular chain focused on RWAfi. They have built the first modular, composable EVM-compatible chain centered on RWA, aiming to simplify the onboarding of all types of assets and capital through native infrastructure and unified RWAfi-specific features across the entire chain. Plume is building a composable DeFi ecosystem around RWAfis, featuring an integrated end-to-end tokenization engine and a network of financial infrastructure partners for builders to plug and play.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, UK stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, led by the large cryptocurrency-focused fund Haun Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and existing investor Tiger Global.According to a source familiar with the transaction, this funding round values BVNK at approximately $750 million.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, BVNK provides banking services and payments for crypto-native businesses. Companies using BVNK can accept payments in both fiat and cryptocurrencies, hold hundreds of different currencies and crypto assets, and send funds worldwide.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain startup Commonware has completed a $9 million funding round, led by Haun Ventures and Dragonfly Capital. Commonware has also received support from numerous well-known cryptocurrency developers, including Smokey the Bera from BeraChain, Zaki Manian from Cosmos, Sreeram Kannan from EigenLayer, Dan Romero from Farcaster, and Mert Mumtaz from Helius.Commonware is building an open, Rust-based blockchain framework designed for high throughput, ease of modification, and embedded interoperability. Similar to Cosmos-SDK, the Commonware framework will enable developers to launch their own blockchains.

ChainCatcher news, the team behind the Solana ecosystem decentralized exchange platform Phoenix, Ellipsis Labs, announced the completion of a $20 million funding round, with participation from Haun Ventures, aimed at accelerating the launch of the layer two blockchain Atlas focused on verifiable finance. Haun Ventures described this funding round as a "quick follow-up" to Ellipsis Labs' $20 million Series A funding completed in April.According to Web3 asset data platform RootData, Ellipsis Labs completed a $20 million funding round in April this year, led by Paradigm and with participation from Electric Capital.

ChainCatcher news, Solana developer platform Helius announced the completion of a $21.75 million financing round, with participation from Haun Ventures, Founders Fund, Foundation Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Chapter One, and Spearhead.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, New York-based crypto startup Chaos Labs, which focuses on on-chain risk management tools, recently raised $55 million in a Series A funding round led by Haun Ventures. This funding round also attracted participation from investors such as F-Prime Capital, Slow Ventures, Spartan Capital, as well as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, and PayPal Ventures.The company plans to use the funds to expand its platform to meet the growing demand for automated risk management in decentralized finance (DeFi). The number of clients for Chaos Labs has tripled in the past year, helping over 20 protocols, including Aave, GMX, and Jupiter, achieve product security monitoring and growth. Founder and CEO Omer Goldberg stated that Chaos Labs aims to automate certain risk management tasks through tools like dashboards, real-time data oracles, and risk alerts, making DeFi platforms more agile in responding to market fluctuations and reducing human error.

ChainCatcher news, the Rollup deployment platform Conduit announced the completion of a $37 million Series A funding round, led by Paradigm and Haun Ventures, with participation from Bankless Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and others. It is reported that since its launch, Conduit has helped teams like Degen and Proof of Play build their first L3.According to the Web3 crypto asset data platform RootData, Conduit completed a $7 million seed funding round last March, led by Paradigm.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune magazine, decentralized social network tool provider Neynar has completed a $11 million Series A funding round, led by Haun Ventures, with participation from a16z, CSX, Coinbase Ventures, and Union Square Ventures.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that Neynar is the simplest way to build on Farcaster, allowing developers to use Neynar's infrastructure to develop building blocks for the Farcaster protocol. The Neynar API can be used to read and write Farcaster data (profiles, casts, feeds, etc.).

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Layer 2 network Plume Network, focused on bringing real-world assets (RWA) on-chain, has raised $10 million in a seed round led by Haun Ventures. Other participating investors include Galaxy Ventures, Superscrypt, A Capital, SV Angel, Portal Ventures, and Reciprocal Ventures.Chris Yin, co-founder and CEO of Plume Network, stated that the company began negotiations with investors in April and ultimately raised four times more than planned, concluding the funding round earlier this month. Plume Network had previously raised $1.6 million through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) and token warrants, with the final amount for that round being $2 million, which is part of the $10 million seed round announced today.Plume Network plans to launch a public incentivized testnet in the coming weeks and roll out its mainnet later this year. The funding will be used to expand the team, particularly in engineering, marketing, and community functions.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that Plume Network is a Layer 2 platform focused on bringing real assets (RAW) onto the blockchain. It offers fast transactions and low fees for diversified asset investments, such as art and green energy.

ChainCatcher news, crypto VC Haun Ventures announced on its social platform that it has invested in the new round of financing for cryptocurrency custody company Fireblocks and on-chain data tracking and analysis platform Chainalysis.According to reports, The Information disclosed in April that Haun Ventures had acquired a portion of Chainalysis shares through the secondary market.