Nine crypto startups raised over $869 million this week, according to DefiLlama data. That brings the total funding for crypto companies to just shy of$16 billion so far in 2025, outpacing 2024’s total by about $6 billion. Twenty-two industry players have already raised just under$1 billion in September alone. PitchBook predicts that the industry will raise $18 billion this year. Investors from Galaxy Ventures and Codebase expect it to go even higher and that investors will plough over$25 billion int ...