This week overview (June 8 - June 12, 2026): • Cyera raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, highlighting growing demand for AI-era cybersecurity platforms. • TensorWave secured $350 million to expand its AMD-powered AI infrastructure. • Bybit launched IPO Express, bringing tokenized IPO access to retail investors and allowing participation in offerings such as SpaceX. • NinjaOne surpassed a $12.3 billion valuation after raising over $400 million.

At Consensus 2026, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko had a conversation with Ali Yahua from a16z crypto, reflecting on how far the crypto industry has come, and why he believes the next phase of growth will be driven by execution rather than experimentation.

This week overview (June 1 - June 5, 2026): • Franklin Templeton integrated its BENJI tokenized money market fund with MoonPay Trade. • Robinhood completed its $180 million acquisition of WonderFi, entering the Canadian crypto market. • Alphabet increased its planned equity raise to $84.75 billion. • Coinbase and Better funded the first bitcoin-backed mortgage, allowing borrowers to use bitcoin and USDC as collateral for home purchases.

This week overview (May 18 - May 22, 2026): Tether and Gnosis co-led a $4.4 million seed round into Sorted Wallet. MoonPay acquired cross-chain infrastructure platform Decent.xyz in an eight-figure deal and launched MoonPay Trade. Blackstone and Google announced a new AI infrastructure joint venture backed by a $5 billion commitment. Hyperliquid’s HYPE token surged above $60 after spot HYPE ETFs from Bitwise and 21Shares.