BanklessVC

Early-stage fund empowering pioneers to explore the frontier of crypto and go #bankless

[TBV @tbvxyz]

Fundraising in crypto looks very different in 2026. 👀

But what actually changed in the market and what do founders need to understand now?

Find out at the panel featuring Tobias Bauer (@TobiasTBV) from TBV, Marc Johnson (@plcapital), Ben Lakoff (@BanklessVC), Brendan Ma (@arbitrum), and Vineet Budki (@Sigma_VC) at Istanbul Blockchain Week this June 2.

Get your tickets now: https://t.co/gnndQxRWey
Use code TBV10 for 10% off

[Megapot @megapot]

Support Ethereum core development by trying to win your share of $1M

When you buy tickets or sign up through our @ProtocolGuild page below, all referral revenue goes to Protocol Guild forever.

https://t.co/aCMBmcnr6k

[Fun @fun]

Today, we announce our $72 million Series A, co-led by @multicoin and @SignalFire.

https://t.co/WPpQYEupip

[Paxos Labs @paxoslabs]

Every major fintech company, neobank, and exchange has begun to support crypto or has already done so.

The harder question every product team is now facing is: What now?

[BanklessVC @BanklessVC]

Proud to support and partner here - congrats on the launch!

[Megapot @megapot]

We raised $5M led by Dragonfly to build a global lottery

[Megapot @megapot]

We raised $5M led by Dragonfly to build a global lottery

[BOB @build_on_bob]

BOB is building the best swaps engine for native BTC.

$800B in BTC swaps happen every month, but almost all of it on centralized exchanges. Why? Because the onchain BTC swaps experience isn't good enough yet.

It's slow, uncertain and frustrating.

BOB is fixing that with instant, fixed-rate native BTC swaps:

→ Instant liquidity. Swap from native BTC in under 10 seconds.
→ Zero slippage. Never receive less than you expect again.

This is Stage 1 of the Bank of Bitcoin.

Here's how BOB Gateway and zero-conf technology come together to capture a massively underserved market 👇
https://t.co/jCS6eE1YbC

[Megapot @megapot]

Ticket sales are now 🚨 OPEN 🚨

$1 per ticket. $1,000,000 prize pool. 1 drawing every day.

[Flaunch @flaunchgg]

Faster. Cleaner. Built for success stories.

The new era starts here.

[Megapot @megapot]

Introducing a global lottery built for the internet age

🚨 Liquidity deposits OPEN NOW 🚨

Tickets sales start March 24th

[Paris Blockchain Week @ParisBlockWeek]

#StartInBlock 2026 Top 100 Is Here!

1000+ Founders applied, and these are the most promising early-stage startups in Web3, filtered, evaluated, and selected as the 100 best candidates.

Get your VIP INVESTOR TICKET to access the DEAL FLOW, pick the 12 finalists, and hear them pitch in Paris at the Louvre.

Grab Your Investor Ticket with code: PBWINVESTOR

First 10 tickets get 25% off: https://t.co/UktYnYHtTh

The 12 finalists will be announced to pitch in front of our amazing sponsors and partners @bit2me, @SpectrumNodes, @Cardano_CF, @AdevarLabs, @ai, @yzilabs, @oviohq, @PitchBook, @DraperDragon, @0xProject, @deel, @DraperVC, @Bpifrance, @Taisu_Ventures, @brian_wong, @LBV_VC, @edenblockvc, @cryptocom, @halo__xyz, @50Partners, @Dune, @MCSocialVenture, @CoinMarketCap, @Cointelegraph, @Sony_Innov_Fund, @trgcapi, @strobefund, @BanklessVC, and @Maven11Capital, and jury members @samizb (@draperdragon), @mfelicepace (@Spectrumnodes), @tkstanczak (@nethermind), Cosmin Staicu (@bit2me), and Jessi Brooks (@RibbitCapital).

Let's take a look at who made it to the top 100 👇

[Brevis @brevis_zk]

Introducing Brevis Vera, Proving What's Real in the Age of AI

Deepfakes are getting better. Detectors can't keep up. So we built something different: let media prove where it came from and what happened to it. 🧵

[BanklessVC @BanklessVC]

Thanks @TheTieIO & @StanfordSBA for having us as moderators last month

[Zenith @ZenithFdn]

They told us it was impossible. We did it anyways. Today we announce Zenith.

POV: You wake up H2 2026 and Ethereum‘s application layer has fully teleported into Wall Street’s blockchain of choice. We are that protocol, now opening a direct on-ramp between the world’s largest programmable and institutional blockchain ecosystems.

[Yuki is short, so is life @ballsyalchemist]

FX carry trade is one of the most popular liquid strategies for retail traders and liquid fund in TradFi.

It has been extremely difficult to replicate the same FX carry strategy on-chain. But this will change with Tenbin's tokenized FX offerings.

[Portals.fi | DeFi Explorer @portals_fi]

🚀 Portals Explorer just became your new base of DeFi operations, launching with all-new features & look 😎

Here are 6️⃣ ways to utilize its new capabilities and get the most out of your assets.

(1/8 🧵)👇

[Tenbin Labs @tenbinlabs]

Private beta is now live.

Real markets are coming on-chain.
Liquid tokenized assets are inevitable.

https://t.co/clfJz8qtOG

[BanklessVC @BanklessVC]

Start In Block by @ParisBlockWeek deadline in 3 days:
🚀 $10M+ in prizes
🎤 Pitch live at the Louvre
🧳 400+ active investors backing the next wave

Bankless Ventures is proud to partner with the competition.

Apply here: https://t.co/myq1lyDJLk

[Modern Treasury @ModernTreasury]

Breaking: there’s a new way to move money!

Today, we’re launching Payments, our integrated payment service provider (PSP) built to let teams move money easier than ever.

For too long, teams building payment products have had to juggle fragmented vendors, slow bank integrations, evolving regulations, and infrastructure that needs to be rebuilt every time a new rail appears.

Payments changes that.

With one API, teams can:

- Go live in days, not 6-12 months
- Move money across ACH, wires, cards, RTP, FedNow, and stablecoins as first-class rails
- Build with confidence, using built-in KYC/KYB and transaction monitoring
- Scale forever by starting with our PSP and plugging in more banking partners overtime, without re-integrating

All powered by the same orchestration, ledgering, and reconciliation software that’s already processed $400B+ in payments, with 99.99% uptime and 99% CSAT over the last six months.

Our goal is simple: to be the forever payments platform for teams of all sizes, wherever they are on their journey.

Ready to build payments products faster and scale without limits? Visit https://t.co/cmo2JhP5Mz to get started.

[Ben Lakoff @benlakoff]

Thanks for joining this morning our @BanklessVC run at ETHDenver 🏃‍♂️

@EthereumDenver