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.