TechFlow News, May 6: According to The Block, London-based crypto startup OpenTrade has raised $17 million in a strategic funding round, co-led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with participation from a16z crypto, AlbionVC, and CMCC Global. The company’s total funding now exceeds $30 million.
OpenTrade stated that the new capital will be used to expand its stablecoin yield infrastructure for fintech firms, neobanks, asset managers, and asset issuers—including its permissionless protocol layer and treasury curation framework, Curation+. The company reported having processed over $250 million in transaction volume in 2025 and expects this figure to surpass $1 billion by the end of 2026. Its total value locked (TVL) has previously exceeded $200 million.
