Galaxy Research reports $5.7B crypto VC funding rebound in Q2 2026

Crypto venture capital roared back in the second quarter of 2026, with investors deploying $5.683 billion across 384 deals. That’s a 31% jump in capital from Q1, according to Galaxy Research’s quarterly report published on September 16.

The deal count ticked up 10% quarter-over-quarter too.

Big checks for big companies

Late-stage financing accounted for roughly 77% of all capital deployed during the quarter. Early-stage deals captured about 15%, with seed and pre-seed rounds scraping together just 7% of the total.

One category dominated above all others. Trading, exchange, investing, and lending businesses collectively attracted approximately $3.523 billion. That figure is remarkable not just for its size but for its concentration: it came from only 51 deals.

Quick math puts the average deal size in that category north of $69 million.

New fund formation tells a different story

Only five new crypto-focused venture funds raised money during Q2 2026, pulling in approximately $3.9 billion combined. Galaxy Research flagged this as the lowest volume of new fund formation since Q4 2019.

For context, Q4 2019 was a period when Bitcoin was trading around $7,000 and most institutional investors still treated crypto as a novelty.

America’s gravitational pull

The United States continued to function as the center of gravity for crypto venture activity. US-based companies captured 73.5% of total capital deployed during Q2 and accounted for 39.1% of all deals.

That capital-to-deal ratio is striking. American companies represented less than four in ten deals but attracted nearly three-quarters of all dollars.

What this signals for the rest of 2026

For founders at the seed stage, the math is challenging. Seven percent of $5.683 billion works out to roughly $398 million spread across what is likely a large number of small deals.

The trading and exchange category’s dominance also raises questions about sector diversity. When one vertical absorbs more than 60% of total funding, the health of the broader ecosystem depends heavily on that vertical’s continued performance.

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