Campaign Mechanics

Phase 1 Controversy

Compliance and Risk Landscape

Market Participation

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Liquidity Implications for the Stablecoin Market

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Conclusion

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After a chaotic first phase that raised $825M in 22 minutes, Stable returns with a $500M Phase-2 campaign on Hourglass — enforcing KYC, wallet caps, and anti-bot rules to rebuild trust.

Bitfinex

Stable’s $500M Pre-Deposit Campaign

What is Plasma (XPL)?

Mainnet Launch Details

Trading Debut — Market Reactions and Volumes

Plasma token market cap (pre-market) graph

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Tokenomics and Supply Metrics

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Ecosystem Positioning

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Risks and Challenges

Outlook

Plasma (Pre-Market)

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Plasma (XPL) went live on Sept 25, 2025, with $2B in liquidity, zero-fee USDT transfers, and a 14.6x ICO-to-market surge. Backed by Tether and Founders Fund, the chain targets stablecoin payments at scale.

Cobie

Framework Ventures

Plasma $XPL Mainnet Launch

Taiwan

Bitfinex is the world's leading digital asset trading platform.

United States of America

We believe in Bitcoin as a next generation politically neutral monetary system, the foundation for decentralized finance of the future. While Bitcoin is an efficient settlement layer, it needs a Layer-2 solution for everyday transactions. That is why we support development of the Lightning Network - an essential step towards decentralized finance.As technology entrepreneurs we combine decades of experience creating business from zero and scaling it in emerging and fast-growing industries.
We support outstanding teams in several ways: writing checks of $50-$200k for pre-seed startups; granting rewards for acknowledged contributions to the ecosystem; providing startup advisory and mentoring; investing in later stages.

Along the way we help startups to navigate cryptocurrency legal and regulatory environment according to the evolving industry standards and best practices.

Fulgur Ventures

Kaleidoswap

eGirl Capital is a venture capital investment company that was established in 2019. The company wants to invest in the decentralised and blockchain industries.

eGirl Capital

Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm. Hack VC partners with online and offline hackers who are building the future of the internet.

Hack VC

Italy

Paolo Ardoino is the CEO of Tether & CTO of Bitfinex

Paolo Ardoino

Nascent is a team of builders who back early-stage crypto founders creating products and primitives for an open financial world.

Nascent

Virgin Islands (British)

Bybit is a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange designed for all retail traders, professionals and investment institutions alike.

Bybit

Hong Kong

Mirana Ventures is a leading global investment fund that provides long-term capital and strategic partnerships to visionary founders and fund managers in the Web3 space.

Mirana Ventures

Franklin Templeton

SIG is a global quantitative trading firm committing its own capital to trade financial products around the world.

Susquehanna International Group (SIG)

Blue Pool Capital is a Hong Kong based alternative asset manager licensed by the Hong Kong.

Blue Pool Capital

Nathan McCauley is the co-founder and CEO of Anchorage.

Nathan McCauley

Castle Island Ventures is a venture capital firm

Castle Island Ventures

BTSE Labs

Seychelles

KuCoin Ventures was founded in 2017 and is from Seychelles. KuCoin Ventures has made 31 investments so far, the most recent investment project is Port3 Network, and the investment announcement time is October 23, 2023

According to the CoinCarp fundraising database, KuCoin Ventures has invested in 8 Web3 projects, 5 DeFi projects, 3 NFTs projects, 2 Infrastructure projects and 1 Others projects. Among all, 42.11% of KuCoin Ventures's investments are Web3 projects.

KuCoin Ventures

Gabriel Abed

Bryan Johnson

Stable

PayPal Ventures invests in companies at the forefront of innovation in fintech, payments, commerce enablement, artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrency, and regulatory and cyber technology.

PayPal Ventures

Cobie, a well-known pseudonymous figure, has made a significant impact both on crypto Twitter and within the broader cryptocurrency industry. Beyond his online presence, he's also recognized as the founder of Echo.

Framework Ventures is a cutting-edge venture capital firm deeply immersed in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain technology. Founded by Michael Anderson and Vance Spencer, Framework Ventures stands out as a key player in the rapidly evolving landscape of digital assets and blockchain-based financial innovations.

Investing in the crypto-powered Web3 and creator economy ecosystems

6MV (6th Man Ventures)

Zaheer

DRW Venture Capital, an arm of principal trading firm DRW, invests primarily in financial and enterprise technology. Many of our portfolio companies benefit from our engagement beyond capital: as a client, as a liquidity provider, through our review of new products, and through our deep industry expertise.

As a firm with no outside investors, wehave a flexible mandate to deploy capital and often tap into our core business to help companies grow. We’re powered by the people, technology and ideas of DRW, and those we invest in may leverage it all. DRW has diversified business expertise and deep networks in trading and technology, real estate investment, cryptocurrencies and product development — a unique advantage.

DRW Venture Capital

Flow Traders

IMC Financial Markets

Laser Digital is a crypto business redefining the frontier of digital finance for institutional investors.

Laser Digital

Guy Young

Peter Thiel

Plasma

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, specializing in investments in science and technology companies.

Founders Fund

Manifold Trading is a early-stage web3 fund that takes a data-driven, systematic approach to making high-conviction investments.

Manifold Trading

Anthos Capital

Karatage

Christian Angermayer

OrionX

Tether

United Arab Emirates

DWF Labs is the new generation Web3 investor and market maker, one of the world's largest high-frequency cryptocurrency trading entities, which trades spot and derivatives markets on over 60 top exchanges.

DWF Labs

CMS Holdings may also invest in early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency projects through private investments and strategic partnerships. They provide capital and support to innovative startups in the crypto space.

CMS Holdings

Vietnam

The Vietnamese VC fund Kyros Ventures invests capital into projects at various stages.

Kyros Ventures

GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.

GSR Ventures

GD10 Ventures

Arcanum Capital is a growth-driven investment in decentralized protocols.

Arcanum Capital

The UDHC can help guide projects in order to maintain a compliant arc of decentralization.

UDHC

AVA is a next-generation blockchain platform with revolutionary scalability, decentralization, security, and flexibility.

Ava Labs

South Korea

Cosmostation

Binary Financial LLC is an Investment management company focused on providing superior returns in the digital asset space.

Binary Financial

Citadel One

Onomy Protocol

Delphi Digital is a dynamic research-driven firm at the intersection of blockchain technology and traditional finance. Founded by a team of seasoned professionals, the firm is committed to providing cutting-edge insights and strategic analysis in the rapidly evolving digital asset space.

Delphi Digital (Delphi Labs)

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a prominent venture capital firm recognized for its strategic investments in innovative and high-growth technology companies. Founded in 2000 by Chris Schaepe, Barry Eggers, Ravi Mhatre, and Peter Nieh, Lightspeed has played a pivotal role in shaping the success stories of numerous startups across various sectors.

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Switzerland

ConsenSys develops enterprise applications, invests in startups, builds developer tools, and offers blockchain education.

ConsenSys

China

Fenbushi Capital is the first and most active blockchain-focused venture capital firm in Asia

Fenbushi Capital

ParaFi Capital is an alternative investment firm focused on blockchain and decentralized finance markets.

ParaFi Capital

Blockchain.com Ventures is a venture fund anchored and supported by Blockchain.com & Lightspeed Venture Partners

Blockchain.com Ventures

Delphi Ventures was founded over 25 years ago as one of the first venture capital firms to focus on investing in life sciences companies.

Delphi Ventures

DeFi Capital is a Decentralized Finance investment fund.

DeFi Capital

Ledger Capital

Israel

StarkWare Industries develops a full-proof stack in generating and verifying proofs of computational integrity in the blockchain.

StarkWare Industries

Rhino.fi

Arcane Crypto

LN Markets

Lemniscap is an investment firm specializing in investments in emerging cryptoassets and blockchain companies

Lemniscap

Dusk

Malta

YZi Labs is an investment firm formerly known as Binance Labs that invests in all stages of development in the fields of Web3, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology.

YZi Labs (prev Binance Labs)

A research driven alliance of university blockchain groups and funds

BlockVenture

Ireland

COSIMO Ventures

Netherlands

Venture Capital Fund in Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

Maven 11 Capital

Part One Capital

Andorra

Blockground Capital is an investment firm specialized on ventures, projects and tokens related to blockchain and emerging digital assets.

Blockground Capital

Ukraine

ZBS CAPITAL is a VC fund dedicated to build a decentralized world together. ZBS CAPITAL story starts in 2017 with an ICO boom and continues nowadays.

ZBS Capital

Ultra

Luxembourg

NOIA Capital is a Luxembourg based actively managed alternative asset manager pursuing excellence in digital assets and blockchain technology investments.
The Company is registered with CSSF and FSMA.

Noia Capital

Kenetic is a proprietary trading and VC investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain related companies.

Kenetic Capital

Australia

Kosmos Ventures is an Australian investment firm founded in early 2017, focused on helping blockchain startups scale and integrate their technology into our future.

Kosmos Ventures

LD Capital is an VC investors in the blockchain field in Asia.

LD Capital

Cayman Islands

Youbi Capital is a PE/VC fund: backing leading Web3 digital projects.

Youbi Capital

Singapore

QCP Capital is a digital asset trading firm that provides digital payment token (DPT) services.

QCP Capital

Prime Block Capital is an investment fund that focuses on blockchain technology.

Prime Block Capital

LinkVC is a new cutting-edge venture capital with a global view, founded in 2016 by Jiapeng Lin.

			Stage	Investors
Kaleidoswap	--	--	Pre-seed		DEX	Sep 8, 2025
STABLE Stable	$28.00 M	~$280.00 M	Seed Round	+14	Blockchain	Jul 31, 2025
STABLE Stable	--	--	Funding Round		Blockchain	Jun 5, 2025
XPL Plasma	$20.50 M	~$205.00 M	Funding Round	+10	Blockchain	Feb 13, 2025
XPL Plasma	$3.50 M	~$35.00 M	Funding Round	+4	Blockchain	Oct 18, 2024
OrionX	--	--	Funding Round		CEX	May 24, 2023
NOM Onomy Protocol	$10.00 M	~$100.00 M	Funding Round	+9	Multi-Chain Platform	Nov 23, 2022
DVF Rhino.fi	$5.00 M	~$50.00 M	Strategic Round	+8	AMM	May 18, 2021
LN Markets	--	--	Pre-seed		DeFi	Sep 8, 2020
DUSK Dusk	$1.00 M	~$10.00 M	Initial Coin Offering		Privacy Coin	Sep 1, 2020
UOS Ultra	$3.28 M	$63.00 M	Seed Round		Gaming	Jan 2019
ESS Essentia	$25.50 M	$75.23 M	Initial Coin Offering	+9	--	Jun 25, 2018
FOX ShapeShift FOX	$1.60 M	~$16.00 M	Funding Round	+3	DeFi	Sep 8, 2015

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