​​📊 Crypto payments funding grew nearly 6x since 2024

Payments is one of the fastest-growing categories in crypto, climbing in both capital and deals count, even though the overall investor activity has slowed since 2025. Crypto rails are being increasingly expanding into the real-world payments.

🔍 In Q3 2026, payments raised $621M and led all categories in activity with 27 rounds.

👉 https://cryptorank.io/funding-analytics