Prediction market Myriad has closed a seed funding round with investors including MoonPay Ventures, Auros, EVG, Verda Ventures and Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee. The specific amount was not disclosed. The company, owned by Decrypt's parent company Dastan, is transitioning to World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin as its exclusive settlement asset. Myriad is migrating its entire prediction market catalogue to BNB Chain as part of what it calls "Season 3", featuring significant technology upgrades. The move aims to deliver faster and simpler operations for the platform.

Utexo, a Bitcoin-native stablecoin settlement platform, has raised $7.5 million in a seed round co-led by Tether, Big Brain Holdings and Portal Ventures. Franklin Templeton, Maven11 Capital and Fulgur Ventures were among the participants. The Dubai-based startup enables native USDT settlement directly on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, with transactions completing in under one second. The platform uses a single API layer that combines Bitcoin, Lightning and RGB protocols, allowing payment operators to route USDT settlements without managing underlying technical complexity. Utexo's infrastructure offers fixed, predictable fees paid in USDT that don't fluctuate with network congestion. Transactions are executed privately with only encrypted data written on-chain. The company targets payment service providers, exchanges, wallets and trading firms already moving large USDT volumes.