Oro Raises $3M as Investors Bet on AI-Native DeFi
While one may be tempted to believe that venture capital money has exited crypto in a big way this year, that narrative is not entirely correct. To elaborate, DeFi, a category that was the poster child for massive investments just a year or two ago pulled in around $654 million over the first half of 2026, even though VC funding reached nearly $14 billion during the same stretch.
Even more interestingly, AI-related crypto projects pulled in roughly double that amount, thereby giving birth to a gap that says less about DeFi's tech prowess and more about where investors currently see a repeatable path to users. In all of this, Oro sits squarely in the category still getting funded.
The Dubai-based startup, which converts plain-language financial instructions into multi-step DeFi transactions without ever taking custody of user funds, announced that it had completed a $3 million strategic round co-led by MH...
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