{"id":199408,"date":"2026-07-16T21:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=199408"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:09:28","slug":"crypto-com-secures-400m-investment-from-citadel-securities-at-20b-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=199408","title":{"rendered":"Crypto.com Secures $400M Investment From Citadel Securities at $20B Valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

Crypto.com Secures $400M Investment From Citadel Securities at $20B Valuation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Global market maker Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in crypto exchange Crypto.com, giving the platform a $20 billion valuation, according to a Thursday announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crypto.com, which has a number of digital asset products, said the cash would help the Singapore-based company expand its services to assets such as blockchain-based securities and derivatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The cash will help bridge the gap \u201cbetween digital asset and traditional markets to create a more efficient 24\/7 financial ecosystem,\u201d a Thursday announcement<\/a> read.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe size of the opportunity in front of us is staggering, as crypto increasingly becomes the rails for finance,\u201d Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving built the right regulatory and tech infrastructure over the last decade, Crypto.com is now perfectly positioned to capture this new wave of growth across all asset classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe convergence of traditional financial markets and digital asset infrastructure is an exciting evolution with the potential to further improve market efficiency,\u201d added Jim Esposito, President of Citadel Securities.<\/p>\n

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Thrilled to announce our first institutional funding round with a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities valuing https:\/\/t.co\/pFc4Pz8PQj<\/a> at $20 billion. An incredible milestone 10 years in on our journey and the beginning of a new phase of growth. Grateful to\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kris (@kris) July 16, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Wall Street\u2019s interest in tokenization<\/h2>\n

Esposito\u2019s comment comes as Wall Street interest in blockchain technology piques \u2014 despite a market slump.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Back in February, BlackRock, the world\u2019s biggest asset manager, announced<\/a> that it was working with decentralised exchange Uniswap to bring one of its funds on-chain.<\/p>\n

Before that, in January, the New York Stock Exchange said<\/a> it was building a platform allowing traders to buy and sell tokenised versions of US-listed equities and exchange-traded funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And most recently, the S&P 500 gave crypto platform Trade[XYZ] the green light to debut a new derivative contract on decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, allowing traders to gain leveraged exposure to the top index.<\/p>\n

Citadel\u2019s crypto interest\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Miami, Florida-based Citadel, has for some time been interested in digital assets: Back in 2023, the company helped debut EDX Markets, a \u201cfirst-of-its-kind exchange\u201d giving investors \u201csafer, faster and more efficient cryptocurrency trading.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exchange this year applied<\/a> for a national trust bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, marking a step toward deeper integration between digital asset firms and the US banking system.<\/p>\n

Citadel last year also pumped $200 million into crypto exchange Kraken to help accelerate the company\u2019s strategy of bringing traditional financial products on-chain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This post Crypto.com Secures $400M Investment From Citadel Securities at $20B Valuation<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Mathew Di Salvo<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine Crypto.com Secures $400M Investment From Citadel Securities at $20B Valuation Global market maker Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in crypto exchange Crypto.com, giving the platform a $20 billion valuation, according to a Thursday announcement.\u00a0 Crypto.com, which has a number of digital asset products, said the cash would help the Singapore-based company expand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":199409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/199409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}