Best Cryptocurrencies Companies in Australia
The 258 best Cryptocurrencies companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Arkon Energy.
Australia's Cryptocurrencies sector just got a serious audit: we're tracking 258 companies here, with $555M in total disclosed funding and a market growing at a CAGR of roughly 4.6%. No unicorns yet, but the funding spread tells a story. Arkon Energy leads the pack at $167M, 0xboost.app has pulled $45M, and Synthetix sits at $36M, with investors like Framework Ventures and Apollo Capital keeping the pipeline active. So what's driving the momentum? Payment adoption and the savings-vehicle thesis are the two demand engines, and as shown in 2018 research, price dynamics in crypto markets carry real implications for how institutional money moves in.
The sector isn't coasting, though. Stablecoin FX impact and margin trading themes are heating up across the coverage universe, which you can feel in how firms like Banxa ($25M) and Cube ($21M) are positioning. Regulatory uncertainty and privacy concerns remain structural headwinds, ones that don't disappear quarter to quarter but do shape which business models get funded. The gap between Arkon Energy's $167M and AUDD's $600K makes clear that capital here isn't spreading evenly. It's concentrating fast around infrastructure and rails, and that gap will probably widen before it narrows.
Our analysis of 50 Cryptocurrencies companies
$7.1b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2026.
Ranked: Best Cryptocurrencies companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkon Energy Digital infrastructure company 11Moat top 22%Funding top 38%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Moattop 22% Fundingtop 38% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 19% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Funding: Raised $167M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $167M | 29 mo ago | Series B | 9 | Nathan Townsend Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 2 | Hcash Cross-platform cryptocurrency | $53M | 107 mo ago | Funding Raised | 2 | Dallas Brooks CEO | PHPCentOSOpenSSL+6 | — |
| 3 | 0xboost.app Decentralized staking and yield aggregator platform | $45M | 36 mo ago | Series A | — | David Granzien Founder | — | — |
| 4 | Synthetix Operator of a platform for perpetual futures trading on Ethereum 55Tech top 20%Funding top 27%Talent top 35%Moat top 39% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 20% Fundingtop 27% Talenttop 35% Moattop 39% Growthtop 43% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 31% Newsbottom 18% Tech: 54 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare Funding: Raised $36.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $36M | 1 mo ago | Series C | 34 | kaiynne | Firebasestyled-componentsThree.js+18 | — |
| 5 | Iris Energy Sustainable Bitcoin mining platform | $31M | 63 mo ago | Public | 100 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Chrono.tech Provider of HR consulting services | $31M | 52 mo ago | Series A | 30 | Sergei Sergienko CEO | VuetifyGoogle CloudVue.js+14 | — |
| 7 | Banxa Payments solutions for digital asset businesses 60Tech top 17%Funding top 32%Moat top 39%Global top 44% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 17% Fundingtop 32% Moattop 39% Globaltop 44% Growthtop 45% Marketbottom 41% Newsbottom 22% Tech: 70 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services Funding: Raised $24.6M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 6 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $25M | 13 mo ago | Acquired | 26 | — | Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+30 | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 8 | Cube Cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform 35Moat top 39%Funding top 40%Product top 42%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Moattop 39% Fundingtop 40% Producttop 42% Growthtop 45% Techtop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 32% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked Funding: Raised $21.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $21M | 28 mo ago | Acquired | — | Bartosz Lipinski CEO | SanityNode.jsTailwind CSS+18 | — |
| 9 | zkTube Mining network for blockchain security | $15M | 57 mo ago | Series B | 31 | Lance Zhang Co-Founder | — | — |
| 10 | InfinityStakeChain Provider of decentralized staking platform for crypto investors across multiple blockchains | $14M | 31 mo ago | Series B | — | Arthur Kennedy Founder | — | — |
| 11 | FlexyStakes Decentralized cryptocurrency staking platform | $12M | 29 mo ago | Series B | — | Jorge Alamos Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 12 | Oxen Provider of blockchain network and application development tools | $9M | 98 mo ago | Funding Raised | 25 | Josh Jessop-Smith Co-Founder | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+13 | — |
| 13 | Rocket Pool Decentralised Ethereum PoS pool | $8M | 97 mo ago | Seed | 5 | — | DiscourseRubyRuby on Rails+11 | — |
| 14 | Maple Online marketplace for crypto loans | $6M | 33 mo ago | Series A | 41 | Joe Flanagan Co-Founder | SentryTypeScriptGraphQL+18 | 4 launchs · 1 award |
| 15 | Lyra Decentralized options protocol built on Ethereum | $6M | 42 mo ago | Seed | 15 | Nick Forster Co-Founder | Node.jsNext.jsstyled-components+9 | — |
| 16 | LightLink Layer 2 blockchain secured by Ethereum, purposefully built for metaverse, NFT & gaming applications | $6M | 25 mo ago | Seed | — | Roy Hui Founder | Node.jsReactNext.js App Router+15 | — |
| 17 | PrismaStake Decentralized staking platform that allows users to earn earnings in decentralized staking | $6M | 26 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Arthur Kennedy Founder | — | — |
| 18 | Crema Liquidity Protocol for both traders and liquidity providers | $5M | 48 mo ago | Series A | — | Geo Gao Co-Founder | — | — |
| 19 | Othera Blockchain lending platform and digital asset exchange for loan originators and investors | $5M | 100 mo ago | Deadpooled | 6 | John Pellew Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 20 | Mycelium Platform building the connective tissue for global digital markets | $4M | 57 mo ago | Seed | 19 | Jack Deeb Co-Founder | — | — |
| 21 | Swell Network Non-custodial staking solutions for cryptocurrency | $4M | 51 mo ago | Seed | 14 | Daniel Dizon Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowGSAPcore-js+18 | — |
| 22 | prePO Online trading platform for cryptocurrency | $3M | 50 mo ago | Seed | 3 | Xavier Ekkel Founder | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+16 | — |
| 23 | Royale Finance Tech-enabled decentralized-financial management solutions for gambling operators | $3M | 65 mo ago | Seed | — | Matt Armstrong Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 24 | KwikSwap Online platform offering multiple crypto-related financial services | $3M | 60 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | James Lee Founder | — | — |
| 25 | Polarise Multi-chain AI asset solution and liquidity platform | $3M | 55 mo ago | Seed | — | J Song Co-Founder | ZohoYouTubeAnt Design+8 | — |
| 26 | Loda Online platform offering loans backed by cryptocurrency | $3M | 62 mo ago | Seed | 2 | — | — | — |
| 27 | Bitcoin Australia Cash based bitcoin buying/selling services | $3M | 93 mo ago | Acquired | 76 | Adrian Przelozny CEO & MD | PayPalAstroTikTok Pixel+14 | — |
| 28 | crypto tax calculator Crypto tax calculation solutions for businesses | $3M | 51 mo ago | Seed | 30 | Shane Brunette Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceMUI+31 | 1 partnership |
| 29 | IOEN Bill payments solutions to individuals using cryptocurrency | $3M | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Simon Wilson Co-Founder | — | — |
| 30 | Liquid Crypto Provider of white label solutions for financial services | $3M | 30 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Meagan Henderson Co-Founder | — | — |
| 31 | TravelbyBit Online platform for booking travel services | $3M | 92 mo ago | Seed | — | Shireen Yip Co-Founder | — | — |
| 32 | Talisman Web3 wallet that unlocks a universe of applications in Polkadot and Kusama | $2M | 56 mo ago | Seed | 11 | — | SentryRadix UITailwind CSS+9 | — |
| 33 | dHEDGE Decentralized hedge funds protocol | $2M | 56 mo ago | Seed | 16 | Henrik Andersson Co-Founder | Node.jsFirebaseRecharts+16 | — |
| 34 | HyperDAO DAO-based decentralized financial solutions for cryptocurrency | $2M | 75 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Ryan Ang Co-Founder | — | — |
| 35 | Monochrome Investment firm focused on asset management | $2M | 57 mo ago | Series A | 11 | Jeff Yew Founder & Chief Executive Officer | — | — |
| 36 | Amasa Financial management solutions for crypto micro income streams | $2M | 55 mo ago | Seed | 9 | William Birks Co-Founder | — | — |
| 37 | Fluidity Crypto-based peer-to-peer money transfer platform | $1M | 27 mo ago | Seed | 14 | Shahmeer Chaudhry Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+7 | — |
| 38 | BullionFX Crypto-based banking and trading solutions for individuals and businesses | $1M | 56 mo ago | Seed | 13 | Andrew Moufarrige Co-Founder | — | — |
| 39 | Unibit Blockchain-based cross chain network platform | $951K | 26 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Abhimanyu Singh CEO | — | — |
| 40 | CoinJar Crypto exchange | $925K | 150 mo ago | Seed | 28 | Ryan Zhou Co-Founder & COO | Cart FunctionalityTurbopackApple iCloud Mail+23 | 1 award |
| 41 | Minke Online platform to save, earn and invest in cryptocurrency | $650K | 50 mo ago | Acquired | 5 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+14 | — |
| 42 | AUDD Platform offering a crypto-based digital dollar 29Growth top 28%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 43%Funding bottom 42% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 43% Fundingbottom 42% Globalbottom 25% Marketbottom 22% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $600K | 6 mo ago | Seed | — | Effie Dimitropoulos CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — |
| 43 | Infomatix Cryptocurrency data collection tools to build a comprehensive financial database | $375K | 57 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Nathan Fowler Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 44 | Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency exchange platform | $342K | 156 mo ago | Acquired | 61 | Adrian Przelozny Founder & CEO | AstroHubSpotcore-js+11 | 1 partnership |
| 45 | Mawson Infrastructure Group Operator of digital infrastructure for AI/HPC, digital assets, and Bitcoin | $327K | 49 mo ago | Public | 46 | Rahul Mewawalla CEO & President | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+40 | — |
| 46 | Breezepay Payment solutions for businesses | $130K | 24 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Ryan Bogatez CEO | — | — |
Top 12 Cryptocurrencies companies in Australia
#1
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 34 employees$36Mraised▾
Operator of a platform for perpetual futures trading on Ethereum. It provides onchain custody and offchain performance for trading perpetual futures. The platform offers multicollateral margin trading with various assets. It allows users to deposit sUSD into SLP to earn market-making returns.
- Apr 2026Series C$150M
- Mar 2023Series B$20M
- Feb 2021Series B$12M
- Oct 2019Series A$3.8M
#2
Acquired · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014 · 26 employees$24.6Mraised▾
Payments solutions for digital asset businesses. The company provides locally compliant payment solutions for crypto businesses. It provides products such as widgets, customized services for exchange, and more
- Apr 2025Conventional Debt$5M
- Dec 2023Post IPO$110.3K
- Oct 2022Post IPO$2.5M
- Mar 2021Post IPO$15M
#3
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 9 employees$166.6Mraised▾
Digital infrastructure company. It buy, build, and operate institutional-grade data centers that help power the Bitcoin network. Its portfolio is located across stable jurisdictions with access to abundant, reliable, and low-cost power with a growing use of end-use cases.
- Dec 2023Series B$110M
- Jun 2023Series A$26M
- Nov 2022Series A$28M
- Nov 2022Conventional Debt—
#4
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2019$600Kraised▾
Platform offering a crypto-based digital dollar. It is available on multiple blockchains including the Ethereum blockchain as an ERC-20 token, natively on Stellar and XRP Ledger, and due on Solana.
- Dec 2025Seed$3.3M
- Aug 2025Seed$780.5K
- Jan 2024Seed$600K
#5
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2023$21Mraised▾
Cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform. It offers a platform that enables users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies. It allows users to trade assets across multiple blockchains with cross-chain conversions. It enables users to trade, analyze data, and create trading strategies.
- Feb 2024Series A$12M
- Oct 2023Seed$9M
#6
Series A · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2023$45Mraised▾
Decentralized staking and yield aggregator platform. The platform's approach to staking and yield aggregation aims to provide users with a way to additional earn cryptocurrency.
- Jun 2023Series A$45M
#7
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022$6.2Mraised▾
Layer 2 blockchain secured by Ethereum, purposefully built for metaverse, NFT & gaming applications. It focused on metaverse development, NFT-based tickets, decentralized identity management, NFT-based gaming & more.
- Apr 2024ICO$5.3M
- Apr 2024Seed$1.7M
- Feb 2024Seed$4.5M
#8
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022$12Mraised▾
Decentralized cryptocurrency staking platform. It offers a platform that allows users to stake digital assets and earn rewards across multiple blockchains. It also offers cryptocurrency tokens, swapping, and analytics on the Binance blockchain.
- Dec 2023Series B$12M
#9
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022$14Mraised▾
Provider of decentralized staking platform for crypto investors across multiple blockchains. It is building a staking middleware infrastructure layer for multiple PoS networks that will power the staking-related opportunities. It is building native staking smart contracts across multiple chains including Arbitrum, and Optimism, among others, and building an ecosystem to develop solutions like YFI-style farming with rewards, launchpads, gaming with rewards, liquid staking solutions, and more.
- Oct 2023Series B$14M
#10
Deadpooled · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2024$6Mraised▾
Decentralized staking platform that allows users to earn earnings in decentralized staking. The platform features staking pools, analytics, swap, and more.
- Apr 2024Seed$6M
#11
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016 · 30 employees$31.1Mraised▾
Provider of HR consulting services
- Jan 2022Series A$30M
- Jan 2017Seed$1.1M
#12
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2019 · 41 employees$6.4Mraised▾
Online marketplace for crypto loans. It enables institutions to borrow from liquidity pools funded by the DeFi ecosystem. Liquidity providers can earn yield from pools of borrowers managed by pool delegates.
- Aug 2023Series A$5M
- May 2021ICO$2.5M
- Dec 2020Seed$1.4M
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How research on Cryptocurrency is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Cryptocurrency — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 765 Australia-affiliated papers.
- University College London127
- Department of Commerce55
- UNSW Sydney43
- Macquarie University42
- Monash University35
- Computer security4→31
- Database transaction1→24
- Blockchain1→18
- Digital currency2→10
- Payment2→8
- Computer security3→26
- Database transaction1→21
- Blockchain3→19
- Digital currency1→14
- Volatility (finance)1→11
- Computer security4→49
- Blockchain6→34
- Digital currency9→34
- Payment4→19
- Database transaction2→12
Where cryptocurrency is researched across Australia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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