NeosLegal founder and Dubai crypto lawyer Irina Heaver, along with her team, released the 2026 H1 crypto industry funding report. The data shows that crypto startups raised a total of $11.2 billion in the first half of 2026 (across 377 funding rounds). Interestingly, all publicly disclosed funds went to regulated, permissioned enterprises, with not a single dollar flowing into the permissionless experimental projects that once defined the industry. The top three sectors by funding amount were payments and stablecoins ($3.7 billion), prediction markets ($2 billion), and crypto exchanges and trading platforms ($1.7 billion). All three sectors require regulatory approval to operate. (CoinDesk) https://www.(wublock123.com)/news/news-66597