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Tether leads $15 million Series A for payments startup Mural

Tether leads $15 million Series A for payments startup Mural Image: Crypto.news
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Tether led a $15 million Series A for Mural, bringing the New York-based startup's total funding to $28 million. North Island Ventures and existing investors participated. Mural builds payment infrastructure that connects traditional banking, stablecoins and compliance tools for businesses and AI agents. The company says it has processed $2.1 billion in payments across 128 countries. It plans to use the capital for international expansion and to strengthen payment and compliance infrastructure.

Key points

  1. Tether led a $15 million Series A for Mural, bringing the startup's total funding to $28 million.
  2. Mural builds payment infrastructure that connects traditional banking, stablecoins and compliance tools for businesses and AI agents.
  3. Mural plans to use the capital for international expansion and to strengthen payment and compliance infrastructure.

Why it matters

Tether's backing gives Mural capital to expand payment infrastructure for businesses and AI agents handling fiat and stablecoins. Mural says it has processed $2.1 billion across 128 countries.

What's unclear

The reports conflict on when Mural processed the $2.1 billion in payments: one ties it to the mid-October 2026 rebrand, the other to its 2025 API launch.
Mural has not disclosed the valuation of the $15 million Series A.

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Crypto Briefing Tier 2 First report
Mural raises $28M in total funding as Tether leads $15M Series A
Crypto.news Tier 2
Tether leads $15M funding for Mural to power AI agent payments

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  2. Also reported by Crypto.news
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