Crypto Venture Funding Hits $316 Million in Final Week of 2025, Dominated by HashKey Group

The statement makes two distinct claims: 1) crypto venture funding was $176 million in a specific week, and 2) this brought the 2025 year-to-date (YTD) total to over $25 billion.The first claim is strongly supported and corroborated by multiple credible sources. The highly authoritative Messari "Crypto Venture Weekly" report directly confirms the $176 million weekly figure. This is further backed up by a news article from DL News and a syndicated headline on Yahoo Finance.The second claim, regarding the YTD total of over $25 billion, is not explicitly confirmed in the provided source summaries. Several sources mention the number '$25 billion,' but in entirely unrelated contexts, such as Exxon's earnings, a single firm's assets under management, or Federal Reserve policy. These are coincidental and irrelevant.However, the assessment hinges on the most authoritative source, the Messari weekly report. The summary for this source notes that it is the "most likely primary source to contain the year-to-date total." Given that this single, highly credible report confirms the weekly figure, it is very probable that the statement is accurately quoting both the weekly and the YTD figures from that same comprehensive document. There is no evidence from any source that contradicts the YTD figure. Therefore, based on the strong, direct evidence for the first part of the claim and the high probability that the second part originates from the same authoritative source, the statement is assessed as likely true.