Architect Raises $35M Series A to Accelerate AX Growth
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 23 2025
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Source: PRnewswire
- Successful Funding: Architect Financial Technologies Inc. has completed a $35 million strategic Series A investment round aimed at accelerating the growth of its AX platform, marking a significant advancement in the financial derivatives trading sector.
- Market Innovation: AX is the financial industry's first centralized exchange for perpetual futures on traditional asset classes, offering innovative contracts on foreign currencies, interest rates, single stocks, stock indexes, metals, and other commodities, thereby enhancing trading options for institutional clients.
- Strong Support: The funding round was anchored by Miami International Holdings and Tioga Capital, attracting participation from several global financial services firms, including Galaxy Ventures and ARK Invest, demonstrating robust market confidence in AX.
- Strategic Goals: Architect's CEO Brett Harrison stated that this funding will propel AX into a critical growth phase, aiming to drive industry transformation and enhance market competitiveness through emerging global derivatives trading models.
Analyst Views on COIN
Wall Street analysts forecast COIN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for COIN is 361.63 USD with a low forecast of 230.00 USD and a high forecast of 440.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
25 Analyst Rating
17 Buy
7 Hold
1 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 227.730
Low
230.00
Averages
361.63
High
440.00
Current: 227.730
Low
230.00
Averages
361.63
High
440.00
About COIN
Coinbase Global, Inc. is a holding company of Coinbase, Inc. and other subsidiaries. The Company provides a platform that serves as a compliant on-ramp to the onchain economy and enables users to engage in a variety of activities with their crypto assets in both proprietary and third-party product experiences enabled by access to decentralized applications. It offers consumers their primary financial account for the cryptoeconomy; institutions a full-service prime brokerage platform with access to deep pools of liquidity across the crypto marketplace, and developers a suite of products granting access to build onchain. Its platform helps people and institutions to engage with crypto assets, including trading, staking, safekeeping, spending, and global transfers. It offers products and services to various customer groups: individuals, businesses, institutions, and developers. Its transaction products consist of consumer trading, prime Trading, markets, base protocol and Coinbase wallet.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
