Former FTX US president Brett Harrison has secured fresh funding for a new venture.
Harrison’s startup Architect Financial Technologies raised thirty five million dollars.
The funding round signals renewed investor confidence in derivatives infrastructure.
Architect aims to build an institutional grade multi asset trading platform.
The platform will span crypto equities futures and other derivatives markets.
The Information reported the funding round closed earlier this week.
Investors included Miax Tioga Capital ARK Investment Galaxy and VanEck.
The new raise follows a twelve million dollar round completed in 2024.
Earlier backers included Coinbase Ventures Circle Ventures and SALT Fund.
Architect received regulatory approval in Bermuda to offer perpetual futures.
The contracts will reference traditional assets including stocks commodities and currencies.
Perpetual futures were first popularised within cryptocurrency markets.
BitMEX pioneered perps before FTX made them a core product.