The round was already the largest ever at the previously reported $10bn mark but has been revealed to stand even taller with an additional $4bn.

Legend and Susquehanna International Group have supplied $12m to Goopal.

Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures backed a $70m series C round for Chime, having previously supported an $18m series B nine months ago.

Trust Ventures has secured $35m for its inaugural fund from investors including Koch Disruptive Technologies to invest in sectors where public policy is proving a hurdle to startups.

Visa, CreditEase and Commerzbank-backed Marqeta has added $45m to its coffers, securing funding from investors including Goldman Sachs.

BlueVine, backed by Rakuten and Citi, will use the money to expand its product offering and accelerate recruitment of its research and development team.

Ripple will pour $50m into R&D at 17 academic institutions, including institutions in the US, UK, India and Brazil.

ING Ventures has made a lead investment in FinCompare as part of a series A round that also attracted existing investor Uniqa Ventures.

Allianz has co-led a funding round for Lendix, which will help the company to expand to additional countries across Europe by the end of the year.

Huobi and Kiwoom Securities have joined forces with NewMargin Capital to launch a blockchain-focused investment fund.