NEW YORK, April 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the next generation of unicorns, tokenizing equity after the fact is a relic of the past. Today, BitcoinFi Accelerator and Fairmint announced that its latest cohort has bypassed traditional legacy systems entirely, bringing $26M in fundraising equity natively onchain from the start. By leveraging Fairmint's regulated infrastructure, these founders are ensuring their corporate ownership is as programmable and scalable as the products they build.

Co-led by Draper Associates, Draper Dragon and Thesis, in partnership with Supernormal Foundation, the BitcoinFi Accelerator has supported over 20 startup teams across three batches in 1.5 years. In the most recent cohort, seven teams selected from more than 100 global applicants chose to move their cap tables onto Fairmint's infrastructure. As an SEC-registered transfer agent with $1.5B in equity already onchain and counting, Fairmint makes equity more programmable, more liquid and brings execution and settlement into a single system of record.

Unlike tokenization, which often involves wrapping static, off-chain assets on a digital shell, Fairmint's infrastructure allows equity to be born onchain. This eliminates the friction of syncing spreadsheets with reality and ensures that compliance, governance and ownership are inextricably linked from day one. It also allows for instant settlement, reducing equity transfer times from weeks to seconds.

"Retrofitting old equity structures onto the blockchain is a band-aid; building natively ...