The problem
Payment providers settle on bank rails that stop on weekends and can't easily add stablecoins themselves
What they do
Stablecoin and crypto settlement, pay-ins, payouts and treasury for payments companies via one API
Traction Company-reported: 350% month-over-month volume growth since Mar 2026 launch; 300,000-merchant network; Shift4 a client
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 6
- Ops roles
- 1
- Headcount
- ~31-37
Staff 20 (Mar 2026) → 31 (Jul 2026), plans to double by end of 2026; 6 open roles, remote
Hiring in
- Remote
Latest news
Sep 2026
Yuno partnership puts Cyclops stablecoin settlement, pay-ins and payouts inside Yuno's orchestration platform ↗Funding
- Last round
- $20M
- Stage
- Series A
- Date
- Jul 2026
Led by Nava Ventures
- Hiring+16 open roles on the live job board (3–9 roles = +1)
- Funding recency+1.5Series A · $20M, Jul 2026 (3 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: Company-reported: 350% month-over-month volume growth since Mar 2026 launch; 300,000-merchant network; Shift4 a client
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total4.01 + 1.5 + 1.5 − 0 = 4.0 → Tempo (3.5–4.24)
Distance (Unproven) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Unproven · edge: hard to leave
Launched March 2026 with a $20M Series A; too early to judge.
Sources: FinanceFeeds: Cyclops raised $20M (Jul 2026) ↗ · Fortune: Cyclops raises $20M Series A (Jul 2026) ↗
Open ops roles · 1
Last checked Oct 13, 2026