ORD.IO has completed a $2 million PRE-SEED financing round, supporting the new Bitcoin standard RUNES.

ORD.IO, a Bitcoin explorer for ORDINALS, announced the completion of a $2 million pre-seed financing round. The round was led by Bitcoin Frontier Fund and Sora Ventures, with participation from Eden Block, Arca, Longhash Ventures, Daxos Capital, Portal Ventures, UTXO Management, Rubik Ventures, Vitaltao Capital, Antalpha Ventures, Kommune Fund, Edessa Capital, Petrock Capital, PG Capital, Shake and Bake Productions, RE7 Capital, and Balaji Fund, among others. The new funds will be used to help expand the platform, particularly in providing support for the upcoming RUNES protocol, a new alternative token standard to be launched during the Bitcoin halving.