Nodu is Upgrading Europe’s Payment Rails as Stablecoins Surge

Nodu, a compliant platform bridging fiat and stablecoin payments, led by Alex Novozhenov, Vladislav Nikolayev, and Daria Dubinina, has closed a $1.45 million pre-seed round led by Digital Space Ventures. Nodu provides banks, fintechs, and businesses with a ready-to-use global compliance and payments framework for stablecoins, enabling services to be launched without the need to build internal infrastructure.

The platform enables sending, receiving, and holding stablecoins with automated compliance and reporting. Fiat and digital-asset rails are integrated into a single regulated workflow, connecting European institutions with global payment and blockchain networks.

A core feature is stablecoin off-ramping in more than 100 countries, supporting near real-time, lower-cost fiat payouts, including cross-border remittances.

As EU banks accelerate digitalisation and seek new revenue streams, Nodu addresses technical and regulatory barriers by offering a faster, compliance-first path to deploying digital-asset services without extensive engineering build-outs.

The platform launched with strong early traction, drawing on the founders’ prior work, including more than 40 Crassula clients, over 20 interested partners, and a network exceeding 15,500 industry contacts. Following the funding, Nodu plans to expand geographically, scale engineering and compliance teams, and deepen partnerships with banks and fintechs.