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Last week, global blockchain investment and financing exceeded $272 million, with high enthusiasm in the DeFi and infrastructure sectors.
Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week
According to statistics, there were a total of 16 financing events in the global blockchain sector last week (6.23-6.29), with a total funding scale exceeding $272 million. The main investment areas are distributed as follows:
In addition, the total amount of financing for the reserves of listed companies' crypto assets exceeds $1.25 billion.
DeFi领域
The DeFi infrastructure company Veda has completed a $18 million financing round, led by a well-known investment institution with participation from multiple other organizations. Veda provides a modular vault framework that supports developers in building simplified DeFi yield products, having processed deposits from over 100,000 users and custodial assets exceeding $3.7 billion.
A certain DEX based on MegaETH has completed a $15 million Series A financing, exclusively led by a well-known investment institution. The DEX claims to be "the fastest decentralized exchange in the world," using a centralized limit order book mechanism, with trading latency on par with large centralized exchanges while maintaining decentralized characteristics.
Multichain DeFi infrastructure company Blueprint Finance has completed a $9.5 million financing round, led by a certain investment institution with participation from several other institutions. Blueprint Finance is dedicated to simplifying the process for cryptocurrency holders to participate in DeFi lending and has launched two products covering the Ethereum and a certain public chain ecosystem.
DeFi infrastructure company Yield.xyz has secured $5 million in strategic financing. The company integrates over 200 yield sources from a certain public chain ecosystem through a unified API, providing plug-and-play DeFi yield functionalities for wallets and crypto applications. Future plans include expansion into traditional fintech companies and the development of automated yield strategy features.
The private equity tokenization platform Jarsy has completed a $5 million Pre-Seed funding round. The platform offers retail investors the opportunity to invest in pre-IPO companies by issuing tokens that are 1:1 pegged to the equity of private companies, with a minimum investment threshold of $10.
The institutional-level DeFi execution engine Makina has completed a $3 million strategic round of financing. Makina Finance is a DeFi execution engine that empowers various users such as AI agents and asset managers to deploy institutional-level, risk-adjusted yield strategies on-chain.
The on-chain commodity derivatives exchange Sphinx has completed a $2 million Pre-seed round of financing. Sphinx is an institutional-grade commodity derivatives exchange based on its own licensed Layer1 Blockchain, providing around-the-clock direct access to futures, options, and perpetual contracts for oil, natural gas, and other energy commodities.
Dubai-based RWA tokenization infrastructure developer Byzanlink has completed a $1 million private placement financing. The company is registered at the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and is dedicated to providing institutional-grade tokenization solutions for traditional assets such as private equity, credit, and real estate through Blockchain technology.
Web3 Gaming Sector
Game developer Endless Clouds has secured $6.25 million in funding and launched a new token, END, as the premium token of its ecosystem. The first project to integrate END is the open-world MMORPG "Treeverse," with more games to be included in the future.
Game developer Spekter Games has completed a $5 million pre-seed funding round. Its first Web3 game, Spekter Agency, has been launched. This funding will be used to expand the business of Spekter Agency to more platforms and support the development of a second game.
DePIN Field
DePIN has completed a $3.15 million financing round with the enterprise-level cloud platform dKloud. dKloud is a decentralized cloud infrastructure platform that connects DePIN with enterprise-level IT, allowing businesses to deploy applications using both cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies. The platform also features a marketplace where developers can contribute reusable tools and earn tokens.
Infrastructure and Tools
The developer of the privacy blockchain Canton Network, Digital Asset, has completed a strategic financing round of $135 million. Canton Network, which is centered around configurable privacy, has attracted multiple companies to test their RWAs on its platform. This financing will help Canton Network further expand the coverage of RWAs.
Privacy-focused confidential blockchain protocol Zama has completed a $57 million Series B funding round, with a valuation exceeding $1 billion. Zama provides cross-chain privacy solutions for developers through fully homomorphic encryption technology, supporting the deployment of "confidential smart contracts" on existing blockchains. The protocol currently supports 20 transactions per second and plans to enhance this to over 10,000 transactions per second on a single chain using dedicated hardware accelerators.
Cryptographic trust infrastructure Inference Labs has completed a $6.3 million strategic financing round. The funding will be used to optimize circuit design and expand multi-proof system support, covering scenarios in healthcare, finance, DeFi, and other areas requiring trusted AI decision-making. The company’s developed "Proof of Inference" zero-knowledge proof protocol provides a decentralized validation layer for AI models, ensuring the verifiability of output results while protecting model privacy.
Other Application Areas
A certain platform announced an investment in the decentralized entertainment platform MEET48, supporting its token mechanism to enhance fan engagement. MEET48 integrates virtual performances, idol management games, and offline events, aiming to reach over 30 million fans in Asia, and plans to hold a large Web3 idol performance gala in Hong Kong on August 2.
Centralized Finance
The Bitcoin financial platform Castle has completed a $1 million Pre-Seed funding round. The platform provides automated Bitcoin allocation solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, allowing them to automatically convert a set percentage of their sales revenue into Bitcoin. The platform has integrated with multiple payment tools, with clients spanning the catering, e-commerce, and real estate industries.
Venture Capital Trends
The venture capital firm Sentinel Global, based in San Francisco, has completed fundraising of $213.5 million for its first fund, which will invest in areas such as privacy security, financial internet, open finance, open social technologies, Blockchain, and decentralized networks.
A certain crypto giant has announced the completion of its first venture capital fund raise, totaling $175 million. This fund marks the company's first introduction of external capital, focusing on investments in stablecoins, decentralized finance, and other areas where traditional finance intersects with Blockchain.
The newly established crypto venture capital fund Frachtis has completed a $20 million fundraising, focusing on the intersection of Blockchain and artificial intelligence. Frachtis will invest in decentralized infrastructure, middleware, and consumer applications, and has already laid out multiple projects.