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Last week, global Blockchain financing exceeded $219 million, with the DeFi and infrastructure sectors being the most active.
Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week
Last week, ( 7.28-8.30 ), there were a total of 19 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total funding amount exceeding 219 million USD. The investment and financing situations in various fields are as follows:
DeFi
The RWAiFi project GAIB has completed a $10 million financing round, led by a well-known crypto investment institution. The funds will be used for the tokenization of platform GPU assets to promote the development of the on-chain AI economy. GAIB has attracted $28 million in deposits and has reached cooperation agreements with multiple DeFi protocols.
The TON ecosystem STON.fi has completed a $9.5 million Series A financing round. The funds will be used to develop centralized liquidity pools, cross-chain functionalities, and community governance, promoting bridge-less cross-chain exchanges and the expansion of the DeFi ecosystem. Since its launch in 2022, STON.fi has accumulated a trading volume of over $6 billion.
The cryptocurrency trading platform Pear Protocol has completed a strategic financing round of $4.1 million. The funds will be used to expand its institutional-grade product suite, including the development of vaults and API interfaces on HyperEVM, as well as the relaunch of liquidity-enhanced spot tokens on the Hyperliquid spot order book.
The AI-driven crypto trading platform Kuvi.ai has completed a $700,000 seed round financing, reaching a valuation of $30 million. The company aims to use the new funds to support its trading platform based on message input patterns, simplifying the crypto trading interface in a conversational manner.
Web3 Games
Web3 role-playing game Aria completes $5 million in funding, with participation from several well-known investment firms.
AI
The AI project Billions has completed a $30 million financing round. The project is dedicated to building the first universal network connecting humans and AI, advocating for solving internet trust issues through verifiable identities. The financing will be used to build a human-AI interaction network based on zero-knowledge proof technology.
Decentralized AI infrastructure Manifold has completed a $10.5 million Series A financing to accelerate the development of its decentralized AI cloud platform Targon.
ARO Network has completed a $2.1 million seed pre-financing to promote the development of decentralized edge cloud. ARO Network is committed to providing services to global users with low latency and low cost by transforming idle internet bandwidth and computing power into a scalable P2P content distribution network.
The AI agent Billy Bets based on Virtuals has completed a $1 million financing.
Infrastructure & Tools
Focused on a well-known stablecoin blockchain project, Stable has completed a $28 million seed round financing. The Stable blockchain aims to use the stablecoin as the underlying gas token to build a fast, low-cost stable payment network.
Blockchain startup Subzero Labs has completed a $20 million seed round financing. The company is developing the Rialo blockchain for real-world scenarios, aiming to break through the current limitations of cryptocurrency technology primarily serving financial speculation.
The digital token infrastructure platform Falcon Finance has secured a $10 million strategic investment. This funding will accelerate its operations to allow for "seamless conversion" between its stablecoin and another stablecoin.
London-based borderless payment startup Due has completed a $7.3 million seed funding round and officially launched a global stablecoin payment API. The new funds will be used to expand the API platform, helping businesses achieve faster, lower-cost, and more inclusive cross-border payments.
The crypto technology startup TACEO has completed a $5.5 million seed round financing. The new funds will be used to enhance infrastructure performance and developer tool development, focusing on expanding privacy-compliant applications in the fields of finance, AI, and stablecoins.
Bitcoin native dApp infrastructure Midl has completed a $2.4 million seed funding round. The project aims to build a native smart contract execution environment on the Bitcoin mainnet, enabling decentralized applications to run without relying on sidechains or cross-chain bridges.
Centralized Finance
Hong Kong fintech group Yuan Coin Technology has completed nearly $40 million in Series A2 financing. This funding will accelerate the construction of its regulated stablecoin infrastructure and actively align with Hong Kong's upcoming stablecoin licensing regime.
A well-known bank's cryptocurrency trading platform, Zodia Markets, has completed a $18.25 million financing round. The new funds will be used to expand into East Asia, Latin America, and the US markets, as well as to grow its stablecoin business.
Xinglu Technology completed nearly ten million dollars in Series A financing. Investors include a well-known public chain foundation and other Web3 industry organizations and wealth management companies.
The Dutch crypto derivatives exchange D2X has completed a strategic financing of 4.3 million euros ( approximately 5 million US dollars ). D2X holds a multilateral trading facility ( MTF ) license under the EU MiFID II framework, recently launching Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contracts priced in US dollars and planning to introduce related options products.