Encryption industry financing overview from last week

Last week, (, there were a total of 20 investment and financing events in the global blockchain sector, with a total scale exceeding 568 million USD, a significant increase compared to the previous week. They are mainly distributed in the following areas:

DeFi Field

There have been a total of 9 financing events in the DeFi sector:

• The multi-chain ecosystem IOST has completed a $21 million strategic financing to promote the decentralized development of the validator network and the launch of new products.

• The mixed trading platform Rails has secured $14 million in funding and will be deployed on a certain Layer 2 blockchain.

• The decentralized exchange Avantis has completed an $8 million Series A funding round and plans to expand into areas such as stocks, sports, and prediction markets.

• Stablecoin banking platform Limited has completed a $7 million seed round financing to provide self-custody stablecoin banking services for 176 countries.

• The encryption lending startup 3Jane has secured $5.2 million in seed funding, planning to build the first credit-based money market protocol.

• The on-chain staking and yield agreement HashPower has completed a $4 million strategic financing, which will be used to expand decentralized mining capabilities.

• The hedge fund platform Neutral Trade on a certain ecological chain has raised $2 million in funding to support multi-chain expansion.

• The encryption derivatives trading protocol Variational has completed a $1.5 million strategic financing.

• The ecological DEX Momentum has completed a strategic round of financing with a valuation of 100 million USD, which will expand its DeFi business.

Web3 Gaming Field

AI gaming startup Launcher Capital has completed a $4 million seed round of financing, aiming to reconstruct the gaming industry ecosystem through AI and on-chain IP.

Web3+AI领域

• The decentralized AI company RabitiAI has completed a $5 million financing round to build cross-blockchain AI model deployment tools.

• The DeFAI project HeyElsaAI has secured $3 million in funding to build a proprietary natural language interface based on an open-source LLM.

• The decentralized AI computing network AINX has completed a $2 million seed round financing and will launch a multi-chain computing leasing market.

Infrastructure and Tools

• Web3 security solution provider Dedge Security completed a €4 million seed funding round to build the ASPM platform.

• The DA Layer Interoperability Protocol Sunrise has secured $3 million in seed funding to integrate the DA Layer and liquidity center functionalities.

• The Web3 identity protocol Shards Protocol has completed a $2 million financing round, which will be used to develop the Aura system that converts on-chain activities into reputation.

• A certain laboratory invested in the open-source hardware wallet company OneKey to enhance the security of global encryption assets.

Other Applications

A certain company has completed a $425 million private placement financing and plans to purchase ETH as its main reserve asset.

Centralized Finance

• The digital wealth management platform Scalable Capital has completed a €155 million Series E financing, which will be used for technological upgrades and the development of new features.

• Digital asset bank group Sygnum has completed a $58 million strategic growth round financing, with a post-investment valuation exceeding $1 billion, which will be used for expansion in the European and Hong Kong markets.

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