Blockchain industry investment and financing overview last week

Last week, there were 13 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total amount exceeding 0.925 million USD, a decrease compared to the previous week. The main investment directions include DeFi, the combination of Web3 and AI, infrastructure, and tools.

DeFi领域

The decentralized perpetual contract exchange Perpl has raised $9.25 million in funding and plans to develop an on-chain central limit order book based on the Monad architecture. The testnet is expected to be launched by the end of the year, and the mainnet progress will depend on the status of the Monad mainnet.

The on-chain intelligent trading platform TrendX has completed a strategic financing of 5.2 million USD. The total financing has reached 11.2 million USD, with supporters including several institutions from cutting-edge fields such as AI, DePIN, and DeFi. The funds will be used for product innovation, global expansion, and deepening collaboration in on-chain data analysis and smart model construction.

The DeFi strategy platform XSY.fi has launched the synthetic dollar stablecoin Unity(UTY) in the Avalanche Blockchain, while announcing the completion of a $5 million Pre-A round of financing. Users can mint UTY by staking AVAX, allowing them to maintain exposure to the original asset while earning passive income. UTY utilizes automated strategies to manage market risk, requiring no active operation from users.

The Field of Web3 and AI Integration

The platform Antix, focused on hyper-realistic AI digital humans, has completed a private financing of 8.2 million USD, receiving support from over 10,000 community investors. Antix plans to introduce hyper-realistic AI digital humans into the Blockchain, launching tokenized digital humans and an identity economy to protect and monetize digital content IP. Its AIGE engine can create emotionally rich digital humans from images and mint them as NFTs.

The AI platform Giza, based on smart contracts and web3 protocols, has completed a total funding of $5.2 million. Giza is developing a trustless protocol aimed at decentralizing machine learning inference computing, providing security for the open economy of open-source AI. This protocol allows AI developers to generate zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring the transparency and credibility of machine learning model deployment.

Infrastructure and Tools

Layer0 Blockchain infrastructure platform Openverse Network completes $11 million in strategic financing. The funds will be used to accelerate core protocol development and mainnet upgrades, supporting features such as cross-chain communication, unified identity, timestamp, and naming services. Openverse mainnet TPS exceeds 300,000, supporting various token standards.

Turtle Club completed a $6.2 million seed round financing to advance its on-chain liquidity distribution protocol. Since its launch in March 2024, it has integrated 51 protocols, activated over $2.3 billion in liquidity, and registered 315,000 wallets.

Blockchain cloud computing company Nirvana Labs has completed a $6 million seed extension round of financing, bringing the total financing amount to $11.8 million. Nirvana provides computing services customized for the cryptocurrency sector, using bare metal infrastructure, with each server serving only one client.

SpaceComputer announced the completion of its Pre-Seed funding round and is leveraging satellites to build a cryptographic system resistant to physical damage and cyber attacks. The first product, ctRNG, has been launched, which generates true random numbers using space entropy.

Other Fields

The Blockchain Group completed two rounds of financing totaling over 22 million euros within a week, aimed at strengthening its Bitcoin holdings and developing subsidiary businesses in data intelligence, AI, and more. The company explores capital structure innovations centered around Bitcoin, including Bitcoin-denominated bonds and hard asset reserve strategies.

Blockchain investment company Coinsilium Group has completed a £1.25 million institutional financing and launched a £250,000 retail fundraising plan to advance its Bitcoin reserve strategy.

The blockchain ticketing platform KYD Labs has secured $7 million in seed funding. KYD is built on Solana and aims to empower artists and venues to control ticket sales, fan data, and revenue. It plans to expand to more than 100 venues in the United States by 2026 and launch two tokens to strengthen the community and financial foundation.

The ticketing platform XP, also based on Solana, has completed a $6.2 million seed funding round. The platform encodes tickets as NFTs, allowing users to pay with USDC through a connected crypto wallet. The platform is set to launch a user-driven listing and resale feature, and plans to offer exclusive rewards and experiences to fans through Blockchain technology.