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Last week, global blockchain investment and financing exceeded $183 million, with DeFi and Web3+AI sectors being highly favored.
Last week's global Blockchain financing trends
According to incomplete statistics, there were a total of 17 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain field last week, with a funding scale exceeding 183 million USD. The main investment areas include DeFi, Web3 games, Web3+AI, infrastructure, and tools.
DeFi领域
A certain blockchain project raised a total of $11.5 million in two rounds of financing, aiming to provide EVM-compatible DeFi infrastructure for a certain ecosystem. The project plans to launch the mainnet in phases and gradually open up features.
The crypto savings app Nook has completed a $2.5 million funding round. The app was founded by three former engineers from a trading platform and aims to simplify the crypto lending process, making it easier for non-native cryptocurrency users to increase their cryptocurrency holdings.
The DeFi protocol BitVault has completed a $2 million pre-seed round of financing. It will launch the bitcoin derivative over-collateralized stablecoin bvUSD and its yield-bearing variant sbvUSD, as core protocols deployed on a certain Blockchain.
Web3 Games
Web3 protocol Thousands has jointly raised $9 million in funding with its sister company The Wildcard Alliance, and has currently raised $6.5 million. The funds will be used to accelerate the development of an integrated ecosystem and implement innovative creator incentives and user acquisition models through Blockchain technology.
Uptopia, a platform for ecological games on a certain blockchain, has completed a $4 million financing. The official announcement states that The Factory will officially be upgraded and launched on June 18.
Web3+AI
The robotic intelligence platform PrismaX has completed a $11 million seed round financing. PrismaX is committed to addressing the data, model, and scalability challenges in the physical AI and robotics industry, building a decentralized data incentive mechanism, and promoting the standardization of robotic visual data and the development of remote control infrastructure.
The decentralized AI infrastructure project Gradient Network has completed a $10 million seed round financing. Gradient aims to create a decentralized AI driven by the participation of a wide range of users, and will launch two core protocols this week.
Web3-driven AI company PublicAI raised $10 million in two rounds of financing. The company has built an "AI manual verification layer" using Blockchain technology and has established a network of global data contributors in the millions. PublicAI will launch the first decentralized brainwave collection device, HeadCap, for brain-computer interface research and development.
Infrastructure and Tools
A certain company has launched the EigenCloud platform, aimed at providing blockchain-level trust guarantees for Web2 and Web3 applications. The platform is based on a re-staking protocol and integrates data availability, general computing, and dispute resolution functions.
Stablecoin startup Ubyx has completed a $10 million seed round financing. The company is dedicated to building a clearing system that connects stablecoin issuers with banks and fintech companies, and plans to establish a global acceptance network for stablecoins.
Blockchain startup Units.Network has completed a $10 million financing round. The funds will be used for infrastructure upgrades and AI product development, including the planned launch of AI Launchpad and AI Liquidity Manager this year.
Project Eleven completed a $6 million financing to develop tools to protect Bitcoin from quantum attacks. The company's first product, Yellowpages encrypted registry, has completed auditing and allows users to bind existing Bitcoin addresses to new quantum-resistant addresses.
The crypto platform Stackup has completed a $4.2 million seed round funding. The platform provides enterprises with a "centralized control" solution for decentralized assets through account abstraction technology, supporting features such as spending limits and batch transaction approvals.
The Layer 1 Blockchain project Defx has completed a $2.5 million seed round funding. Defx is a decentralized exchange based on a Layer 1 blockchain optimized for high-performance perpetual contract trading.
Centralized Finance
The institutional-level cross-border settlement platform XFX has completed a $9.1 million seed round financing. XFX supports real-time transparent liquidity for fiat currency and stablecoins.
Stablecoin cross-border payment infrastructure provider SaturnX has completed a $3 million seed round financing. The company offers a stablecoin-based API cross-border payment platform, which has processed over $250 million in transaction volume and achieved profitability in 5 months.