This week, encryption startups received $3 million in VC investment, with a total financing amount exceeding $7.7 billion this year.

Gate News bot message, according to data from DefiLlama, this week was relatively calm, with venture capitalists and other investors investing 3 million USD in crypto assets startups, and the total funding amount exceeding 7.7 billion USD year-to-date in 2025.

As in previous weeks, investors are focused on infrastructure projects aimed at Ethereum scaling, quantitative trading, and enhancing Bitcoin functionality.

The following are the projects with the highest financing amounts in the two rounds this week:

The Solana-based hedge fund platform Neutral Trade has completed a $2 million financing round, with participation from Skyland Ventures, Enzyme, BlackPine, and several angel investors. The new funds will be used to support its expansion into Ethereum, Layer 2, and CEX.

LayerEdge has completed the public sale of its EDGEN coin, raising $1 million. The circulating supply at the time of the coin issuance is 20%, with a FDV of $1 billion.

The project utilizes Optimistic Rollup and a hybrid modular data availability layer to build a decentralized internet infrastructure supported by Bitcoin.

Source: DL News