Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 12 events with a total scale exceeding $0.658 million

Last week (3.31-4.6), there were a total of 12 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total funding scale exceeding $0.658 billion, and the overall inflow of funds continued to decrease. The overview of various fields is as follows:

DeFi

A certain P2P payment application has completed a $2 million seed round of financing. This application enables users to pay merchants who only accept fiat currency using stablecoins through an intermediary network, with the transaction process taking about 90 seconds. The platform uses zero-knowledge proof technology to verify user identities and ensure privacy and security.

NFT

The luxury goods fractional investment platform Collecto has completed a seed round financing of 2.8 million euros (approximately 3.05 million US dollars). Several corporate executives and investors participated in this round. Collecto aims to democratize luxury goods collecting by offering fractional ownership of exclusive items such as modern art, luxury watches, and investment-grade wine.

Web3 Games

The blockchain gaming platform Ultra has completed a $12 million financing round, led by NOIA Capital, a Luxembourg-based family office through its fund. Ultra plans to accelerate the realization of its 2025 roadmap and inject transformative power into the gaming industry.

A certain internet company announced that it has obtained a strategic investment of 8 million USD and will establish a new company to operate a GameFi platform. The company plans to collaborate with a third-party international cryptocurrency foundation to use its issued GameFi tokens as the platform's official cryptocurrency, while also partnering with cryptocurrency exchanges.

AI

The AI infrastructure protocol Cambrian Network has completed a $5.9 million seed round financing. Cambrian aims to build a smart infrastructure for AI financial agents, empowering AI agents to make smarter market predictions and financial decisions by integrating on-chain and off-chain data.

AI+Crypto project Mahojin has completed a $5 million seed round financing. Mahojin is a platform aimed at AI model creators and dataset owners, allowing them to track IP and pay royalties to model creators and dataset owners.

The AI-oriented Ethereum Layer 2 network Capx AI has completed a $3.14 million seed round financing. Capx AI provides a comprehensive ecosystem consisting of Capx Chain, Capx Super App, and Capx Cloud to facilitate the creation, deployment, and exchange of AI-driven applications.

The on-chain AI agency fund bAI Fund has secured an investment of $1 million. bAI Fund is an on-chain agency fund operating in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), integrating quantitative trading, investment, and marketing to create a diversified AI agency ecosystem.

Infrastructure and Tools

The crypto-AI project Ambient has completed a $7.2 million seed round financing. Ambient aims to combine artificial intelligence technology to provide fast, inexpensive, and open intelligent services. The project utilizes a proof-of-work mechanism similar to Bitcoin and operates similarly to a certain Blockchain network.

Singapore-based digital asset infrastructure provider BetterX has completed approximately $1.7 million in Pre-Series A financing to support its expansion in Asia, the Middle East, and the United States. BetterX provides institutional-grade infrastructure for the tokenization, trading, and portfolio management of digital assets.

Bloctopus has completed a $1 million financing round and is dedicated to building an on-chain development tools platform. Its v1 version has been launched, supporting cross-chain environment simulation, aiming to reduce DevOps costs by 90% and increase development efficiency by 20 times.

Centralized Finance

The startup Codex has completed a $15.8 million seed round financing. Codex is building a blockchain specifically designed for stablecoins. Several well-known investment institutions and crypto market makers participated in this round of financing.