Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week: 16 Events, Total Scale Exceeds $272 Million

Last week, there were a total of 16 public financing events in the global Blockchain field, with a total funding scale exceeding 272 million USD. The specific situation is as follows:

• In the DeFi sector, there were 8 incidents, among which the infrastructure company Veda completed a $18 million financing round led by a well-known venture capital firm.
• In the Web3 gaming sector, 2 incidents occurred, including game developer Spekter Games completing a $5 million pre-seed funding.
• In the DePIN field, a certain DePIN has completed a financing of 3.15 million USD with an enterprise-level cloud platform.
• 8 incidents in the infrastructure and tools sector, among which the privacy blockchain Canton Network developer completed a $135 million strategic financing;
• Together with other application areas, a certain decentralized entertainment platform received investment;
• In the field of decentralized finance, a certain Bitcoin financial platform completed a $1 million Pre-Seed round of financing.

DeFi

The DeFi infrastructure company Veda has completed a $18 million financing round, led by a well-known venture capital firm with participation from multiple institutions. Veda offers a modular treasury framework that supports developers in building simplified DeFi yield products, having processed over 100,000 user deposits and custodial assets exceeding $3.7 billion.

The DEX GTE based on MegaETH has completed a $15 million Series A financing, led by a top crypto investment institution. GTE claims to be "the fastest decentralized exchange in the world," utilizing a centralized limit order book (CLOB) mechanism, with trading delays comparable to centralized exchanges. The platform has been built on the MegaETH Blockchain, attracting approximately 700,000 users on its testnet.

Multi-chain DeFi infrastructure company Blueprint Finance has completed a $9.5 million financing round, led by a venture capital firm with participation from several other institutions. Blueprint Finance aims to simplify the process for cryptocurrency holders to participate in DeFi lending and has launched two products, Concrete and Glow, which cover the Ethereum and Solana ecosystems respectively.

The DeFi infrastructure company Yield.xyz has secured $5 million in strategic financing from an investment institution. The company, formerly known as the multi-chain wallet Omni, has transformed this year into a yield aggregation platform, integrating over 200 Solana ecosystem yield sources through a unified API.

The private equity tokenization platform Jarsy has completed a $5 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by a well-known investment institution. The platform offers retail investors the opportunity to invest in pre-IPO companies by issuing tokens that are 1:1 pegged to private company equity, with a minimum investment threshold of $10.

Institutional-grade DeFi execution engine Makina has completed a $3 million strategic financing round, with participation from multiple institutions and individual investors. Makina Finance empowers users such as AI agents and asset managers to deploy institutional-grade, risk-adjusted yield strategies on-chain.

Sphinx, an on-chain commodity derivatives exchange, has completed a $2 million Pre-seed funding round with participation from multiple institutions. Sphinx is an institutional-grade commodity derivatives exchange based on its own permissioned Layer 1 Blockchain, providing round-the-clock direct access to contracts for commodities such as oil and natural gas.

A certain RWA tokenization infrastructure developer completed a $1 million private placement financing, with participation from multiple institutions and individual investors. The company is committed to providing institutional-level tokenization solutions for traditional assets such as private equity, credit, and real estate through blockchain technology.

Web3 Games

Game developer Endless Clouds has secured $6.25 million in funding and launched a new token, END, as the premium token of its ecosystem. The first project to integrate END is the open-world MMORPG "Treeverse."

Game developer Spekter Games has completed a $5 million pre-seed funding round, with several well-known investment institutions participating. Its first Web3 game, Spekter Agency, is now live. The funding will be used to expand the business to more platforms and support the development of a second game.

DePIN

A certain DePIN has completed a $3.15 million financing round, with multiple institutions participating. The platform is a decentralized cloud infrastructure that connects DePIN with enterprise-level IT, enabling businesses to deploy applications using cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies.

Infrastructure and Tools

The developer of the privacy Blockchain Canton Network has completed a $135 million strategic financing round, with several well-known companies from traditional finance and the crypto space participating. Canton Network, centered around configurable privacy, has attracted multiple companies to test their RWAs on the platform.

The privacy-focused confidential Blockchain protocol has completed a $57 million Series B funding round, with a valuation exceeding $1 billion. The protocol provides developers with cross-chain privacy solutions through Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) technology, supporting the deployment of "confidential smart contracts" on existing Blockchains.

Cryptographic trust infrastructure Inference Labs has completed a $6.3 million strategic financing. The funds will be used to optimize circuit design and expand support for multi-proof systems. The "Proof of Inference" zero-knowledge proof protocol developed by the company provides a decentralized verification layer for AI models.

Other Applications

A decentralized entertainment platform received investment, integrating virtual performances, idol management games, and offline events, aiming to reach over 30 million fans in Asia.

Centralized Finance

A certain Bitcoin financial platform has completed a $1 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by a well-known accelerator. The platform provides automated Bitcoin allocation solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, allowing them to automatically convert their sales revenue into Bitcoin at a set ratio.

Venture Capital Institution Dynamics

A venture capital firm announced that its first fund has completed a fundraising of $213.5 million, which will invest in privacy security, financial internet, open finance, open social technologies, Blockchain, and decentralized networks.

A certain crypto giant has announced the completion of its first venture capital fund raising, totaling $175 million. This fund marks the first introduction of external capital, focusing on investment in stablecoins, decentralized finance, and other areas at the intersection of traditional finance and Blockchain.

The newly established crypto venture capital fund has completed a fundraising of $20 million, focusing on the intersection of Blockchain and artificial intelligence. The fund will invest in decentralized infrastructure, middleware, and consumer applications, and has currently laid out eight projects.