Overview of Global Blockchain Industry Financing Last Week

Last week (from July 7 to 13), there were a total of 9 public financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total funding amount exceeding 85 million USD. In addition, the total financing amount for listed companies' crypto asset reserves exceeded 874 million USD. Below is an overview of the financing situation in various fields:

DeFi领域

A certain hybrid decentralized exchange has completed a $11.5 million Series A financing. The project aims to build a new type of DEX that integrates AMM and CLOB architecture on a certain Blockchain, using a default AMM strategy to provide basic liquidity for each order book, with the goal of enhancing on-chain trading flexibility and depth.

Web3 Game Field

The game development platform Remix has completed a $5 million seed round of financing. The platform combines AI code generation with hyper-casual games, allowing creators to quickly generate games through text prompts and to remix existing games for secondary creation. Currently, 570,000 players have experienced 800 games on the platform.

Web3+AI Field

The DeFAI trading and asset management platform Velvet Capital has completed a $3.7 million financing. Its new system integrates an AI multi-agent operating system, trading terminal, asset management suite, and API, aiming to provide seamless on-chain asset management and trading experience for funds, DAOs, and individual traders.

The AI-driven cryptocurrency trading platform OlaXBT has completed a seed round financing of $3.38 million. The platform utilizes proprietary MCP technology and reinforcement learning to achieve automated market making, sentiment analysis, and trade execution.

Infrastructure and Tools

Stablecoin startup Agora has raised $50 million in Series A funding. Agora focuses on the AUSD stablecoin and helps other companies issue their own branded stablecoins through white-label services. The company stated that it will continue to focus on overseas markets to meet the demand for stablecoins arising from cross-border payments and local currency fluctuations.

The cryptocurrency over-the-counter settlement platform BridgePort has completed a $3.2 million seed round financing. The company provides middleware solutions that connect exchanges, custodians, and trading firms, aiming to optimize capital allocation and post-trade processes, addressing issues such as pre-funding requirements, credit risk, and inefficient settlement.

Centralized Finance

NEXBRIDGE has completed an $8 million Series A financing round for its trading platform NEXPLACE. The financing will be used to expand the compliant digital asset issuance and trading ecosystem based on a certain Blockchain network. NEXBRIDGE previously launched the first compliant digital asset USTBL backed by U.S. Treasury bonds, and this round of financing will accelerate the launch of more assets and their distribution across licensed platforms.

Venture Capital Institutions Dynamics

Ego Death Capital has completed a $100 million investment fund for Bitcoin companies. The fund focuses on promoting the development of software companies based on the Bitcoin protocol, primarily investing in enterprises with annual revenues between $1 million and $3 million that are hindered in growth due to limited funding, with a focus on supporting Series A financing.

Trends in Crypto Asset Reserves of Publicly Listed Companies

Multiple listed companies have announced large-scale financing plans to purchase cryptocurrency assets:

• A certain 5G/4G IoT semiconductor company has completed a financing of $384 million, all of which will be used to purchase Bitcoin.
• A Japanese listed company raised approximately $215 million and plans to increase its Bitcoin holdings from 1,051 to 3,000.
• A Nasdaq-listed company is simultaneously privately placing $200 million in common stock and convertible notes to purchase SOL.
• A Swedish company has raised a total of $96 million to advance its Bitcoin reserve strategy.
• Another publicly listed company has secured approximately $21 million in long-term financing, part of which is used to support its cryptocurrency asset strategy, focusing on promoting the application of Bitcoin in the European corporate market.

These trends reflect institutional investors' confidence in the long-term value of crypto assets and the trend of incorporating them into corporate asset allocation.