Overview of Global Blockchain Industry Investment and Financing Last Week

According to statistics, there were a total of 13 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain field last week (July 21 - July 27), with a total funding scale exceeding 143 million USD. The main investment and financing situations are as follows:

• There is 1 financing event in the DeFi field, the DEX and tokenization platform Syntetika has completed a $2.5 million seed round financing.

• There was 1 investment and financing event in the Web3 gaming sector, with the Web3 fantasy football game Football.Fun receiving $2 million in funding.

• There were a total of 4 investment and financing events in the Web3+AI track, among which the decentralized AI data layer project Poseidon received $15 million in seed funding.

• There have been 4 investment and financing events in the infrastructure and tools sector, among which South Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV completed approximately $11.6 million in Series B funding.

• Other application areas have had 2 financing events, in which the cryptocurrency mining company Bitzero raised $25 million.

• There was 1 investment and financing event in the centralized finance sector, with European investment application Lightyear completing a $23 million financing, planning to launch cryptocurrency products.

DeFi

The DEX and tokenization platform Syntetika has completed a $2.5 million seed round funding.

The tokenization platform and decentralized exchange Syntetika, under the digital asset investment company Hilbert Group AB, has completed a $2.5 million seed round financing. Over 35 angel investors and venture capital firms participated in this round of financing, including Hilbert Group Chief Investment Officer Russell Thompson, former Aave and Allez Labs co-founder Alex Berto, among others.

Syntetika is dedicated to simplifying the issuance, trading, and management processes of various on-chain assets. The platform's first product will launch a tokenized version of the Hilbert Group's Bitcoin yield strategy, allowing investors to gain additional returns from their Bitcoin holdings.

Web3 Games

Web3 game studio Delabs Games completes new financing of $5.2 million.

Web3 game studio Delabs Games recently completed a $5.2 million funding round, bringing its total funding to $17.2 million. This round was led by Hashed, TON Ventures, and Kilo Fund, with additional support from strategic investors. The new funds will be used to promote AI-enabled Web3 game development through the AI game creation platform Verse8 and support the launch of upcoming new games.

Delabs latest launched "Boxing Star X" has nearly 2 million global users and recently rose to 7th place in the overall game rankings. Its next flagship game "Ragnarok Libre" has surpassed 100,000 pre-registrations before its release.

AI

Decentralized AI infrastructure developer Gaia Labs completes $20 million financing.

Gaia Labs announced the completion of a total of $20 million in seed and Series A financing. This round was led by ByteTrade/SIG Capital and Mirana/Mantle Eco Fund, with participation from several institutions including EVM Capital, Taisu Ventures, and NGC Ventures. Gaia Labs currently supports over 700,000 active nodes, with a cumulative inference count exceeding 17 trillion.

The new funds will be used to launch a decentralized AI smartphone, expand node capacity, improve the development toolkit, and promote Web3 integration. Gaia Labs plans to release a limited edition smartphone equipped with local AI inference capabilities within the year, enabling decentralized AI inference to run locally without relying on the cloud or data extraction.

A well-known venture capital firm led a $15 million seed round for Poseidon.

The AI decentralized data layer project Poseidon has completed a $15 million seed round financing. Poseidon is built on the Story Protocol and aims to unlock high-quality training data for "next-generation entity AI." The project is incubated by the Story team, dedicated to solving the challenge of acquiring high-quality, usable, and legally authorized training data in the AI field.

Poseidon's decentralized data layer will establish a new economic foundation for the internet, incentivizing creators and suppliers to provide diverse data inputs for the next generation of intelligent systems. The project will offer AI developers secure and compliant access to training data through the programmable intellectual property layer and immutable registry of the Story protocol.

The on-chain AI agent orchestration layer Questflow has completed a $6.5 million seed round financing.

The orchestration layer Questflow of the on-chain AI multi-agent economy announced the completion of a $6.5 million seed round financing, led by CyberFund. Other participants include several institutions such as Web3.com Ventures, Delphi Labs, Systemic Ventures, and funding from Aptos, a well-known exchange developer platform, and Virtuals Protocol.

Questflow is the orchestration layer of the multi-agent economy, capable of orchestrating multiple AI agents to act autonomously and receive rewards on-chain. Its developed multi-agent orchestration protocol supports automated task execution across Web2 and Web3 applications and provides on-chain payment capabilities for AI agents. Currently, the protocol has partnered with several well-known enterprises.

Data Guardians Network completed a $5 million Pre-Seed funding.

The decentralized data set platform Data Guardians Network (D-GN) has completed a $5 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by droppGroup, Saudi businessman Hamoud Al-Rumayyan, and Hub Culture. The company plans to use the funds to expand contributor operations in the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, develop multimodal cutting-edge datasets, and deepen integration with open-source and enterprise-level AI frameworks.

D-GN provides compliant, traceable, and human-centered AI training data for enterprises and model developers through stablecoin rewards, Blockchain transparency, and decentralized governance.

Infrastructure and Tools

South Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV completes approximately $11.6 million Series B funding.

Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV has completed a Series B funding round of approximately 16 billion KRW (about 11.6 million USD). This round was participated by major Korean investment institutions such as Intervest and NH-SK Securities, and a second funding round is expected to take place at the end of next month.

DSRV provides infrastructure for over 70 blockchain networks globally, managing over 4 trillion won in digital assets. Last year's sales were approximately 10.7 billion won, with a net profit of 3 billion won. The company plans to increase sales in new business areas such as stablecoins and custody services, and to expand its global market in regions including the United States, Japan, and Africa.

Web3 domain registrar Freename completes $6.5 million Series A funding.

Swiss Web3 domain registrar Freename has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round, led by Entrée Capital, with follow-on investment from Polymorphic Capital, and participation from seed round investors Sparkle Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, and Golden Record Ventures. New angel investors include Mike Lobanov, co-founder of Target Global, the Rashwan family office, and Aaron Schnarch, former CEO of a well-known exchange's custody business.

Freename focuses on bridging traditional DNS with the Blockchain domain name system. Its core technology includes a cross-chain domain conflict management system, supports multi-chain domain resolution, and remains compatible with traditional browsers. Funds will be used for product development and global market expansion.

AI-driven governance protocol Quack AI completes $3.6 million funding.

AI-driven governance protocol Quack AI has completed a $3.6 million financing round, with support from several well-known investment institutions and strategic investors. Quack AI is a decentralized governance protocol that uses autonomous AI agents to read, analyze, and execute DAO proposals across multiple Blockchains. The protocol was initially built on DuckChain and now supports the governance of multiple mainstream public chain ecosystems.

A certain investment institution has made a strategic investment in the Bitcoin scalability project Nubit.

An investment institution announced a strategic investment in the Bitcoin scaling core infrastructure project Nubit. Nubit is dedicated to enhancing the scalability, usability, and openness of the Bitcoin ecosystem, and has developed Thunderbolt, Bitcoin's native soft fork, as a core contributor. Thunderbolt significantly improves Bitcoin's transaction throughput through key technologies such as UTXO bundling and OP_CAT, achieving native support for on-chain applications like smart contracts, asset issuance, and DeFi.

Other Applications

Cryptocurrency mining company Bitzero raises $25 million in funding.

Cryptocurrency mining company Bitzero has secured $25 million in funding to expand its mining operations. The initial funds will be used to purchase 2,900 new mining machines, with deployment expected to be completed within four to six months, potentially generating an additional $10 million in annual revenue for the company. Bitzero is committed to leveraging hydropower and low-carbon energy to promote the sustainable development of its data centers in North America and Europe.

Soluna Holdings completed a $20 million financing.

Soluna Holdings, which develops green data centers for intensive computing applications such as Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence, has announced the completion of a new round of financing totaling $20 million. The new funds will be used to expand the Kati green data center project in Texas, further enlarging its Bitcoin hosting business. The project is scheduled to commence construction in the third quarter of 2025, with preliminary power-on and business launch expected in the first quarter of 2026.

Centralized Finance

The European investment application Lightyear has completed a $23 million financing.

The European investment app Lightyear has announced the completion of a new round of financing totaling $23 million, led by NordicNinja, with participation from several well-known figures in the tech industry. It is reported that after this round of financing, Lightyear's valuation has reached between $200 million and $300 million, a significant increase compared to its financing in 2022.

Lightyear was founded in 2021 by former Wise employees, and its application offers commission-free trading services for over 5,000 stocks, ETFs, and money market funds globally, currently covering 25 countries. The company aims to create a "European version of Robinhood" and plans to launch its own cryptocurrency products within two months.

A certain digital asset exchange acquires the German digital asset company DDA.

A UK digital asset exchange will acquire the German regulated cryptocurrency asset management company Deutsche Digital Assets (DDA) to strengthen its business layout in major European financial markets. DDA currently manages approximately $70 million in assets and focuses on distributing cryptocurrency exchange-traded products through European banks and asset management institutions. This acquisition will bring a new license under the supervision of Germany's BaFin, helping to better serve EU institutional clients.