Overview of Global Blockchain Financing Last Week

According to statistics, in the last week (6.16-6.22), there were a total of 17 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total funding scale exceeding 183 million USD. In addition, the total financing amount for the cryptocurrency asset reserves of listed companies reached 1.29 billion USD. The main investment and financing situation is as follows:

DeFi

• The blockchain project TAC raised a total of $11.5 million in two rounds of financing, with investors including a well-known venture capital firm. The project aims to provide EVM-compatible DeFi infrastructure for a public blockchain and instant messaging software ecosystem.

• The crypto savings app Nook has completed a $2.5 million financing round, with investment from several well-known investment institutions. Nook was founded by three former engineers from a certain trading platform, aiming to simplify the crypto lending process for non-cryptocurrency users.

• The DeFi protocol BitVault has completed a $2 million pre-seed funding round, with participation from multiple institutions. The funding will be used to launch a Bitcoin derivatives over-collateralized stablecoin and its yield-bearing variants.

Web3 Games

• Web3 protocol Thousands has jointly raised $9 million in funding with game development company The Wildcard Alliance, led by a well-known investment institution among others. So far, $6.5 million has been raised, and the remaining funding is expected to be completed within 60 days.

• The Base chain ecological game launch platform Uptopia has completed a $4 million financing round, led by a well-known investment institution. The official announcement states that The Factory will be officially upgraded and launched on June 18.

DePIN and AI

• The DePIN project SparkChain AI has completed a new round of financing of $10.8 million to expand its decentralized AI computing power network.

• The robotic intelligence platform PrismaX has completed a $11 million seed funding round, aimed at addressing the key challenges in the physical AI and robotics industry.

• The decentralized AI infrastructure project Gradient Network has completed a $10 million seed round financing, which will accelerate the research and implementation of its core infrastructure protocol.

• Web3-driven AI company PublicAI has raised $10 million in two rounds of financing and will launch the first decentralized brainwave collection device.

Infrastructure and Tools

• Eigen Labs launched the EigenCloud platform and received a $70 million investment from a well-known investment institution. The platform aims to provide blockchain-level trust assurance for Web2 and Web3 applications.

• The stablecoin startup Ubyx has completed a $10 million seed round financing, aiming to build a clearing system that connects stablecoin issuers with financial institutions.

• The blockchain startup Units.Network has completed a $10 million financing round, which will be used for infrastructure upgrades and AI product development.

• Project Eleven completed a $6 million funding round to develop tools to protect Bitcoin from quantum attacks.

• The crypto platform Stackup has completed a $4.2 million seed round of financing, providing asset management solutions for enterprises through account abstraction technology.

• The L1 Blockchain project Defx has completed a $2.5 million seed round of financing, focusing on privacy transactions.

Centralized Finance

• The institutional-level cross-border settlement platform XFX has completed a $9.1 million sub-round financing, supporting real-time transparent liquidity for fiat currencies and stablecoins.

• The stablecoin cross-border payment infrastructure provider SaturnX has completed a $3 million seed funding round and will expand into the Southeast Asian and African markets.