Overview of Global Blockchain Financing Last Week

According to statistics, last week (7.21-7.27), there were 13 public financing events in the global Blockchain industry, with a total financing scale exceeding 143 million USD. The specific distribution is as follows:

• In the DeFi sector: DEX and tokenization platform Syntetika has completed a $2.5 million seed round funding.

• In the Web3 gaming sector: Web3 fantasy football game Football.Fun has completed a $2 million financing.

• 4 events in the Web3+AI field: Among them, a well-known venture capital institution led the $15 million seed round financing for the AI decentralized data layer project Poseidon.

• 4 incidents in the infrastructure and tools sector: Among them, South Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV completed approximately $11.6 million in Series B funding.

• Other application areas: One of the crypto mining companies has received $25 million in funding.

• Centralized finance sector news: A European investment application has completed a $23 million funding round and plans to launch cryptocurrency products.

DeFi

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

The tokenization platform and decentralized exchange Syntetika, a subsidiary of digital asset investment company Hilbert Group AB, has completed a $2.5 million seed round funding. This round attracted participation from over 35 angel investors and venture capital firms, including Hilbert Group's Chief Investment Officer Russell Thompson and former Aave co-founder Alex Berto.

Syntetika aims to simplify 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 Bitcoin yield strategy, allowing investors to gain additional returns from their Bitcoin holdings.

Web3 Games

Web3 game studio Delabs Games has completed a new financing round of 5.2 million USD, bringing its total financing to 17.2 million USD.

Web3 game studio Delabs Games has raised a total of $17.2 million to date, including a recent round of $5.2 million. This round was led by Hashed, TON Ventures, and Kilo Fund, with additional support from strategic investors. This new funding will drive the continued development of AI-powered Web3 games and support the upcoming new games from Delabs Games.

The latest game launched by Delabs, "Boxing Star X," has nearly 2 million global users and recently climbed to 7th place in a certain game ranking. The next flagship game, "Ragnarok Libre," has already exceeded 100,000 pre-registrations before its release.

AI

The decentralized AI infrastructure developer has completed a $20 million financing round and will launch the first AI-native smartphone.

A decentralized AI infrastructure developer announced the completion of a total of $20 million in seed and Series A financing. This round of financing was led by a certain capital and a certain ecological fund, with participation from multiple institutions. The company currently supports over 700,000 active nodes, with a cumulative inference count exceeding 17 trillion, covering thousands of App-Chain domains and blockchain ecosystems.

A new round of funding will be used to launch a decentralized AI smartphone, expand node capacity, improve the development toolkit, and promote Web3 integration. The company plans to release a limited number of smartphones equipped with local AI inference capabilities within the year, which can run decentralized AI inference locally without relying on the cloud or data extraction, allowing users complete control over the agent.

A well-known venture capital firm led a $15 million seed round for an AI decentralized data layer project.

A well-known venture capital firm led a $15 million seed round financing for the AI decentralized data layer project Poseidon. Poseidon is built on the Story Protocol and aims to unlock high-quality training data for the "next generation of physical AI." The project is incubated by the Story team and is dedicated to solving the challenge of obtaining high-quality, usable, and legally authorized training data in the field of AI.

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 smart 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 has completed a $6.5 million seed round of 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 a certain fund, with participation from multiple investment institutions.

Questflow is the orchestration layer of the multi-agent economy. It can orchestrate multiple AI agents to act autonomously and earn rewards on-chain. The multi-agent orchestration protocol developed by the company, (MAOP), 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.

The decentralized data set platform has completed a $5 million Pre-Seed funding.

The decentralized dataset platform Data Guardians Network(D-GN) has recently completed a $5 million Pre-Seed round of financing. This round was led by a certain institution and a certain businessman. The company plans to use the funds to expand contributor operations in the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, to develop cutting-edge multimodal datasets, and to 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

Korean Blockchain infrastructure provider completes approximately $11.6 million Series B funding.

According to media reports, South Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV has completed approximately 16 billion won (, equivalent to about 11.6 million USD ) in its Series B funding. This round of investment involved major South Korean investment institutions, and a second funding round with multiple financial institutions is expected to take place at the end of next month.

DSRV provides infrastructure for more than 70 blockchain networks globally, managing over 4 trillion Korean won in digital assets. Last year, the company's annual sales reached approximately 10.7 billion Korean won, with a net profit of 3 billion Korean won during the same period. DSRV plans to increase sales in new business areas such as stablecoins and custody, and officially advance global market expansion in regions including the United States, Japan, and Africa.

Web3 domain registrar completes $6.5 million Series A funding

Swiss Web3 domain registrar Freename has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round, led by a certain capital, with multiple investment institutions participating. The company focuses on bridging traditional DNS and the Blockchain domain system. Freename's core technology includes a cross-chain domain conflict management system, supporting multi-chain domain resolution while maintaining compatibility with traditional browsers. Its innovative solution allows users to create custom top-level domains and profit through the sale of second-level domains. The funds will be used for product development and global market expansion.

AI-driven governance protocol completes $3.6 million financing

The AI-driven governance protocol Quack AI has announced the completion of a $3.6 million financing round, with participation from multiple investment institutions. Quack AI is a decentralized governance protocol that uses autonomous AI agents to read, analyze, and execute DAO proposals across multiple Blockchains. Quack AI was originally built on a certain chain and now supports governance across multiple ecosystems.

A certain investment institution is making a strategic investment in Bitcoin scaling projects.

A certain investment institution announced a strategic investment in Nubit, a core infrastructure project for Bitcoin scalability. 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 such as smart contracts, asset issuance, and DeFi.

Other Applications

A crypto mining company has secured $25 million in funding, with the first batch of funds to be used for purchasing mining machines.

A cryptocurrency mining company recently secured $25 million in funding, which is planned to be used to expand its mining operations. The company stated that the initial funds will be used to procure 2,900 mining machines of a certain brand, with deployment expected to be completed within four to six months, potentially generating approximately $10 million in additional annual revenue for the company. At the same time, the company is committed to utilizing hydropower and low-carbon energy to promote the sustainable development of its data centers in North America and Europe.

A listed company completed a $20 million financing to advance the Texas green data center project.

A publicly listed company developing green data centers for intensive computing applications such as Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence has announced the completion of a new round of financing amounting to $20 million. The new funds will be used to expand the Kati green data center project in Texas, further enhancing its Bitcoin hosting business. The project is scheduled to commence construction in the third quarter of 2025, with initial power-on and business launch slated for the first quarter of 2026.

Centralized Finance

The European investment application has completed a $23 million financing and plans to launch cryptocurrency products.

The European investment application Lightyear announced the completion of a new round of financing of $23 million, led by a certain institution, with several well-known entrepreneurs participating. According to insiders, after this round of financing, Lightyear's valuation reached $200 million to $300 million, a significant increase compared to its valuation during the financing in 2022.

Lightyear was founded in 2021 by former employees of a certain company. Its application provides commission-free trading services for over 5,000 stocks, ETFs, and money market funds globally, and it currently covers 25 countries. The company is committed to creating a "European version of a certain trading platform" and plans to launch its own cryptocurrency products within two months.

A digital asset exchange acquires a German digital asset company to expand its European crypto ETP layout.

A UK-based digital asset exchange will acquire the German regulated crypto asset management company Deutsche Digital Assets(DDA) to strengthen its business layout in major European financial markets such as the UK, Germany, and France. DDA currently manages approximately $70 million in assets, focusing on distributing crypto exchange-traded products(ETP) through European banks and asset management firms. This acquisition will bring new licenses for portfolio management and investment advisory under German regulation to the exchange, enabling it to better serve EU institutional clients.