Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week

According to statistics, there were a total of 20 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain field last week, with a total amount exceeding 260 million USD. Among them, approximately 60 million USD was for financing of listed companies' crypto asset reserves. The details are as follows:

• There were 3 financing events in the DeFi sector, among which OpenTrade completed a $7 million strategic round of financing.
• In the Web3 gaming sector, there was a financing event where the blockchain game studio Orange Cap Games raised $3.5 million in seed funding.
• There are 2 financing events in the Web3+AI field, an AI and crypto integration platform completed a $33 million seed round financing;
• The infrastructure and tools sector is the most active, with a total of 8 financing events, including Web3 security company Hypernative which secured $40 million in Series B funding;
• Other application areas have seen 5 financing rounds, with the Web3 consumer loyalty platform TYB completing $11 million in Series A funding;
• In the field of centralized finance, there was 1 financing event, with stablecoin payment company Noah receiving $22 million in seed round funding.

DeFi

OpenTrade has completed a $7 million strategic round of financing. The company focuses on providing stablecoin yield services for high-inflation regions, managing assets of $47 million on the platform, with an average monthly trading volume of $200 million. OpenTrade offers underlying technical support to partners through a "yield-as-a-service" model, allowing users to earn up to 9% yield on USD/EUR stablecoins via a mobile application.

Silhouette completed a $3 million Pre-Seed round of financing. The project is based on a trusted execution environment (TEE) to create "Shield Exchange", aiming to achieve privacy-protected order matching and settlement functions on Hyperliquid, supporting various advanced strategy operations.

The institutional staking platform Colossus Digital has completed approximately $1.15 million in financing. The funds will be used to accelerate the launch of an infrastructure platform connecting regulated custodians and validation nodes.

Web3 Games

Blockchain game development studio Orange Cap Games has completed a $3.5 million seed round of financing. The funds will be used to promote the development of its Vibes TCG and Moonbirds products and ecosystem.

AI

An AI and cryptocurrency integration platform has completed a $33 million seed round financing. The platform allows users to evaluate the results generated by multiple models of AI, and the selected preferences will generate signed data packets for model fine-tuning and evaluation. Users can receive rewards for contributing feedback.

AI-driven crypto startup TrueNorth has secured $1 million in angel funding, aiming to build a highly personalized digital asset discovery platform. The platform is currently in a closed testing phase, using autonomous agents to monitor Blockchain, social media, and macroeconomic indicators, generating investment tips for individual users.

Infrastructure and Tools

Web3 security company Hypernative has completed a $40 million Series B funding round. The company focuses on real-time Blockchain threat prevention and has served over 200 clients, protecting total assets exceeding $100 billion. Its AI system can identify signs of attacks in advance, successfully warning of potential losses amounting to $2.2 billion in 2024.

The crypto wallet infrastructure company Turnkey has completed a $30 million Series B financing round. The company will use the new funds to expand its team, focusing on strengthening engineering capabilities to promote the adoption of API wallet solutions.

The cross-chain infrastructure company OneBalance has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The funds will be used to expand the team and enhance the core product Toolkit, which simplifies users' asset transfers and yield operations across multiple chains.

Blockchain financial infrastructure startup CloudTech has completed a $14 million Series A financing. The company's business covers over-the-counter trading, stablecoin solutions, etc., and the new funds are intended to launch institutional-grade digital asset custody solutions.

The TOOL protocol developer nuConstruct has completed a $6 million seed round of financing. Its core product TOOL aims to achieve 1-second transaction confirmation on the Ethereum mainnet and is currently in a small-scale testing phase.

Ethereum Layer 2 project RISE has secured a $4 million investment. The project achieves latency as low as 5 milliseconds through the Shreds trading architecture, with the testnet processing over 50,000 transactions per block, aiming for a throughput of 100,000 TPS.

The communication platform Towns Protocol has completed an additional funding of $3.3 million. The platform is built on the Base network and aims to promote the development of Web3 social and collaboration tools.

Indian crypto wallet service provider PlutoPe has completed approximately $580,000 in Pre-Seed funding. The company primarily offers DeFi services based on non-custodial crypto wallets.

Other Applications

Consumer sector: Web3 consumer loyalty platform TYB has completed a $11 million Series A financing. The platform has attracted 200 brands and 2 million users, focusing on serving Generation Z women. Users can participate in tasks to earn on-chain collectibles and points, enhancing brand user stickiness and conversion rates.

Cryptocurrency Reserve:

• A publicly listed technology company in Brazil raised $32.5 million to increase its holdings in Bitcoin.
• European listed company The Blockchain Group completed a financing of 9.7 million euros to advance its Bitcoin reserve strategy.
• Sweden's H100 Group completes $10.5 million financing to advance its Bitcoin reserve strategy.
• Nasdaq-listed company Oblong raised $7.5 million, most of the funds will be used to purchase $TAO and support the development of the Bittensor ecosystem.

Centralized Finance

Stablecoin payment company Noah has completed a $22 million seed round financing. The company provides a stablecoin payment API that can access 50 currencies and covers 70 countries, with a cumulative transaction volume exceeding $1 billion.