Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week

According to statistics, there were a total of 16 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain industry last week (6.23-6.29), with a total funding scale exceeding 272 million USD. The main areas of distribution are as follows:

• In the DeFi sector, there were 8 instances, among which the infrastructure company Veda completed a $18 million financing.
• In the Web3 gaming sector, there are 2 incidents, including Spekter Games completing a $5 million pre-seed funding.
• Since the inception of the DePIN domain, dKloud has completed a financing of $3.15 million.
• In the infrastructure and tools sector, there were 8 incidents, among which Canton Network developer Digital Asset completed a $135 million financing.
• Together with other applications, MEET48 received investment.
• With the rise of decentralized finance, Castle has completed a $1 million Pre-Seed funding round.

DeFi Field

Veda has completed a $18 million financing round, led by CoinFund, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others. Veda offers a modular treasury framework that supports developers in building DeFi yield products, having processed over 100,000 user deposits and custodial assets exceeding $3.7 billion.

A certain DEX startup company GTE has completed a $15 million Series A funding round. GTE claims to be "the world's fastest decentralized exchange" and employs a centralized limit order book mechanism, with trading delays comparable to certain centralized exchanges. GTE has been built on the MegaETH Blockchain, which is compatible with EVM, and its testnet has attracted around 700,000 users.

Multi-chain DeFi infrastructure company Blueprint Finance has completed a $9.5 million financing round. Blueprint Finance, as the core development team of Concrete on Ethereum and Glow Finance on Solana, currently has a total locked value exceeding $650 million. The new funds will be used for team expansion, technological research and development, and marketing.

DeFi infrastructure company Yield.xyz has secured $5 million in strategic financing. The company integrates over 200 Solana ecosystem yield sources through a unified API, providing plug-and-play DeFi yield features for wallets and crypto applications. Future plans include expanding to traditional fintech companies and developing automated yield strategy functionalities.

The private equity tokenization platform Jarsy has completed a $5 million Pre-Seed round of financing. The platform provides retail investors with the opportunity to invest in pre-IPO companies by issuing tokens that are 1:1 pegged to equity in private companies, with a minimum investment threshold of $10.

The institutional-level DeFi execution engine Makina has completed a $3 million strategic round of financing. Makina Finance is a DeFi execution engine that empowers various users such as AI agents and asset management, deploying institutional-level, risk-adjusted yield strategies on-chain.

The on-chain commodity derivatives exchange Sphinx has completed a $2 million Pre-seed funding round. Sphinx is an institutional-grade commodity derivatives exchange based on its own licensed Layer 1 Blockchain, providing around-the-clock direct access to futures, options, and perpetual contracts for oil, natural gas, and other energy commodities.

Dubai-based RWA tokenization infrastructure developer Byzanlink has completed a $1 million private fundraising. The company is registered in Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and is committed to providing institutional-grade tokenization solutions for traditional assets such as private equity, credit, and real estate through blockchain technology.

Web3 Gaming Industry

Game developer Endless Clouds has raised $6.25 million in funding and launched a new token, END, as the premium token of its ecosystem. The first project to integrate END is the open-world MMORPG "Treeverse," with more games to be included in the future.

Game developer Spekter Games has completed a $5 million pre-seed funding round. Its first Web3 game, Spekter Agency, has been launched. This funding will be used to expand the operations of Spekter Agency to more platforms and to support the development of a second game.

DePIN Field

dKloud completed a $3.15 million financing. dKloud is a decentralized cloud infrastructure platform that connects DePIN with enterprise-level information technology. It enables businesses to deploy applications using cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies without the operational burden of managing multiple systems. The platform also features a marketplace where developers can contribute reusable tools and earn DKT tokens.

Infrastructure and Tools Field

Canton Network developer Digital Asset has completed a $135 million strategic financing. Canton Network, which focuses on configurable privacy, has attracted several companies, including Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon, to test RWAs on its platform. This financing will help the Canton Network further expand the coverage of RWAs.

Zama has completed a $57 million Series B financing with a valuation of $1 billion. Zama provides cross-chain privacy solutions for developers through fully homomorphic encryption technology, supporting the deployment of "confidential smart contracts" on existing Blockchains. The protocol currently supports 20 transactions per second and plans to increase that to over 10,000 per chain through dedicated hardware accelerators.

The crypto trust infrastructure Inference Labs has completed a strategic financing of $6.3 million. The funding will be used to optimize circuit design and expand multi-proof system support, covering scenarios that require trustworthy AI decision-making in healthcare, finance, DeFi, and more. The "Proof of Inference" zero-knowledge proof protocol developed by the company provides a decentralized verification layer for AI models, ensuring the verifiability of output results while protecting model privacy.

Other Application Areas

A certain investment institution announced an investment in the decentralized entertainment platform MEET48 through the BNB Chain MVB Accelerator, supporting its fan engagement through the $IDOL token mechanism. MEET48 integrates virtual performances, idol management games, and offline activities, aiming to reach over 30 million fans in Asia, and plans to hold a large Web3 idol performance gala in Hong Kong on August 2.

Centralized Finance

The Bitcoin financial platform Castle has completed a $1 million Pre-Seed funding round. The platform provides automated Bitcoin allocation solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, allowing corporate sales revenue to be automatically converted into Bitcoin at a set ratio. The platform has integrated with payment tools such as QuickBooks and PayPal, and its clients span industries including catering, e-commerce, and real estate.

Venture Capital Institutions Dynamics

The Sentinel Global's first fund has completed a fundraising of $213.5 million, intending to invest in areas such as Blockchain and decentralized networks. The main investment areas of the fund include privacy security, financial internet, open finance, and technologies related to open social, Blockchain, and decentralized networks.

A certain cryptocurrency company has completed the fundraising for its first venture capital fund, with a total amount reaching $175 million, exceeding the original target of $150 million. The fund focuses on investing in stablecoins, decentralized finance, and other areas where traditional finance intersects with Blockchain.

The newly established crypto venture capital fund Frachtis has completed a $20 million fundraising round, focusing on the intersection of Blockchain and artificial intelligence. Frachtis will invest in decentralized infrastructure, middleware, and consumer applications, and has already laid out investments in eight projects including Hyve, Turtle.Club, and Bless network.