Global Blockchain Financing Weekly Report: 13 financing events last week, with a funding scale exceeding 143 million USD

According to statistics, there were a total of 13 investment and financing events in the global blockchain field last week (7.21-7.27), with a total funding scale exceeding 143 million USD. The overview of each track is as follows:

• In the DeFi sector, there has been 1 investment event, with the DEX and tokenization platform Syntetika completing a $2.5 million seed round funding.

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

• There were 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 funding events in the infrastructure and tools sector, with South Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV completing approximately $11.6 million in Series B funding.

• In other application areas, there were 2 financing events, with the cryptocurrency mining company Bitzero obtaining $25 million in funding.

• There is 1 investment and financing event in the centralized finance sector, as the European investment application Lightyear has completed a $23 million financing and plans to launch cryptocurrency products.

DeFi

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

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

Syntetika is committed 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 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 of $5.2 million, bringing its total financing to $17.2 million.

Web3 game studio Delabs Games has raised a total of $17.2 million to date, including the recent round of $5.2 million in funding. This round was led by Hashed, TON Ventures, and Kilo Fund. The new funding will be used to promote AI-powered Web3 game development through the AI game creation platform Verse8 and support the upcoming launch of new games.

The latest game released by Delabs, "Boxing Star X", has nearly 2 million global users and has recently climbed to 7th place in the overall game rankings. The next main game, "Ragnarok Libre", has already surpassed 100,000 pre-registrations before its release.

AI

Gaia Labs completed a $20 million financing and will launch the first AI-native smartphone.

Decentralized AI infrastructure developer Gaia Labs announced the completion of a total of $20 million in seed and Series A funding. This round of financing 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 total inference count exceeding 17 trillion times, covering thousands of Blockchain ecosystems. The new round of funding will be used to launch decentralized AI smartphones, expand node capacity, improve development toolkits, and promote Web3 integration. Gaia Labs plans to launch a limited edition smartphone with local AI inference capabilities within the year, capable of running decentralized AI inference locally without relying on the cloud or data extraction.

A well-known venture capital firm led a $15 million seed round for Poseidon, promoting the development of a decentralized data layer for AI.

The AI decentralized data layer project Poseidon has completed a $15 million seed round financing, led by a well-known venture capital firm. Poseidon is built on Story Protocol and aims to unlock high-quality training data for the "next generation of entity AI."

Poseidon is committed to addressing the challenge of acquiring high-quality, usable, and legally authorized training data in the field of AI. The project will provide AI developers with secure, legal, 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, with participation from several institutions including Web3.com Ventures and Delphi Labs.

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

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

The decentralized dataset platform Data Guardians Network 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 multiple regions, develop multimodal frontier datasets, and deepen integration with open-source and enterprise-level AI frameworks. D-GN provides compliant, traceable, and human-centric 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.

South Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV has completed a Series B funding round of approximately 16 billion KRW (about 11.6 million USD). This round of investment was participated in by major South Korean investment institutions including 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 worldwide, managing more than 4 trillion KRW in digital assets. Last year, DSRV's annual sales reached approximately 10.7 billion KRW, with a net profit of 3 billion KRW during that period. The company plans to boost sales in new business areas such as stablecoins and custody, and is officially advancing its global market expansion.

Web3 domain registrar Freename has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round.

Swiss Web3 domain registrar Freename has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round, led by Entrée Capital, with participation from Polymorphic Capital, its seed round investors, and several angel investors.

The company focuses on bridging traditional DNS and Blockchain domain systems. Freename's core technology includes a cross-chain domain conflict management system that supports multi-chain domain resolution while maintaining compatibility with traditional browsers. Its innovative solutions allow users to create custom top-level domains and profit from sales of second-level domains. The funds will be used for product development and global market expansion.

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

The AI-driven governance protocol Quack AI has announced the completion of 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 originally built on DuckChain and now supports governance across multiple ecosystems.

A certain investment institution is making a strategic investment in the Bitcoin scaling project Nubit.

A certain investment institution announced a strategic investment in Nubit, a core infrastructure project for Bitcoin's 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 increases Bitcoin's transaction throughput through several key technologies, achieving native support for on-chain applications such as smart contracts, asset issuance, and DeFi.

Other Applications

Crypto Mining

Cryptocurrency mining company Bitzero raises $25 million in funding.

The crypto mining company Bitzero recently secured $25 million in financing, 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, with deployment expected to be completed within four to six months, potentially generating an additional $10 million in annual revenue for the company. At the same time, 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 to advance the Texas green data center project.

Soluna Holdings, a company developing green data centers for intensive computing applications such as Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence, announced the completion of a new $20 million round of financing. 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 begin construction in the third quarter of 2025, with preliminary power supply and business launch expected in the first quarter of 2026.

Centralized Finance

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

European investment app Lightyear has announced the completion of a new funding round of $23 million, led by NordicNinja, with several well-known figures from the tech industry participating. It is reported that after this round of financing, Lightyear's valuation has reached between $200 million to $300 million, significantly increasing compared to its funding 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 a German digital asset company to expand its European crypto ETP布局.

A UK digital asset exchange will acquire a regulated German crypto asset management firm to strengthen its business presence in major European financial markets such as the UK, Germany, and France. The acquired company currently manages approximately $70 million in assets and focuses on distributing crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) through European banks and asset management firms. This acquisition will bring the buyer new licenses for portfolio management and investment consulting under German BaFin regulation, enabling it to better serve EU institutional clients.