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In July 2025, encryption venture capital reaches a new high, with large financing dominating the market.
Analysis of the Encryption Venture Capital Market in July 2025
According to statistics from the data platform, there were 61 publicly disclosed encryption venture capital projects in July 2025, a decrease of 7.6% month-on-month and a decrease of 46.5% year-on-year. It is worth noting that the number of small-scale financing has shown a continuous downward trend.
In various sectors, CeFi has the highest share at 26.2%. Following that, AI and DeFi are tied for second place, each accounting for 19.7% and 13.1%. NFT/GameFi also holds a share of 13.1%. Tool/Wallet, RWA/DePIN, and L1/L2 account for 11.5%, 6.6%, and 4.9%, respectively.
Despite the decrease in the number of projects, the total financing amount in July 2025 reached a historical high of $5.361 billion, an increase of 88.4% month-on-month and a significant rise of 426.6% year-on-year.
In a large financing round, a tech company raised $2.521 billion through preferred stock products, with a net gain of approximately $2.474 billion all used to purchase Bitcoin. After the transaction, the company's Bitcoin holdings increased to 628,791 coins, with a market value of about $74 billion. The company's co-founder then stated plans to issue another $4.2 billion in preferred stock to continue purchasing Bitcoin.
Another holding company has completed a $950 million issuance of zero-coupon convertible bonds, maturing in 2032. The funds will be used to purchase more Bitcoin and for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions and asset expansion.
A certain gaming platform issued 125 billion tokens, accounting for 12.5% of the total supply, which sold out in just 12 minutes, raising 500 million dollars. The funds are distributed between on-chain transactions and multiple major exchanges.
A venture capital firm completed a $450 million private fundraising round and launched a public blockchain asset reserve strategy, having accumulated 76,271,187 tokens with an average cost of $3.6389. Several well-known investment institutions participated in this round of financing.
A Nasdaq-listed company has reached a stock financing agreement of up to $500 million with an investment bank to accelerate its public chain treasury strategy. The company has recently increased its treasury to 1.9 million tokens of the public chain.
A publicly listed technology company has completed its second round of private placement of convertible bonds, with the scale significantly exceeding the originally planned £100 million. The funds will be used to expand the business and strengthen its Bitcoin adoption and decentralized AI strategy.
A pharmaceutical company completed a $100 million financing round, planning to use the funds to purchase Litecoin as a financial reserve asset, becoming the first company to be listed on a national exchange and hold Litecoin. The founder of Litecoin joined the company's board of directors.
A cloud mining platform in the UK has completed its Series B funding round, raising $95 million to support the integration of AI technology and cloud mining business.
Another NASDAQ-listed company has completed a $70 million public offering, planning to use most of the funds to increase its holdings of Ethereum.