Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week

According to statistics, last week (3.31-4.6), the global Blockchain industry experienced a total of 12 investment and financing events, with a total financing amount exceeding 0.658 million USD, and the inflow of funds continues to decrease. The specific situation is as follows:

DeFi领域

A cryptocurrency to fiat payment application has completed a $2 million seed round of financing. The application allows users to pay merchants who only accept fiat currency using stablecoins through a network of intermediaries, with a transaction time of about 90 seconds. The platform employs zero-knowledge proof technology to verify user identity and ensure privacy and security.

NFT Field

The luxury goods fractional investment platform Collecto has completed a seed round financing of 2.8 million euros (approximately 3.05 million USD). Multiple corporate executives and investors participated in the round. The financing includes 2.3 million euros in equity financing and 500,000 euros in startup support funds. Collecto democratizes luxury goods collecting by offering fractional ownership of exclusive items.

Web3 Gaming Sector

1. A certain blockchain gaming platform has secured $12 million in funding, led by a Luxembourg multi-family office through its digital asset fund. The platform plans to accelerate the realization of its 2025 roadmap, bringing transformation to the gaming industry.

2. A Nasdaq-listed internet company announced that it has secured a $8 million strategic investment and will establish a new company to operate a GameFi platform. The company will issue Class A common stock and collaborate with a third-party international cryptocurrency foundation to use its issued GameFi tokens as the platform's official cryptocurrency.

AI+Blockchain领域

1. The AI infrastructure protocol Cambrian Network has completed a $5.9 million seed round financing. The project aims to build an intelligent infrastructure for AI financial agents, integrating on-chain and off-chain data to empower AI agents to make more intelligent market predictions and financial decisions.

2. The AI+Crypto project Mahojin has completed a $5 million seed round of financing. Mahojin is a code hosting platform for AI model creators and datasets, capable of tracking intellectual property and compensating model creators and dataset owners.

3. The AI-focused Ethereum Layer 2 network Capx AI has completed a $3.14 million seed round financing. Capx AI provides a comprehensive ecosystem that facilitates the creation, deployment, and exchange of AI-driven applications.

4. The on-chain AI agency fund bAI Fund has received a $1 million investment. The fund operates in a trusted execution environment, integrating quantitative trading, investment, and marketing to create a diversified AI agency ecosystem.

Infrastructure and Tools

1. The crypto-AI project Ambient has completed a $7.2 million seed round financing. The project combines artificial intelligence technology to provide fast, low-cost, and open intelligent services, utilizing a proof-of-work mechanism similar to Bitcoin.

2. Singapore-based digital asset startup BetterX has completed approximately $1.7 million in Pre-Series A funding to support its expansion in Asia, the Middle East, and the United States. BetterX provides institutional-grade infrastructure for the tokenization, trading, and portfolio management of digital assets.

3. The original LZero has been renamed to Bloctopus and has completed a $1 million pre-seed round of financing. Bloctopus is dedicated to creating on-chain developer tools aimed at reducing DevOps costs by 90% and increasing development efficiency by 20 times.

Centralized Finance Sector

The startup Codex has completed a $15.8 million seed round of financing. Codex is building a blockchain specifically designed for stablecoins. Several well-known investment institutions and crypto market makers are involved.