Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 17 Events, Total Scale Exceeds 257 Million USD

Last week (3.3-3.9), there were a total of 17 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total funding scale exceeding 257 million USD, an increase compared to the previous week. The main investment areas include:

DeFi

• A certain liquidity staking protocol has completed a $14 million Series A financing, led by a well-known investment institution. The protocol currently has a TVL of over $1.7 billion, making it the largest protocol in its ecosystem.

• A derivative trading protocol completed a $5 million strategic round of financing, with multiple investment institutions participating.

• Coral Finance completed a $3 million angel round financing and plans to build a DeFi portfolio solution on a certain blockchain.

Web3 Game

• The AI-driven gaming solution iAgent Protocol has completed a $3 million financing round, enabling players to create, own, and monetize game AI agents.

• A well-known public blockchain development company has acquired the game development platform Parasol, with the amount undisclosed.

Web3+AI

• AI encryption infrastructure company Validation Cloud has completed a $15 million Series A financing, providing products such as token staking and network connectivity software.

• The decentralized AI protocol Prime Intellect has completed a $15 million funding round and is building a peer-to-peer protocol for computing and intelligence.

• The decentralized AI network Fortytwo has completed a $2.3 million Pre-Seed funding round, leveraging collective intelligence by connecting consumer devices that run small AI models.

Infrastructure and Tools

• Cross-chain protocol Across completes $41 million in funding, focusing on intent-driven cross-chain transactions.

• DoubleZero Foundation completed a $28 million financing round at a valuation of $400 million, working to build a new type of internet to enhance Blockchain performance.

• The privacy blockchain project Seismic has completed a $7 million seed round financing, aiming to address the current issues of transparency in public chain transactions.

• Acki Nacki completed over $6 million in financing, using a "Bitcoin-style proof of stake" design.

• MEV infrastructure FastLane Labs completed a $6 million financing round, dedicated to building an MEV ecosystem on a certain blockchain.

• The distributed intelligent component protocol Endless Web3 Genesis Cloud has completed a strategic round of financing, with the amount undisclosed.

Others

• The Web3 accelerator Web3Labs has completed a new round of strategic financing, planning to upgrade its ecological service system and explore plans for an IPO in 2025.

Centralized Finance

• A certain cryptocurrency trading company has completed a $102 million financing round and plans to expand its over-the-counter derivatives trading business and launch a cryptocurrency lending department.

• Cryptocurrency broker August has completed a $10 million Series A funding round, focusing on partnerships with large financial institutions.

Investment Institutions Dynamics

A well-known investment institution has launched a new fund with a scale of 600 million USD, which will invest in AI, cryptocurrency, and other fields, and is expected to continue focusing on early-stage investment opportunities.