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Blockchain weekly financing of 336 million USD, with DeFi and infrastructure sectors being the most active.
Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 24 Events, Over 336 Million USD in Funding Scale
From March 17 to 23 last week, the global Blockchain industry experienced a total of 24 financing events, with a total funding scale of over 336 million USD, showing a significant increase compared to the previous week. The main distribution is in the following areas:
DeFi领域
A total of 8 investment and financing events were announced in the DeFi sector. Among them, Slingshot DAO completed a $16 million financing round, with several well-known Web3 institutions participating. Uranium Digital raised $6.1 million in seed funding to create a crypto-backed uranium spot trading platform. The decentralized trading protocol Hibachi completed $5 million in seed funding. Stablecoin company Stable Sea secured $3.5 million in financing. The stablecoin protocol Level completed a new financing round of $2.6 million. The tokenized real estate investment platform Manifest Finance raised $2.5 million. The lending protocol Exactly Protocol completed a new financing round of $2 million. The Solana ecosystem gold tokenization project ORO completed $1.5 million in Pre-Seed funding.
Web3 Game Field
Three investment and financing events were announced in the Web3 gaming sector. The Web3 gaming platform Ephyra(, formerly known as Gamebeast), completed a $10.5 million Series A financing. The mini gaming platform PlaysOut completed a $7 million seed round financing at a valuation of $70 million. The blockchain game Kamigotchi completed a $1.3 million seed round financing.
AI+Web3 Field
Two investment and financing events were announced in the AI+Web3 field. The AI-driven metaverse technology platform Peer has completed a new round of financing of $10.5 million. Pluralis Research has completed a seed round financing of $7.6 million, dedicated to providing AI computing power through a decentralized Blockchain network.
Infrastructure and Tools
Eight financing events have been announced in the infrastructure and tools sector. The Walrus Foundation raised $140 million for the construction of a high-speed storage network. The decentralized data and identity protection platform Via Science completed a $28 million Series B funding. The crypto development platform Crossmint secured $23.6 million in funding. The Web3 workflow protocol Halliday raised $20 million in Series A funding. Digital asset wallet provider Utila completed $18 million in Series A funding. Crypto wallet infrastructure company Privy raised $15 million. Multi-party computation platform Stoffel MPC completed $1.6 million in Pre-seed funding. Austrian bank Raiffeisen Bank invested millions of euros in the crypto tax company Blockpit.
Other Fields
Three funding events were announced in other sectors. The crypto prediction platform Yeet completed a $7.75 million financing. The decentralized prediction market developer Opinion Labs completed a $5 million seed round financing. The decentralized business network Domin Network completed a strategic financing.
Overall, this week the blockchain industry saw relatively active investment and financing activities, with funds primarily flowing into popular areas such as DeFi, infrastructure, and Web3 gaming, indicating investors' continued optimism in these sectors.