Overview of Global Blockchain Industry Investment and Financing Last Week

Last week (7.28-8.3), there were a total of 19 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain industry, with a total financing scale exceeding 219 million USD. The specific distribution is as follows:

• 4 incidents in the DeFi field, among which the RWAiFi project GAIB received $10 million in financing;
• In the Web3 gaming sector, the Web3 role-playing game Aria has raised $5 million in funding;
• In the Web3+AI field, there are 4 incidents, among which the AI project Billions received $30 million in financing;
• In the infrastructure and tools sector, there have been 6 incidents, with the blockchain Stable focusing on Tether receiving $28 million in seed funding;
• In the field of centralized finance, there are 4 incidents, among which Yuanbi Technology completed a $40 million Series A2 financing;

In addition, 7 listed companies completed financing to establish cryptocurrency asset reserves, with a total amount exceeding $1.775 billion.

DeFi

The RWAiFi project GAIB has completed a $10 million financing led by an investment institution. The funds will be used for the tokenization of platform GPU assets to promote the development of the on-chain AI economy. By 2025, GAIB has attracted $28 million in deposits and has reached cooperation agreements with several DeFi protocols. The platform supports entering the AI economy through the synthesis of US dollars with AID and earning returns by staking AID.

TON ecosystem STON.fi has completed a $9.5 million Series A financing round, led by two well-known investment institutions. The funds will be used for the development of centralized liquidity pools, cross-chain functions, and community governance, promoting bridge-less cross-chain exchange and the expansion of the DeFi ecosystem. Since its launch in 2022, STON.fi has accumulated a trading volume of over $6 billion.

The cryptocurrency trading platform Pear Protocol has completed a $4.1 million strategic financing round, led by an investment institution with participation from several others. This financing will be used to expand the institutional-grade product suite, including the development of vaults and API interfaces on HyperEVM, as well as the relaunch of more liquid spot tokens on the Hyperliquid spot order book. The platform has completed native integration with the Hyperliquid perpetual contract order book.

The AI-driven crypto trading platform Kuvi.ai has completed a $700,000 seed round financing, led by an investment institution, with several well-known investors participating, bringing its valuation to $30 million. The company aims to use the new funding to support its trading platform based on message input patterns, simplifying the crypto trading interface in a conversational manner.

Web3 Games

The Web3 role-playing game Aria has completed a $5 million financing round, led by several well-known investment institutions.

AI

AI project Billions completed $30 million in financing, with several well-known investment institutions participating. Billions is committed to building the first universal network for humans and AI, advocating for solving internet trust issues through verifiable identities. The platform is based on zero-knowledge proof technology, aiming to provide a scalable and secure identity verification mechanism to promote trustworthy interactions between humans and artificial intelligence.

Decentralized AI infrastructure Manifold has completed a $10.5 million Series A financing, led by an open-source investment institution, with several well-known investors participating. The financing will be used to accelerate the development of its decentralized AI cloud platform Targon.

ARO Network completed a $2.1 million seed pre-financing round, led by two investment institutions, with participation from multiple organizations and angel investors. ARO Network is dedicated to building a decentralized edge cloud platform designed specifically for peer-to-peer content delivery and AI computing, by transforming idle internet bandwidth and computing power into a scalable P2P content distribution network.

AI agent Billy Bets based on Virtuals has completed a $1 million financing round, with participation from several well-known investment institutions.

Infrastructure and Tools

Stable, focusing on Tether's Blockchain, has completed a $28 million seed round financing, led by two well-known institutions, with participation from multiple investment firms and individual investors. The Stable Blockchain aims to use USDT as the base gas token to build a fast, low-cost stable payment network. Its roadmap is divided into three phases, focusing on USDT payments, enterprise-level payments, and developer tools.

Blockchain startup Subzero Labs has completed a $20 million seed round of financing, led by an investment institution with several well-known institutions participating. The company is developing the Rialo blockchain aimed at real-world scenarios, planning to break through the current limitations of cryptographic technology mainly serving financial speculation. Rialo aims to provide native solutions for non-crypto developers to integrate external data on-chain without relying on oracle.

Falcon Finance has received a $10 million strategic investment from a certain institution. This funding will accelerate its operations to allow for "seamless conversion" between its stablecoin and another stablecoin. It is reported that the circulation of the stablecoin Falcon USD or USDf reached $1 billion on Tuesday.

London payment company Due has completed a $7.3 million seed round financing and launched a global stablecoin payment API. The financing was led by a certain investment institution, with several well-known institutions participating. The new funds will be used to expand the API platform, helping businesses achieve faster, lower-cost, and more inclusive cross-border payments.

The crypto technology startup TACEO has completed a $5.5 million seed round financing, led by a certain investment institution, with participation from several well-known organizations. The new funds will be used to enhance infrastructure performance and develop developer tools, focusing on expanding privacy-compliant applications in the fields of finance, AI, and stablecoins.

The native dApp infrastructure for Bitcoin, Midl, has completed a $2.4 million seed round of financing, led by an investment institution. The project aims to build a native smart contract execution environment on the Bitcoin mainnet, allowing decentralized applications to operate without relying on sidechains or cross-chain bridges. Midl is currently in the testnet phase, with the mainnet expected to launch soon.

Centralized Finance

Hong Kong fintech group Round Coin Technology has completed nearly $40 million in Series A2 financing, led by several institutions. This financing will accelerate the construction of its regulated stablecoin infrastructure and actively cooperate with the upcoming stablecoin licensing system to be implemented in Hong Kong. At the same time, a certain bank has signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with Round Coin Technology to jointly explore the compliant application of stablecoins in financial services.

The crypto trading platform Zodia Markets, owned by a certain bank, has completed a $18.25 million financing round, led by a venture capital firm with participation from multiple institutions. The new funds will be used to expand into East Asia, Latin America, and the United States, as well as to scale up its stablecoin business. The company currently has a team of about 50 people and emphasizes a profit-first strategy.

Starway Technology has completed nearly ten million dollars in Series A financing, with investors including a certain foundation and other Web3 industry organizations and wealth management companies. It is reported that a certain international holding company has recently registered multiple crypto-related trademarks in Hong Kong, indicating that it will strengthen its involvement in the cryptocurrency and virtual asset industry.

Dutch crypto derivatives exchange D2X has completed a strategic financing of 4.3 million euros (approximately 5 million dollars), with participation from several well-known institutions. D2X holds a multilateral trading facility (MTF) license under the EU MiFID II framework, and has recently launched Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contracts priced in US dollars, with plans to roll out related options products.