Overview of Investment and Financing in the Blockchain Industry Last Week

According to statistics, from April 14 to 20 last week, there were a total of 14 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total funding scale exceeding 286 million USD, showing a significant increase compared to the previous week. The main investment areas are distributed as follows:

DeFi领域

A total of 6 financing events occurred, among which Resolv Labs completed a $10 million seed round financing, led by two investment institutions. Resolv focuses on the yield-generating stablecoin USR, employing a Delta-neutral strategy layered structure. Currently, the total locked value in the protocol is 4.5 billion USD.

The DeFi protocol Neutrl has secured $5 million in seed funding and launched the stablecoin NUSD. The project purchases locked-up altcoins at a discount through the OTC market and conducts perpetual contract hedging to achieve hedged returns, aiming to popularize hedge fund-level arbitrage strategies among retail investors.

Cryptocurrency investment startup Glider has completed a $4 million funding round. The company aims to combine AI with DeFi to provide users with automated, non-custodial personalized crypto asset allocation solutions. The product is currently in the testing phase and is expected to launch in the coming months.

The decentralized trading platform Hyperion announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing. The funds will be used to optimize the CLMM centralized liquidity market maker and the strategy management tool VAULT, in order to enhance trading efficiency and user experience.

Treehouse Finance, focused on DeFi fixed income, has completed a new round of financing with a valuation of $400 million. The project aims to create a decentralized benchmark interest rate DOR and yield-bearing assets tAssets, targeting a connection to the traditional $600 billion fixed income market.

DePIN Field

The DePIN project Solix DePIN has secured $29.5 million in financing. This project is a decentralized physical infrastructure network that allows users to share and monetize their excess bandwidth. The financing will accelerate the development of its model context protocol (MCP) technology, enabling intelligent bandwidth sharing.

Web3+AI领域

The decentralized AI platform ORO AI has completed a $6 million seed round of financing. ORO utilizes Blockchain technology to facilitate secure and permissioned data sharing, enabling AI developers to train models on quality datasets while protecting data privacy.

Infrastructure and Tools

A total of 5 financing events. A well-known investment institution announced a further investment of $55 million in the cross-chain messaging protocol LayerZero, for the purchase of ZRO tokens, with a 3-year lock-up period.

The infrastructure project Optimum has raised $11 million in seed funding. The project aims to create a decentralized high-performance memory infrastructure for Blockchain, based on the random linear network coding (RLNC) technology, providing efficient data transmission and storage solutions for Blockchain networks.

"Super Casual Finance" network Hana Network has completed a $6 million financing round. The project focuses on developing "Super Casual Finance" and achieves user-driven distribution through social platforms, such as attention incentives, social rewards, and P2P financing.

The blockchain-based data verification platform Rekord AG has completed a seed round financing of approximately $5.51 million. The company focuses on blockchain-supported data verification and integrity solutions.

The Meme-centric application development team Embr Labs has raised $1.8 million in a Pre-seed funding round. Embr.fun, developed by Embr Labs, is an application chain centered around Memes, integrating gamified experiences.

Other Fields

American Bitcoin mining manufacturer Auradine has completed a $153 million Series C financing, of which $138 million is equity financing and $15 million is venture debt. The company plans to expand its core mining business and establish a new AI infrastructure department, AuraLinks AI, with current annual revenue of $150 million.

Venture Capital Fund Dynamics

According to reports, Galaxy Ventures Fund I LP has exceeded its fundraising target of $150 million. The fund focuses on investing in early-stage startups, with particular attention to the payments and stablecoin sectors. It is expected to complete its fundraising by the end of June, with the amount raised between $175 million and $180 million.