Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week

Last week (April 21-27), there were a total of 14 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total scale exceeding 220 million USD, a decrease from the previous week. The main investment areas include DeFi, Web3 games, Web3+AI, infrastructure, and tools.

DeFi领域

The cryptocurrency staking protocol Symbiotic has completed a $29 million Series A financing. The funds will be used to launch a "Universal Staking Framework" that allows multiple cryptocurrencies to participate in network validation. This framework has been adopted by 14 networks and is expected to connect with 20 ecosystem projects.

Web3 Games

The Solana-based gaming company MagicBlock has completed a $7.5 million seed round financing. The company plans to build real-time, non-fragmented infrastructure for decentralized games and applications using Solana's native Ephemeral Rollups technology.

Web3+AI

Decentralized AI startup Nous Research has completed a $50 million Series A funding round, with the company's token valued at $1 billion. The funds will be used to enhance computing power reserves and expand the research team. Nous focuses on developing open-source large language models, utilizing the Solana Blockchain to coordinate globally distributed computing resources.

Infrastructure and Tools

1. The interoperability project Analog has completed a new round of financing of $15 million to develop cross-chain asset transfer tools.

2. Bitcoin infrastructure company Arch Labs completed a $13 million Series A funding round to accelerate the development of ArchVM for smart contract functionality on Bitcoin.

3. DAO infrastructure provider Tally completed $8 million in Series A funding to expand governance technology to more crypto-native DAOs.

4. Privacy technology company Inco has completed a $5 million strategic round of financing, focusing on solving Blockchain privacy issues.

5. The decentralized service infrastructure startup Catalysis has completed a $1.25 million Pre-Seed round of financing to develop a security abstraction layer for re-staking protocols.

6. Payment gateway Inflow completes $1.1 million seed round financing.

Other Applications

1. The blockchain-supported wine platform WineFi has completed approximately $2 million in seed round financing to accelerate product development.

2. The Web3 social platform UXLINK has received investment and formed a strategic partnership with Solv Protocol.

Centralized Finance

1. Stock and cryptocurrency trading API platform Alpaca completes $52 million Series C financing.

2. The quantitative trading startup Theo has completed a $20 million financing round, providing retail investors with high-frequency trading strategy returns.

3. The AI-driven digital asset trading platform BitradeX has completed approximately $15.96 million in Series A financing to establish a global AI strategy laboratory and upgrade compliance infrastructure.

Venture Capital Fund Dynamics

1. Early Solana supporter RockawayX has launched a new fund of $125 million, primarily investing in Solana ecosystem startups.

2. Blockchain payment provider Astra Fintech has established a $100 million fund to support Solana's development in Asia, with a focus on PayFi solutions.