Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week

According to statistics, from April 7 to 13, (, there were a total of 17 public investment and financing events in the global Blockchain industry, with a total scale exceeding 150 million USD, showing a significant increase compared to the previous two weeks. The main investment areas include:

• 3 incidents in the DeFi sector, with the yield-bearing stablecoin protocol Cap securing $11 million in funding;
• Two events in the Web3 gaming sector, including DashFun completing a new round of financing;
• In the Web3+AI sector, there are 3 instances, including the AI cybersecurity company Octane which raised $6.75 million in seed funding;
• Two incidents in the infrastructure and tools sector, including the L2 project OpenZK Network receiving $6 million in early funding.
• Other categories started from 4, among which the crypto dining app Blackbird Labs completed a $50 million Series B.
• Three incidents in the centralized finance sector, including the cryptocurrency insurance company Meanwhile securing $40 million in Series A funding.

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DeFi领域

The yield-generating stablecoin protocol Cap has completed a $11 million financing round. The funds will be used to develop Cap's stablecoin engine, which is planned to launch later this year. Cap will provide users with a way to earn additional yields through a re-staking protocol.

The Bitcoin collateral loan platform Firefish has completed a $1.8 million seed round. The funds will be used to expand the institutional loan program, covering more investors seeking Bitcoin investments. Firefish was launched in 2022 and builds an open lending market natively on Bitcoin.

The Bitcoin DeFi aggregation protocol Sats Terminal has completed a $1.7 million Pre-Seed round. The funds will be used to expand the platform and further develop the infrastructure. Sats Terminal aggregates major Bitcoin DeFi protocols, providing a single interface to access the best staking yields, token swaps, and cross-chain bridging.

Web3 Games

DashFun has completed a new round of financing. DashFun is a Web3 gaming platform based on Telegram mini-programs, with plans to expand to other social platforms in the future, dedicated to building an AI-driven gaming ecosystem.

Web3 game developer Gunzilla Games has received strategic investment from crypto venture capital firm 1kx, with the specific amount undisclosed. Gunzilla is developing a dystopian cyberpunk shooter game called "Off The Grid."

AI Field

AI cybersecurity company Octane has completed a $6.75 million seed round. The funds will be used for product development, expanding the engineering team, and impact. Octane advocates for complementing traditional auditing models with always-on AI defense, currently focusing on smart contract vulnerability detection.

Plastic Labs completed a $5.35 million Pre-Seed round while launching the AI identity platform Honcho. Honcho provides user identity modeling and social cognition features through cloud APIs, helping developers build personalized AI agents.

The Web3 AI project DecentralGPT has completed $3 million in angel round and Series A strategic financing. The project will accelerate the development of core modules such as multi-modal large model support and zero-knowledge proof privacy layer. DecentralGPT is a decentralized large language model infrastructure that achieves open-source large model deployment through a distributed network.

Infrastructure and Tools

The L2 project OpenZK Network has completed a $6 million early funding round. The funds will be used for technology research and development as well as ecological construction. OpenZK is a Layer 2 solution based on ZK rollup technology, integrating ETH staking, restaking, and stablecoin staking.

The modular blockchain platform Plume has received strategic investment from a fund under Apollo. The financing will accelerate the development of Plume's full-stack infrastructure and strengthen its position in the RWAfi field. Plume is building an EVM-compatible blockchain environment to transform traditional financial instruments into composable digital assets.

Other Fields

The crypto dining application Blackbird Labs has completed a $50 million Series B round. Blackbird is a restaurant loyalty and payment application that rewards users with internal cryptocurrency FLY for visiting registered restaurants. Blackbird launched its own Blockchain, Flynet, in February.

The Web3 financial education platform BugsCoin has completed a $12 million Series A round. The funds will be used for global expansion, upgrading asset management protocols, and developing AI advisory tools, among other things.

The decentralized publishing platform Libraro has received approximately $1.28 million in investment from Ayre Ventures. Libraro utilizes Blockchain to protect authors' identities, prevent infringement, and enhance ownership transparency.

Web3 social protocol Towns has completed a $10 million Series B round. Towns is committed to building on-chain communication infrastructure to promote the development of Web3 social and collaboration tools.

Centralized Finance

The crypto insurance company Meanwhile has completed a $40 million Series A round, with a valuation of $190 million. Meanwhile offers life insurance that can be paid for and compensated in Bitcoin. The funds will be used for global expansion and regulatory compliance.

The crypto payment center Lyzi has completed a seed round of approximately $1.4 million. Lyzi is built on the Tezos Blockchain and supports cryptocurrency retail and e-commerce payments.

The tokenization platform Progmat has completed its Pre-A round of financing. Existing shareholders, including Mitsubishi UFJ, have seen their shares diluted. Progmat is one of Japan's major digital securities issuance networks and plans to issue a yen stablecoin.

Venture Capital Fund Dynamics

DWF Labs opens applications for a $250 million liquidity fund to support medium to large cryptocurrency projects.

Mantra has launched an ecological fund of approximately $108 million to support RWA tokenization and DeFi projects, with funds to be deployed internally over the next four years.

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