Blockchain investment and financing overview in the field this week

In the past week (5.12-5.18), there were a total of 13 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain industry, with a total financing scale exceeding 0.925 million USD, which is a decrease compared to the previous week. The main investment areas include DeFi, Web3+AI, infrastructure, and tools.

DeFi领域

The decentralized perpetual contract exchange Perpl has completed a $9.25 million financing, led by a well-known investment institution. Perpl plans to develop an on-chain central limit order book based on the Monad architecture, with the testnet expected to launch by the end of the year.

The on-chain smart trading platform TrendX has secured a strategic investment of 5.2 million USD. TrendX's total financing has reached 11.2 million USD, with backing from several institutions in cutting-edge fields such as AI, DePIN, and DeFi.

The DeFi strategy platform XSY.fi launched the test version of the synthetic US dollar stablecoin Unity (UTY) on a certain public Blockchain and announced the completion of a $5 million Pre-A round of financing. Users can mint UTY by staking the native token, gaining passive income while maintaining exposure to the original asset.

Web3+AI Field

The platform Antix, focusing on hyper-realistic AI digital humans, has completed a private fundraising of $8.2 million, gaining support from over 10,000 community investors. Antix plans to introduce hyper-realistic AI digital humans to the Blockchain, launching tokenized digital humans and identity economy.

The artificial intelligence platform Giza, based on smart contracts and web3 protocols, has completed a total financing of 5.2 million dollars. Giza is developing a trustless protocol aimed at achieving the decentralization of machine learning inference computation.

Infrastructure and Tools

Layer0 Blockchain infrastructure platform Openverse Network has completed a $11 million strategic financing. The funds will be used to accelerate core protocol development and mainnet upgrades, supporting cross-chain communication, unified identity, and other functions.

Turtle Club, headquartered in Switzerland, has completed a $6.2 million seed round financing to advance its on-chain liquidity distribution protocol. Turtle Club has integrated 51 protocols, activating over $2.3 billion in liquidity.

Blockchain cloud computing company Nirvana Labs has completed a $6 million seed extension round of financing, bringing the total financing amount to $11.8 million. Nirvana uses bare metal infrastructure to provide customized computing services for the cryptocurrency sector.

SpaceComputer has completed its Pre-Seed round of financing, committed to building a cryptographic system that is resistant to physical destruction and cyber attacks using satellites.

Other Fields

A European listed company completed two rounds of financing totaling over 22 million euros within a week to strengthen its Bitcoin holdings and develop data intelligence, AI, and other businesses.

The blockchain investment company Coinsilium has completed institutional financing of £1.25 million and launched a retail fundraising plan of £250,000 to advance its Bitcoin reserve strategy.

Blockchain ticketing platform KYD Labs has raised $7 million in seed funding, aiming to empower artists and venues to control ticket sales, fan data, and revenue.

The ticketing platform XP based on a certain public Blockchain has completed a seed round financing of 6.2 million USD. The platform encrypts tickets into NFTs, allowing users to pay with stablecoins by connecting their crypto wallets.