Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 13 events with a total scale exceeding 143 million USD

According to statistics, there were 13 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector last week (July 21 - July 27), with a total funding scale exceeding 143 million USD. The main investment and financing situations are as follows:

DeFi

A certain DEX and tokenization platform has completed a $2.5 million seed round financing. The platform aims to simplify the issuance, trading, and management processes of various on-chain assets. The first product will launch a tokenized version of a certain Bitcoin yield strategy, allowing investors to gain additional returns from their Bitcoin holdings.

Web3 Games

Web3 game studio Delabs Games has completed a new funding round of $5.2 million, bringing its total financing to $17.2 million. The funds will be used to promote AI-enabled Web3 game development through the AI game creation platform Verse8 and support the launch of upcoming games. Its latest game "Boxing Star X" has nearly 2 million global users and has climbed to 7th place in a certain game ranking.

AI

Decentralized AI infrastructure developer Gaia Labs has completed $20 million in seed and Series A financing. It currently supports over 700,000 active nodes, with a cumulative inference count exceeding 17 trillion times. The funds will be used to launch a decentralized AI smartphone, expand node capacity, and more. The company plans to release a limited edition smartphone equipped with local AI inference capabilities within the year.

A well-known venture capital firm led a $15 million seed round for the AI decentralized data layer project Poseidon. Poseidon is dedicated to solving the problem of acquiring high-quality, usable, and legally authorized training data in the AI field.

The orchestration layer Questflow of the on-chain AI multi-agent economy has completed a $6.5 million seed round of financing. Questflow can orchestrate multiple AI agents to autonomously take actions and earn rewards on the blockchain. The multi-agent orchestration protocol developed by the company supports automated task execution across Web2 and Web3 applications.

The decentralized data set platform Data Guardians Network has completed a $5 million Pre-Seed financing. The company plans to expand contributor operations in multiple regions, develop multimodal frontier data sets, and deepen integration with open-source and enterprise-level AI frameworks.

Infrastructure and Tools

Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV has completed a Series B funding round of approximately $11.6 million. DSRV provides infrastructure for over 70 blockchain networks worldwide and manages digital assets worth more than 40 trillion won. The company plans to increase sales in new business areas such as stablecoins and custody, and to promote expansion into global markets.

A certain Web3 domain registrar has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round. The company focuses on bridging traditional DNS with the Blockchain domain system, supporting multi-chain domain resolution, and maintaining compatibility with traditional browsers. Its innovative solution allows users to create custom top-level domains and profit from selling second-level domains.

AI-driven governance protocol Quack AI completes $3.6 million funding. Quack AI is a decentralized governance protocol that uses autonomous AI agents to read, analyze, and execute DAO proposals across multiple Blockchains. It currently supports governance for multiple ecosystems.

A certain institution is making a strategic investment in Nubit, a core infrastructure project for Bitcoin scaling. Nubit is dedicated to enhancing the scalability, usability, and openness of the Bitcoin ecosystem and has developed Thunderbolt, a native soft fork for Bitcoin.

Other Fields

Cryptocurrency mining company Bitzero has raised $25 million in funding, with the first tranche of funds to be used for purchasing mining machines. The company is committed to using hydropower and low-carbon energy to promote the sustainable development of its data centers in North America and Europe.

A Nasdaq-listed company completed a $20 million financing to expand its Texas green data center project, further enlarging its Bitcoin custody business.

Centralized Finance

The European investment app Lightyear has completed a $23 million financing round and plans to launch its own cryptocurrency products. Lightyear offers commission-free trading services for over 5,000 stocks, ETFs, and money market funds globally, currently covering 25 countries. The company plans to launch cryptocurrency products within two months.

The UK digital asset exchange Archax will acquire the German regulated crypto asset management company DDA to strengthen its business layout in the major financial markets of Europe. This acquisition will bring new licenses to Archax, enabling it to better serve EU institutional clients.