Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 14 events with a total scale exceeding 220 million USD

Last week (4.21-4.27), there were a total of 14 investment and financing events in the global blockchain sector, with a total funding scale exceeding 220 million USD, which is a decrease compared to the previous week. An overview of the main investment and financing events is as follows:

DeFi领域

The cryptocurrency staking protocol Symbiotic has completed a $29 million Series A financing round. The funding will be used to launch the blockchain security coordination layer "Universal Staking Framework," which allows various cryptocurrencies to participate in network validation. It has currently been adopted by 14 networks and is expected to connect with 20 more ecosystem projects.

Web3 Games

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

AI Field

Decentralized AI startup Nous Research has completed a $50 million Series A funding round. The funding values Nous's token at $1 billion, and the funds will primarily 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 global distributed computing resources for model training.

Infrastructure and Tools

1. The interoperability project Analog has completed a new round of financing of $15 million, bringing the total support amount to $36 million. The funds will be used to develop interoperability tools, such as the Omnichain Analog Token Standard (OATS), which supports cross-blockchain asset transfers.

2. Bitcoin infrastructure company Arch Labs has completed a $13 million Series A funding round, with a valuation of $200 million. The funds will accelerate the development of ArchVM to implement smart contract functionality on Bitcoin.

3. DAO infrastructure provider Tally has completed an $8 million Series A funding round, which will expand its governance technology to more crypto-native DAOs. The Tally protocol provides on-chain governance support for multiple leading protocol DAOs.

4. The on-chain privacy technology company Inco has completed a $5 million strategic round of financing, with a total financing of $10 million. The company is committed to solving blockchain privacy issues, allowing users to perform sensitive operations on-chain without disclosing information.

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

6. Payment gateway Inflow completed a $1.1 million seed round financing.

Other Applications

1. The blockchain-supported wine platform WineFi has completed approximately $2 million in seed round financing, which will accelerate product development, including enhanced valuation models and real-time market data feeds.

2. The Web3 social platform UXLINK has received investment from UFLY Labs and has established a strategic partnership with Solv Protocol.

Centralized Finance

1. The API platform Alpaca, focused on stock and cryptocurrency trading, completed a $52 million Series C funding round, raising a total of over $170 million.

2. The quant trading startup Theo has completed a $20 million financing round, aiming to provide ordinary 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, which will be used to establish a global AI strategy laboratory and upgrade compliance infrastructure.

Venture Capital Fund

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

2. The blockchain payment provider Astra Fintech has established a $100 million fund to support the development of Solana in Asia, with a focus on PayFi solution projects.