Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week

According to statistics, last week (7.21-7.27), there were a total of 13 public investment and financing events in the global Blockchain field, with a total funding scale exceeding 143 million USD. The specific situation is as follows:

• In the DeFi sector: The DEX and tokenization platform Syntetika has completed a $2.5 million seed round financing.

• In the Web3 gaming sector: The Web3 fantasy football game Football.Fun has secured $2 million in funding.

• 4 incidents in the Web3+AI field: Among them, a well-known venture capital firm led a $15 million seed round financing for the AI decentralized data layer project Poseidon.

• 4 incidents in the infrastructure and tools sector: Among them, South Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV completed approximately $11.6 million in Series B funding.

• Other application areas: A certain cryptocurrency mining company has raised $25 million in financing.

• Centralized finance sector: European investment application Lightyear completes $23 million financing, plans to launch crypto products.

DeFi

The DEX and tokenization platform Syntetika has completed a $2.5 million seed round funding.

The tokenized platform and decentralized exchange Syntetika, under the digital asset investment company Hilbert Group AB, has completed a $2.5 million seed round financing. More than 35 angel investors and venture capital institutions participated, including Hilbert Group's Chief Investment Officer Russell Thompson and former Aave co-founder Alex Berto.

Syntetika is committed to simplifying the issuance, trading, and management processes of various on-chain assets. Its first product will launch a tokenized version of the Hilbert Group Bitcoin yield strategy, allowing investors to gain additional income from their Bitcoin holdings.

Web3 Games

Web3 game studio Delabs Games has secured $5.2 million in new funding, bringing its total funding to $17.2 million.

Web3 game studio Delabs Games recently completed a new funding round of $5.2 million, bringing its total funding to $17.2 million. The new round was led by Hashed, TON Ventures, and Kilo Fund, with additional support from strategic investors. The funds will be used to promote AI-enabled Web3 game development through the AI game creation platform Verse8 and to support the upcoming launch of new games.

Delabs has recently launched "Boxing Star X" which has nearly 2 million global users, climbing to 7th place in a certain game ranking. The next flagship game, "Ragnarok Libre", has already surpassed 100,000 pre-registrations.

AI

Decentralized AI infrastructure developer Gaia Labs has completed a $20 million financing.

Decentralized AI infrastructure developer Gaia Labs announced the completion of a total of $20 million in seed and Series A financing. This round was led by a certain trading platform and a certain foundation, with participation from multiple institutions. Gaia Labs currently supports over 700,000 active nodes, with a cumulative inference count exceeding 17 trillion times, covering thousands of App-Chain domains and Blockchain ecosystems.

The new funds will be used to launch decentralized AI smartphones, expand node capacity, improve development toolkits, and promote Web3 integration. Gaia Labs plans to release a limited edition smartphone with local AI inference capabilities within the year, which can run decentralized AI inference locally without relying on the cloud or data extraction, allowing users complete control over their agents.

A well-known venture capital firm led a $15 million seed round for Poseidon, promoting the development of a decentralized data layer for AI.

The AI decentralized data layer project Poseidon has completed a $15 million seed round financing, led by a well-known venture capital firm. Poseidon is built on the Story Protocol and aims to unlock high-quality training data for the "next generation of entity AI." The project is dedicated to solving the challenges of acquiring high-quality, usable, and legally authorized training data in the AI field.

Poseidon's decentralized data layer will establish a new economic foundation for the internet, incentivizing creators and suppliers to provide diverse data inputs for the next generation of intelligent systems. The project will offer AI developers secure and legally compliant access to training data through the programmable intellectual property layer and immutable registry of the Story protocol.

The on-chain AI agent orchestration layer Questflow has completed a $6.5 million seed round financing.

The orchestration layer Questflow of the on-chain AI multi-agent economy announced the completion of a $6.5 million seed round financing, led by CyberFund, with participation from multiple investment institutions and individuals. Questflow is the orchestration layer of the multi-agent economy, capable of orchestrating multiple AI agents to act autonomously and receive rewards on the blockchain.

The multi-agent orchestration protocol developed by the company (MAOP) supports automated task execution across Web2 and Web3 applications and provides on-chain payment functionality for AI agents. Currently, the protocol has partnered with several large technology companies.

Data Guardians Network completed a $5 million Pre-Seed funding.

The decentralized dataset platform Data Guardians Network (D-GN) has recently completed a $5 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by institutions including droppGroup. The company plans to utilize the funds to expand contributor operations in multiple regions, develop multimodal cutting-edge datasets, and deepen integration with open-source and enterprise-level AI frameworks.

D-GN provides compliant, traceable, and human-centric AI training data for enterprises and model developers through stablecoin rewards, Blockchain transparency, and decentralized governance.

Infrastructure and Tools

South Korea's blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV has completed approximately $11.6 million in Series B funding.

Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV has completed a Series B funding round of approximately 16 billion KRW (about 11.6 million USD). This round was participated in by major Korean investment institutions such as Intervest and NH-SK Securities, and a second round of financing involving multiple financial institutions is expected to take place at the end of next month.

DSRV provides infrastructure for over 70 blockchain networks globally, managing more than 4 trillion Korean won in digital assets. Last year's sales were approximately 10.7 billion Korean won, with a net profit of 3 billion Korean won. The company plans to increase sales in new business areas such as stablecoins and custody, and officially advance its global market expansion.

Web3 domain registrar Freename completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round.

Swiss Web3 domain registrar Freename has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round, led by Entrée Capital, with several institutions participating. Freename focuses on bridging traditional DNS and blockchain domain systems, with core technologies including a cross-chain domain conflict management system, supporting multi-chain domain resolution, and maintaining compatibility with traditional browsers.

Freename's innovative solution allows users to create custom top-level domains and profit from selling second-level domains. The funds will be used for product development and global market expansion.

AI-driven governance protocol Quack AI completes $3.6 million financing.

AI-driven governance protocol Quack AI announces the completion of a $3.6 million funding round, with several institutions participating. Quack AI is a decentralized governance protocol that uses autonomous AI agents to read, analyze, and execute DAO proposals across multiple Blockchains. The project was initially built on DuckChain and now supports governance across multiple ecosystems.

A certain institution has made a strategic investment in the Bitcoin scaling project Nubit.

An organization announced a strategic investment in the Bitcoin scaling core infrastructure project Nubit. Nubit is dedicated to enhancing the scalability, usability, and openness of the Bitcoin ecosystem, and has developed Thunderbolt, Bitcoin's native soft fork, as a core contributor. Thunderbolt significantly improves Bitcoin's transaction throughput through technologies such as UTXO bundling and OP_CAT, achieving native support for on-chain applications like smart contracts, asset issuance, and DeFi.

Other Applications

A certain cryptocurrency mining company has secured $25 million in financing, with the initial funds to be used for purchasing mining machines.

A cryptocurrency mining company recently secured $25 million in funding, which is planned to be used to expand its mining operations. The company stated that the initial funds will be used to purchase 2,900 mining machines from a certain brand, with deployment expected to be completed within four to six months, potentially generating approximately $10 million in additional annual revenue for the company. At the same time, the company is committed to utilizing hydropower and low-carbon energy to promote the sustainable development of its data centers in North America and Europe.

A listed company has completed a $20 million financing to advance the Texas green data center project.

A publicly traded company that develops green data centers for intensive computing applications such as Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence has announced the completion of a new round of financing of $20 million. The new funds will be used to expand a green data center project in Texas, further increasing its Bitcoin hosting business. The project is scheduled to start construction in the third quarter of 2025, with preliminary power-up and business launch expected in the first quarter of 2026.

Centralized Finance

The European investment application Lightyear has completed a $23 million financing round and plans to launch cryptocurrency products.

Lightyear, a European investment application, has announced the completion of a new funding round of $23 million, led by NordicNinja, with participation from several tech industry figures. It is reported that after this round of financing, Lightyear's valuation reaches between $200 million and $300 million, significantly higher than during the funding round in 2022.

Lightyear was founded in 2021 by former employees of a payment company. Its application offers commission-free trading services for over 5,000 stocks, ETFs, and money market funds globally, currently covering 25 countries. The company aims to create a "European version of Robinhood" and plans to launch its own cryptocurrency product within two months.