Blockchain Industry Investment and Financing Weekly Report (7.7-7.13)

Last week, there were a total of 9 public financing events in the global Blockchain industry, with a total financing amount exceeding 85 million USD. In addition, the total financing amount for publicly listed companies' cryptocurrency asset reserves exceeded 874 million USD. The main investment and financing situations are as follows:

DeFi领域

A certain hybrid decentralized exchange has completed a $11.5 million Series A financing, aiming to build a new type of exchange that integrates automated market maker and centralized order book architecture on the Monad Blockchain. The project adopts a default AMM strategy, providing base liquidity for each order book, with the goal of enhancing on-chain trading flexibility and depth.

Web3 Gaming Field

The game development platform Remix has completed a $5 million seed round of financing. The platform combines AI code generation with hyper-casual games, allowing creators to quickly generate games through text prompts and enabling "mashup" style secondary creations of existing games. The platform plans to achieve profitability through in-game advertising and item commissions, and will soon launch on-chain monetization tools.

AI + Blockchain Field

DeFAI trading and asset management platform Velvet Capital has completed a $3.7 million financing. Its new system integrates an AI multi-agent operating system, trading terminal, asset management suite, and API, aimed at providing seamless on-chain asset management and trading experiences for funds, DAOs, and individual traders.

The AI-driven crypto trading platform OlaXBT has completed a seed round financing of $3.38 million. The platform utilizes proprietary MCP technology and reinforcement learning to achieve automated market making, sentiment analysis, and trade execution, built on the BNB Smart Chain.

Infrastructure and Tools

Stablecoin startup Agora has secured $50 million in Series A funding. Agora focuses on the AUSD stablecoin and helps other companies issue their own branded stablecoins through white-label services. The company stated it will continue to focus on overseas markets to meet the demand for stablecoins arising from cross-border payments and local currency fluctuations.

The cryptocurrency over-the-counter settlement platform BridgePort has completed a $3.2 million seed round of financing. The company provides middleware solutions that connect exchanges, custodians, and trading firms, aiming to optimize capital allocation and post-trade processes through real-time messaging and collateral management.

The Layer 1 public chain Memecore, focused on Meme culture, has received strategic investment from a certain liquidity strategy institution to support its long-term development in infrastructure and ecological construction.

The blockchain infrastructure platform Aspecta has received strategic investment. The platform is dedicated to providing smart verification, price discovery, and lifecycle liquidity for non-liquid assets such as pre-TGE stocks, locked tokens, private equity, and RWA.

Centralized Finance Field

NEXBRIDGE and its trading platform NEXPLACE have completed a $8 million Series A funding round aimed at expanding a compliant digital asset issuance and trading ecosystem based on the Bitcoin Liquid Network. The two platforms will fully integrate in the second half of 2025 and strengthen regulatory compliance and asset transparency structures.

Trends in Listed Companies' Crypto Asset Reserves

Multiple listed companies have announced financing plans to purchase Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies:

• A French 5G/4G IoT semiconductor company completed a $384 million financing, all of which will be used to purchase Bitcoin.
• A Japanese listed company raised approximately $215 million and plans to increase its Bitcoin holdings to 3,000 coins.
• A Nasdaq-listed company announced a private placement of $200 million in common stock and convertible notes to purchase SOL.
• A certain group in Sweden has raised approximately $54 million to advance its Bitcoin reserve strategy.
• A listed company has obtained approximately $21 million in long-term financing, part of which will be used to support its cryptocurrency asset custody strategy.

Venture Capital Institution Dynamics

Ego Death Capital has completed a $100 million investment fund for Bitcoin companies, focusing on promoting the development of software companies based on the Bitcoin protocol. The fund primarily invests in businesses with annual revenues between $1 million and $3 million, with a focus on supporting Series A financing, dedicated to investing in Bitcoin companies that truly solve real-world problems.