Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 14 events, total scale exceeds 286 million USD

Last week (4.14-4.20), there were a total of 14 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain industry, with a total funding scale exceeding $286 million, showing significant growth compared to the previous week. The main investment directions are as follows:

DeFi领域

6 investment and financing events were announced in the DeFi field:

• The Resolv Labs behind a certain DeFi protocol has completed a $10 million seed funding round, led by Cyber.Fund and Maven11. The protocol focuses on the yield-generating stablecoin USR and adopts a Delta-neutral strategy layered structure.

• The DeFi protocol Neutrl has completed a $5 million seed round financing, led by STIX and Accomplice. Neutrl has launched the stablecoin NUSD, purchasing locked-up altcoins at a discount through the OTC market and hedging with perpetual contracts.

• Cryptocurrency investment startup Glider has completed $4 million in financing. Glider is dedicated to combining AI with DeFi to provide users with automated, non-custodial personalized cryptocurrency asset allocation solutions.

• The decentralized trading platform Hyperion has completed a new round of strategic financing. Hyperion focuses on a certain public chain ecosystem and plans to address the issue of liquidity decentralization and optimize the trading experience through innovation.

• Treehouse Finance, focused on DeFi fixed income, has completed a strategic financing round with a fully diluted valuation of $400 million. Treehouse aims to create a decentralized benchmark interest rate DOR and yield-bearing assets tAssets.

• A certain market maker announced that its investment institution has invested in the DeFi lending protocol Euler Finance, with the specific amount yet to be disclosed.

DePIN领域

The DePIN project Solix DePIN has secured $29.5 million in funding from a certain foundation. Solix DePIN is a decentralized physical infrastructure network that enables users to share and monetize their excess bandwidth.

Web3+AI领域

The decentralized AI platform ORO AI has completed a $6 million seed round financing. ORO is a decentralized AI platform aimed at unlocking high-quality, private data for advanced AI models.

Infrastructure and Tools

The infrastructure and tools sector announced 5 investment and financing events:

• A certain investment institution announced a new investment of $55 million in the cross-chain messaging protocol LayerZero.

• The infrastructure project Optimum completed a $11 million seed round financing, led by 1kx. Optimum is dedicated to building a decentralized high-performance memory infrastructure for Blockchain.

• "Ultra-Casual Finance" network Hana Network announced the completion of a total of $6 million in financing. Hana Network focuses on developing "Ultra-Casual Finance", achieving user-led distribution through social platforms.

• The blockchain-based data verification platform Rekord AG has completed a seed round financing of approximately $5.51 million. Rekord AG focuses on blockchain-supported data verification and integrity solutions.

• The meme-centric application development team Embr Labs has completed a $1.8 million pre-seed funding round. Embr.fun, developed by Embr Labs, is an application chain centered around memes, integrating gamified experiences.

Other Fields

U.S. Bitcoin mining manufacturer Auradine has completed a $153 million Series C financing, of which $138 million is equity financing and $15 million is venture debt. Auradine plans to expand its core mining business and establish a new AI infrastructure department.

Venture Capital Fund Dynamics

According to reports, Galaxy Ventures Fund I LP, a subsidiary of an investment institution, has exceeded its fundraising target of $150 million and will create a portfolio of about 30 investments. This fund focuses on investing in early-stage startups, with a particular emphasis on the payments and stablecoin sectors.