Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week

Last week (7.7-7.13), there were a total of 9 public investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total funding scale exceeding $85 million. In addition, the total amount of financing for listed companies' crypto asset reserves exceeded $874 million. The main investment and financing situations are as follows:

DeFi领域

A mixed-type decentralized exchange has completed a $11.5 million Series A financing round, dedicated to building a new type of exchange that integrates automated market makers and centralized order book architecture on the Monad Blockchain. The project adopts a default AMM strategy to provide base liquidity for each order book, aiming to enhance on-chain trading flexibility and depth. Previously, the project had completed $2.2 million in seed funding.

Web3 Gaming Field

Game development platform Remix has completed a $5 million seed round financing, bringing the total financing amount to $6.75 million. The platform combines AI code generation with hyper-casual games, and currently, 570,000 players have experienced 800 games on the platform. Remix allows creators to quickly generate games through text prompts and enables "mashup" style secondary creation of existing games. The platform plans to achieve profitability through in-game advertising and item revenue sharing, and it will soon launch on-chain monetization tools.

Web3+AI领域

The 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, aiming to provide seamless on-chain asset management and trading experiences for funds, DAOs, and individual traders.

The AI-driven cryptocurrency trading platform OlaXBT has completed a $3.38 million seed round of financing. OlaXBT utilizes proprietary MCP technology and reinforcement learning to achieve automated market making, sentiment analysis, and trade execution. It is built on the BNB Smart Chain and includes a market composed of interoperative MCP servers and chat-based profit-making trading terminals.

Infrastructure and Tools Domain

Stablecoin startup Agora has secured $50 million in Series A funding. Agora focuses on the AUSD stablecoin and assists other companies in issuing their own branded stablecoins through white-label services. Agora's current AUSD market capitalization is $130 million, and the company states it will continue to focus on overseas markets to meet the demand for stablecoins driven by cross-border payments and local currency fluctuations.

The cryptocurrency over-the-counter settlement platform BridgePort has completed a $3.2 million seed round financing. The company offers a middleware solution that connects exchanges, custodians, and trading firms. This solution aims to optimize capital allocation and post-trade processes through real-time messaging and collateral management, while addressing issues such as pre-funding requirements, credit risk, and inefficient settlement.

The Layer 1 public chain Memecore, focused on Meme culture, has received strategic investment from a certain liquidity strategy institution. The native token of Memecore, $M, has recently been launched on a trading platform's Alpha market and has introduced core ecosystem projects like MemeX. Since its launch, $M has increased by over 1000% in a short period.

The blockchain infrastructure platform Aspecta has received strategic investment. Aspecta is committed to providing intelligent verification, price discovery, and lifecycle liquidity for illiquid assets such as pre-TGE stocks, locked tokens, private equity, and RWA. This financing will help Aspecta expand its network scale and strengthen collaboration with key partners.

Centralized Finance Sector

NEXBRIDGE and its trading platform NEXPLACE have completed an $8 million Series A financing round, aiming to expand the compliant digital asset issuance and trading ecosystem based on the Bitcoin Liquid network. NEXBRIDGE has previously launched the first compliant digital asset USTBL backed by U.S. Treasury bonds, and this financing will accelerate the launch of more assets and distribution across licensed platforms. The two platforms will fully integrate in the second half of 2025 and strengthen regulatory compliance and asset transparency structures.

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 that are growth-restricted due to limited funding, with an emphasis on supporting Series A financing, and has already invested in multiple Bitcoin-related companies.

Dynamic of Listed Companies' Crypto Asset Reserves

French 5G/4G IoT semiconductor company Sequans Communications has completed a $384 million strategic investment and launched a Bitcoin reserve plan.

The Japanese listed company Remixpoint raised approximately $215 million to purchase Bitcoin, planning to increase its holdings of Bitcoin to 3,000 coins.

Upexi, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced a private placement of $200 million in common stock and convertible notes to purchase SOL.

Sweden's H100 Group has raised approximately $54 million to advance its Bitcoin reserve strategy.

Public company Hilbert Group secures over $21 million in funding to support its Bitcoin strategy.