Overview of Global Blockchain Industry Investment and Financing: Last week, there were 13 events with a total scale exceeding 0.925 million USD

Last week (5.12-5.18), there were a total of 13 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain industry, with a total funding scale exceeding 0.925 billion USD, a decrease compared to the previous week. The main investment areas include DeFi, Web3+AI, infrastructure, and tools.

DeFi领域

The decentralized perpetual contract exchange Perpl has completed a $9.25 million financing round and plans to develop an on-chain central limit order book based on the Monad architecture. The testnet is expected to go live by the end of the year, and the mainnet launch time will depend on the progress of the Monad mainnet.

The on-chain smart trading platform TrendX has received a strategic investment of $5.2 million, bringing its total funding to $11.2 million. The funds will be used for product innovation, global expansion, and to deepen cooperation in on-chain data analysis and intelligent model construction.

The DeFi strategy platform XSY.fi has launched the beta version of the synthetic dollar stablecoin Unity (UTY) on the Avalanche Blockchain, while completing a $5 million Pre-A round of financing. Users can mint UTY by staking AVAX, earning passive income while maintaining exposure to the original asset.

Web3+AI领域

The AI digital human platform Antix has completed a $8.2 million private funding round and plans to introduce hyper-realistic AI digital humans into the Blockchain. The platform has launched tokenized digital humans and identity economy, protecting and monetizing digital content IP.

AI platform Giza, based on smart contracts and web3 protocols, has completed a funding round of $5.2 million. The platform is developing a trustless protocol aimed at decentralizing machine learning inference computation, providing security for the open economy of open-source AI.

Infrastructure and Tools

The Layer0 Blockchain infrastructure platform Openverse Network has completed a strategic financing of $11 million. The funds will be used to accelerate core protocol development and mainnet upgrades, supporting features such as cross-chain communication, unified identity, timestamp, and naming services.

The on-chain liquidity distribution protocol Turtle Club has completed a $6.2 million seed round financing. Since its launch in March 2024, the protocol has integrated 51 agreements, activating a total of over $2.3 billion in liquidity.

Blockchain cloud computing company Nirvana Labs has secured $6 million in seed expansion funding, bringing its total funding to $11.8 million. The company offers computing services tailored specifically for the cryptocurrency sector, utilizing bare metal infrastructure.

SpaceComputer has completed its Pre-Seed funding round and is building a cryptographic system resistant to physical destruction and cyber attacks using satellites. It has launched its first product, ctRNG, which generates true random numbers using space entropy.

Other Fields

The Blockchain Group completed two rounds of financing totaling over 22 million euros within a week, aimed at strengthening Bitcoin holdings and developing subsidiary businesses in data intelligence, AI, and more.

Blockchain investment company Coinsilium raises £1.25 million to advance its Bitcoin reserve strategy.

The blockchain ticketing platform KYD Labs has raised $7 million in seed funding, aiming to empower artists and venues to control ticket sales, fan data, and revenue.

The Solana-based ticketing platform XP has completed a $6.2 million seed funding round. The platform encodes tickets into NFTs and allows users to pay with USDC by connecting their crypto wallets.