Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week

In the past week from April 21 to 27, (, there were 14 investment and financing events announced in the global Blockchain sector, with a total financing amount exceeding 220 million USD, a decrease compared to the previous week. The main investment trends are as follows:

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DeFi领域

The cryptocurrency staking protocol Symbiotic has completed a $29 million Series A financing. The funds will be used to launch a "Universal Staking Framework" that allows various types of crypto assets to participate in network validation. Currently, 14 networks have adopted this framework, and it is expected to connect with 20 more ecosystem projects.

Web3 Games

The Solana-based gaming company MagicBlock has completed a $7.5 million seed round of financing. The company plans to build real-time infrastructure for decentralized games and applications using Solana's native Ephemeral Rollups technology. After the financing, MagicBlock's total funding amount reached $10.5 million.

AI Field

Decentralized AI startup Nous Research has completed a $50 million Series A funding round, with its token valued at $1 billion. The funds will mainly be used to enhance computing power reserves and expand the research team. Nous focuses on developing open-source large language models, utilizing the Solana Blockchain to coordinate globally distributed computing resources.

Infrastructure and Tools

• The interoperability project Analog has completed a new round of financing of $15 million, planning to develop a cross-chain asset transfer tool.

• Bitcoin infrastructure company Arch Labs has completed a $13 million Series A funding round, with a valuation of $200 million. The funds will be used to develop ArchVM, enabling smart contract functionality on Bitcoin.

• DAO infrastructure provider Tally has completed $8 million in Series A funding to expand its governance technology to more crypto-native DAOs.

• Privacy technology company Inco completes a $5 million strategic round of financing, dedicated to solving on-chain privacy issues.

• Web3 infrastructure startup Catalysis has completed a $1.25 million Pre-Seed round of funding to develop a "security abstraction layer" for re-staking protocols.

• Payment gateway Inflow completes $1.1 million seed round financing.

Other Applications

• The blockchain-supported wine platform WineFi has completed approximately $2 million in seed round financing, which will accelerate product development.

• The Web3 social platform UXLINK has received investment from UFLY Labs and has reached a strategic partnership with Solv Protocol.

Centralized Finance

• The stock and cryptocurrency trading API platform Alpaca has completed a $52 million Series C funding round, raising a total of over $170 million.

• Quantitative trading startup Theo has completed a $20 million financing round to provide retail investors with high-frequency trading strategies.

• The AI-driven digital asset trading platform BitradeX has completed approximately $15.96 million in Series A financing, which will be used to establish a global AI strategy laboratory.

Venture Capital Fund

• Early supporter of Solana, RockawayX, has launched a new fund of $125 million, primarily investing in Solana ecosystem startups.

• Blockchain payment provider Astra Fintech has established a $100 million fund to support Solana's development in Asia, with a focus on PayFi solutions.

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