Last week, there were 18 public financing events in the crypto market, with a total financing of approximately US$195 million | Investment and Financing Weekly
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06/16/2025·9DCompiled by: Luan Peng, RootData
According to incomplete statistics from RootData, from June 9 to June 15, 2025, there were 18 public investment and financing events in the blockchain and crypto industries, with a total of approximately US$195 million in financing.
From the perspective of track distribution, the projects that have received financing are mainly distributed in infrastructure and DeFi tracks. Popular projects include the AI blockchain platform Yupp, the trusted account framework project OneBalance , the communication platform Towns Protocol , and the institutional pledge platform Colossus Digital .
In addition, TOOL agreement developer nuConstruct announced that it had completed a $6 million seed round of financing, led by Cyber Fund, and participated by Maven11, DCG, Greenfield, Eden Block and others.
(The list of projects that raised more than $5 million last week, data source:Rootdata )
1. Infrastructure
According to Fundz, crypto wallet service provider PlutoPe completed a Pre-Seed financing of 50 million rupees (about 580,000 US dollars), led by Manit Gupta. The company plans to use the funds to expand into underdeveloped banking markets and strengthen user acquisition strategies.
Founded in 2022, PlutoPe offers a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet service, with plans to launch cryptocurrency debit cards and merchant apps for seamless cryptocurrency payment acceptance. The company is positioned as a new cryptocurrency bank and is committed to providing financial empowerment to everyone without being restricted by geographical location or socio-economic conditions.
According to the official announcement, the AI blockchain platform Yupp completed a $33 million seed round of financing, led by a16z founder Chris Dixon and a16z investment partner Elizabeth Harkavy. The Yupp platform allows users to compare various AI models for free. Users can enter prompts and view multiple AI parallel responses, select the best results and form a "preferred data packet". These data are used for post-training and evaluation of AI models.
The platform combines blockchain technology to achieve transparency in the evaluation process. Users can receive corresponding rewards for providing feedback, while AI developers can obtain verifiable training data. Platform design makes human judgment a circular resource: the increase in users brings more evaluation data, the evaluation data improves the quality of the model, and high-quality models attract more users to participate.
The Blockchain Group completed 9.7 million euros financing for Bitcoin reserve strategy
According to Bitcoin Magazine, European listed company The Blockchain Group (ALTBG) announced a 9.7 million euro financing to promote the Bitcoin reserve strategy. The funds were raised through a combination of equity and convertible bonds, with key investors including Adam Back, TOBAM and Ludovic Chechin-Laurans.
Among them, TOBAM subscribed 6 million euros convertible bonds, with a 30% premium on the conversion; Ludovic Chechin-Laurans invested 2.4 million euros in the form of Bitcoin; Adam Back converted all the first bonds it held into 14.9 million ALTBG shares and subscribed an additional 2.1 million shares. This financing is expected to increase the company's holdings by about 80 bitcoins, with a total reserve of 1,611.
OneBalance completed a US$20 million Series A financing, led by Cyber Fund and others
According to The Block, the trusted account framework project OneBalance announced the completion of a $20 million Series A financing led by Cyber Fund and Blockchain Capital, and Mirana Ventures and L2IV participated in the investment, with total financing reaching US$25 million so far.
OneBalance is the new framework for trusted accounts that combines chain abstraction, gas abstraction and permission management to solve the fragmented Web3 user experience.
Payment company Stripe to acquire cryptocurrency wallet provider Privy
According to Bloomberg, US payment giant Stripe announced that it would acquire Privy, a crypto wallet infrastructure provider, with the specific transaction amount not disclosed.
This is another major layout after its acquisition of Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure company. Privy embedded wallet creation service has been adopted by platforms such as OpenSea, simplifying the NFT purchase process.
Stripe CEO said that integrating Privy and Bridge is expected to drive the development of crypto-native financial services worldwide. The transaction is expected to be completed within weeks.
According to The Block, SVM network Solana Optimistic Network (SOON) announced the completion of a $5 million strategic financing, with angel investors including Jump Crypto, Amber Group, zkSync's Nana Murugesan, Kamino Finance co-founder Mark Hull, Switchboard founder Chris Hermida and Wormhole's Tori Cohen.
SOON plans to use these funds to provide high-performance chains and trading tools, further expand into the RWA sector and expand its replica trading products.
According to official news, communication platform Towns Protocol completed an additional financing of US$3.3 million. This round of financing was led by Coinbase Ventures and echo, and the financing was completed in April this year.
In April this year, Towns Protocol announced the completion of a US$10 million Series B financing. This round of financing was led by a16z crypto, with Coinbase Ventures, Benchmark and others participating.
Towns Protocol is built on the Base network and aims to promote the development of Web3 social and collaboration tools. Towns hopes to create a digital town square through decentralization and Web3 where members can define boundaries, formulate rules and build the world they want, and users will become owners of the digital town square.
Crypto wallet developer Turnkey completes $30 million Series B financing, led by Bain Capital Crypto
crypto wallet infrastructure company Turnkey announced a $30 million Series B round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, and participated by Lightsped Faction and Galaxy Ventures.
Founded by former Coinbase employees Bryce Ferguson and Jack Kearney, Turnkey aims to help developers build user-friendly wallets using APIs, and currently has 35 employees.
2. AI
Netcapital's subsidiary Zelgor acquires crypto-native protocol Mixie
According to globenewswire, Nasdaq listed fintech company Netcapital announced the acquisition of the crypto-native agreement Mixie, with the specific amount not disclosed.
Netcapital's portfolio company Zelgor completed the acquisition, and Zelgor said this is the first time that a listed company has acquired an encrypted native agreement to expand its blockchain business. Headquartered in Boston, Netcapital operates a digital capital market platform with a stock code of NCPL and a market capitalization of approximately $6.8 million.
III. DeFi
According to Techfundingnews, London-based fintech infrastructure platform OpenTrade completed a $7 million strategic financing round led by Notion Capital and Mercury Fund, followed by AlbionVC, a16z crypto and CMCC Global.
OpenTrade enables fintech companies to embed real-world assets (RWA)-based stablecoin earnings products directly into existing applications, transforming stablecoins from passive payment tools to active savings tools with annual interest rates up to 3-9%. Since its launch in early 2024, OpenTrade has processed more than $175 million in transaction volume and managed client assets of $47 million, achieving an average monthly growth of 20% over the past six months.
According to official news, Silhouette, the privacy executive layer based on Hyperliquid, officially announced that it had completed a US$3 million Pre-Seed round led by RockawayX, with Amber Group, HiveMind, Protagonist, No Limit Holdings, NGC Ventures and Echo participating in the investment.
Silhouette is a "Shield Exchange" created by TEE. It aims to implement privacy-protected order matching and settlement functions on Hyperliquid, supports HyperCore and HyperEVM, and provides a new DeFi experience with advanced strategy operations including TWAP, VWAP, RFQ, etc., aiming to solve the problem of "over-transparency in information" on-chain transactions, allowing users to trade freely without exposing their strategies.
4. CEX
According to Crowdfundinsider, institutional pledge platform Colossus Digital received an investment of 1 million euros (about 1.15 million US dollars) from SBI Ven Capital. The investment is carried out by a joint fund backed by SBI Ven Capital, Sygnum Bank and Azimut Group, and the funds will be used to launch Colossus Digital’s institutional encryption platform, which will connect regulated custodians with validators for staking and governance.
Stablecoin startup Noah completes $22 million in financing, led by LocalGlobe
According to Fortune, stablecoin startup Noah completed a $22 million financing round, led by European venture capital firm LocalGlobe, and other participants include Felix Capital, FJ Labs, as well as angel investors such as Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and former Adyen CTO Alexander Matthey. Thijn Lamers, a former executive of fintech giant Adyen, joined as co-founder and president.
V. Others
TOOL agreement developer nuConstruct announced that it had completed a $6 million seed round financing, led by Cyber Fund, and participated by Maven11, DCG, Greenfield, Eden Block and others.
It is reported that TOOL has built a trusted execution environment through Intel TDX TEE, with the goal of replacing Flashbots MEV-boost and improving the on-chain transaction user experience.
According to Fortune, blockchain-based loyalty platform Try Your Best (TYB) completed a $11 million Series A financing round, led by Offline Ventures and Strobe Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures, Castle Island Ventures and Unusual Ventures participated.
Consumers on TYB can participate in gamification challenges, win digital collections, and have blockchain-based loyalty profiles that track their interactions between different brands.
Digital Identity Project Humanity Protocol Acquisition of Attention Asset Agreement Moongate
Digital identity project Humanity Protocol announced the acquisition of attention asset agreement Moongate, with the specific acquisition amount not disclosed. The acquisition will allow Moongate to continue operating under its own brand. HumanID will be connected to Moongate’s infrastructure and transform ticket gates, festival celebrations and conferences into PoH checkpoints.
Moongate is building an attention asset protocol for real-world activation. Moongate transforms consumers’ real-world assets and experiences into on-chain achievements for exclusive rewards, access, and community. Moongate was previously an NFT ticketing and membership platform.
Axios reported that Web3 security company Hypernative completed a $40 million Series B financing, led by Ten Eleven Ventures and Ballistic Ventures, and participated by StepStone Group, Boldstart Ventures and IBI Tech Fund.
Previous news, Hypernative completed a US$16 million Series A financing, led by Quantstamp.
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