36 projects raised $ 402.7 billion in World financing of 300 million US dollars

Organized by: Golden Finance

This week, 36 blockchain startups raised a total of $402.7 million in funding.

Biggest funding round of the week

World Liberty Financial raises $300 million in a public funding round.

World Liberty Financial is a decentralized platform that enables users to earn and borrow cryptocurrency seamlessly. It combines a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol with a reward mechanism, allowing users to maximize asset utility while obtaining competitive returns. The platform focuses on promoting usability and financial autonomy within the Web3 ecosystem.

Angel and seed round financing

MinionLab (formerly StreamAI) raised $2 million in a pre-seed round from Jsquare and Capital6 Eagle .

MinionLab is a decentralized network of autonomous AI agents (called “Minions”) that turn idle devices into intelligent data miners. Unlike traditional bandwidth or compute sharing projects, these Minions actively navigate the Internet to collect specialized data, providing high-quality data sets to AI developers. Users can install the MinionLab app on their devices, authorize resource access, and earn rewards as their Minions complete data mining tasks.

Hybrid raised undisclosed funding in Seed round from investors including Outlier Ventures, NxGen, Follow[the]Seed, FounderHeads VC, Kinetic Kollective (formerly CSP DAO), 1NVST, X Ventures, Skynet Trading, Iced Knife, CryptoJack and more Amount of funds .

Hybrid is an on-chain intelligence layer designed to facilitate the creation and monetization of AI agents in the Web3 ecosystem. It runs on the Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain and provides tools such as Atlas (Web3 co-pilot) and custom AI agent infrastructure. Hybrid's modular architecture integrates agent framework, data access, storage and blockchain connectivity to simplify the development and expansion of AI agents.

Printr raised pre-seed funding from Axelar Network, Sfermion, Sui Foundation, Bitscale Capital, Draper Dragon, Flow Ecosystem Fund, Web3com Ventures, Comfy Capital, Altcoin Sherpa, Georgios Vlachos, Sergey Gorbunov, SpadaBoom, Waikit Lau, Sam Kazemian, It raised $2.5 million from Nom, Paul Taylor, Cryptopathic and other investors.

Printr is a cross-chain meme coin launch platform that allows users to launch and trade tokens on 69+ chains with one click. It integrates liquidity and simplifies the process of creating tokens for degens (cryptocurrency traders). The platform has taken an interesting approach by inviting users to join a waiting list for early access and community airdrops.

Radius raises $7 million in Seed funding round from Pantera Capital*.

Radius is a trustless sequencing layer that provides sequencing-as-a- service and cross-rollup interoperability solutions for specialized blockchains called rollups. It creates a secure environment for users by implementing zero-knowledge cryptography to address issues related to censorship and harmful miner extractable value (MEV).

Swarm Network raised $3 million from Y2Z Ventures and Zerostage (ZS) in a Seed round of funding.

Swarm Network is a decentralized protocol that converts raw off-chain data into verifiable on-chain information in real time. By integrating AI agents, human intelligence and zero-knowledge proofs, it builds a “truth economy” that rewards integrity and promotes transparency.

DeFiTuna raised $585,000 in a Seed round from investors including Orca*, Beluga Labs, Lucid Drakes, Kelsier Ventures, Sec3, Voshy and others.

DeFiTuna is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that provides centralized liquidity market making (CLMM) with leveraged positions. Users can provide liquidity within specific price ranges, improve capital efficiency, and open positions with up to 3.5x leverage (5x for stablecoins). The platform supports some of the most liquid trading pairs and plans to expand with a more decentralized approach.

Simple Proof raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Ego Death Capital and Wolf in a pre-seed round.

Simple Proof is a platform that enhances information integrity by integrating immutable blockchain-based timestamping into existing document management systems. It enables organizations to ensure document authenticity and transparency through a secure, compliant integration that allows independent verification of any changes. The platform leverages the OpenTimestamps protocol and leverages blockchain technology to provide resilient and uncensorable digital records.

Keplr raised funding in Seed round from 1confirmation*, Anagram, Coinbase Ventures, Reverie, Hashkey Capital, Interchain Foundation, Chorus One, Binary Builders, Skip Protocol, Sunny Aggarwal, Zaki Manian, See Eun Ha, Barry Plunkett, Maghnus Mareneck and other investors raised $5 million .

Keplr is a multi-chain wallet designed to seamlessly connect users to various blockchains and decentralized applications. It offers browser extensions and mobile apps that support features such as staking, governance participation, and cross-chain asset management. Keplr supports multiple login options, including Google and Apple IDs, and integrates with hardware wallets like the Ledger Nano X for added security.

Sonex raised $1 million in its Seed round from investors including Outliers Fund*, Baboon VC, Taisu Ventures, Nonagon Capital, Flow Traders, Gate Ventures, Lootex and others.

SONEX is a comprehensive decentralized finance (DeFi) platform built on the Soneium blockchain, aiming to simplify DeFi services for retail users. It solves common challenges in DeFi such as fragmentation and centralization by providing a one-stop solution that includes exchanges, fund pools, staking, lending, and financial derivatives. SONEX emphasizes user experience and community governance to empower decentralized communities.

Hamilton raised $1.7 million in a pre-seed round of funding from investors including Disruptech*, DeSpread, CMS Holdings, Core Ventures, Bitcoin Startup Lab, Hyperithm, Spencer Noon, Nathan McCauley, domo and other investors.

Hamilton is a platform that brings real assets (RWAs) into the Bitcoin network, leveraging Bitcoin’s security and decentralization. It offers products such as HUSD (a Bitcoin-native stablecoin backed by U.S. Treasury bills) and HUST (tokenized U.S. Treasury bills) to provide users with safe and liquid investment options. Hamilton aims to unlock access to global capital markets through tokenized assets backed by Bitcoin.

Grix raised $1.1 million in its Seed round from investors including Collider Ventures, Tal Cohen, Guillaume Lambert, Chen Magen and others.

Grix is ​​a unified liquidity protocol for the decentralized finance (DeFi) options market. It integrates various DeFi options automated market makers (AMMs) into a single application programming interface (API) and user interface (UI), allowing traders to execute trades with deep liquidity and minimal price impact. Grix employs a network of solvers that compete with each other to find the best order flow route, ensuring optimal trade execution.

Other funding rounds

Moonshot received an undisclosed amount of M &A funding from Jupiter.

Moonshot is a mobile platform for discovering, buying and selling meme coins. It supports cash deposits via credit/debit cards and allows withdrawals via bank transfer. Featuring popular memes, Moonshot offers portfolio tracking and a self-hosted wallet that simplifies meme coin trading for users.

SignalPlus raised $11 million in Series B funding from AppWorks , OKX Ventures (formerly OKEx Blockdream Ventures) , Avenir and Hashkey Capital.

SignalPlus is an enterprise technology company that aims to democratize options trading on digital and crypto assets. The platform offers a comprehensive set of tools, including advanced risk management features, smart automated orders, and multi-exchange connectivity, catering to both novice and professional traders. SignalPlus integrates with major exchanges to provide real-time market data to help make informed decisions in the cryptocurrency market.

CreatorBid raised $2.5 million in a public funding round from undisclosed investors.

Creator.bid is an innovative platform that allows creators to develop, monetize and co-own AI creator agents. It focuses on leveraging AI and blockchain technology to enable a new model of digital content creation and ownership. The platform enables creators to leverage their talents to build AI-driven digital assets that can be monetized and collaboratively managed. It aims to transform the traditional creator economy by providing tools to increase creators’ control over their work and income.

Etherealize received an undisclosed amount of funding from Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation.

Etherealize is an institutional business development and product company focused on integrating traditional finance with the Ethereum ecosystem. Etherealize provides research, content, and innovative products to educate and guide institutions into the Ethereum economy. Their mission is to upgrade the financial system by promoting Ethereum as the most secure and open blockchain in global finance.

Drift Zone received an undisclosed amount of financing from 369 Capital.

Drift Zone is a Web3 gacha game set in the multiverse, where players can collect over 950 unique drifters from six different races. By opening dimensional cubes, players can unlock Drifters, each of which holds Drift Tokens ($DT), which have real value. The game features player versus player (PvP) battles, tournaments, and a marketplace to buy, sell, and upgrade Drifters.

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Aligned Layer raised $6.7 million in a public financing round from undisclosed investors.

Aligned Layer is a universal verification layer designed for Ethereum, enhancing its zero-knowledge SNARK proof capabilities. Aligned Layer is developed based on EigenLayer and aims to make Ethereum a more efficient and cost-effective SNARK verification platform by leveraging re-staking and proof aggregation. The program supports the development of various zero-knowledge technologies and aims to expand Ethereum’s utility and enable future trustless applications with enhanced security and verifiability.

Analog raised $1.5 million in a public financing round from undisclosed investors.

Analog is a sovereign blockchain based on the Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus algorithm. At its core is Timechain - a powerful and immutable ledger that enables seamless dApp communication and data exchange in a decentralized manner. Analog's approach and cross-chain structure enable it to interact with multiple networks, giving it versatility in a variety of cross-chain applications and providing fast, accurate and provable data for dApp development in the Web3 ecosystem.

Ranger raised $1.9 million in funding from RockawayX*, Big Brain Holdings, Zee Prime Capital, Anagram, Flow Traders, Selini Capital, Presto Labs, MonkeVentures, Rise Capital, Asymmetric fund, Joe McCann, Arthur0x and Nom, among others.

Ranger Finance is the first Solana-based perpetual contract aggregator, providing traders with deep aggregated liquidity, intelligent order routing, and comprehensive data insights. It unifies fragmented markets and provides a seamless trading experience across the Solana ecosystem, covering perpetual futures, spot and spot margin trading.

Hong Kong Asia Holdings Limited (Moon Inc.) received an undisclosed amount of M&A funding from UTXO Management and Sora Ventures.

Hong Kong Asia Holdings Limited is an investment company established in 1995, now renamed Moon Inc., turning to cryptocurrency investment and Web3 innovation. The company plans to explore Bitcoin, digital assets and cutting- edge technologies, aiming to leverage its expertise to pursue growth opportunities in the decentralized finance and blockchain space.

Breez raised $5 million in funding from Ego Death Capital, Entrée Capital, Timechain and Plan B Fund.

Breez is a self-hosted Lightning-as-a-Service company that enables developers to integrate Bitcoin Lightning payments into their applications through the Breez SDK. The SDK simplifies the complexities of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, allowing users to seamlessly participate in peer-to-peer payments. Breez also offers an open Lightning Service Provider (LSP) model, allowing partners to earn real-time returns on Bitcoin while retaining full custody. Additionally, Breez offers a mobile app as an unmanaged Lightning client with a point-of-sale mode and podcast player for streaming payments to content creators.

Fogo raises $8 million in public funding round.

Fogo is a high-performance layer-1 blockchain designed to deliver real- time experiences at scale. By leveraging the purest Firedancer client, Fogo aims to push the boundaries of performance, finance and physics. The platform focuses on innovative architectural and consensus design choices to minimize latency and increase bandwidth, enabling institutional-grade finance on-chain by combining traditional financial performance with decentralized infrastructure. Fogo's development timeline includes a live Devnet, with plans to launch Testnet in Q1 2025 and Mainnet in Q2 2025.

Corn raises $8.3 million in public funding round.

Corn is an Ethereum second-layer solution built on top of Bitcoin, which enhances the utility of Bitcoin by enabling the use of Bitcoin as fees in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Corn launches BTCN, a hybrid tokenized Bitcoin backed 1:1 by native Bitcoin, giving Bitcoin holders flexible options to use their assets in DeFi without relying on centralized intermediaries .

Analog raises $1.6 million in public funding round.

Analog is a sovereign blockchain built on the Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus algorithm and at its core is Timechain - a powerful and immutable ledger that enables seamless dApp communication in a decentralized manner and data exchange. Analog’s approach and full-chain structure enables it to interact with multiple networks, making it suitable for a variety of cross-chain applications and providing fast, accurate, and provable data for DApp development in the Web3 ecosystem.

BugsCoin raised $8.5 million in funding from Gate Ventures.

BugsCoin is a digital token that innovates the traditional points system by integrating blockchain technology, turning points into valuable assets. It serves as a reward system on platforms such as virtual investment communities such as AntTalk, increasing user engagement through transparent and fair reward accumulation.

Camelot raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Tandem.

Camelot Exchange is a decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Arbitrum second- layer blockchain, providing users with functions such as automated market making, liquidity staking, and revenue aggregation to provide efficient DeFi trading and profit opportunities.

GRVT raises $5 million in strategic financing from Further Ventures*.

GRVT (Gravity) is a hybrid trading platform designed for institutional investors that provides both the user experience of a centralized exchange (CEX) and the security of a decentralized exchange (DEX). It prioritizes lower latency, scalability, and user privacy while enforcing strict regulatory compliance (KYC and AML).

Coinseeker raised an undisclosed amount of M &A financing from Tokenize Xchange.

Coinseeker is an AI-driven intelligence platform for the Web3 private market, providing comprehensive data aggregation and integration services. It provides users with tools such as trading dashboards, project discovery, funding information and research reports to facilitate market research and investment decisions. The platform serves a variety of stakeholders, including project founders, venture capitalists, and community members, and aims to simplify the search and analysis process of private market data in the Web3 space.

Wingbits raised $5.6 million in strategic financing from Borderless Capital , Bullish , Antler, Tribe Capital, The Spartan Group, Heartcore Capital and SNZ Holding.

Wingbits is a tokenized, community-driven flight tracking network that improves aviation safety and efficiency by leveraging Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology. Members contribute real-time flight data to help improve air travel while being rewarded with tokens. This decentralized platform enables users to play a key role in monitoring global flight dynamics and driving the future of aviation.

Hashnote raised an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing from Circle.

Hashnote is a regulated, institutional-grade investment management platform specializing in decentralized finance (DeFi). It offers customizable digital asset exposure through products such as US Yield Coin (USYC), a tokenized money market fund backed by short-term U.S. Treasury bills. Hashnote ensures full regulatory compliance, including KYC/AML procedures, and provides on-chain transparency for secure and verifiable transactions.

Braza raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sekoia Virtuals.

Braza AI is a Brazilian artificial intelligence agent designed to help users manage their finances effectively. It offers features such as personal budget planning, emotionally intelligent coaching, AI-driven investing insights, financial goal tracking, and financial education. By combining decentralized finance (DeFi) with artificial intelligence, Braza AI aims to make complex investment tools accessible to everyone, bridging the next billion users.

DuckChain raised an undisclosed amount of funding from OKX Ventures (formerly OKEx Blockdream Ventures).

DuckChain is the consumer layer on The Open Network (TON), designed to seamlessly connect TON with the global crypto ecosystem and facilitate a Web2 to Web3 experience. It leverages Arbitrum Orbit’s infrastructure to enhance scalability and interoperability, enabling developers to deploy Ethereum- compatible smart contracts in the TON environment. DuckChain introduces the Initial Star Offering (ISO) to tokenize Telegram stars to expand its Web3 capabilities.

Nexity Network raises $8.2 million in funding from Rollman Management Digital.

Nexity Network is a blockchain-empowered platform dedicated to building a circular, tokenized global economy. It offers solutions such as a circular supply chain operating system, enterprise twins for scalable deployment, interactive commerce portals and smart labels for product digitization. Nexity aims to improve global trade performance by providing a secure, efficient and connected trading system.

Evaa Protocol raised $2.5 million in private financing from TON Ventures, Polymorphic Capital, Animoca Brands, CMT Digital, Mythos Ventures, WAGMI Ventures, and Baring Vostok.

EVAA is the premier decentralized lending protocol on the TON blockchain, enabling users to borrow and lend assets safely and efficiently. Participants can offer assets such as TON, jUSDC, and jUSDT to earn interest or use them as collateral for loans. EVAA’s platform ensures a fast, simple and secure experience for managing digital assets in the TON ecosystem.