Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week: 11 Events, Total Scale Exceeds 116 Million USD

Last week (from May 5 to 11), there were a total of 11 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain field, with a total funding scale exceeding 116 million USD, which is a decrease compared to the previous week. The main investment areas include DeFi, infrastructure and tools, centralized finance, and other applications.

DeFi领域

The DeFi project Sentora, formed by the merger of IntoTheBlock and Trident, has completed a $25 million funding round. The new company will be led by former risk strategy head of a trading platform, Anthony DeMartino, and aims to provide a one-stop on-chain financial service for institutional investors. Sentora integrates IntoTheBlock's institutional-grade DeFi analytical data with Trident's liquidity solutions, planning to develop a unified interface to address the fragmentation of multi-chain protocol interactions.

The Singapore-based stablecoin cross-border payment company XWeave has completed a $3 million seed round financing. XWeave is committed to combining traditional fiat currency systems with stablecoin networks, supporting instant, compliant, and efficient capital flows across markets. Its non-custodial infrastructure allows institutions to conduct cross-border transactions without the need to hold user funds.

Infrastructure and Tools Field

The digital risk management and protection platform Doppel has completed a $35 million Series B funding round. Doppel is an AI-driven digital risk protection platform designed to protect organizations from social engineering threats such as phishing, impersonation, and deepfake fraud.

Sonic Labs has completed a $10 million strategic financing. This collaboration will accelerate Sonic Labs' expansion in the US market and provide crucial support for the development of its DeFi ecosystem. Sonic Labs CEO Michael Kong stated that this collaboration will bring important market insights and resources to the ecosystem.

DogeOS, the application development layer of the Dogecoin ecosystem, has completed a $6.9 million funding round. The project aims to provide developers with operating system-level tools based on the Dogecoin blockchain, supporting the development of consumer applications such as games and AI. By simplifying the development process, DogeOS is expected to promote the integration of more DeFi and entertainment applications with DOGE payments.

Digital asset trading infrastructure provider GoQuant has completed a $4 million seed round financing. The new funds will be used to enhance the performance of the trading infrastructure, providing institutional clients with faster execution speeds and a more transparent trading environment. GoQuant was established in 2022, and its trading system currently processes millions of orders daily.

L1 Blockchain protocol Litheum has completed a $750,000 strategic financing. The funds will be used to advance its testnet launch plan and further realize its vision of "compressing blockchain usage costs to the physical limit." Litheum adopts an innovative PoP (Proof-of-Performance) consensus mechanism, aimed at enhancing on-chain performance and cost efficiency.

Centralized Finance

Middle Eastern and Turkish digital asset infrastructure company Fuze has completed a $12.2 million Series A funding round. Fuze provides "digital assets as a service" infrastructure for financial institutions and businesses in the MENA and Turkey regions, and has launched the stablecoin and payment product FuzePay. The funds will be used to accelerate regional and global expansion, product innovation, and compliance development.

The real estate tokenization trading platform Alt DRX has completed a $2.7 million Pre-A round of financing. The funding will be used for acquiring residential assets, technology development, marketing, and compliance licensing applications. The platform enables fragmented trading of residential real estate through Blockchain technology, allowing the buying and selling of property rights in units of 1 square foot.

A certain payment giant has invested in the stablecoin payment infrastructure platform BVNK through its venture capital department, marking the company's first direct investment in a startup in this field, which is seen as a strong validation of the potential of stablecoins as a global payment infrastructure.

Other Applications

The Web3 consumer entertainment platform T-Rex has completed a $17 million Pre-Seed financing. The platform tracks user content interactions on social media platforms through a browser extension, allowing users to earn crypto rewards in a "click popcorn" manner, and uses zkTLS technology to ensure privacy. T-Rex is expected to launch the extension this summer and expand partnerships with content creators and IP within the year.