Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 14 incidents, total scale exceeds 166 million USD

Last week (March 10-16), there were a total of 14 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain industry, with a total funding scale exceeding 166 million USD, a significant decrease compared to the previous week. The main investment areas include DeFi, Web3 games, Web3+AI, infrastructure and tools, as well as centralized finance.

DeFi Field

There are a total of 4 investment and financing events in the DeFi field:

1. A decentralized risk pricing engine project has completed a $5 million financing, aimed at addressing the fragmentation of risk pricing data in financial markets.

2. A cryptocurrency lending protocol has secured $4 million in Pre-Seed funding, planning to develop a lending platform for digital assets like Bitcoin that does not rely on centralized institutions.

3. The Solana ecosystem's high-yield staking protocol Rakurai has completed a $3 million seed round financing, which will be used to accelerate the deployment of high-performance nodes and enhance transaction processing capabilities.

4. A real estate tokenization company founded by former executives of financial institutions has secured $3 million in Pre-Seed funding, aiming to promote the digitalization of the real estate economy.

Web3 Gaming Field

There have been 3 investment and financing events in the Web3 gaming sector:

1. Japanese Web3 game development company Mint Town has completed a new funding round of approximately $4.75 million, which will be used to enhance the marketing and token strategy of its games.

2. Web3 game developer M10 has completed a $3 million seed round of financing, founded by industry veterans, aiming to surpass the F2P model.

3. The developer of the Web3 racing game Auto Legends has secured a $1 million investment from a well-known investment institution to support game development and ecosystem expansion.

Web3+AI领域

Four financing events were announced in the Web3+AI field:

1. The AI-based decentralized user protocol platform PoPP has completed a $6 million financing, aiming to build an intelligent and personalized Web3 user experience.

2. Nunu.ai, focused on the intersection of AI, gaming, and robotics technology, has completed a $6 million seed round financing.

3. The on-chain AI model verification and rental market Aura has completed a $5.5 million seed round financing, providing a decentralized platform for AI models.

4. The decentralized creative AI platform Sogni AI has raised $2 million in funding and has launched a decentralized GPU network that supports AI content creation.

Infrastructure and Tools Field

There was 1 investment and financing event in the field of infrastructure and tools:

Offline Protocol completed a $1.1 million Pre-Seed financing round, committed to building a decentralized, private, and censorship-resistant offline network.

Centralized Finance Sector

There are 2 significant investment and financing events in the field of decentralized finance:

1. The crypto payment company Mesh has completed a $82 million Series B funding round and plans to expand its global payment settlement network based on stablecoins.

2. The cryptocurrency payment solution provider RedotPay has completed a $40 million Series A funding round, which will be used to accelerate global business expansion.

This week's investment and financing events show that although the overall scale has declined, the integration of AI and Web3, decentralized financial infrastructure, and the field of crypto payments are still favored by investors. This reflects the market's ongoing focus on the application of innovative technologies in the financial sector, as well as the importance placed on improving user experience and enhancing the accessibility of financial services.