According to Odaily's incomplete statistics, there were 9 blockchain financing events announced from December 23 to December 29, a significant decrease from the previous week's 16 events. The disclosed total financing amount was approximately $48.9 million, a significant decrease from the previous week's $150 million.
Last week, the project with the highest investment amount was the L1 blockchain and AI protocol ChainOpera AI ($17 million); the Bitcoin-based stablecoin issuer Avalon Labs and the stablecoin issuer Usual closely followed ($10 million each).
The following are the specific financing events (Note: 1. Ranked by the amount of disclosed funding; 2. Excluding fund-raising and M&A events; 3. * for "traditional" companies with partial blockchain-related businesses):
ChainOpera AI completed a $17 million seed round, led by IDG Capital
On December 26, the L1 blockchain and AI protocol ChainOpera AI announced the completion of a $17 million seed round, led by Finality Capital, Road Capital and IDG Capital, with participation from Camford VC, ABCDE Capital, Amber Group, Modular Capital, Sparkle Ventures, AimTop Venture, Wisemont Capital, LDV Partners, Acequia Capital, PrimeSet, Plug and Play, as well as angel investors David Tse (co-founder of BabylonChain), Sreeram Kannan (founder and CEO of EigenLayer) and Jeff Ren (early investor in AI and Web3). The new funding will be used to realize the decentralized AI ecosystem vision and support collaborations in monetization, data sovereignty and privacy, and inclusiveness.
On December 23, the Bitcoin-based stablecoin USDa issuer Avalon Labs completed a $10 million Series A round, led by Framework Ventures, with participation from UXTO Management, Presto Labs and Kenetic Capital. Avalon aims to develop BTC from a digital store of value into a more active financial instrument that can meet a variety of different use cases.
Usual completed a $10 million Series A round, led by Binance Labs Fund and Kraken Ventures
On December 23, Usual announced the completion of a $10 million Series A round, led by Binance Labs Fund and Kraken Ventures, with participation from Galaxy, OKX Ventures, Wintermute, and IOSG Ventures.
Usual is a decentralized RWA (real-world asset)-backed stablecoin issuer focused on redefining stablecoins through community-first innovation, redistributing value and ownership through the $USUAL governance token, with 90% of the tokens allocated to users to drive decentralization and equitable finance.
Decentralized AI platform Nodepay completed a $7 million second round of financing
On December 27, the decentralized AI platform Nodepay completed a $7 million second round of financing, with investors including IDG Capital, Mythos, Elevate Ventures, IBC, Optic Capital, Funders.VC, Etherscan founder Matthew Tan, and CoinHako co-founder and CEO Yusho Liu.
Swan Chain announced the completion of a $2 million financing
On December 25, according to official information, the AI super-chain Swan Chain completed a $2 million financing, led by DWF Labs, Optimism Foundation and Promontory Tech.
Sentient AI completed a $1.5 million financing
On December 27, Sentient AI announced the completion of a $1.5 million financing, with the investor information not yet disclosed. It is reported that Sentient AI has launched an AI agent with human-like thinking and emotions, and is preparing to launch an AI Agent Launchpad on Sui.
On December 23, the AI-driven gamified trading platform XYRO based on Arbitrum announced the completion of a $1.4 million private placement, led by Animoca Brands, with participation from Chainlink, CoinMarketCap and others. The new funding will be used to further expand the platform's scale and support its initiatives in gamified social trading.
On December 24, the cross-chain DeFi protocol EYWA announced the completion of a new round of financing on the X platform, with participation from 1inch co-founder and Kenetic Fund. The specific amount has not been disclosed, but the company's total financing to date has reached $8.5 million. It is reported that EYWA previously received $7 million in financing in May this year, led by Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov and participated by Fenbushi Capital, and also received a $500,000 grant from the TON Foundation. The new funding will support the construction of its low-slippage DEX product CrossCurve.
On December 24, MelosBoom announced a strategic investment from LBank Labs, with a post-investment valuation of $80 million. MelosBoom is committed to promoting the progress of decentralized computing and data transmission networks, and continues to unleash its potential in the fields of DePIN and DeIOE, expanding its ecosystem.
