Compiled by Golden Finance, DigiFT raised $11 million in a strategic funding round this week. Investors include SBI Holdings*, Mirana Ventures, Offchain Labs, Polygon, and Yunqi Capital. DigiFT is the first regulated DeFi exchange focused on on-chain real-world assets (RWAs) and operates as a Recognized Market Operator (RMO) under Singaporean regulation. It provides end-to-end infrastructure for the tokenization, issuance, custody, and trading of RWAs, including stocks, bonds, money market funds, and tokenized US Treasuries, with secure settlement through licensed custodians. LO:TECH has raised $5 million in seed funding from investors including 13bookscapital*, Lightspeed Faction, Veris Ventures, CRIT Ventures, and Mark Ransford. LO:TECH is a London-based digital asset exchange and infrastructure company focused on providing transparent, data-driven liquidity and execution services across centralized and decentralized markets. It offers real-time market making through a high-performance dashboard, low-latency trading infrastructure, streaming data (including tick-by-tick analytics), and execution algorithms. Vanish Trade raises $1 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Colosseum*, Solana Ventures, Pivot Global, Anatoly Yakovenko, Taranveer Sabharwal, Ryon Nixon, Nom, and Anil Lulla. Vanish Trade is a Solana-based trading platform that provides a shielded and compliant exchange service, leveraging innovative smart routing and shielded liquidity. By decoupling trades from user wallets, it protects trading strategies from front-running and information leaks, and ensures regulatory compliance through multiple layers of screening, geo-blocking, and address logic. Legion has raised $5 million in seed funding from investors including VanEck*, Brevan Howard Digital*, Kraken, Coinbase Ventures, Crypto.com Capital, Bitscale Capital, Systemic Ventures, Cyber Fund, Blockchain Builders Fund (BBF), and GSR Markets LTD. Legion provides a platform for retail investors to participate in on-chain financing while strengthening compliance and investor accountability. Projects using Legion can customize investment terms and build a strong, organic community through investor whitelisting and targeted allocations. Each investor receives a "Legion Score," which dynamically adjusts based on their long-term value contribution to mitigate short-term arbitrage and bot/Sybil attacks. This reputation system helps build a more committed and supportive investment community. LYS Labs raised $4 million in seed funding from investors including Alchemy Ventures, Frachtis, Auros Global, Smape Capital, Public Works, Dingaling, Bruce Pon, John Lilic, and Ash Crypto. LYS Labs provides ultra-fast structured data infrastructure for AI and quantitative developers in the Solana Web3 ecosystem. It transforms complex, unstructured on-chain data into context-rich, machine-friendly intelligence, delivering it via APIs and knowledge graphs with sub-14 millisecond latency. Its tools include the Solexys AI agent, ontology framework, and real-time data processing optimized for predictive trading, anomaly detection, and autonomous execution. Pocket Universe secured an undisclosed investment from Kerberus in a round of acquisition funding. Pocket Universe is a browser extension that simulates and analyzes Web3 transactions before signing, helping users avoid fraudulent token delegation, malicious swaps, scams, and contract threats. It supports major browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge, and offers optional insurance of up to $20,000 per transaction. With over 200,000 users, the tool is trusted by both novice and expert users. Irys has raised $10 million in Series A funding from investors including CoinFund*, Hypersphere, Tykhe Ventures, Varrock, Echo, Breed VC, and WAGMI Ventures. Irys is a datachain that enables applications to store, share, and monetize data at a lower cost. It provides unlimited capacity, instant retrieval, and a composable on-chain data infrastructure, enabling applications to discover, create, and exchange value through data. Loop Crypto raised $2 million in a strategic funding round from investors including Fabric Ventures*, VanEck*, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto), Archetype, and Mert. Loop is a cryptocurrency and stablecoin payment processor for merchants, billing platforms, and e-commerce platforms. It offers simplified on-chain payments, including crypto subscriptions, recurring billing, wallet top-ups, and fiat settlement. Supporting Ethereum, Solana, and multiple EVM chains, Loop enables recurring payments without locking up funds and seamlessly integrates with payment tools like Stripe, Chargebee, and OpenPay. DecentralGPT raised $7 million in a funding round from AGICrypto Capital*. DecentralGPT is a decentralized AI large-scale language model inference network that supports a variety of open-source and closed-source models. It improves computational efficiency and reduces costs through global distribution of GPU nodes, while localizing data processing to ensure privacy. Its decentralized architecture democratizes access to AGI resources and promotes global participation in AI research and development. The platform also integrates with DeepBrain Chain's decentralized computing infrastructure to provide low-cost, high-performance, and privacy-preserving inference services. StableStock received an undisclosed amount in a funding round from YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), MPCi (formerly Matrix Partners China), and Vertex Ventures. StableStock is an on-chain stock asset platform that merges traditional finance with DeFi. Users can buy and sell US stocks using stablecoins through StableBroker, tokenize their stocks into sStock for on-chain use, and earn returns through StableVault. The StableSwap module provides low-slippage swaps, enhancing the liquidity and composability of tokenized assets. Cointel raised $7.4 million in a funding round from investors including Avalanche* and Sugafam Inc.*. Cointel is an AI-native crypto intelligence platform that combines real-time market analysis, gamified learning, and community insights. Users receive AI-generated newsletters, scam detection, predictive analytics, expert Q&A, and smart alerts through a subscription model powered by the COLS token. COLS also supports staking, creator rewards, and future governance features. Overtake raised $7 million in a funding round from investors including Sui Network, ItemMania, ItemBay, JB Investment, Green Whale Ventures, and Immutable. Overtake is a P2P marketplace on the Sui blockchain, allowing users to securely, quickly, and decentralizedly trade in-game digital assets (items, currencies, accounts, collectibles, and more) through smart contract escrow. The platform also offers AI-driven intelligent search, automated buy strategies, and cross-market order placement. StakedHYPE (stHYPE) has received an undisclosed investment from Valantis Labs in a round of M&A funding. StakedHYPE is a liquid staking protocol on the Hyperliquid network. Users stake HYPE tokens and earn stHYPE, maintaining liquidity and automatically accruing staking rewards. It operates with rewards distributed by a decentralized validator set, offers fully transparent and audited security, and is governed by its users. stHYPE seamlessly integrates into the Hyperliquid ecosystem for lending, exchange, and yield farming. o1.exchange raised $4.2 million in a funding round from investors including Coinbase Ventures* and Alliance DAO (formerly DeFi Alliance). o1.exchange is an AI-powered decentralized trading terminal built on Solana (and extended to Base), providing institutional-grade infrastructure for both novice and professional traders. It features microsecond execution, intelligent order placement, anti-MEV protection, real-time analytics, and AI-powered trend detection, all within a self-hosted wallet environment. Capital B (formerly The Blockchain Group) raised $2.6 million in a funding round led by Adam Back. Capital B is a Euronext-listed Bitcoin treasury in France that, in addition to holding BTC, develops data intelligence, AI, and decentralized technology solutions. As Europe's first Bitcoin treasury company, it combines a long-term cryptoasset strategy with innovation in Web3 infrastructure and enterprise-grade AI services. Archax has received an undisclosed investment from the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) in a funding round. Archax is a London-based, FCA-regulated digital asset exchange, brokerage, and custody platform dedicated to bridging traditional finance and blockchain innovation. It supports the tokenization and trading of real-world assets such as funds, stocks, bonds, and money market instruments, and provides services such as custody, stablecoin issuance, treasury management, and over-the-counter trading. Block Earner raised $8 million in Series A funding from investors including Titan Fund* and King River Capital. Block Earner is an Australian Web3 fintech platform that allows users to buy, sell, and manage over 350 cryptocurrencies using Australian dollars, and offers crypto-collateralized lending and DeFi access. Users can borrow up to AUD 5 million by collateralizing BTC, ETH, or stablecoins, maintaining crypto exposure while gaining liquidity. It also provides seamless access to DeFi protocols like Aave and supports self-managed superannuation funds and corporate treasuries. Block Earner is registered with AUSTRAC DCE and is an Australian Credit Representative Licensee.
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