Compiled by Golden Finance, 18 blockchain startups raised a total of $508.7 million this week. AlloyX Limited secured $350 million in a merger and acquisition (M&A) round from Solowin. This week's largest round: AlloyX Limited secured $350 million in a merger and acquisition (M&A) round from Solowin. AlloyX Limited is an Asia-based stablecoin infrastructure platform dedicated to bridging the traditional banking system with blockchain technology. It enables businesses to seamlessly send, receive, and convert stablecoins and fiat currencies, supporting deposits and withdrawals in multiple currencies. With features such as an institutional-grade custodial wallet, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and multi-chain security, AlloyX serves clients in over 70 countries while ensuring full regulatory compliance. Wildcat Labs secured $3.5 million in seed funding from investors including Robot Ventures*, Triton Capital, Polygon, Hyperithm, Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe), Kronos Research, and Hermeneutic Investments. Wildcat is a decentralized lending protocol built on Ethereum that enables the creation of customizable "uncollateralized" credit markets. Borrowers set market parameters (such as interest rates, reserve requirements, maturity dates, and withdrawal terms), while lenders select appropriate markets based on their risk assessment. The protocol itself serves only as a settlement layer, with no centralized underwriting, providing a transparent, trust-based DeFi credit infrastructure. Plural raised $7.1 million in a Seed funding round from investors including Paradigm*, Volt Capital, Maven 11 Capital, and Neoclassic Capital. Plural connects solar and wind developers with investors through blockchain, enabling people to invest in renewable energy projects with as little as $10. Powered by blockchain smart contracts, Plural provides stable returns and liquidity, making renewable energy investment accessible to everyone. Kea raised $7 million in a Seed funding round (investors were undisclosed). Keabank is a cryptocurrency-friendly neobank specializing in cross-border payments for businesses. It supports fully remote opening of corporate accounts with dedicated IBANs, offers fast fiat settlement via SWIFT/SEPA, and cryptocurrency deposits, withdrawals, and automated conversions. With transparent, low fees, a developer-friendly API, and 24/7 support, Keabank provides compliant, integrated financial solutions. It has also launched a "Payment Intelligence" service that enables real-time transaction tracking and multi-currency operations, enhancing fintech integration and automation. Aria Protocol has secured $15 million in a seed funding round from investors including Polychain Capital, Neoclassic Capital, and Story Protocol. Aria Protocol is a compliant real-world asset (RWA) + intellectual property (IP) tokenization platform that fragments real-world intellectual property (RWIP) into fungible, revenue-generating tokens. Starting with music copyrights, Aria unlocks liquidity through secondary and lending markets, enabling distributed ownership, governance, and decision-making. Aria, based on the Story blockchain, has launched Intellectual Property Real World Assets (IPRWAs), allowing investors to generate returns from streaming, licensing, remixes, and derivative works. Reflect secured $3.8 million in a Seed funding round from investors including a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX)*, Solana Ventures, Equilibrium co, Big Brain Holdings, and Colosseum. Reflect is a synthetic currency trading protocol built on Solana that aims to achieve delta-neutral returns using Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs). By capturing staking returns and perpetual contract funding rates, Reflect offers a high-yield, dollarized, and instantly settleable product. Its "software-as-stablecoin" architecture supports USDC+, a highly liquid, yield-bearing stablecoin backed by select DeFi strategies, such as basis trading. Each strategy is protected by an on-chain insurance pool (backed by Jito's re-hypothecated assets) to ensure transparency and robustness. Additional Financing: Pointsville secured an undisclosed amount in a Series A funding round from investors including Valor Capital Group*, Tether, Superscrypt, and SNZ Holding. PointsVille is an end-to-end platform that helps businesses efficiently digitize loyalty programs and real-world assets. It provides customizable tools for tokenized asset issuance, loyalty engagement, and alternative asset management to enhance user engagement, financialization, and compliance. Used by major clients across sports, entertainment, financial services, and government, it supports augmented reality quests, interactive rewards, and branded financial assets, while maintaining strong regulatory compliance capabilities. Aspecta has received an undisclosed amount in a funding round from OKX Ventures (formerly OKEx Blockdream Ventures). Aspecta is an AI-powered developer profile builder that uses large language models to assess code quality. It generates an AI-powered identity (Aspecta ID) for developers to showcase, connect, and discover. By linking Web2/Web3 accounts such as GitHub, Twitter, and wallet addresses, Aspecta ID holders can showcase over 8,000 skills and hundreds of experience highlights. Maiga AI secured $2 million in a strategic funding round from investors including Amber Group, Red Beard Ventures, IBC Group, tbv, and Chainlink. Maiga.ai is a Web3-native AI agent platform that provides trading signals, alpha insights, and automated DeFi strategies. Designed for traders, creators, and speculators, it combines advanced AI frameworks with real-time data to optimize decision-making. As a decentralized "DeFAI" economy (DeFi + AI), Maiga runs multimodal models in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and leverages multi-venue MCP interfaces. Its innovative "Proof of Transaction (PoT)" mechanism ties rewards and $MAIGA token redemption to actual trading volume and liquidity contribution, aligning participant incentives and building a transparent and autonomous financial ecosystem. Breakout received an undisclosed investment in a merger and acquisition (M&A) round from Kraken. Breakout is a crypto-native proprietary trading firm, providing access to the best centralized exchange liquidity for over 100 crypto assets. The platform features advanced trading tools, tight spreads, and proprietary web and mobile apps for seamless trade execution. Emphasizing "uncompromising execution and radical transparency," Breakout publicly reviews success rates and profit data. Traders can access funded accounts through reviews and retain up to 90% of their profits, creating an ideal environment for both new and experienced traders. Credora (formerly X-Margin) has secured an undisclosed investment in a merger and acquisition (M&A) round from RedStone. Credora is an end-to-end lending solution that facilitates credit issuance by validating real-time risk indicators in a zero-knowledge environment. Etherealize secured $40 million in funding from investors including Electric Capital*, Paradigm*, Vitalik Buterin, and the Ethereum Foundation. Etherealize is an institutional-grade business development and product company focused on the Ethereum ecosystem, dedicated to integrating traditional finance with Ethereum. It provides research, content, and innovative products to help institutions enter the Ethereum economy. Its mission is to upgrade the financial system and promote Ethereum as the most secure and open blockchain for global finance. Utila secured $22 million in Series A funding from investors including Red Dot Capital Partners*, Nyca Partners, Wing Venture Capital, DCG, Cerca Partners, FunFair Ventures, and SilverCircle. Utila is an institutional-focused crypto platform that provides a secure, multi-chain, non-custodial wallet to help organizations manage digital assets. Its multi-party computation (MPC) key management and user-friendly design address the complexity of existing institutional wallets, balancing usability and security for enterprises and crypto-native companies. Kite AI has secured $18 million in Series A funding from investors including PayPal Ventures*, General Catalyst*, 8VC, Samsung Next, Vertex Ventures, Hashed, Hashkey Capital, Dispersion Capital, Alumni Ventures (AVG), Avalanche Foundation, GSR Markets LTD, LayerZero, Animoca Brands, Essence Venture Capital, Alchemy Ventures, and The SBI US Gateway Fund. Kite AI is an EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain designed for a decentralized AI economy. Its innovative consensus mechanism, Proof of Attributable Intelligence (PoAI), ensures fair ownership and incentivization of data, model, and agent contributions. The platform offers customizable subnets to support specialized AI workflows, fostering collaboration among data providers, model developers, and AI agents. Kite AI's infrastructure addresses ownership, control, and privacy concerns, unlocking the full potential of AI. RISC Zero (Boundless) secured $13.7 million in funding in a public sale (investors were undisclosed). RISC Zero, a crypto startup focused on zero-knowledge proofs, is developing scalable, developer-friendly blockchain infrastructure. They built Boundless, a verifiable computation layer designed to bring zero-knowledge capabilities to all blockchains. Boundless is a general-purpose ZK protocol that allows developers to outsource heavy computations through zero-knowledge proofs. Any chain can verify the results without re-execution, enabling scalable, efficient, and interoperable applications. Boundless also includes a decentralized prover marketplace and supports extension tools such as Steel (Solidity outsourcing for gas savings) and Kailua (fast finality). It has launched Mainnet Beta on Base, supporting real deposits, proofs, and rewards. Tangany has secured $11.6 million in Series A funding from investors including Baader Bank*, Elevator Ventures*, Heliad AG*, High-Tech Grunderfonds, and Nauta Capital. Tangany is a Swiss fintech company headquartered in Munich and regulated by BaFin. It provides an API-first digital asset custody platform for institutional clients (banks, brokerages, fintechs, and enterprises). Its infrastructure utilizes white-label Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS), HSM, and MPC technologies for security, and includes compliance features (KYC, crypto accounting, staking, support for tokenized assets, NFTs, and smart contract custody). Encifher received an undisclosed amount in a funding round from Alliance DAO (formerly DeFi Alliance). Encifher is a DeFi layer built on Solana, enabling secure and private transactions without exposing sensitive wallet information. Built on Jupiter, Encifher uses a TEE coprocessor to encrypt transaction amounts. Combined with Phala's DStack architecture and threshold decryption method, it ensures speed and privacy while maintaining compliance and auditability through public on-chain addresses. Everlyn secured $15 million in funding from investors including Mysten Labs*, Selini Capital, Nesa, Aethir, io net, MH Ventures, and Baseline Emirates. Lyn is the world's first open-source video infrastructure and multimodal intelligent agent ecosystem, known as the "Open Dream Machine." Its flagship model, Everlyn-1, pushes the boundaries of video AI, enabling higher realism, longer durations, lower latency, and greater interactivity. Combined with Everworld, Lyn enables personalized, lifelike video agents to perform human tasks online. Lyn is building a decentralized protocol driven by an Agent API (AAPI), creating an open, programmable ecosystem that enables intelligent video agents to collaborate with humans and scale.
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