24 projects raised $1.1 billion, VERB raised $558 million

Compiled by Golden Finance, 24 blockchain startups raised a total of $1.1 billion in funding this week. Verb Technology (TON Strategy Co.) raised $558 million from Kingsway Capital*, Blockchain.com (Blockchain Ventures), Animoca Brands, VY Capital, and The Open Platform (TOP). Verb Technology (NASDAQ: VERB), formerly an AI-driven video SaaS company, is transitioning to TON Strategy Co., becoming the first publicly listed treasury company focused on Toncoin, the native token of The Open Network. Leveraging Telegram's integration with TON, the company aims to generate sustainable staking returns and capital appreciation while continuing its legacy as a digital commerce business. Pre-seed and Seed Investment Rounds: TradeTide AI secured an undisclosed amount of Seed funding from CatcherVC, Candaq Fintech Group, Cryptogram Venture (CGV), Stratified Capital, and K24 Ventures. TradeTide AI is a cross-chain, AI-powered crypto strategy platform that predicts market trends, develops trading strategies, and automates their execution. It leverages intelligent automation and deep crypto-native integrations to enable users to optimize portfolio performance without manual intervention. The platform combines predictive analytics with on-chain execution, supporting multiple blockchains for maximum flexibility. For traders and investors seeking a competitive advantage, TradeTide streamlines the entire strategy lifecycle, from market analysis to trade execution, through advanced AI models and seamless DeFi interoperability. Doppler Finance has raised $3 million in seed funding from Reforge*, Digital Currency Group (DCG), Maven 11 Capital, Hashkey Capital, GSR Markets LTD, Titan Fund, Keyrock, Tenity, CRIT Ventures, Cluster Capital, Flowdesk, Auros Global, and the G20 Group. Doppler Finance is a leading DeFi yield protocol on the XRP Ledger, enabling XRP holders to earn yield through a combination of CeDeFi, on-chain DeFi, liquidity staking, lending, and real-world assets. Doppler provides institutional-grade custody infrastructure and a diverse range of yield strategies while maintaining liquidity. Early users can earn rewards through Doppler Points, increasing platform participation. The platform emphasizes security and user returns, transforming passive XRP into a highly efficient asset and building an integrated ecosystem native to the XRPL. Euphoria has raised $5 million in seed funding from Karatage*, Figment Capital*, Robot Ventures*, Bankless Ventures, First Commit, Hash3, Comfy Capital, Kosmos Ventures, Kain Warwick, Santiago R. Santos, and Daryl Lau. Euphoria Finance is a gamified, mobile-first derivatives trading app built on the MegaETH L2 network. It aims to simplify trading crypto options and perpetual contracts, introducing a "one-click trading" interface that allows users to intuitively speculate with a single tap, without the need for order books or complex margin setup. By combining social features with real-time execution and an embedded CLOB mechanism, Euphoria lowers the barrier to entry for average users. Perle Labs (formerly Kiva AI) raised $9 million in Seed funding from Framework Ventures*. Perle is a Web3-powered AI platform designed to improve human feedback on AI training quality through blockchain-based attribution and cryptoeconomic incentives. Its flagship product, Perle Labs, provides a self-service platform covering the entire AI development lifecycle, from multimodal data collection to model fine-tuning. Through curated datasets, human reviewers, and on-chain payments, Perle ensures transparency and high-quality AI training. Hylo raised $1.5 million in Seed funding from Robot Ventures*, Colosseum, Solana Ventures, and YTWO Ventures. Hylo is a decentralized stablecoin protocol on the Solana blockchain, utilizing a dual-token system: hyUSD: A USD-pegged stablecoin backed by Solana Liquidity Staking Tokens (LSTs). xSOL: Providing leveraged exposure to Sol. The protocol operates entirely decentralized, requiring no real-world assets or centralized intermediaries, ensuring permissionless and secure trading. Hylo employs a multi-layered risk management system, including fee adjustments, stability pools, and a zero-slippage liquidity mechanism. BlindPay has raised $3.3 million in Seed funding from Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Bitso, Transpose Platform, and Acacia Venture Capital Partners. BlindPay is a platform that provides a stablecoin API for global businesses, enabling fast cross-border payments across fiat and cryptocurrencies. It integrates with local payment systems in various countries (such as Brazil's Pix, Mexico's SPEI, Colombia's PSE, and Argentina's Transfers) and supports major blockchains such as Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and Polygon. BlindPay handles compliance, Know Your Customer (KYC)/Know Your Business (KYB), and fraud detection, and offers instant settlement (up to 80% faster), competitive foreign exchange quotes, and real-time transaction monitoring via a simple SDK and REST API. Kuvi AI has raised $700,000 in Seed funding from Moon Pursuit Capital* and Transform Ventures. Kuvi AI is an AI-powered cryptocurrency interface that converts text or voice commands into secure cross-chain transactions. As an "agent-based financial operating system," it allows self-custodial users to use natural language to perform token swaps, asset rebalancing, and automated DeFi operations. Kuvi's modular AI agents execute intent-based trades and strategies without the need for traditional interfaces or cross-chain bridges.

Other Investment Rounds

Cool Cats
Receives Undisclosed Funding from Animoca Brands.

Cool Cats is a global storytelling brand connecting people through NFTs, games, and creative communities. Its flagship project, the Cool Cats NFT collection, features 10,000 unique hand-drawn cat avatars, encouraging self-expression, social connection, and fostering an inclusive environment. Its gamified and tokenized economy is powered by the MILK token. BOB (Build on Bitcoin) raised $9.5 million in strategic funding from Castle Island Ventures, Cathay Ledger Fund, RockawayX, Asymmetric Fund, Hypersphere, IOSG Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Sigil Fund, CMS Holdings, Daedalus, Amber Group, Sats Ventures, Zee Prime Capital, and Nathan McCauley. BOB is a revolutionary Bitcoin Layer 2 solution, fully EVM-compatible and natively supporting Bitcoin. It leverages the Ethereum Virtual Machine to execute smart contracts, seamlessly bridging the Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems and providing Rollup functionality backed by Bitcoin security. BOB's ecosystem is designed specifically for DeFi applications and Bitcoin-related use cases, aiming to connect Ethereum users, applications, and exchanges with a single click. Bit2Me raised $34.9 million in funding from Tether. Bit2Me is a Spanish cryptocurrency exchange that allows users to purchase digital currencies through bank transfers. Its ecosystem token, B2M, provides payment solutions aimed at bridging the gap between cryptocurrencies and traditional monetary systems. Rail has raised $200 million in M&A funding from Ripple. Rail is a compliant fiat-to-stablecoin infrastructure platform that provides businesses with fast, low-cost cross-border payments through a unified API. The system combines traditional bank payment channels with stablecoin settlement, reducing transaction settlement times from days to hours. Rail's network architecture ensures redundancy and reliability, making global corporate payments smoother and more scalable. Multiple Network has raised an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from Gate Labs, 071labs (Zero Seven One Labs), and IBC Group. Multiple Network is a decentralized network platform designed to enhance data sharing and connectivity within the digital ecosystem. It leverages blockchain technology to ensure secure, transparent, and efficient interactions without relying on centralized intermediaries. Multiple Network focuses on interoperability, enabling seamless communication between different blockchain networks. This allows users to access and share data across platforms, increasing flexibility and reducing costs. The platform supports a variety of applications, including DeFi, smart contracts, and content distribution. Its governance model empowers users to make decisions, ensuring that network development benefits the entire community. With its innovative decentralized connectivity concept, Multiple Network aims to redefine global data exchange and become a key player in the future of decentralized networks. Lightnet Raises $5 Million in Funding from Easou Technology Holdings Limited. Lightnet, a Singapore-based fintech group, builds a blockchain-based cross-border payments network to promote financial inclusion. Its solutions include LiquidNet, which provides remittance infrastructure for institutions, and LightRemit, a mobile remittance platform, connecting remittance operators, local banks, e-wallets, and retail terminals across Southeast Asia and beyond. It offers real-time settlement, multi-currency accounts, FX prime brokerage services, and wholesale settlement with stablecoins, all while maintaining full regulatory compliance and reducing reliance on the traditional banking system. Satsuma Technology Plc (SATS.L) raised $217.6 million in funding from ParaFi Capital*, Pantera Capital, Blockchain.com (Blockchain Ventures), Kraken, Arrington Capital, and Digital Currency Group (DCG). Satsuma is a UK-listed AI infrastructure and subnet deployment company built on the Bittensor Network. It develops and operates AI agents in various sectors, including law, recruitment, and finance, and supports the creation of decentralized subnets with their own tokens. Through subnet tokenization and liquidity mechanisms, Satsuma links the performance of AI agents to the value of tokens. SuperGaming raised $15 million in Series B funding from Skycatcher*, Steadview Capital*, a16z Games Speedrun, Bandai Namco 021 Fund, Neowiz, and P2 Ventures (Polygon Ventures). SuperGaming is an Indian mobile game studio known for titles like MaskGun and Indus – Battle Royale. Its proprietary SuperPlatform is a massively scaled, real-time multiplayer and Web3 gaming infrastructure that supports multi-platform games like PAC-MAN and Tower Conquest. Espresso Systems raised $4 million in a public sale. Espresso is a global confirmation layer that provides fast, reliable transaction confirmations for L2 chains secured by BFT consensus. Triv raised an undisclosed amount from MEXC Ventures. Triv is a licensed cryptocurrency and digital asset platform in Indonesia, allowing users to buy, sell, exchange, stake, and withdraw over 700 cryptocurrencies, US stocks, e-currencies, and bill payments. It offers 24/7 instant settlement through integration with 61 Indonesian banks and e-wallets. Regulated by the Indonesian Commodity and Futures Trading Authority (BAPPEBTI), the platform also offers staking rewards, an affiliate program, and fiat withdrawals, reaching millions of users nationwide. MANTRA has raised $20 million in funding from Inveniam. MANTRA, a Middle Eastern-focused project in the process of obtaining a license from VARA, the Dubai crypto regulator, is targeting the crypto-native community. It aims to fill the gap in the Cosmos ecosystem's regulated digital asset chain. Built on the Cosmos SDK and Tendermint consensus, it provides a permissionless blockchain for developing Web3 applications in a regulated environment. Theoriq AI (ChainML) raised $3 million in a public sale. ChainML is a scalable, tamper-proof protocol that supports decentralized machine learning and other complex data-driven computations in Web3. The Web3 AI platform also released its agent-based base layer, Theoriq. OpenMind raised $20 million in funding from Pantera Capital*, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia China (now HongShan), Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group (DCG), Lightspeed Faction, Anagram, BlackDragon VC, Ambush Capital, Pi Network, Topology, Primitive, Pebblebed, and Amber Group. OpenMind is building OM1, an open-source, decentralized operating system for intelligent machines. Its FABRIC protocol enables AI-powered robots to verify identity, share context, and autonomously coordinate, acting as a decentralized peer-to-peer GPS, VPN, and handshake layer. OM1 is hardware-agnostic and supports trust, privacy, and real-time collaboration across robotic systems. By connecting "thinking machines" through an open, decentralized infrastructure, OpenMind aims to become the foundational layer for interoperable AI robots for everyday use. SolSniper secured an undisclosed amount of M&A funding from Phantom. SolSniper is a high-performance NFT trading terminal based on Solana, offering both a Telegram bot and a web interface. It enables fast execution of Memecoin and NFT trades through wallet tracking, automated buying, an analytics dashboard, and AI-powered trading tools like QuantGPT. Its proprietary "Floorderbook" model combines order book efficiency with Solana's high speed to provide traders with real-time liquidity and accuracy. The platform also includes a fully functional NFT marketplace, a ranking system, and reward-driven gamification. AIxBlock has received a $1.7 million grant from the European Union. AIxBlock is a decentralized, open-source AI infrastructure platform that allows developers, startups, and large enterprises to build, fine-tune, and deploy AI models using distributed GPU resources. It supports full-stack AI development and workflow automation while preserving privacy, avoiding vendor lock-in, and reducing compute costs by up to 90%. Blockchain is used for coordination, contributor rewards, and transparent governance. AIxBlock utilizes a global contributor model and expands to underutilized EU data centers, driving modular, scalable, and sustainable AI innovation through a decentralized marketplace for models, datasets, and compute. Tectonic Foundation has raised an undisclosed amount from Black Flag. Tectonic is a decentralized money market protocol on the Cronos blockchain, allowing users to earn interest on deposits and obtain overcollateralized crypto loans. It supports dynamic interest rates, segregated lending pools, and smart contract-based risk management. Tectonic is built for scalability and transparency, enabling users to achieve passive income and capital efficiency. The protocol is governed by the community through the TONIC token, which holders can stake to earn rewards and participate in future decisions.