Compiled by Golden Finance, this week saw 32 blockchain startups secure $530 million in funding. The largest funding round of the week saw Echo secure $375 million from Coinbase in a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) round. Echo is a community-based on-chain investment platform that enables users to participate in private rounds of startups and token projects alongside professional investment groups. By leveraging smart contracts and USDC settlement, Echo enables a transparent, permissionless investment mechanism while preventing lead investors from accessing other investors' funds. The platform supports decentralized capital formation, enabling entrepreneurs to raise funds from a distributed on-chain community rather than relying on traditional venture capital. Pre-seed and Seed Funding Kinetiq — $1.8M (Seed Round) Investors: Maven 11 Capital, Pier Two, Chorus One, IMC, Infinite Field, Flowdesk, SIG DTI (Susquehanna International Group) Kinetiq is a liquid staking protocol on Hyperliquid, aiming to establish the network's first staking pool, kHYPE. Through its StakeHub operating system, Kinetiq automates validator delegation and optimizes revenue distribution among high-performing nodes. Users staking $HYPE earns rewards while contributing to network security and liquidity. The project has been audited by Spearbit, Pashov Audit Group, and Zenith, and has integrated with leading DeFi protocols such as Curve, Pendle, and Hyperlend, positioning itself as the core infrastructure layer of the Hyperliquid ecosystem.
Printr — Raised $2 Million (Seed Round)
Investors: Mantle Network, Mirana Ventures, L1D, Sfermion, Flowdesk, Comfy Capital, Altcoin Sherpa, Georgios Vlachos, Sergey Gorbunov, Jordi Alexander, Cryptopathic, Andy Chorlian, Nom
Printr is a cross-chain memecoin issuance platform that allows users to issue and trade tokens on 69+ chains with one click. It aggregates liquidity and simplifies the token creation process, designed for "degen" users (high-risk speculators). Designed to be fun, the platform offers a waitlist for early access and community airdrop opportunities.
Nubila Network — $8 Million Raised (Seed Round)
Investors: BlockSpaceForce*, Quantum Holdings*, IoTeX, Assembly Partners, Synharbour AI
Nubila is a global environmental data network that leverages DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) and AI to improve the collection and analysis of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) data. Users collect and share ESG data by installing simple data collection devices and are rewarded with $NUBI tokens. Nubila's AI system ensures real-time aggregation and insights, providing accurate and actionable ESG data to help individuals and institutions make informed decisions. Its collaborative ecosystem promotes the democratization and transparency of ESG data.
Limitless — Raises $9 Million (Seed Round)
Investors: 1confirmation*, Collider Ventures, Digital Currency Group (DCG), Node Capital, Arrington Capital, Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime Capital
Limitless Exchange is a prediction market platform designed to make cryptocurrency and stock trading radically simple. Built on the Base Network, it provides short-term, instantly settled price markets with no liquidation risk or hidden fees. Entry (formerly Zekret Protocol) — $1M Raised (Pre-seed) Investors: Modern Niagara*, Qrecendo Entry is a compliance-focused Web3 infrastructure connecting institutions with decentralized finance. Based in Toronto, the project combines zero-knowledge identity (zkID), AI-driven compliance reasoning, and an auditable proof system to enable on-chain transactions that maintain privacy and full regulatory compliance. By translating regulatory compliance into verifiable on-chain proofs, Entry allows institutions to onboard verified users, screen clean assets, and maintain a real-time audit trail. Its $ENT token supports zk computation, staking, and AI-powered compliance calls.
Other Funding Rounds
Pieverse — $7M (Strategic Round)
Investors: Animoca Brands*, UOB Venture Management*, 10K Ventures, Signum Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Serafund, Undefined Labs, Sonic SVM
Pieverse is building Web3-native payments and compliance infrastructure, enabling timestamped, verifiable transactions through on-chain invoices, receipts, and checks. Its goal is to make Web3 financial workflows smoother, auditable, and trustless, eliminating the friction of manual reporting and record-keeping and enabling a transparent financial environment for compliance. ZKLSOL (Zero Knowledge SOL) — Raised $1M (Public Sale) ZKLSOL is a yield-based privacy protocol on Solana that addresses the privacy-yield tradeoff in traditional crypto mixers. Users can earn yield through an LST (Liquid Staking Token) model while waiting for private mixing. Leveraging Solana's confidentiality scaling, ZKLSOL ensures that transactions remain completely private after mixing and leverages mixing pool returns through DeFi integrations like Kamino Multiply. The protocol combines zero-knowledge cryptography, staking, and privacy to deliver secure, composable, and high-performance private DeFi. DepinSim — $8M Raised (Strategic Round) Investors: Outlier Ventures*, DWF Labs, Bitrise Capital, Becker Ventures, Mask Network, Silverline Labs, MYIE VC DepinSim is a decentralized connectivity and simulation platform that enables borderless communications, payments, and network optimization through crypto-native eSIMs and AI modeling tools. Users can use a global roaming eSIM integrated with Telegram, with a phone-based DID, a built-in wallet, and a "task-to-earn" system to access free data and airdrops. Developers can use its simulation tools to design and optimize the DePIN network, including token economics and node distribution. Padre — Amount Undisclosed (M&A Round) Investor: PumpFun Padre is a high-performance trading terminal designed for emoji traders. Developed by traders, it provides a fast, reliable, and comprehensive environment to help users gain an edge in the volatile emoji market. Berglinde — Amount Undisclosed (M&A Round) Investor: Blockstream Capital Partners Berglinde is building a regulated Swiss digital asset custodian to provide secure asset storage, management, and transfer services for institutional clients. The platform focuses on compliance, risk management, and institutional-grade infrastructure, bridging traditional finance and the Web3 world.
ME3 (Gacha Galaxy) — $3M Raised
Investors: Kakao Games, Outlier Ventures, Master Ventures, Maven Capital, Marshland Capital, Tokocrypto
ME3 is a non-custodial wallet and crypto exchange for gamers, supporting multi-chain asset management and allowing users to store, exchange, and manage assets directly in-game, providing a seamless access experience for the Web3 gaming ecosystem.
Loyal — $2.5M Raised (Public Sale)
Loyal is a privacy-preserving decentralized intelligent infrastructure that supports verifiable, private, user-aligned AI computation. Built on Solana, it combines TEEs (Trusted Execution Environments) with on-chain payments, enabling users and applications to run AI workloads without exposing their data. Stable Finance — Amount Undisclosed (M&A Round) Investors: Aave Stable Finance is a DeFi protocol focused on stablecoin strategies, providing stable returns for institutions. Through trusted stablecoin integration and on-chain transparency, users can earn consistent returns in a risk-controlled environment. The protocol supports automated vaults, optimizing capital efficiency and stability, making it suitable for DAOs, funds, and high-end users. Pave Bank — $39M (Series A) Investors: Accel*, Tether, Wintermute Ventures, Quona Capital Pave Bank is a programmable bank that provides a secure, regulated platform for businesses to transact using stablecoins, CBDCs, and tokenized RWAs. It combines the best of traditional finance and digital assets to enable custom banking processes and automation. Dynamic — Amount Undisclosed (M&A Round) Investor: Fireblocks Dynamic provides secure and diverse Web3 authentication solutions, offering smart login for crypto users and embedded non-custodial wallets and secure keys, recovery processes, payment channels, and other features for developers, simplifying the multi-chain user experience. Clanker — Amount Undisclosed (M&A Round) Investor: Farcaster Clanker is a decentralized token creation and trading platform built on the Base network, allowing users to issue, trade, and explore community-driven tokens in the gamified “Clankverse” ecosystem. 21Shares — Amount Undisclosed (M&A Round) Investor: FalconX 21Shares is a global crypto investment firm that offers exchange-traded products (ETPs) that provide investors with secure exposure to crypto assets through regulated financial instruments. Headquartered in Zurich, it has listed over 40 products on major European exchanges. Beam Cash — Amount Undisclosed (M&A Round) Investor: Modern Treasury Beam is a stablecoin-based payments platform that connects traditional finance and blockchain, enabling fast, low-cost, and secure global money transfers. Following its acquisition by Modern Treasury, Beam enables real-time settlement and cross-border payments between fiat currencies and stablecoins through a single API. Bluwhale — Raised $10M (Series A) Investors: UOB Venture Management, PAID Network, Sublime Ventures Bluwhale is a decentralized AI-powered personalization protocol that empowers wallet holders to control and monetize their digital profiles. Using AI and contextual data, it helps businesses reach their target audiences more precisely while rewarding users for engaging with their data. Rayls (Parfin) — Raised $1.8M (Public Sale) Rayls is a UniFi blockchain ecosystem that connects traditional finance and DeFi, supporting tokenized financial products, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and cross-border payments. Its parent company, Parfin, provides Web3 infrastructure services to financial institutions in Latin America.
Kotani Pay — Amount Undisclosed
Investor: Tether
Kotani Pay is a Web3 payment infrastructure that connects blockchain networks, dApps, and local payment systems in Africa. Through APIs and SMS wallets, it enables offline fiat-to-stablecoin conversions and cross-border remittances, promoting financial inclusion.
Sign (EthSign) — $25.5M Raised
Investors: YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs)*, IDG Capital
Sign is an on-chain token distribution and credential verification infrastructure. Its platform, TokenTable, has completed over $4 billion in token airdrops for 40 million users and over 200 projects, including Starknet and ZetaChain. Sign Protocol connects real-world credentials to blockchain addresses, facilitating adoption by governments and businesses. Lit Protocol — $2.5 Million Raised Investors: RRE Ventures*, Collaborative+Currency, Sfermion, Protocol Labs, Village Global. Lit Protocol is a decentralized key management and computation network that leverages advanced cryptography and a peer-to-peer architecture to enable secure program execution and private data exchange across Web2 and Web3. dm.fun (Metrica Labs) — Raised $1.5M (Public Sale) dm.fun is a Solana-based social and trading application that combines chat, emojis, and crypto trading. Users can connect and trade Solana tokens within the community, bringing social interaction to the blockchain. APRO — Amount Undisclosed Investors: YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs)*, Gate Ventures, WAGMI Ventures, TPC Ventures APRO is a high-performance oracle platform that provides real-world data to decentralized applications, serving a variety of use cases such as finance, gaming, and supply chain. BitcoinOS — Raises $10 Million Investors: Greenfield Capital*, FalconX, DNA Fund, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Nathan McCauley BitcoinOS (BOS) is a layer-two operating system designed for Bitcoin, making the Bitcoin network programmable, scalable, and interoperable. Leveraging BitSNARK and Grail technologies, it enables Bitcoin Rollup, trustless bridging, and native token functionality, driving the development of Bitcoin-native DeFi. TBook — $5 Million Raised Investors: Sui Foundation, HT Capital, KuCoin Ventures, VistaLabs, Bonfire Union TBook is a StableFi coordination layer for the digital workforce, connecting identity, payments, and earnings. Its TBook Vault distributes stablecoins and RWAs, while decentralized identity and WISE scores record contributions, enabling real-time collaboration and distribution between humans and AI. Blockport (formerly Zeta Node) — Undisclosed Amount (M&A) Investor: Pier Two Blockport is a zero-fee Solana staking and infrastructure provider, offering validator nodes, RPC services, and developer APIs, supporting global partners such as Jito, Raydium, and Edgevana. Open Campus — $5 Million (Strategic Round) Investors: Animoca Brands, YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), Sequoia China (HongShan), Caladan, Shima Capital, Polygon, Kingsway Capital, GameFi Ventures Open Campus Protocol is a decentralized education platform leveraging blockchain technology to build a more equitable and inclusive education system. Its $EDU token incentivizes high-quality content creation and collaboration, and enables intellectual property ownership and revenue distribution through publisher NFTs.
Turtle — Raised $5.5M (Strategic Round)
Investors: Bitscale Capital, Theia, Fasanara Capital, Varys Capital, FalconX, Trident Digital, SNZ Holding, GSR Markets LTD, Anchorage Digital, Relayer Capital, CoinIX Capital, Amber Group, Flowdesk, Wise3 Ventures, JPEG Trading, Gami Capital, Reflexive Capital
Turtle Club is a Web3 distribution protocol that monetizes users’ on-chain behaviors (such as staking, swapping, and referrals) by tracking wallet interactions, and distributes rewards to partner protocols to increase DeFi ecosystem returns.
METYA — $6 Million Raised
Investors: Echo3*, Greenwood Global Capital*
Metya is an AI-powered Web3 dating platform that combines social interaction with a token economy, allowing users to connect globally and earn financial rewards through participation. Its ecosystem uses NFTs to express goodwill and social connections, and has 8.5 million active users from over 100 countries.
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