Highlights of This Issue
According to incomplete statistics from PANews, there were 17 investment and financing events in the global blockchain sector last week (8.18-8.24), with a total funding scale exceeding $240.3 million. The overview is as follows:
- DeFi reported 3 investment and financing events, including a new round of strategic financing for the on-chain RWA exchange DigiFT, led by Japan's largest financial group, SBI Holdings;
- Web3 Gaming announced 1 investment and financing event, with the game asset trading market OVERTAKE completing $7 million in strategic financing, with participation from Sui and others;
- Web3+AI reported 5 investment and financing events, including AI compliance platform IVIX, which combats crypto financial crime, completing $60 million in Series B financing, led by OGVP;
- Infrastructure & Tools announced 4 investment and financing events, including programmable data chain Irys completing $10 million in Series A financing, led by CoinFund;
- Centralized Finance reported 3 investment and financing events, including Turkey's version of "Robinhood," Midas, completing $8 million in financing at a valuation of nearly $1 billion;
- Others reported 1 investment and financing event, with blockchain startup Legion completing $5 million in seed round financing, led by VanEck and Brevan Howard Digital;
- Additionally, 2 listed companies completed financing to establish crypto treasuries, with Nasdaq-listed LM Funding America (NASDAQ: LMFA) raising $23 million.
DeFi
On-chain RWA exchange DigiFT completes strategic financing, total financing reaches $25 million
On-chain RWA exchange DigiFT announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing in August 2025, led by Japan's largest financial group, SBI Holdings, with participation from Mirana Ventures, Offchain Labs (Arbitrum), Yunqi Capital, and executives from the global fintech sector. After this round of financing, DigiFT's total financing amount reaches $25 million, which will be used to expand tokenized products, enhance RWA secondary market liquidity, broaden on-chain application scenarios, and build compliant smart contract infrastructure.
o1.exchange announced the completion of $4.2 million in financing, led by Coinbase Ventures and AllianceDAO. The platform is building the first comprehensive trading terminal on the Base chain and launching a new cashback program, allowing users to enjoy a 45% cashback rate and 41% referral revenue sharing. The trading terminal features include: completing transactions in as fast as 1 block, multi-wallet management and self-custody wallets, cross-chain support and bridging, TradingView enterprise-level charts, Base chain launchpad integration, and Uniswap V4 integration. Additionally, advanced order features such as limit orders, sniping, and TWAP are also provided.
According to official news from StableStock, the TraDeFi platform has completed seed round financing with participation from YZi Labs, MPCi (formerly known as Matrix Partners), and Vertex Ventures, while successfully completing the YZi Labs Easy Residency project. It is reported that StableStock focuses on the on-chain stock ecosystem, aiming to bring trillions of dollars in equity liquidity into DeFi. The platform has officially entered the public testing phase and is open to all users.
Web3 Gaming
OVERTAKE announced the completion of $7 million in strategic financing. The platform is a peer-to-peer game asset trading market based on the Sui network, using smart contract escrow to ensure transaction security. This financing received support from Sui, ItemMania, ItemBay, JB Investment, Green Whale Ventures, and Immutable, aiming to promote the future development of digital asset ownership and trading.
AI
AI compliance platform IVIX announced the completion of $60 million in Series B financing, led by OG Venture Partners (OGVP), with participation from Insight Partners, Citi Ventures, Team8, Disruptive AI, Cardumen Capital, and Cerca. The new funds are intended to accelerate its R&D capabilities to combat financial crime in complex cryptocurrency networks, blockchain anonymous transactions, and high-frequency trading, with its AI graphical analysis revealing hidden connections behind financial crimes.
Decentralized AI project DecentralGPT completes $7 million strategic investment
According to official news from the decentralized AI project DecentralGPT, DecentralGPT ($DGC) has received a $7 million strategic investment led by AGICrypto, with all investor tokens locked for one year.
Vigil Labs AI completes $5.7 million financing, focusing on AI-enhanced trading in the crypto market
Vigil Labs AI has completed $5.7 million in financing, planning to develop an AI system specifically designed to enhance human traders. Nova led the seed round financing, with participation from Lux Capital, Pantera Capital, SV Angel, Soma Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Jack Altman, Kevin Hartz, Cyan Banister, Micky Malka, and several well-known AI researchers.
It is reported that Vigil Labs AI's founder, Kole Lee, began accumulating wealth through stock trading in high school and later shifted to the cryptocurrency field. He interned at Pantera Capital and led Stanford University's blockchain club. Additionally, he successfully turned personal crypto asset investments into wealth and pushed Stanford's student fund, Blyth Fund, to allocate 7% of its portfolio to Bitcoin in 2024.
YOMIRGO completes $5 million Pre-A round financing, led by Gobi Partners
AI Agent + Web3 platform YOMIRGO announced the completion of $5 million in Pre-A round financing. This round of financing was led by Gobi Partners, with follow-on investments from Boman Group, NCIPA, FINWEX, Quest Eternal Group, Infinite Labs, and ZC Capital.
This round of financing will not only support the company's continuous innovation in technology and products but also bring a more open and sustainable value space for ecological partners and users. In the future, YOMIRGO will further accelerate product development and global layout, continuously promoting the deep integration of AI Agent and Web3 technologies to create a new generation of AI intelligent agent application ecosystems.
Machine intelligence platform LYS Labs, focused on the Solana blockchain, announced the completion of a total of $4 million in financing, including $2 million in angel round and $2 million in seed round funding, to build a machine intelligence layer on the Solana blockchain. The company is dedicated to transforming unstructured blockchain data into actionable insights, providing native on-chain operational capabilities for AI-driven agents. Currently, LYS Labs has launched a low-latency developer portal and is providing structured data services to users in the testnet.
AI startup EliseAI completes $250 million in Series E financing, led by A16z
AI startup EliseAI has completed $250 million in Series E financing, led by A16z, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and Navitas Capital. The company's valuation has doubled to over $2.2 billion. EliseAI was founded in 2017 by Minna Song (CEO) and Tony Stoyanov (CTO) and is dedicated to creating specialized AI systems for vertical fields, such as operating call centers and managing patient appointments.
(Not included in this financing weekly report statistics)**
Infrastructure & Tools
Programmable data chain Irys completes $10 million Series A financing, led by CoinFund
Programmable data chain Irys has completed $10 million in Series A financing, led by CoinFund, with participation from Hypersphere, Tykhe Ventures, Varrock Ventures, Breed VC, Echo Group, Amber Group, and WAGMI Ventures. This round of financing brings Irys's total funding to $20 million.
Cointel completes $7.4 million strategic financing, led by Avalanche and Sugafam
AI-native crypto intelligence platform Cointel announced the completion of $7.4 million in strategic financing, led by Avalanche and Sugafam Inc. Cointel will launch beginner and professional tier services, including gamified learning, AI briefings, predictive analytics, whale wallet alerts, and fraud radar features, and will launch the $COLS token on Avalanche, supporting staking, governance, and buyback and burn. The platform plans to focus on education, security, and real-time intelligence, gradually expanding to global markets such as North America.
Stablecoin payment processor Loop Crypto has completed a strategic financing round led by VanEck and Fabric Ventures, bringing its total fundraising to $6 million, although the specific financing amount has not been disclosed. It is reported that Loop Crypto focuses on stablecoin payment solutions, supporting subscription payment models, and serves multiple merchants including Helius, OpenPay, Kaito, and Privy, with transaction volume in Q2 2025 increasing by 344% year-on-year.
On-chain privacy solution Vanish completes $1 million seed round financing, led by Colosseum
The privacy trading solution Vanish, based on Solana, has completed $1 million in seed round financing, led by Colosseum, with participation from Solana Ventures, Pivot Global, and Solana co-founder Toly.
Others
Financing Platform:
Blockchain startup Legion announced the completion of $5 million in seed round financing, led by VanEck and Brevan Howard Digital, with participation from institutions such as Kraken, Coinbase, and Crypto.com. Legion aims to create a compliant ICO platform that provides strict standards similar to IPOs while utilizing crypto technology for token sales. The two founders stated that the platform will adhere to the latest EU regulations, requiring projects to publish detailed white papers and provide regular updates to avoid common scams from the past ICO era. This round of financing includes equity and token subscription rights, with specific valuation undisclosed.
Crypto Asset Reserves: (Not included in this financing weekly report statistics)
LM Funding America raises $23 million to expand BTC reserves, currently holding 150 BTC
Nasdaq-listed LM Funding America (NASDAQ: LMFA) has raised $23 million through a $12.6 million registered direct offering and $10.4 million in private financing. The funds will primarily be used to expand its Bitcoin reserves. Currently, the company holds 150 Bitcoins and has 26 megawatts of self-mining capacity. Recently, LMFA announced the acquisition of an 11-megawatt mining facility in Columbus, Mississippi, with mining operations already generating profits, continuously contributing to Bitcoin reserves while offsetting the operating costs of the listed company.
Capital B completes €2.2 million targeted capital increase, fully subscribed by Adam Back
French listed company Capital B has conducted a targeted capital increase of 1 million shares at approximately €2.24 per share, raising a total of about €2.2 million, fully subscribed by Adam Back. The company expects to add approximately 17 Bitcoins, with a potential total holding of 2,218 Bitcoins. Meanwhile, Fulgur Ventures will convert 4,760,000 OCA B-01 convertible bonds into 8,750,000 common shares.
Centralized Finance
Istanbul brokerage Midas Menkul Degerler AS's zero-commission trading platform Midas is valued at nearly $1 billion after its latest financing round. Midas is seen as Turkey's version of "Robinhood," and this week announced the completion of $8 million in financing, led by QED Investors, with new investors including the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and existing supporters like Spark Capital also participating. To date, Midas has raised a total of $140 million, becoming a landmark project in Turkey's fintech sector.
Block Earner completes $8 million financing to promote Bitcoin-backed mortgage products
Australian fintech company Block Earner announced the completion of $8 million in financing to develop Bitcoin-backed mortgage products. This product allows users to use Bitcoin as collateral to provide funding for home purchases or renovations, with a loan interest rate of 9.5%, repayable in Australian dollars, additional Bitcoins, or a combination of both. Users can borrow up to 60% of the property value as a down payment, with the final mortgage provided by a third-party institution. Block Earner stated that the volatility of the crypto asset market is gradually stabilizing, and related pilot projects have been launched, with successful home purchases expected within this year.
London digital asset trading company LO:TECH announced the completion of $5 million in seed round financing, led by 13books Capital, with other investors including Lightspeed Faction, Veris Ventures, CRIT Ventures USA, and angel investors Mark Ransford and Rodney Ngone. This round of financing will be used to expand its high-frequency trading technology, adding agency execution and OTC services to support the future development of on-chain capital markets. Meanwhile, LO:TECH's released "2025 Crypto Market Making Report" shows that over half of the respondents expressed distrust towards market makers, and the company is optimizing its product roadmap through real-time transparency principles.
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