According to: Golden Finance This week, 15 blockchain startups raised a total of $10.5 billion in funding.
The largest funding round this week
Dunamu raised $10.3 billion in a merger and acquisition (M&A) funding round from Naver Financial.
Dunamu is a financial technology and blockchain company headquartered in South Korea, best known for operating Upbit — one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume globally. Founded in 2012, the company is dedicated to building digital asset infrastructure, blockchain solutions, securities trading services, and financial data platforms. Its ecosystem includes Upbit, the Upbit NFT market, and the Luniverse blockchain services provided through its subsidiary Lambda256. As a significant force in South Korea's digital finance sector, Dunamu supports institutional-level trading, compliant asset management, and promotes the application of enterprise blockchain in Asia.
Pre-seed and Seed Funding Rounds
SpaceComputer raised 10 million dollars in a Seed round of financing, with investors including:
Maven 11 Capital*, Lattice Fund*, Superscrypt, Ethereal Ventures, Arbitrum Foundation, Starship Ventures, Nascent, Hash3, Blockchain Builders Fund (BBF), Amber Group, CMS Holdings, Bitscale Capital, Hashkey Capital, Offchain Labs, Bodhi Ventures, Chorus One, ImToken Ventures, Moonrock Capital, Wise3 Ventures, Encode Club, Marc Weinstein, Jason Yanowitz, Not3Lau Capital, Will Price, Ameen Soleimani, Batuhan Dasgin.
SpaceComputer is a tamper-proof “orbital space computing” infrastructure that integrates advanced cryptographic technologies—including zero-knowledge proofs (ZK), multi-party computation (MPC), and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE)—to build a decentralized “orbital trust root.” By deploying secure computing nodes in space, the platform aims to break through terrestrial limitations to provide greater security and resilience for blockchain applications. Its architecture supports high-performance cryptographic operations, such as zk-rollups and secure auctions, designed to provide a trustless and censorship-resistant infrastructure for Web3.
Other Financing Rounds
Gonka
Gonka raised 12 million dollars in a round of Strategic financing from BitFury.
Gonka is an AI-driven prediction and social trading platform built around gamification, competition, and decentralized incentives. Users can participate in “Gonka Runs” — short-term prediction games that compete based on market trends or other data events. The platform combines Blockchain rewards, on-chain transparency, and multiplayer game theory mechanisms, along with AI model-assisted trading and predictions, making it a gamified prediction ecosystem that integrates game theory, AI analysis, and Web3 rewards.
Nexton
Nexton raised $4 million in a round of strategic financing from Amber Group, Metalabs Ventures, VistaLabs, Kaia Foundation, TON Ventures, and STON fi.
Nexton is the first Restaking protocol in the TON ecosystem, aimed at maximizing staking rewards in the TON network. By maintaining asset mobility across chains and directing liquidity to optimal paths, it delivers real returns brought by true execution. As a next-generation staking and restaking layer, Nexton enhances capital efficiency, automates yield optimization, and strengthens the security of the TON network, making institutional-level yield strategies accessible to all users.
CiDi Games
CiDi Games received an undisclosed amount of investment from Pi Network in a round of strategic financing.
CiDi Games is a Web3 gaming platform focused on creating mobile-first, accessible blockchain games that support true digital ownership. Players can collect, trade, and upgrade on-chain assets, and participate in skill-based competitive gameplay. By introducing NFTs, a reward progression system, and cross-game interoperability, CiDi Games is committed to building a unified gaming ecosystem where players truly own their assets and can earn rewards through gameplay.
Abrakadabra Games
Abrakadabra Games has never disclosed the investors from which it raised 500,000 USD. (The original text did not provide the investors.)
Pruv Finance
Pruv Finance raised $3 million in Series A funding from UOB Venture Management*, Saison Capital, Taisu Ventures, Ascent Venture Group, and Spiral Ventures.
Pruv Finance is a decentralized savings protocol driven by RWA (Real World Assets), providing principal-protected high-yield USDC savings products through collaboration with compliant tokenized government bond issuers. Based on audited smart contracts, Pruv allows users to earn predictable returns without leverage and market volatility risk, while ensuring assets are non-custodial and fully transparent on-chain.
ht digital
ht digital has secured an undisclosed amount in merger financing from Bridgepoint Group.
ht.digital is a digital asset transparency and risk analysis platform that provides real-time, verifiable on-chain market insights for institutions, regulators, and enterprises. Its infrastructure standardizes on-chain data, assesses asset quality, monitors liquidity and counterparty risk, and provides the transparency levels required for compliance, helping financial institutions safely engage in the crypto economy.
Fordefi
Fordefi raised 100 million dollars in merger financing from Paxos.
Fordefi is a fintech company that develops institutional-grade MPC wallets and security platforms. Its first product is a DeFi-specific wallet aimed at institutional investors and crypto-native funds, designed for interacting with various decentralized applications.
Alchemy
Alchemy secured an undisclosed amount in a funding round from C1 Fund (CFND).
Alchemy is a leading Web3 development platform, known as the “AWS of the blockchain world.” It provides node services, enhanced APIs, Webhooks, indexing, account abstraction tools, and analytics services, covering major chains such as Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Solana. Alchemy provides infrastructure for millions of users, supporting DeFi, NFTs, wallets, and enterprise-level Web3 applications.
CreatorFi (Insomnia Labs)
CreatorFi raised $2 million in a funding round from Aptos Network and Aptos Labs.
CreatorFi is a Web3 financial platform that provides stablecoin credit and on-chain financing tools for content creators. By tokenizing future income and creator interactions, it allows creators to quickly access funds from their existing platforms. CreatorFi supports fan-backed financing, staking, and other creator financial tools, transforming social influence into liquid, composable on-chain assets.
Figure
Figure raised 25 million USD in funding from Ondo Finance.
Figure is a Blockchain technology company that uses Provenance Blockchain to provide loan issuance, equity management, and payment services. It is regarded as one of the global unicorn companies, committed to bringing higher speed, efficiency, and cost savings to the financial services industry through Blockchain technology.
Revolut
Revolut secured an undisclosed amount in a funding round from Coatue*, Greenoaks Capital*, Dragoneer Investment Group*, Fidelity*, a16z crypto, Franklin Templeton, NVIDIA Venture Capital, and T. Rowe Price.
Revolut is a global financial super app that offers services such as digital banking, payments, foreign exchange, cryptocurrency trading, debit cards, and wealth management. Covering over 200 countries, it allows users to transfer money instantly, hold multi-currency accounts, invest in stocks and cryptocurrencies, and manage all their finances within a single app. It also provides budgeting tools, virtual cards, merchant payments, low-rate international remittances, and continues to expand into Web3 and tokenized financial services.
Baanx
Baanx has secured an undisclosed amount in a merger round from Exodus Movement.
Baanx is a UK-based crypto payment specialist, authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, focusing on developing non-custodial on-chain crypto payment products. Through its B2B2C platform, Baanx provides API-based digital financial services such as debit cards, wallets, IBANs, etc., dedicated to promoting the use of Blockchain and digital assets for businesses and consumers.
Monavate
Monavate has secured an undisclosed amount in a merger round from Exodus Movement.
Monavate is a global payment infrastructure company that provides a full-stack card issuance and payment platform for fintech businesses, banks, and institutions. Its services include BIN sponsorship, card issuance, payment processing, compliance and risk management, helping businesses quickly and compliantly launch debit, credit, and prepaid card programs. Through modular APIs and a scalable architecture, Monavate supports digital banking, crypto cards, embedded finance, and corporate payment solutions.
