From July 5 to July 12, 2025, eleven startups in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector raised a total of $109.4 million in investments. The largest inflows were received by companies Agora and DigitalX, which became leaders in funding among other market participants.
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Key Deals in the DeFi and Blockchain Services Market
This time, investors focused on projects related to DeFi, blockchain services, CeFi, and GameFi. Notably, Agora stood out, raising $50 million for the development of the AUSD stablecoin and the implementation of white-label solutions for partners. The investment round was led by Paradigm, with participation from Dragonfly Capital. The new capital will allow Agora to strengthen its market position and scale operations.
DigitalX, a company managing cryptocurrency funds, raised $13.5 million in a strategic round from Animoca Brands, UTXO Management, ParaFi Capital, and Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich. The investments will be directed towards expanding the company’s Bitcoin portfolio.
Among other significant deals:
- $11.6 million — Kuru Labs — a decentralized exchange combining AMM and CLOB. The round was led by Paradigm, with participation from Electric Capital, Credibly Neutral, and numerous business angels.
- $8 million — NEXBRIDGE — specializes in the tokenization of real assets. The main investor is Fulgur Ventures.
- $6 million — ShelterZoom — aimed at developing solutions in cybersecurity and document protection. Investors remain undisclosed.
- $5 million — Remix — a platform for mini-games, with investments provided by Archetype Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Lemniscap, Planetarium, and CRIT Ventures.
- $3.7 million — Velvet Capital — a DeFi project for portfolio management, funded by Zi Labs, SkyVision Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, and others.
- $3.38 million — olaxbt — an AI-based trading platform. The leader was Amber Group, with participants including DWF Ventures, Mindfulness Capital, Web3Labs, and Credit Scend.
- $3.2 million — BridgePort — Web3 infrastructure, with investments from Further Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, Humla Ventures, Funfair Ventures, XBTO Group, and Virtu Financial.
- $3 million — Arclaim — a DeFi platform for staking, with undisclosed investors.
- $2 million — Vixor — a market maker offering automated liquidity management, with anonymous investors.
“The Series A round was led by venture firm Paradigm with participation from Dragonfly Capital. The capital will be used to strengthen the stablecoin’s position and expand the firm’s operations.”
New Players and Undisclosed Investments
In addition to those mentioned, several other projects raised investments but did not disclose the amount of funding received. In particular, the medical company H100 raised $54 million through the issuance of convertible bonds and new shares aimed at building a Bitcoin reserve. Insomnia Labs secured a $12 million loan, enabling the continued development of the CreatorFi platform.
Crystal Intelligence, a blockchain analytics company, raised capital from Tether to enhance security in the stablecoin segment. The neobank platform Shield Security, supported by ZD Ventures, plans global expansion of B2B payments. The technology platform Aspecta received funding from the venture fund YZi Labs for project scaling. MemeCore, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, closed a strategic round, but the amount and purpose of the funds remain unknown.
The leading investors of the week were noted for the highest number of deals in the crypto sector, with the main investment directions remaining DeFi, blockchain services, CeFi, and GameFi.
Since the beginning of July, 12 projects have raised over $252 million in funding, indicating increasing activity from venture and strategic investors in the digital assets sector.