According to incomplete statistics from Crypto DAO, there were more than 17 investment and financing events in the global encryption industry last week (10.16-10.22), with a total financing amount of approximately US$130 million, of which the number of projects with completed financing in the underlying infrastructure category accounted for nearly 40%. Through combing and screening, CryptoDAO selected 10 representative financing projects from the numerous financing information last week and compiled them into a table as follows:
In addition, Crypto DAO summarized the financing trends last week, and the overview is as follows:

Institutions continue to expand their layout in the infrastructure & tools track, and both the number and total amount of financing far exceed other types of projects. Among them, projects worthy of attention include Solana’s ecological multi-signature management tool Squads, encrypted data company Coin Metrics, and opBNB-based AI platform MyShell. The popularity of the DeFi track has declined, but large-scale financing projects have emerged. The most noteworthy ones are SynFutures, a decentralized derivatives protocol that has raised $22 million in financing, and Elixir Protocol, which has a valuation of $100 million. The popularity of the blockchain game track has picked up compared to last week, and overall there are no game projects with innovative gameplay. Among them, Third Time Entertainment, a studio that has launched Solana-based horse racing game Photo Finish, completed Seed+ financing. The number of NFT& Web3 Creation & Metaverse projects announced last week was only 1, and only Darewise Entertainment, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, announced the completion of financing. In addition to the above-mentioned tracks, other project types that have announced the completion of financing include cryptocurrency trading platforms, digital identity solution providers, on-chain collaboration applications, etc. It is worth noting that Fileverse, an on-chain collaboration application backed by former Coinbase CTO Balaji, completed a $1.5 million seed round of financing, led by Gnosis Chain and Factor.

According to incomplete statistics from Crypto DAO, there were about 16 investment and financing events in the global encryption industry last week (10.9-10.15), with a total financing amount of about US$100 million. It is worth noting that the blockchain game track financing dropped sharply last week. Through combing and screening, CryptoDAO selected 10 representative financing projects from the numerous financing information last week and compiled them into a table as follows:

In addition, Crypto DAO summarized the financing trends last week, and the specific analysis is as follows:
The institution continues to lay out the infrastructure & tools track, and the types of projects that disclose financing information cover the Bitcoin ecosystem, new Layer 1 players, and smart contract wallets. Among them, OrdinalsBot, an infrastructure platform focusing on Bitcoin Ordinals, completed its seed round of financing. The popularity of DeFi has dropped slightly, and entrepreneurs in the entire segment are still exploring new narratives/paradigms. Among them, tokenized RWA platform Untangled Finance and crypto trading and lending platform Membrane Labs have completed financing. The number of financing disclosed by the blockchain game track plummeted to 0. There are not many financing projects related to NFT and the Metaverse, but there are projects with high valuations. Among them, RepubliK, a Web3 content platform that aims to lower the barriers for online creators to start monetizing content and interactions, is valued at $75 million. How to leverage the advantages of blockchain technology in other application scenarios is still a direction that many entrepreneurs are exploring. The projects that announced financing last week include fake user identification providers, Web3 and AI equity financing, encrypted asset transactions, and encrypted on-chain data analysis platforms. Among them, Galaxy Digital led a new round of financing for Parsec, a data analysis platform on the encryption chain.

According to incomplete statistics from Crypto DAO, there were approximately 15 investment and financing events in the global crypto industry last week (10.2-10.8), with a total financing amount exceeding US$170 million. Compared with the previous week, the financing projects disclosed by the decentralized finance track showed significantly increasing. Through combing and screening, CryptoDAO selected 10 representative financing projects from the numerous financing information last week and compiled them into a table as follows:

In addition, Crypto DAO summarized the financing trends last week, and the specific analysis is as follows:
The number of funding announcements in the Infrastructure & Tools track decreased compared to the previous week. Among them, privacy infrastructure provider Fairblock completed US$2.5 million in financing, and Burnt, a project incubated by Injective Labs, completed a new round of financing. The popularity of DeFi has increased significantly compared with before, and the types include on-chain credit risk management, on-chain asset management, liquidity staking, and DEX and DeFi derivatives lending. One that deserves attention is the liquidity staking platform Accumulated Finance V2, which is scheduled to launch early next year. The number of financing disclosed by the blockchain game track has declined. The project that announced the completion of financing last week is the GameFi platform NexGami, which completed a seed round of financing of US$2 million and a post-money valuation of US$20 million. NFT and Metaverse-related projects are also favored by institutions. Project types include decentralized social protocols, Metaverse infrastructure developers and AI digital identity providers. What is noteworthy is that Hadean announced the completion of a new round of financing with the participation of Yuga Labs. In addition to the above financing projects, other projects that have completed financing include the blockchain + catering concept project Blackbird led by a16z Crypto, the RWA concept project DigiShares and the blockchain product development company Trinetix.

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According to incomplete statistics from Crypto DAO, there were more than 14 investment and financing events in the global encryption industry last week (9.25-10.1), with a total financing amount of approximately US$80 million. Both the number and amount of financing have declined, of which the infrastructure track accounted for Significantly more prominent than. Through combing and screening, CryptoDAO selected 10 representative financing projects from the numerous financing information last week and compiled them into a table as follows:
In addition, Crypto DAO summarized the financing trends last week, and the specific analysis is as follows:
Financing in the underlying infrastructure track was very popular last week, and the types of projects announcing financing information cover account abstraction, fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), oracles, etc. Among them, oracle and VRF service provider Supra announced that it has completed tens of millions of dollars in financing. The popularity of DeFi has rebounded significantly compared with the previous week, and the number of announced financings accounted for nearly 30%. Among them, Restake Finance, a liquidity re-pledge platform supported by EigenLayer, announced the completion of a seed round of financing. As the project goes online, re-pledge is likely to become a hot topic in the industry in the future. The number of financing disclosed by blockchain games, NFT and Metaverse circuits has dropped significantly, but large-scale financing projects have emerged. Among them, Web3 startup IYK completed more than 10 million US dollars in seed round financing led by a16z Crypto. How to leverage the advantages of blockchain technology in other application scenarios is still a direction that many entrepreneurs are exploring. The project Lei Xiang announced financing last week covers concepts such as token-based corporate financing and employee participation, Bitcoin insurance and blockchain cloud SaaS. . Among them, Bitcoin insurance platform AnchorWatch raised US$3 million in financing led by Ten31.

According to incomplete statistics from Crypto DAO, there were approximately 24 investment and financing events in the global encryption industry last week (9.4-9.10), with a total financing amount of approximately US$280 million. Both the number of financings and the total amount of financing significantly exceeded the previous week. Through combing and screening, CryptoDAO selected 10 representative financing projects from the numerous financing information last week and compiled them into a table as follows:

In addition, Crypto DAO summarized the financing trends last week, and the specific analysis is as follows:

The number of projects announced by the Infrastructure & Tools track last week was three. Among them, the most noteworthy is the cross-chain protocol Socket Protocol. The project announced the completion of US$5 million in financing, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Framework Ventures.

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The U.S. dollar rose, U.S. bonds fell, U.S. stocks fell, and gold fell. The U.S. dollar continued to absorb global funds, but Bitcoin continued to trade sideways, and volatility continued to fall. According to the glassnode report, the weekly volatility was only higher than 4.8% of trading days, and the monthly volatility With the rate just above 9.8% of trading days, futures and options trading volume for Bitcoin and Ethereum also fell to an all-time low. Meanwhile, in the futures market, put/call volume and open interest are at historically low levels, meaning bullish calls dominate the market.

The SEC issued an opinion on Friday that it has not approved the Bitcoin spot ETF and will solicit public opinions and discuss it. This is different from its previous direct rejection, indicating a change in attitude toward positivity.

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The downgrade of U.S. debt ratings has no real impact, but political and geopolitical changes will have a substantial impact on U.S. dollar assets; the U.S. Treasury Department’s latest bond issuance plan has increased significantly, which will have a greater impact on liquidity in the fourth quarter.

Countries' policies to support the cryptocurrency industry continue to advance. On the 13th, the SEC will review the first Bitcoin spot ETF, which is likely to be approved. 7 institutions applied for Ethereum futures ETFs. Hong Kong officially issued a crypto exchange license. PayPal launched the stable currency PYUSD. Moscow Exchange is listed among digital financial asset operators.

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According to incomplete statistics from Crypto DAO, there were approximately 17 investment and financing events in the crypto industry last week (0731-0806), and the total financing amount dropped to approximately US$70 million. Through combing and screening, CryptoDAO selected 10 representative financing projects from the numerous financing information last week and compiled them into a table as follows:

In addition, Crypto DAO summarized the financing trends last week, and the specific analysis is as follows:

Institutions continue to lay out the infrastructure & tools track, with this type of financing accounting for nearly 30%. Among them, it is worth noting that the open source software security solution Socket completed Series A financing led by a16z, and Binance Labs participated in the private data verification protocol zkPass.

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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 BP as scheduled and did not cause market turmoil; however, the US stock market has reached near the previous high and is facing disagreement. Is it going to build a big double top or is it going to fluctuate and continue to new highs? Currently, there are overheating indicators in the stock market, some funds are withdrawing from US stocks, short positions are also increasing, and there are still depression indicators; at the same time, GDP is increasing, inflation is decreasing, and US stocks are strong, which seems very optimistic. The U.S. stock market affects the global capital market and deserves great attention, but this disagreement may last for a long time.

U.S. regulatory agencies and major capital continue to pay attention to the encryption market, continue to promote policy bills and continue to speak out, which will help bring growth to the encryption market.

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All markets are correcting this week. The U.S. dollar index rebounded after a sharp decline. The U.S. stock and currency markets both fell back after rising. The global market is waiting for the Federal Reserve interest rate meeting on Thursday, July 27, focusing on the speech after the meeting. Whether to reveal the intention to raise interest rates for the last time.

According to the Q2 financial reports of the US stock market, 80% of the latest disclosed companies exceeded expectations, which reduces the possibility of recession and is conducive to the stability of the macro market.

The balance of BTC on each exchange has dropped to 2.1 million, reaching the level at the beginning of 2018, which is a 32% decrease from the previous high of 3.1 million in March 2020. This year, BTC funds have inflowed US$21.9 billion, indicating that the currency hoarders continue to "buy and withdraw". Quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes. And currently there are 1.14 million chips concentrated in the area near $30415, which is far more than other price ranges. When the chips attached to the current price are concentrated, it is easy for large market fluctuations to occur.