Golden Finance reported that just a few weeks into 2025, investors including Sequoia Capital, Paradigm, and Andreessen Horowitz's crypto divisions have invested nearly $1.2 billion into 79 projects in the crypto and blockchain space. According to DefiLlama, this is a 63% increase compared to January 2024. PitchBook analysts predict that venture capital firms will invest approximately $18 billion in this field this year, up from an average of $9.9 billion in 2023 and 2024.