February 11, 2025
Here’s your Weekly Wrap of all things crypto funding, ending February 8, 2025.
This week’s crypto funding landscape was marked by substantial investments across key blockchain sectors, reflecting strong investor confidence and sustained interest in emerging technologies. The total disclosed funding reached $165.8 million across 22 projects, with Gaming, Bitcoin, and AI emerging as the standout categories. These sectors collectively demonstrated blockchain’s expanding role in decentralized entertainment, Bitcoin-native applications, and AI-driven automation.
Below is a summary of projects receiving funding this week:
Category | Organization Name | Project Description | Money Raised this Round |
AI | 34,900,000 | ||
Herd | An AI Agents Crypto Collaborative Terminal | 1,800,000 | |
iDEGEN | AI Agent tweet responder | 19,300,000 | |
Olas | An AI Autonomous Agent Economy | 13,800,000 | |
Bitcoin | 36,000,000 | ||
Corn | A Network built for BTCFi | 1,500,000 | |
Flashnet | A Permissionless, Non-custodial, Bitcoin-native Exchange | 4,500,000 | |
Taproot Wizards | Bitcoin Centric Image Inscription | 30,000,000 | |
DeFi | 16,000,000 | ||
Fragmetric | A Liquid restaking station on Solana | 7,000,000 | |
Prodigy Fi | Offering Dual Investment Vaults on Berachain Foundation | 5,000,000 | |
Rho Protocol | A Cryptonative Interest Rates Market | 4,000,000 | |
Fintech | UNDISCLOSED | ||
Hex Trust | A Digital assets financial service provider specializing in custody | UNDISCLOSED | |
Gaming | 38,500,000 | ||
Beamable | A DePIN Gaming Infrastructure Provider | 13,500,000 | |
GOAT Gaming | AI-powered Network of Games on Telegram | 15,000,000 | |
The Game Company | An AI based, Lag Free, Cloud Gaming Platform | 10,000,000 | |
Infrastructure | 16,500,000 | ||
Anoma Foundation | An Intent-centric Distributed Operating System | 2,500,000 | |
Domin Network | Offering Multi Chain E-Commerce Infrastructure | UNDISCLOSED | |
Reservoir | A Multi-chain Token Trading Infrastructure | 14,000,000 | |
Meme | 3,000,000 | ||
HENLO | A Memecoin built by the honey jar on Berachain Foundation | 3,000,000 | |
Payments | 3,700,000 | ||
INXY | An EU-authorized Multiсurrency Processor | 3,000,000 | |
W Chain | An L1 EVM Payments Blockchain | 700,000 | |
RWA | 1,133,770 | ||
Fraktion | A Real Estate RWA Tokenization Platform | 1,133,770 | |
Social | 17,200,000 | ||
Coala Pay | A Humanitarian Stablecoin Aid Funding Platform | 3,500,000 | |
Superlogic | A Rewards Technology Platform | 13,700,000 | |
Grand Total | 165,800,000 |
Gaming
The Gaming sector led this week’s funding with $38.5 million across three projects, underscoring the increasing demand for decentralized gaming infrastructure and AI-powered gameplay experiences.
GOAT Gaming raised $15 million, positioning itself as a leading AI-powered gaming network on Telegram. The platform seeks to leverage AI-driven mechanics to enhance player engagement, automate in-game interactions, and create a seamless experience for users. By integrating AI into gaming experiences, GOAT Gaming is poised to redefine the social and competitive dynamics of blockchain gaming.
Beamable, a DePIN gaming infrastructure provider, secured $13.5 million to enhance the scalability and efficiency of blockchain-based gaming platforms. The company aims to provide developers with accessible, blockchain-native gaming solutions, addressing key challenges such as transaction speeds, asset interoperability, and decentralized game economies.
The Game Company, focusing on AI-powered, lag-free cloud gaming, received $10 million to expand its capabilities in delivering high-performance, decentralized gaming experiences. By combining blockchain technology with AI-driven rendering and matchmaking, the platform seeks to optimize real-time gameplay for global audiences.
Bitcoin
With $36 million raised across three projects, Bitcoin-related investments signaled continued interest in layered solutions and decentralized applications within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Taproot Wizards, led the sector with a $30 million raise, reinforcing Bitcoin’s potential beyond traditional financial transactions. The project focuses on image inscription technology, allowing users to embed artwork and digital assets directly onto the Bitcoin blockchain, effectively broadening its use case into the digital collectibles space. This funding signals strong investor confidence in Bitcoin’s evolving functionality and creative applications.
Flashnet, a permissionless, non-custodial Bitcoin-native exchange, secured $4.5 million to advance decentralized Bitcoin trading infrastructure. The platform aims to enhance liquidity, security, and transparency in Bitcoin trading while eliminating the need for centralized intermediaries.
Corn, a project developing a network for BTCFi (Bitcoin DeFi), raised $1.5 million to support the expansion of lending, borrowing, and yield-generating opportunities within the Bitcoin ecosystem. With increasing demand for Bitcoin-native DeFi applications, Corn aims to bridge the gap between traditional DeFi mechanisms and Bitcoin’s robust security model.
AI
The AI sector secured $34.9 million, emphasizing the integration of artificial intelligence in blockchain-based automation, content moderation, and digital asset management.
iDEGEN, the highest-funded project in this category, raised $19.3 million to develop an AI-powered tweet responder that automates crypto-related discussions and engagement. The platform leverages natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms to enable real-time, context-aware responses to crypto conversations on social media. This reflects a broader trend of AI-powered tools shaping community engagement and sentiment analysis in blockchain communities.
Olas, a project focused on autonomous agent economies, secured $13.8 million to enhance AI-driven decision-making in decentralized applications. The platform enables self-executing smart contracts and autonomous AI agents to interact with on-chain data, creating efficient and scalable decentralized systems.
Herd, an AI agents crypto collaborative terminal, raised $1.8 million to facilitate AI-powered collaboration and task automation for blockchain-based projects. By integrating AI with decentralized coordination tools, Herd aims to streamline complex workflows and improve efficiency in decentralized governance.
Conclusion
This week’s funding activity underscores the continued investor enthusiasm across various blockchain sectors. The Gaming sector led the way, securing $38.5 million, with GOAT Gaming’s $15 million raise demonstrating strong investor confidence in AI-driven gaming networks and Beamable’s $13.5 million funding highlighting the need for decentralized gaming infrastructure.
The Bitcoin sector saw $36 million raised, with Taproot Wizards securing $30 million, reflecting Bitcoin’s evolving use cases beyond financial transactions, particularly in image inscriptions and decentralized exchanges.
Meanwhile, the AI sector raised $34.9 million, led by iDEGEN’s $19.3 million round, reinforcing the rising influence of AI in automated blockchain interactions and decentralized intelligence solutions.
These developments highlight the continued diversification of blockchain’s role across industries, from AI-powered gaming and decentralized Bitcoin applications to AI-driven automation. Investor confidence remains robust, positioning the blockchain ecosystem for further growth and evolution in the coming months.
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