January 28, 2025
Here’s your Weekly Wrap of all things crypto funding, ending January 25, 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 $141.03 million across 26 projects, with AI, Infrastructure, and DeFi emerging as the standout categories. These sectors collectively showcased blockchain’s expanding role in AI-driven automation, decentralized financial services, and scalable infrastructure solutions.
Below is a summary of projects receiving funding this week:
Category | Organization Name | Project Description | Money Raised this Round |
AI |
|
| 33,000,000 |
CreatorBid | Ai Agent Economy Hub | 25,000,000 | |
Hybrid | Building a Modular AI Agent Framework | UNDISCLOSED | |
MIND of Pepe | AI Agent with Real-Time Intelligence and Hive-Mind Analysis | 3,000,000 | |
MinionLab | On-chain Fully Autonomous Agents | 2,000,000 | |
Swarm Network | Creating Decentralized AI Agent Swarms | 3,000,000 | |
Bitcoin |
|
| 13,300,000 |
Breez | Payment Interface of the Bitcoin Lightning Economy | 5,000,000 | |
Corn | Corn and L2 using Bitcoin as Gas | 8,300,000 | |
Data |
|
| UNDISCLOSED |
Simple Proof | Offering Immutable Record-Keeping and Trustless Document Verification | UNDISCLOSED | |
DeFi |
|
| 18,085,000 |
Camelot | Orbital Liquidity Network & Arbitrum's Largest DEX | UNDISCLOSED | |
DeFituna | Solana Leverage on CLMM | 585,000 | |
Grix | AI Agents for DeFi Derivatives Protocols | 1,100,000 | |
Inception | A Modular Infrastructure for Liquid Restaking | 3,500,000 | |
Ranger | Aggregated, Multi-asset Trading Platform on Solana | 1,900,000 | |
SignalPlus | Crypto Options, Spot and Futures Trading Platform | 11,000,000 | |
DePIN |
|
| 5,600,000 |
Wingbits | DePIN for aviation | 5,600,000 | |
Infrastructure |
|
| 35,560,000 |
Analog | Interoperability Proof-of-Time Protocol | 1,560,000 | |
Keplr Wallet | Open-source interchain wallet | 5,000,000 | |
Radius | Making Rollups Profitable | 7,000,000 | |
SOON | Decoupled SVM Framework | 22,000,000 | |
Layer 1 |
|
| 8,000,000 |
Fogo | SVM Layer 1 | 8,000,000 | |
Meme |
|
| 2,500,000 |
Printr | First Chain-abstracted Meme Token Marketplace | 2,500,000 | |
Payments |
|
| 1,580,000 |
Accrue | Cross-border Payments Platform | 1,580,000 | |
RWA |
|
| 9,900,000 |
Hamilton | Bitcoin RWA tokenization firm | 1,700,000 | |
NXT | Operating System for RWA Trades | 8,200,000 | |
Social |
|
| 8,500,000 |
Bugscoin | Web2-based Crypto Point Systems | 8,500,000 | |
ZK |
|
| 5,000,000 |
GRVT | ZK Trading Platform | 5,000,000 | |
Grand Total |
|
| 141,025,000 |
AI
The AI category saw significant momentum, raising a total of $33 million across five projects. These investments highlight the growing synergy between artificial intelligence and blockchain, with a focus on autonomous agents, decentralized AI networks, and real-time intelligence.
CreatorBid, an AI Agent Economy Hub, led the category with $25 million raised. The platform aims to create a decentralized ecosystem where AI agents operate independently, contributing to various industries through blockchain-based automation.
MIND of Pepe secured $3 million for its AI-powered real-time intelligence and hive-mind analysis platform. This project explores how interconnected AI agents can collaboratively analyze data and optimize decision-making.
Swarm Network, which is working on decentralized AI agent swarms, raised $3 million. Its vision is to enable AI agents to function as independent yet collaborative entities within blockchain ecosystems.
MinionLab received $2 million to develop on-chain fully autonomous agents, pushing forward the concept of AI-driven self-executing tasks in decentralized environments.
Hybrid, a project focused on building a modular AI agent framework, has chosen not to disclose its funding details, but its presence signals continued innovation in decentralized AI infrastructures.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure projects attracted $35.56 million in funding across four projects, underscoring the increasing demand for scalable blockchain frameworks, interchain wallets, and rollup technologies.
SOON led the category with a $22 million raise for its Decoupled SVM Framework, which aims to optimize blockchain execution layers for efficiency and scalability.
Radius secured $7 million to enhance rollup profitability, addressing one of the key scalability challenges in blockchain ecosystems.
Keplr Wallet, an open-source interchain wallet, raised $5 million to support cross-chain interoperability and seamless asset transfers.
Analog, which is developing an Interoperability Proof-of-Time Protocol, received $1.56 million to further its work on enabling synchronized and trustless interactions across multiple blockchain networks.
DeFi
The DeFi sector maintained its strong presence, raising $18.08 million across six projects, with a focus on liquidity networks, derivatives trading, and liquid restaking.
SignalPlus, a crypto options, spot, and futures trading platform, led the sector with $11 million in funding. Its platform aims to bridge the gap between institutional and retail trading in the decentralized finance space.
Inception secured $3.5 million to build a modular infrastructure for liquid restaking, allowing users to optimize staking yields while maintaining liquidity.
Ranger, an aggregated multi-asset trading platform on Solana, raised $1.9 million to improve on-chain trading efficiency.
Grix, which is developing AI agents for DeFi derivatives protocols, received $1.1 million to integrate artificial intelligence into DeFi risk management and trading strategies.
DeFituna raised $585,000 for Solana-based leverage trading on CLMM, aiming to expand decentralized leverage options.
Camelot, the largest DEX on Arbitrum, has opted not to disclose its funding amount but remains a key player in expanding decentralized trading solutions.
Conclusion
This week’s funding activity underscores the strong investor confidence in blockchain innovation across multiple sectors. The AI sector led the way, securing $33 million, with CreatorBid’s $25 million raise highlighting the growing demand for autonomous AI agents and decentralized intelligence.
The Infrastructure sector followed closely, attracting $35.56 million in funding. SOON’s $22 million investment in its Decoupled SVM Framework demonstrates continued efforts to enhance blockchain scalability and interoperability. Meanwhile, the DeFi sector raised $18.08 million, with SignalPlus leading at $11 million, reinforcing the importance of derivatives trading and liquid restaking solutions within decentralized finance.
These developments reflect the expanding role of blockchain across AI, DeFi, and infrastructure, showcasing how emerging technologies are reshaping financial systems and decentralized ecosystems. As investor interest remains high, the blockchain industry is set for continued growth and evolution in the coming months.
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