Coinbase Acquires Prediction Market Startup、 HashKey Group Raises $250M、and More 12 Funding Projects in Total【Funding Project Summary】
Weekly Fundraising Project Summary
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Today’s topic is “Summary of the Fundraising Project for This Week.”
💥Top 5 Projects by Funding Amount
Overview：Operates a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange. Its core businesses include HashKey Capital, a global asset management firm specializing in blockchain technology and digital assets; HashKey Cloud, a world-leading blockchain node validation service provider; HashKey Tokenisation, a tokenization service provider; and HashKey NFT, a Web3 PFP incubation and community management service provider.
Category：Finance、CEX
Procurement amount：$250M
Investment round：TBD
Investor：TBD
Overview：A financial technology company specializing in high-throughput, low-latency infrastructure for both traditional and tokenized assets. We help exchanges, trading firms, hedge funds, and professional investors navigate the evolving digital asset market.
Category：Finance
Procurement amount：$35M
Investment round：Series A
Investor：★Miami International Holdings、★Tioga Capital Partners、Galaxy Digital、ARK Invest、etc..
Overview：A Nordic-based high-frequency trading (HFT) firm specializing in market-neutral cryptocurrency strategies. Using proprietary trading systems, it executes automated strategies across global cryptocurrency exchanges, focusing on liquidity provision, arbitrage, and statistical inefficiencies.
Category：Finance
Procurement amount：$32M
Investment round：Mergers and Acquisitions
Investor：Hilbert Group
4、Octra
Overview：A blockchain network focused on fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), providing cryptographic tools for secure mathematical operations within isolated execution environments. It supports smart contracts developed in OCaml, AST, ReasonML, and C++, and offers open-source libraries such as Hypergraph to achieve broader compatibility.
Category：L1
Procurement amount：$20M
Investment round：Public Sale
Investor：Individual investor
Overview：A Layer 1 trustless protocol for deep learning computation that rewards participants based on computational time. It facilitates task distribution and payment through smart contracts, ensures verification of completed machine learning tasks, and builds a decentralized AI computing network.
Category：AI
Procurement amount：$14.19M
Investment round：Public Sale
Investor：Individual investor
✨Other, 7 projects
Coinbax[$4.20M/Seed]Banking, fintech, and enterprise stablecoin payment infrastructure. Provides programmable controls, automated settlement logic, and secure channels for stablecoins and tokenized deposits, enabling real-time settlements for compliant corporate and institutional investors.
easy.fun[$2M/Seed]Hyperliquid’s on-chain trading arena transforms crypto trading into a skill-based competitive game. Its tight integration with Hyperliquid delivers the high-speed execution and liquidity essential for competitive trading.
Tomato[$2M/TBD]A no-code web3 automation protocol and DeFi smart assistant designed to enable users to easily create, monitor, and automate on-chain actions. Build automated workflows for trading, portfolio management, and DeFi interactions without writing smart contracts or code.
Rocket[$1.50M/Pre Seed]Next-generation prediction market protocol building a “redistribution market” on MegaETH. Transforming price speculation from static betting into a dynamic, social, mobile-first experience. Users can earn continuous profits by predicting cryptocurrency price movements, while enhancing liquidity efficiency by redistributing the same funds across multiple predictions.
HodlHer[$1.50M/Strategic]A web3 AI companion and investment assistant designed to support cryptocurrency users, especially traders, both emotionally and strategically. It combines an AI “girlfriend”-style interface for stress management, confidence, and action guidance with practical on-chain tools for portfolio tracking, market insights, and risk management.
The Clearing Company[TBD/M&A(Coinbase)]Founded by former Polymarket team members, we are building a next-generation prediction market platform that is on-chain, permissionless, and regulatory compliant.
BLIFE Protocol[TBD/M&A(Portal)]A decentralized ecosystem protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain, aiming to integrate web3 applications and cultural experiences. It is a digital ID system that connects Bitcoin wallets and secures exclusive .BLIFE names, enabling access to decentralized apps, social networks, and marketplaces.
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