Hotcoin Investment and Financing Weekly Report (12.21-12.27) | 14 Public Events, Funding Data Shows Decrease

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From December 21st to December 27th, there were 14 investment and financing events in the crypto market, including 4 in Infrastructure, 3 in DeFi, 2 in Artificial Intelligence, 1 in DePIN, 1 in Cross-chain Bridge, 1 in Data & Analytics, 1 in CeFi, and 1 in Creator Economy.


This week, there were 3 fundraising events over ten million dollars:


  • Decentralized AI operating system ChainOpera completed a $17 million seed round funding, with investors including Finality Capital Partners, IDG Capital, and others.

  • BTCFi protocol Avalon Labs completed a $10 million Series A funding round, with investors including Framework Ventures, Kenetic Capital, and others.

  • RWA stablecoin protocol Usual completed a $10 million Series A funding round, with investors including Binance Labs, Kraken Ventures, and others.


This week's crypto market investment and financing activity decreased compared to last week, with 4 deals in Infrastructure and 3 in DeFi. Decentralized AI operating system ChainOpera secured the largest funding of the week at $17 million.


The investment and financing projects this week are sorted by financing amount as shown in the following chart:

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