Crypto Venture Weekly Update: July 14–18, 2025
Last week, a total of $202 million was raised across 19 projects, with investments primarily directed towards stablecoins, crypto banking, DeFi infrastructure, and tokenized finance.
Top 10 Projects Overview
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KUN ($50M, GSR Ventures, BAI Capital)
Asia-based platform for embedded finance and stablecoins, licensed in Hong Kong and Singapore, providing cross-border payments and on-chain B2B finance tools.
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Spiko ($22M, Index Ventures, Bpifrance)
Tokenized money market fund platform with €400M AUM, offering on-chain T-Bill exposure for startups and SMEs, compliant and integrated with European custodians.
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XMTP ($20M, a16z, USV, Coinbase)
Cross-chain messaging protocol facilitating wallet-to-wallet communications, notifications, and announcements, already adopted by apps like Lens and Farcaster.
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Blockskye ($15.8M, United Airlines Ventures, Lightspeed)
Developing blockchain infrastructure for corporate travel, utilized by major airlines and agencies to automate settlement, invoicing, and policy enforcement.
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Dakota ($12.5M, CoinFund, DCG)
Crypto-native B2B banking layer offering fiat rails, treasury tools, and compliance services for Web3 startups and DAOs.
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AI Cross Matrix ($12M, Avalon Wealth Club)
Privacy-focused protocol enabling cross-chain, untraceable crypto transfers using zk tech to anonymize flows between chains.
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fBTC ($10M, Galaxy Ventures, Mantle)
DeFi platform unlocking Bitcoin for staking, lending, and liquidity provision, aiming to create native yield products for BTC holders.
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W3 ($7M, Framework Ventures, Blockchange)
Decentralized compute protocol empowering AI agents with off-chain workflows, verifiable compute, and token incentives for distributed AI infrastructure.
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Football.Fun ($2M, 6th Man Ventures, Zee Prime)
On-chain football betting and prediction markets focusing on gamified speculation around global matches.
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MoneyBadger ($400K, P1 Ventures)
South African QR-based crypto payments app for retail and e-commerce, operational with 60+ merchants in the pilot phase.
Real-world utility and crypto infrastructure projects are gaining traction, emphasizing stablecoin mechanisms, tokenized yield strategies, and off-chain computing solutions.
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