According to VC data from Crypto Fundraising, the total funding for the week reached $382 million across various blockchain sectors, with World Liberty Financial securing $300 million through a public sale.
The week saw particular activity in derivatives trading and yield platforms, with projects securing funding across public sales, Series B rounds, and strategic investments.
Letâs examine the key investments that shaped this week in crypto funding.
World Liberty Financial, $300 million
- The DeFi platform, launched by the Trump family, raised $300 million through public sale
- The project is building DeFi solutions on Ethereum (ETH)
- WLFIâs on-chain address recently acquired about $47 million worth of Ethereum. Aave (AAVE) coins worth $4.4 million, and $4.5 million of Justin Sunâs Tron (TRX).
- Per Arkham Intelligence data, the Trump-linked firm acquired Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) valued at $47 million, $5.5 million Chainlink (LINK), and $4.5 million in Ethena Labs tokens (ENA).
SignalPlus, $11 million
- Secured $11 million in Series B funding
- Backed by AppWorks, OKX Ventures, and Avenir
- SignalPlus is building CEX and derivatives trading platform
đ Big News! SignalPlus has closed a $11M Series B led by @AppWorks and @OKX_Ventures , with participation from Avenir Group and @HashKey_Capital .
Read the official release: https://t.co/4Fq5j89ujT
This milestone propels our mission to drive crypto derivatives innovation andâŚ
— SignalPlus (@SignalPlus_Web3) January 24, 2025
BugsCoin, $8.50 million
- Raised $8.50 million in an unknown round
- The startup is backed by Gate Ventures
- BugsCoin is building social network on BNB Chain
Corn, $8.3 million
- Secured $8.3 million through public sale with $150 million fully-diluted value
- Corn, powered by the Arbitrum Foundation, is developing L2 infrastructure
- Corn has raised a total of $15 million
Holy Shuck! đ˝ Corn has raised $8.3 million in a community funding round on @legiondotcc where 675 new investors joined forces to make Bitcoin the most dominant and liquid asset in DeFi.
When we said we would run it back, we meant it… đ§ľâŹď¸ pic.twitter.com/Ja21GAt991
— corn (@use_corn) January 22, 2025
Nexity Network, $8.2 million
- Raised $8.2 million in an unknown round
- Nexity Network is backed by Rothman Management
- The project is building trading solutions on Polygon (POL)
Fogo, $8 million
- Fogo secured $8 million through public sale with $100 million FDV
- The Block first broke the news
- Fogo is developing L1 blockchain solutions
- The project has raised $13.5 million so far.
Notable crypto VC funding rounds
- Radius secured $7 million in seed funding for L2 MEV infrastructure
- Aligned Layer gathered $6.67 million through public sale with $0.4 FDV
- Wingbits raised $5.50 million in strategic funding
- Keplr and Breez each secured $5 million
- Swarm Network raised $3 million in seed funding
- CreatorBid secured two rounds of $2.5 million each
- Printr and Evaa Protocol each raised $2.5 million
- Minionlab gathered $2 million in pre-seed funding
- Ranger secured $1.9 million with $30 million FDV
- Hamilton raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding
