The second week of March saw a prominent moment in code history as Binance shut down its $2 billion funding round.
Total funding this week exceeded $2.5 billion, with massive investments flowing into Defi infrastructure and multi-chain solutions.
Follow Crypto's funding data to explore the major investments that have occurred in the VC's funding sector over the past seven days.
Binance, $2 billion
- Binance raised $2 billion from Abu Dhabi-based MGX, marking the first institutional investment in Binance's history.
- The investment is made entirely at unnamed Stablecoins, with MGX granting minority stakes in Binance, indicating the company's entry into the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector.
- MGX, known for its focus on AI and advanced technology, said the investment is in line with blockchain innovation and strategies to support finance.
World Liberty Financial, $550 million
- World Liberty Financial has raised $550 million from the token sale, bringing its total funds to close to $600 million so far.
- According to data from ICO Drops, the decentralized finance project, directly linked to the Trump family, has secured $550 million by selling WLFI tokens.
- Last month, Crypto.News reported that World Liberty Financial has sold over 24 billion tokens and can purchase around 950 million tokens.
Mesh, $82 million
- Mesh raised $82 million in Series B funding
- This project is supported by Paradigm, Consensy and Quantumlight
- Formerly known as Front Finance, the project has raised $120 million so far.
🚀Announcing our $82M Series B, led by @paradigm!
Excited to scale the first global crypto payments network, enabling seamless and secure digital asset payments + conversions.
Thank you to our investors, partners & team for making this milestone possible!… pic.twitter.com/D8x7QaTyYW
— Mesh (@meshconnectapi) March 11, 2025
RedotPay, $40 million
- We secured $40 million with Series A funding
- This investment was supported by Lightspeed, Galaxy, and Hongshan
- RedotPay develops payment and wallet solutions
🚨 Big News Alert! RedotPay just secured $40 MILLION in Series A funding! 💰
Led by Lightspeed, this crypto payment pioneer is bridging traditional finance and digital assets for 3 million users worldwide. 🌐
👉 Swipe to learn how they’re empowering the unbanked!
📌 Why it… pic.twitter.com/7slH5b4GGj— RedotPay Official (@RedotPay) March 14, 2025
Axelar Network, $30 million
- Axelar Network raised $30 million in unknown rounds
- Investment was supported by the Arlington capital and electricity capital
- Axelar Network raised $143.75 million
https://twitter.com/axelar/status/189952317333678846
Solv Protocol, $10 million
- Solv Protocol secured $10 million in unknown rounds
- The project builds markets across multiple ecosystems.
- Solv Protocol has raised $32 million so far
https://twitter.com/solvprotocol/status/190016999953311457
Voltix AI, $10 million
- raised $10 million in an unknown round
- Investment was supported by BLCK Labs
- Voltix AI is building an AI infrastructure in Solana (SOL)
The well-known Crypto VC funding round is $10 million
- POPP raised $6 million for AI ID solutions
- Seed funds from AI Marketplace secured $50 million
- Captain Tsubasa: Rival raised $5 million for Ton's P2E game
- Hopr Token raised $4.8 million for privacy infrastructure
- Templar Protocol has set aside $4 million for credit loans
- Arda Labs raised $3 million for real asset infrastructure
- M10, Obol Labs and Rakuten each secured $3 million
- SogniAi raised $2 million for Depin's AI art
- W3I Software secured $1.5 million for Cardano Stablecoins
- Offline protocol raised $1.1 million for payment infrastructure
- Bubblemaps raised $800,000 with $20 million FDV for analysis
- Lagom chain secured $200,000 with $4 million FDV for L1 interoperability
