Hotcoin Investment and Financing Weekly Report (3.15-3.21) | A total of 25 public investment and financing events, financing data has rebounded

From March 15 to March 25, there were a total of 25 investment and financing events in the cryptocurrency market, including 7 in infrastructure, 6 in CeFi, 3 in DeFi, 3 in gaming, 2 in RWA, 1 in DAO, 1 in DePIN, 1 in prediction markets, and 1 in AI.

This week, there were 9 financing events over ten million dollars:

• The futures trading platform NinjaTrader completed a $1.5 billion merger financing round, with investors including Kraken.

• The decentralized storage and data availability protocol Walrus completed a $140 million financing round, with investors including a16z, Electric Capital, and others.

• The blockchain API service gateway Expand Network completed a multi-million dollar merger financing round, with investors including Blockdaemon.

• The Web3 data protection platform Via Science completed a $28 million Series B financing round, with investors including Bosch Ventures, BMW i Ventures, and others.

• The NFT fiat channel Crossmint completed a $23.6 million financing round, with investors including Ribbit Capital, Faction, and others.

• The self-custody wallet platform and API Utila completed an $18 million Series A financing round, with investors including Nyca Partners, NFX, and others.

• The creative incubation DAO Slingshot completed a $16 million financing round, with investors including Dragonfly, Animoca Brands, and others.

• The Web3 user access platform Privy completed a $15 million financing round, with investors including Ribbit Capital, Paradigm, and others.

• The Web3 gaming platform Ephyra completed a $10.5 million Series A financing round, with investors including Becker Ventures.

This week, the investment and financing activity in the cryptocurrency market remained steady compared to last week, with 7 in infrastructure and 6 in CeFi. The futures trading platform NinjaTrader secured the largest financing this week, amounting to $1.5 billion.

The investment and financing projects this week sorted by financing amount are shown in the figure below: