Over $210 Million in a Week: Ventures, Token Sales, and YZi Labs Activity in the Market Spotlight
Date: 2025-12-08 Author: Henry Casey Categories: BUSINESS
During the reporting period, over 40 investment events were recorded, approximately half of which were deals with disclosed amounts—the total volume exceeded $210 million. The bulk of the funding came from classic venture rounds, with projects in blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, and artificial intelligence leading the way in terms of funds raised.
Among the largest rounds, Gonka stood out, raising $50 million to develop a decentralized network for high-performance AI computing. Digital Asset raised another $50 million in a strategic round to scale Canton Network, a blockchain for financial transactions with flexible privacy settings. Significant investments also went to Portal ($25 million), Ostium Labs ($20 million), Fin ($17 million), and Bitstack ($15 million), which are developing cross-chain protocols, exchange infrastructure, payment solutions, and Bitcoin savings.
A number of smaller, but technologically significant projects also received funding: Zoo Finance, Axis FDN, DeepNode AI, Altura, AIAV, True North, LayerBank, Haiku, and PathPulse.ai. These teams work in the areas of DeFi strategies, synthetic assets, AI infrastructure, on-chain banking, and decentralized analytics networks.
Strategic investments without disclosed amounts attracted particular attention from investors. AnChain.AI, OpenEden, Websea, VIXO Protocol, and XMAQUINA received development funding. These projects are developing Web3 security, the integration of real assets into DeFi, derivatives insurance, private stable assets, and robotic DePIN solutions.
Four ICOs took place in the week. HumidiFi raised $5.57 million, Reya $3 million, Makina $1.5 million, and Harmonix Finance $600,000. All projects are focused on developing on-chain liquidity, multi-chain yield, and infrastructure for decentralized finance.
In the corporate sector, one major deal was recorded: Hamak Strategy received $3.15 million in post-IPO debt financing to develop its Bitcoin treasury and gold mining assets in West Africa.
The M&A market was also active. Backed was acquired by Kraken, Gleec acquired Komodo, Galaxy Digital acquired Alluvial, and RockawayX and Solmate Infrastructure announced preparations for a business combination.
YZi Labs, a venture capital program, played a key role this week, funding several teams at the intersection of AI, DeFi, prediction markets, Bitcoin liquidity, robotics, and GameFi. Among those receiving support were 4D Labs, 42.space, AllScale, Bento.fun, Frontrun, Help.fun, Hertzflow, MeleeMon, Sats Terminal, Saturn Labs, Predict.fun, and Trellis Robotics.
GSR, FalconX, Gate Ventures, YZi Labs, and Amino Capital led investor activity. Capital interest was once again concentrated in the DeFi segment, followed by infrastructure and service solutions. Overall, the week confirmed strong demand for products linking the crypto market, AI, and real-world financial instruments.
