According to incomplete statistics from Odaily Planet Daily, from October 20 to October 26, 2025, a total of 16 financing events were disclosed in the global blockchain field, a slight increase from 14 in the previous week. However, the total amount of financing was only US$181 million, a significant drop from US$689 million in the previous week.
Among them, the largest single financing was from programmable bank Pave Bank The company completed a $39 million Series A funding round, followed by AI Agents identity and access management platform Keycard, which received $38 million in funding.
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted by the size of the announced amount; 2. * indicates companies in "traditional" fields whose businesses partially involve blockchain):
Programmable bank Pave Bank completes $39 million Series A financing led by Accel
On October 23rd, Pave Bank completed a $39 million Series A funding round led by Accel, with participation from Wintermute, Tether Investments, Quona Capital, Helios Digital Ventures, and others.
Pave Bank, which holds a Georgia banking license and bills itself as "the world's first programmable bank built for the digital asset and AI era," is designed for clients who need both fiat and digital asset services. It enables real-time management of both fiat and digital assets, automates fund management operations, and reduces reliance on intermediaries.
On October 22, Keycard announced the early access launch of its AI-powered identity and access management (IAM) platform and the completion of a $38 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Acrew Capital, and Boldstart Ventures, with participation from Mantis VC, Tapestry Ventures, Essence Ventures, Exceptional Capital, Modern Technical Fund, Vermillion Cliffs Ventures, and several angel investors.
YZi Labs leads $25 million strategic financing for Sign, with participation from IDG Capital
On October 221st, YZi Labs led a $25 million strategic funding round for blockchain infrastructure project Sign, with participation from IDG Capital. In January of this year, YZi Labs invested $16 million in Sign, marking its first investment since its spinoff from Binance and the transition to a family office under former CEO Changpeng Zhao. To date, Sign has raised over $55 million in seed, Series A, and strategic funding rounds.
On October 22, Bluwhale, a decentralized artificial intelligence network that empowers AI agents on the blockchain, announced that it has completed a US$10 million Series A financing round. UOB Venture Management under DBS Bank, Japanese financial infrastructure company SBI, Sui, Tezos, Cardano, Arbitrum and Movement Labs participated in the investment. The new funds will support its exploration of cryptocurrency applications.
On October 22, Axios reported that Cybrid, a stablecoin and fiat currency payment infrastructure company, announced that it had completed US$10 million in financing to expand its settlement and clearing channels between stablecoins and fiat currencies.
On October 21st, BitcoinOS, a leading Bitcoin financial infrastructure project, announced the completion of a $10 million funding round to expand its institutional-grade BTCFi (Bitcoin Finance) functionality and developer ecosystem. The round was led by Greenfield Capital, with participation from FalconX, DNA Fund, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, and several angel investors, including Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley and Spartan Group Partner Leeor Groen.
Prediction market platform Limitless completes $10 million financing, led by 1confirmation
On October 20, prediction market Limitless Exchange announced the completion of a $10 million seed round of financing. This round was led by 1confirmation, with participation from institutions such as Collider, F-Prime, DCG, Coinbase Ventures, Node Capital, and Arrington Capital. The new funds will be used to accelerate product iteration, expand into shorter-cycle market types (such as 15/10/1 minute markets), expand user growth, and explore license qualifications in specific jurisdictions to ensure global compliance development.
Nubila Network Completes $8 Million Seed Round, Led by Blockspace Force and Others
On October 20, decentralized data infrastructure Nubila announced the completion of an $8 million seed round of financing, led by Blockspace Force and Quantum Holdings, with participation from IoTeX, Assemblyrs, Synharbour AI, and several protocol founders. As of now, its total financing has reached $10.5 million.
Pieverse Completes US$7 Million Strategic Funding Round Led by Animoca Brands and UOB Ventures
On October 24, Web3 payment and compliance infrastructure startup Pieverse announced the completion of a US$7 million strategic financing round led by Animoca Brands and UOB Ventures, with participation from 10K Ventures, Signum Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Serafund, Undefined Labs, and Sonic Foundation.
On October 23, according to official news, the AI-driven Web3 dating platform METYA announced the completion of a US$6 million strategic financing round, led by Echo3 and Greenwood Global Capital.
According to reports, Metya is an AI-driven Web3 dating platform that combines social interaction with token economics, enabling users to connect globally and gain economic benefits through participation.
On October 20, the on-chain liquidity distribution protocol Turtle announced the completion of US$5.5 million in financing, bringing its total financing to US$11.7 million to date. The new funds will support its construction of Web3 liquidity infrastructure and expansion of its liquidity distribution network.
On October 20th, Web3 education platform Open Campus announced on the X platform that it had completed a $5 million strategic round of financing, with participation from Animoca Brands, YZi Labs, HongShan, Caladan, and others. The new funds will support the acceleration of the on-chain integration of student loans, certificate verification, and payment functions.
Printr, a cross-chain memecoin launchpad platform, raises $4.5 million
On October 21, Printr, the first project incubated and supported by Bybit Venture Studio, has received a total of US$4.5 million in financing. The startup is preparing to officially launch its chain abstraction token Launchpad platform.
It is reported that Printr is built based on cross-chain communication protocols such as Axelar and LayerZero, enabling users to simultaneously issue Meme coins on multiple blockchains such as Base, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Mantle, Solana, etc.
On October 24, Bravenew reported that Me3, an AI-driven Web3 community verification platform, announced the completion of a new round of financing of US$3 million, with participation from Kakao Games, Outlier Ventures, Tokocrypto, Master Ventures, Maven Capital and Marshland. The company aims to use AI models to solve the problem of robots and fake users defrauding rewards in Web3 community platforms such as Discord. The new funds will also support its token issuance plan.
On October 22nd, APRO, a decentralized oracle network, announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing led by EASY Residency, an incubation project of YZi Labs, with participation from Gate Labs, WAGMI Venture, and TPC Ventures. The amount of funding was not disclosed. This round of financing will be used to advance APRO's oracle infrastructure development in areas such as prediction markets, AI, and real-world assets (RWA). APRO, which previously received investments from Polychain Capital and Franklin Templeton, currently provides oracle services for the BNB Chain and Bitcoin ecosystems.
- 核心观点：区块链融资事件增多但总额锐减。
- 关键要素：
- 融资事件16起，较前周增2起。
- 融资总额1.81亿美元，环比降74%。
- 最大单笔融资为Pave Bank获3900万美元。
- 市场影响：反映资本趋于谨慎，聚焦基础设施领域。
- 时效性标注：短期影响。
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