Weekly Funding Roundup | 10 projects received funding, totaling $176 million (December 1-7)
- 核心观点：区块链融资事件数增但总额减。
- 关键要素：
- 融资事件10起，较前周增加。
- 融资总额1.76亿美元，较前周腰斩。
- 最大单笔融资为Antithesis的1.05亿美元。
- 市场影响：显示资本趋于谨慎，更青睐头部项目。
- 时效性标注：短期影响。
According to incomplete statistics from Odaily Planet Daily, from December 1st to December 7th, 2025, a total of 10 financing events were disclosed in the global blockchain field, a slight increase from 7 the previous week; however, the total financing amount was US$176 million, a significant decrease from US$346 million the previous week.
The largest single funding round this week was Antithesis, a software infrastructure provider, which raised $105 million in its Series A funding; followed by Ostium, a decentralized exchange, which raised $20 million in its Series A funding.
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted according to the amount disclosed; 2. * indicates companies in "traditional" sectors whose businesses involve blockchain):
On December 3, software infrastructure provider Antithesis announced the completion of a $105 million Series A funding round, led by Jane Street, with participation from Amplify Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Tamarack Global, First In Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, and Hyperion Capital, as well as Patrick Collison, Dwarkesh Patel, and Sholto Douglas.
On December 3rd, decentralized exchange Ostium announced the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round. The round was led by venture capital firm General Catalyst and the cryptocurrency division of quantitative trading firm Jump Trading, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, cryptocurrency market makers Windemute, and GSR. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that this round valued Ostium at approximately $250 million, bringing its total funding to date to $28 million.
On December 3, Fin, a stablecoin cross-border remittance company, announced the completion of a $17 million funding round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Sequoia and Samsung Next. The company has not yet disclosed the valuation information for this round of financing. It is understood that the application developed by the company can realize instant cross-border remittances, including large remittances, and aims to solve the remittance problems of users around the world.
On December 2nd, French cryptocurrency savings platform Bitstack announced the completion of a $15 million Series A funding round, led by 13books Capital, with participation from AG2R LA MONDIALE, Plug and Play Ventures, Serena, Stillmark, and Y Combinator. The company claims to have over 300,000 active users in France, with accumulated savings exceeding €300 million in Bitcoin, and revenue growing tenfold in two years.
DeFi protocol Zoo Finance announced the completion of an $8 million strategic funding round.
On December 2, DeFi protocol Zoo Finance announced the completion of an $8 million strategic funding round, led by Bitrise Capital, with participation from Signum Capital, Certik Ventures, TOP, CGV Funds and Cryptomeria.
Quantitative yield protocol Axis raises $5 million in funding, led by Galaxy Ventures.
On December 3, quantitative yield protocol Axis announced the completion of a $5 million private funding round, led by Galaxy Ventures. The round was oversubscribed four times, with participation from OKX Ventures, FalconX, GSR, Maven 11, CMS Holdings, and Marc Zeller, founder of the Aave Chan Initiative.
On-chain yield platform Altura raises $4 million, led by Ascension.
On December 1st, on-chain yield platform Altura announced a $4 million funding round led by Ascension, with participation from leading European private equity firms Moonfare and InnoFinCon. The platform operates a single on-chain vault and employs a market-neutral strategy to generate stable returns. Users deposit stablecoins, and the vault earns protocol returns by capturing price spreads between exchanges, generating funding fees through hedging positions, and rotating collateral to safe-yield assets.
LayerBank completes $2.3 million Pre-Seed funding round, with Taiko and others participating.
On December 5, LayerBank announced the completion of a $2.3 million Pre-Seed funding round, with participation from Torab Torabi, CEO of Move Industries, Coin Bureau Chinese, DVchain, Taiko, Rootstock, and several angel investors and ecosystem contributors.
AnChain.AI completes a new round of strategic financing, led by Cris Conde and HiveMind.
On December 3, AnChain.AI, an agentic AI company focused on anti-fraud and compliance, announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing, led by Cris Conde, a senior member of FinTech Innovation Lab and former CEO of SunGard, and Emmanuel Vallod, head of HiveMind Ventures, with participation from Amino Capital and other institutions.
On December 2, OpenEden announced on the X platform that it has completed its latest round of strategic financing, with investors including Ripple, Lightspeed Faction, Gate Ventures, FalconX, Anchorage Digital Ventures, Flowdesk, Kaia Foundation, P2 Venture, Selini Capital, and Sigma Capital.
