Crypto Funding Roundup: $169M Raised Across 16 Deals with AI and Infrastructure Dominating
The $169 Million Pulse Check
Another week, another capital parade in crypto land. Between June 16-22, investors deployed $169 million across 16 deals - a figure that would make even traditional VCs glance nervously at their spreadsheets. The infrastructure sector predictably hogged the spotlight (52% of total funding), though I suspect half these ‘infra’ projects are just repackaged RPC nodes with fancier whitepapers.
Infrastructure: Where Acquisitions Meet Abstract Hype
Tools for Humanity’s acquisition of Dawn Wallet proves Worldcoin hasn’t exhausted its appetite for swallowing smaller fish. Meanwhile, Stackup’s $4.2 million seed round showcases our industry’s newfound obsession with “account abstraction” - essentially teaching wallets to behave like poorly configured corporate expense accounts. Their SpaceX pedigree lends credibility, but let’s see if blockchain can achieve rocket-grade reliability.
The TON ecosystem scored a win with TAC’s \(11.5 million haul for Telegram-native DeFi. Clever play - embedding financial services where scam bots already thrive. XFX's \)9.1 million seed round for cross-border settlements? Reminds me of 2018’s Ripple hype cycle, just with more VC logos on the cap table.
AI’s Crypto Crossover
SparkChain AI’s $10.8 million raise demonstrates that attaching “decentralized” to GPU rentals still opens wallets. PublicAI went full sci-fi with brainwave data collection devices - because nothing says Web3 like monetizing your alpha waves. Units.Network earmarked funds for an “AI Liquidity Manager”, which sounds suspiciously like a rebranded arbitrage bot.
Notable Mentions
- EigenLayer: A16z poured another $70M into restaking protocols, because apparently Ethereum isn’t sufficiently trust-minimized yet.
- Quantum Security: Project Eleven’s $6M round made me chuckle - preparing Bitcoin for quantum attacks before we’ve solved MEV feels like buying asteroid insurance while your house burns down.
Data source: RootData
So what does this tell us? The smart money still bets on picks-and-shovels plays over consumer apps. Whether that reflects institutional wisdom or trauma from Terra’s collapse… well, that analysis requires another coffee.
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Another Week, Another $169M Down the Blockchain
Just when you thought ‘infrastructure’ couldn’t get more abstract, along comes \(169M proving we'll fund anything with 'node' in the whitepaper. Stackup's \)4.2M to teach wallets corporate accounting tricks? TON’s DeFi play in Telegram scam territory? Brilliant - like selling life jackets on the Titanic.
AI’s Greatest Trick: Separating VCs From Their ETH
SparkChain’s decentralized GPU rentals scored $10.8M because nothing says Web3 like paying extra for worse cloud computing. PublicAI’s brainwave monetization wins the ‘most dystopian pivot’ award - your alpha waves could be someone else’s alpha now!
EigenLayer’s $70M restaking round answers the question nobody asked: How many times can we rehypothecate trustlessness? Meanwhile, quantum security funding is the crypto equivalent of buying a spaceship when your house is flooding.
Smart money or trauma response? You decide. (Personally betting on trauma).
O carnaval do dinheiro cripto
$169 milhões em uma semana? Até eu que sou desenvolvedor blockchain fiquei com inveja! Parece que os VCs descobriram a nova febre: jogar dinheiro em qualquer coisa com ‘infraestrutura’ ou ‘AI’ no nome.
Infraestrutura ou só hype? Metade desses projetos são nós RPC com whitepaper bonito. E essa história de ‘abstração de conta’? Basicamente ensinar carteiras a gastar como executivos bêbados em viagem corporativa!
AI + Crypto = $$$ Agora até ondas cerebrais viraram ativo digital! SparkChain levantou $10M alugando GPUs… com certeza vou sugerir isso pro meu primo minerador de Bitcoin no porão.
E vocês? Também querem um pedaço desse bolo ou acham que é só mais uma bolha gourmet?
Another Week, Another Crypto Cash Grab
$169M across 16 deals? At this rate, even my grandma’s knitting club could rebrand as a ‘blockchain infra project’ and secure funding.
Infra or Just Fancy Words? 52% for infrastructure? More like 52% for startups that discovered the thesaurus entry for ‘RPC node’. Stackup’s $4.2M seed round proves we’ll fund anything with ‘abstraction’ in its name - next up: abstract art NFTs!
AI Meets Crypto = VC Catnip SparkChain’s $10.8M raise shows ‘decentralized GPU rentals’ is this month’s magic phrase. PublicAI collecting brainwave data? Finally, a use case for all those moonboys’ empty heads!
EigenLayer’s $70M restaking round answers the question nobody asked: ‘How can we make Ethereum more complicated?’
Data source: VCs who clearly didn’t learn from Terra
¡Otros $169 millones en la fiesta de las cripto!
La infraestructura se lleva más de la mitad del pastel, como siempre. ¿Acaso todos estos proyectos son solo nodos RPC con whitepapers más bonitos?
El TON gana con Telegram: DeFi donde ya hay bots estafadores… ¡Brillante!
Y los de IA siguen vendiendo humo: “Monetiza tus ondas cerebrales”, porque en Web3 hasta tus pensamientos valen algo.
¿Alguien más piensa que preparar Bitcoin para ataques cuánticos es como comprar un paraguas para el apocalipsis mientras tu casa se quema?
Datos: RootData
Y vosotros, ¿en qué hubierais invertido? ¿IA abstracta o infraestructura sobrevalorada? 😏
Infraestrutura ou Inflação de Whitepaper?
Mais uma semana, mais US$169 milhões em rodadas de investimento no mundo cripto. Metade desse valor foi para ‘infraestrutura’, que na prática são RPC nodes com whitepapers mais bonitos que meu perfil no Tinder.
AI Descentralizada? Só se for meu Café!
SparkChain AI levantou US$10.8mi alugando GPUs com blockchain - basicamente o Airbnb das placas de vídeo. Já o PublicAI quer vender seus sonhos (literalmente, com dados de ondas cerebrais). Web3 chegou ao nível de monetizar até os pensamentos!
E vocês? Acham que essa farra vai durar ou é só mais um ‘to the moon’ temporário? #FicaADica
Money Printer Goes Brrr… Again
Another week, another $169 million tossed at crypto projects like confetti at a bull market party. Infrastructure takes the crown (52% of funding), proving we’ll fund anything with ‘blockchain’ in the whitepaper.
AI or Just Alphabet Soup?
From ‘decentralized GPU rentals’ to ‘brainwave monetization’, the AI section reads like a sci-fi bingo card. SparkChain AI’s $10.8M raise shows VCs will bite at anything with ‘AI’ and ‘crypto’ in the same sentence.
Infrastructure: Where Hype Lives
Stackup’s $4.2M for ‘account abstraction’? Sounds like teaching wallets to file expense reports. Meanwhile, TON’s Telegram DeFi play is genius - putting finance where the scam bots already hang out.
Drops mic Thoughts? Or should I start an ‘AI quantum restaking protocol’ too?
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