The funding of venture capital in blockchain and cryptocurrency startups accelerated in February, with decentralized financing projects (DEFI) attracting significant investment flows, indicating that the demand for blockchain manufacturers has remained strong in the midst of volatile market conditions.
According to the tie data, 137 cryptographic companies collected combined funding of $ 1.11 billion in February.
DEFI obtained nearly $ 176 million in total funding on 20 projects. Meanwhile, eight commercial service providers have raised a total of $ 230.7 million. Startups specializing in security services, payments and artificial intelligence have also aroused significant interests.
Commercial service providers and DEFI projects attracted the most important investments in February. Source: the tie
The greatest venture capital investors have targeted “several sectors, including key stories such as AI, developer, defect, backdrop, funds and payments,” said the link.
The data is consistent with recent reports from Cointelegraph, which showed a significant increase in decentralized transactions of the physical infrastructure network (depolition).
The data of the link included investment funds in crypto by examining the D / Form D / A documents of the American titles commission and the form. Stix Leviathan had the highest increase with $ 79.95 million, followed by Cambrian Asset Management to $ 20.43 million and Galaxy Digital at $ 18.43 million.
February also experienced six notable mergers and acquisitions, in particular the acquisition by strong web3 Developer Sealance and the purchase of the token data platform by Phantom Simplehash.
M&A notable offers in February. Source: the tie
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Funding agreements should grow in 2025
Cryptographic markets experienced extreme volatility in 2025 while US President Donald Trump launched his second term with erratic trade policies and tariff threats. However, beyond short-term volatility, Trump’s pro-Crypto administration should provide increased regulatory clarity to the cryptographic sector.
The positive regulatory rear winds also align with an economic cycle of rebound and increasing expectations that the American federal reserve will be forced to reduce interest rates several times this year.
Despite regulatory uncertainty, the United States represented 36% of all venture capital agreements in crypto in 2024. Clear regulations under President Trump could serve as a catalyst for more substantial growth in 2025. Source: Digital galaxy
The drop in interest rates and the improvement of macroeconomic conditions should be a clear advantage for private capital markets. According to Harbor Invest, an investment capital company based in Boston, “the confidence of the realization began to return” – a trend that was identified for the first time in the last quarter of 2024.
In this context, Crypto VC transactions should exceed $ 18 billion in 2025, according to Pitchbook. This marks a notable increase compared to the $ 13.6 billion raised in 2024.
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