According to incomplete statistics from Odaily Planet Daily, from February 23 to March 1, 2025, a total of 9 financing events were disclosed in the global blockchain sector, a slight decrease from 14 events the previous week; the total amount of financing was $105 million, significantly reduced from the previous week's $610 million. It should be noted that the previous data covered a biweekly period after the Spring Festival holiday, so the differences compared to this period are substantial, and a noticeable decline is a normal phenomenon.
The project with the largest single financing amount this period was Bitcoin mining company Canaan Creative, which announced the completion of $39.75 million in financing, followed by the cryptocurrency trading platform STS Digital announcing the completion of $30 million in financing.
In addition, against the backdrop of a continued boom in prediction markets, the field of investment and financing has also begun to see an increasing number of projects focused on the niche vertical of prediction markets.
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted by the amounts disclosed; 2. * indicates traditional companies with some involvement in blockchain):
Canaan Creative Completes $39.75 Million Acquisition of Cipher Mining Project Equity Financing
On February 24, Canaan Creative announced the completion of $39.75 million in financing, acquiring a 49% stake in its three Bitcoin mining projects (ABC projects: Alborz LLC, Bear LLC, Chief Mountain LLC) in West Texas by issuing 806,439,900 shares of Class A common stock (approximately 53,762,660 ADS) to Cipher Mining. The main business of the project is operating a Bitcoin mining farm with a total power capacity of 120 MW and a total hash rate of about 4.4 EH/s. The transaction also includes Canaan Creative repurchasing 6,840 mining machines from Cipher Mining, which were originally planned to be deployed at the Black Pearl site, which is transforming into an AI data center. After the transaction is completed, Cipher Mining becomes an important shareholder of Canaan Creative, with a six-month lock-up period on the shares held.
Cryptocurrency Trading Platform STS Digital Completes $30 Million Financing, Led by CMT Digital
On February 26, the cryptocurrency trading platform STS Digital announced the completion of $30 million in financing, led by CMT Digital, with participation from cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, venture capital firm Arrington Capital, and an investment firm under Fidelity Investments. STS Digital co-founder and CEO Maxime Seiler refused to disclose the company's valuation for this financing; the new funds are intended for expanding its cryptocurrency perpetual contract (rather than options) business.
On February 28, the issuer of the Japanese yen stablecoin JPYC announced the completion of the first phase of Series B financing, raising approximately 1.78 billion yen (approximately $12 million), led by Japanese IT solutions provider Asteria, with funding mainly coming from Japanese domestic enterprises and fund institutions, and BitFlyer Holdings also participated in the investment.
JPYC officially launched under Japan’s funds transfer business regulatory framework in October 2025, positioning itself as an onshore yen stablecoin. The company has partnered with Densan Systems, which covers about 65,000 convenience store payment networks in Japan, to explore domestic payments, cross-border remittances, and travel payment applications in convenience store scenarios. Additionally, JPYC has also participated in Circle’s stablecoin foreign exchange quotation system StableFX, used for cross-border settlement.
AurumX Ecosystem Infrastructure Manadia Completes $7 Million Seed Round Financing
On March 1, the Web3 verifiable data and AI collaborative infrastructure Manadia officially announced the completion of $7 million in seed round financing, with investors including OKX Ventures, Pillar VC, One Way Ventures, Quasar Holding Co., and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal also participating in this round of funding.
The project is jointly incubated by AurumX investment firm AUR Labs and leading global institutions, focusing on low-trust reliant data settlement and AI collaboration infrastructure, providing core capabilities such as VERITAS verifiable oracles, AI Agent collaboration, privacy-protecting settlement, and compliant payments, supporting secure and trustworthy value exchange and cross-system collaboration for finance, digital assets, and AI ecosystems.
Bluprynt Completes $4.25 Million Seed Round Financing, Led by Valor Capital Group
On February 26, the startup Bluprynt, which provides cryptocurrency disclosure services, announced the completion of $4.25 million in seed round financing, led by Valor Capital Group, with participation from Selah Ventures, Quona Capital, as well as Coinbase Ventures and Robinhood. The company's goal is to optimize information disclosure for cryptocurrency companies to simplify digital asset compliance to meet regulatory requirements.
On February 25, AI-driven financial and cryptocurrency market research platform Finrob announced the completion of $3.9 million in seed round financing, with participation from Maven 11, Placeholder VC, Node Capital, Archetype, Dispersion Capital, and Fabric Ventures. The company provides real-time on-chain analysis and market intelligence through a single conversational interface by connecting platforms such as Glassnode, CoinGecko, and DefiLlama.
On February 26, game blockchain infrastructure Power Protocol announced the completion of $3 million in financing, with investment from Bitkraft, Delphi Digital, Spartan VC, Mechanism Capital, etc. The new funds will support the expansion of a cross-type game token economy model, rather than just building a single token tied to a single game.
On February 25, the Solana-based prediction market protocol TBD announced the completion of $3 million in seed round financing, co-led by CMT Digital and ParaFi, with participation from Jump Crypto, Slow Ventures general partner Sam Lessin, Solana co-founder Raj Gokal, Polygon Labs CEO Mark Boiron, Wintermute founder Evgeny Gaevoy, and dYdX founder Antonio Juliano.
On February 25, the social native prediction market platform Kash announced the completion of $2 million in Pre-Seed round financing, with participation from Big Brain Holdings, Spartan Group, Coinbase Ventures, Kosmos Ventures, Halo Capital, MoonRock Capital, Polaris Fund, and Fabric VC. The new funds will support its building of financial tools embedded in X and other social media platforms, allowing users to make prediction trades directly from their information feed and create prediction events, and it has currently launched a simulation test network on the X platform.
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