CryptoRank：头部加密VC仍积极布局，DeFi赛道融资创近年新低
Related
Data: Total investment and funding in the crypto market reached $898 million in June, with infrastructure and DeFi leading the way.
According to ChainCatcher and RootData's funding data, 42 investment, financing, and M&A events were disclosed in the primary crypto market in June 2026, with a total funding amount of approximately $898 million, a decrease of 60.5% month-over-month and 67.3% year-over-year. There were also 15 M&A events, with a disclosed amount of approximately $305 million. Overall, funds continued to flow concentratedly into infrastructure, DeFi, and CeFi, institutional capital markets, on-chain lending, derivatives trading, and stablecoin payments/settlement as the main growth drivers. DeFi was the most active sector this month, completing 18 investment, financing, and M&A events with a disclosed amount of approximately $330 million. Morpho completed a $175 million funding round, becoming the largest funding project in the DeFi sector this month; Fomo completed a $75 million Series B funding round, indicating that on-chain transactions and consumer-level entry points remain attractive. The infrastructure sector saw 13 deals, disclosing approximately $453 million, ranking first in terms of amount. Projects such as Digital Asset, Ornn, and Trace Finance received funding for institutional-grade capital markets, the financialization of AI computing power, and stablecoin settlement infrastructure, respectively. CeFi saw 12 deals, with fewer non-M&A financings, but M&A and institutional trading services performed strongly. SBI Holdings acquired the Japanese crypto exchage Bitbank for approximately $289 million, becoming the largest M&A deal this month; SignalPlus completed a $50 million Series B1 funding round, and EDGE Markets completed a $29.2 million Series A funding round, indicating that institutional-grade trading, derivatives, and compliant financial services remain key areas of capital investment. The top five projects this month totaled approximately $944 million, accounting for about 76% of the total disclosed amount. The top three projects in terms of funding and M&A amount were: Digital Asset (US$355 million), an institutional-grade crypto exchage infrastructure company; Bitbank (US$289 million, acquired); and Morpho (US$175 million), an on-chain lending protocol. In terms of investment institutions, Coinbase Ventures, a16z, Pantera Capital, CoinFund, Paradigm, Animoca Brands, and HashKey Capital remained active, with leading capital firms favoring projects with clear institutional clients, compliance pathways, and real-world use cases.
Animoca Brands makes strategic investment in AllScale, a stablecoin payment infrastructure provider.
PANews reported on June 25 that Animoca Brands announced on its X platform that it has made a strategic investment in AllScale, a stablecoin payment infrastructure provider. The specific amount was not disclosed. Animoca Brands stated that in addition to the investment, the two companies will also explore collaboration opportunities to support global payment flows and emerging agent commerce use cases within their ecosystem.
AIPayWithCrypto raises $10 million, led by Animoca Brands.
AIPayWithCrypto announced that it has officially completed a $10 million Series A strategic financing round, led by Animoca Brands, with participation from Titans Ventures, Castrum Capital, Adaverse, M2M Capital, and other institutions.
Animoca Brands makes strategic investment in AllScale to explore stablecoin payments and AI-powered proxy payment infrastructure.
According to Mars Finance, Animoca Brands announced a strategic investment in AllScale, a stablecoin payment infrastructure company. The specific investment amount was not disclosed. The investment will explore the application of stablecoin payment solutions in more than 600 companies in Animoca Brands' portfolio and promote autonomous payment scenarios for AI agents.
Coinbase Ventures has maintained active investing during the bear market, consistently making 5 to 6 transactions per month in recent months.
Odaily Odaily reports that Coinbase Ventures stated on social media that its investment activities have not slowed down despite the market cycle slowdown. Public data shows that Coinbase Ventures has invested in a total of 367 projects. From November 2025 to June 2026, its investment frequency remained at approximately 5 to 6 transactions per month, continuing to invest even in a bear market. Its investment pace has not slowed down, maintaining approximately 5 to 6 investment transactions per month.
Coinbase Ventures invests in RWA credit protocol Multipli
According to Foresight News , Multipli, a real-world asset and tokenized credit protocol, has received investment from Coinbase Ventures through the Base Ecosystem Fund. The specific investment amount was not disclosed. Coinbase Ventures' investment follows Multipli's previous $20 million funding round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Spartan Group and Sequoia. Multipli is a yield and collateral infrastructure designed to generate yield and provide low-cost credit access to real-world assets such as gold, stocks, and stablecoins.