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.