$
10.04
Billion Crypto
Investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции in 2024: DeFi Growth,
Bridge Buyout, and
More
According to RootData statistics, 1,530 publicly disclosed crypto venture
capitalist (VC) investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции rounds occurred in 2024, a whopping 25.1% increase
from the previous year.
Total fundraising this year reached $10.04 billion, a 7.59% increase from
2023.
A Healthy Surge in Crypto Investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции
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Venture capital• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции » Венчурное финансирование investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции activity is an important metric regarding the
crypto industry s health, and current levels paint an optimistic
picture. Initially, the strongest fundraising activity took place in the first
half of the year, with a steady decline in the following months. However,
since Trump s re-election to the US Presidency, this trend is reversing
thanks to new inflows . Crypto VC Investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции Trends 2024. Source: Rootdata
Investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции rounds over $20 million fell compared to the previous year, but all
other crypto fundraising sizes between $1 and $20 million increased.
Additionally, seed funding rounds represented a smaller portion of total
fundraising rounds, with strategic funding rising in 2024.
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Although the amount of investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции capital in the crypto space increased, its
sector allocation underwent a few dramatic changes. To be fair, blockchain• Информационные технологии » Информационно-коммуникационные технологии » Информационные технологии и телекоммуникации » Базы данных » Публичная база транзакций » Блокчейн
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infrastructure was far and away the largest VC recipient during both years.
However, DeFi funding nearly doubled, sweeping into a comfortable second
place. CeFi, on the other hand, cratered to fifth.
Stripe s Bridge Deal Leads the Way
The largest single investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции took place in October, thanks to Stripe, the
massive payments platform . In a landmark deal meant to
facilitate the company s activities in the crypto space, Stripe
purchased Bridge for $1.1 billion . This huge sum easily topped the chart of
largest fundraisers, more than double over the runner-up.
“The $1 billion acquisition of Bridge by Stripe signals to VCs that stablecoin
startups which were previously underfunded due to lack of early token
liquidity now have a clearer path towards big exits. Expect more funding and
more entrepreneurs building around stablecoins,” wrote Qiao Wang, founder of
Alliance DAO . Most Funded Crypto Projects of 2024. Source: Rootdata
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Another high-level crypto investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции was for Australian miner Iris Energy,
which received $413 million in July . The company planned to use these VC
funds to boost its operational capacity, adding 30 EH/s and 510 megawatts (MW)
of data centers in 2024. Iris also worked on a 1400 MW mining venture in West
Texas.
Avalanche , a notable blockchain• Информационные технологии » Информационно-коммуникационные технологии » Информационные технологии и телекоммуникации » Базы данных » Публичная база транзакций » Блокчейн
• Высокие технологии » Информационные технологии и телекоммуникации » Базы данных » Публичная база транзакций » Блокчейн project , also brought in substantial VC
funds near the end of the year. This contributed to the trend of blockchain• Информационные технологии » Информационно-коммуникационные технологии » Информационные технологии и телекоммуникации » Базы данных » Публичная база транзакций » Блокчейн
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infrastructure receiving more fundraising capital than any other crypto/Web3
area. On December 11, it conducted a private locked-token sale , with
institutions like Galaxy Digital contributing the most.
Altogether, 2024 has been a bullish year for crypto investment• Экономика » Финансы » Инвестиции. Since the
Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin ETF approval began the year, institutional adoption has risen
dramatically throughout the entire space. Recent surveys of the crypto
community suggest a high level of individual optimism, and such bullish
sentiments are reflected in these intense investments.
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