Bitcoin L2 interoperability layer Map Protocol completes $1 million strategic financing, with participation from Gryps; Binance Labs announces investment in BIO Protocol; On-chain identity system Phi completes a new round of strategic financing, led by Neoclassic Capital.

The Bitcoin Rollup project Citrea has completed a $14 million Series A funding round, led by Founders Fund; the crypto insurance brokerage Native has completed a $2.6 million seed round, led by Nexus Mutual; the community-oriented Web3 content platform Libraro has completed a phase one seed round, led by Ayre Ventures.

Web3 data and AI company Validation Cloud has completed a new round of financing of $10 million; DeFi platform Azura has completed a seed round financing of $6.9 million, led by Initialized; Web3 game studio Opti Games has completed financing of $2 million, led by L1D.

Opacity Network completes $12 million seed round financing; Bitcoin staking platform Solv Protocol completes $11 million financing, with participation from OKX Ventures; Crypto derivatives exchange Bitnomial completes $25 million financing, led by Ripple Labs.

Layer1 network Apex Fusion completes $6 million in funding; AI startup Kiva AI completes $7 million seed round funding, led by Coinfund; Web3 gaming education platform PiP World completes $10 million seed round funding.

The blockchain project Initia has completed a $14 million Series A financing at a valuation of $350 million, led by Theory Ventures; the decentralized science project AminoChain has completed a $5 million seed round financing, led by a16z; the Web3 reward information aggregation solution Daylight has completed a $6 million seed round financing, led by USV.

Solana developer platform Helius has completed over $20 million in financing, with participation from Haun Ventures and others; cryptocurrency trading platform TrueX has completed $9 million in financing, with participation from Hack VC and others; Web3 gaming company Ambrus Studio has completed several million dollars in financing, led by The Spartan Group.

Manta Foundation announces investment in the chain abstraction liquidity aggregation protocol Cycle Network; the chain game platform Yooldo completes a new round of financing, with Consensys participating; the crypto social network 0xPPL completes a new round of financing, with participation from AllianceDAO and others.

This week, the investment and financing heat in the cryptocurrency market remained the same as last week, with 11 deals in infrastructure and 4 deals in DeFi. The stablecoin API Bridge aimed at developers secured the largest financing this week, amounting to $58 million.

L1 network Quai Network completed a $5 million strategic round of financing, with participation from Cogitent Ventures; gaming company Gameplay Galaxy secured $11.17 million in funding, led by Blockchain Capital and Merit Circle.

Bitcoin mining company Bitfarms agrees to acquire Stronghold Digital for $175 million; cryptocurrency payment network Skyfire completes $8.5 million seed round financing, with participation from Circle and others; decentralized AI network GenLayer developer YeagerAI completes $7.5 million seed round financing.

Bitcoin mining company Digihost completes $4 million private placement financing; smart account development company Rhinestone completes $5 million seed round financing, led by 1kx; Binance Labs announces investment in MyShell.