Crypto VC funding: Trump-backed World Liberty Financial raises $300m via public sale, SignalPlus bags $11m

According to VC data from Crypto Fundraising, the total funding for the week reached $382 million across various blockchain sectors, with World Liberty Financial securing $300 million through a public sale.

The week saw particular activity in derivatives trading and yield platforms, with projects securing funding across public sales, Series B rounds, and strategic investments.

Let’s examine the key investments that shaped this week in crypto funding.

World Liberty Financial, $300 million

• The DeFi platform, launched by the Trump family, raised $300 million through public sale
• The project is building DeFi solutions on Ethereum (ETH)
• WLFI’s on-chain address recently acquired about $47 million worth of Ethereum. Aave (AAVE) coins worth $4.4 million, and $4.5 million of Justin Sun’s Tron (TRX).
• Per Arkham Intelligence data, the Trump-linked firm acquired Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) valued at $47 million, $5.5 million Chainlink (LINK), and $4.5 million in Ethena Labs tokens (ENA).

SignalPlus, $11 million

• Secured $11 million in Series B funding
• Backed by AppWorks, OKX Ventures, and Avenir
• SignalPlus is building CEX and derivatives trading platform

BugsCoin, $8.50 million

• Raised $8.50 million in an unknown round
• The startup is backed by Gate Ventures
• BugsCoin is building social network on BNB Chain

Corn, $8.3 million

• Secured $8.3 million through public sale with $150 million fully-diluted value
• Corn, powered by the Arbitrum Foundation, is developing L2 infrastructure
• Corn has raised a total of $15 million

Nexity Network, $8.2 million

• Raised $8.2 million in an unknown round
• Nexity Network is backed by Rothman Management
• The project is building trading solutions on Polygon (POL)

Fogo, $8 million

• Fogo secured $8 million through public sale with $100 million FDV
• The Block first broke the news
• Fogo is developing L1 blockchain solutions
• The project has raised $13.5 million so far.

Notable crypto VC funding rounds < $8 million

• Radius secured $7 million in seed funding for L2 MEV infrastructure
• Aligned Layer gathered $6.67 million through public sale with $0.4 FDV
• Wingbits raised $5.50 million in strategic funding
• Keplr and Breez each secured $5 million
• Swarm Network raised $3 million in seed funding
• CreatorBid secured two rounds of $2.5 million each
• Printr and Evaa Protocol each raised $2.5 million
• Minionlab gathered $2 million in pre-seed funding
• Ranger secured $1.9 million with $30 million FDV
• Hamilton raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding