A new report from RootData paints a striking picture of the crypto financing landscape The CeFi sector has raised twenty three billion five hundred million dollars with an average deal size of one hundred seventy million dollars—eleven times larger than the infrastructure sector This staggering gap highlights how traditional finance has found a way to dominate the digital asset ecosystem through the very tools it once sought to replace
Traditional financial giants are skillfully leveraging IPOs bonds and mergers and acquisitions to channel massive amounts of capital into crypto ventures IPO related financing alone makes up nearly half of the total with an average deal approaching three hundred million dollars while early stage DeFi and infrastructure projects struggle to secure five hundred thousand Companies like Coinbase and MicroStrategy along with institutional heavyweights such as BlackRock through its ETF offerings are easily securing enormous funding thanks to their established credibility and traditional market access
This dynamic carries both opportunity and risk On one hand the influx of traditional capital brings legitimacy deeper liquidity and faster adoption On the other it widens inequality within the crypto ecosystem The rich get richer while decentralized community driven projects face growing barriers to capital access undermining the foundational ethos of Web3
RootData’s findings reveal a pivotal shift in the industry Crypto’s early revolutionary spirit is giving way to a pragmatic reform cycle CeFi giants are becoming the bridge between old and new worlds repackaging digital assets into compliant investment products for traditional markets The result is an emerging hybrid model where centralized institutions provide the entry points while decentralized networks continue to power innovation Recognizing and adapting to this structural evolution will be key to navigating and thriving in the next phase of the crypto economy.