Odaily Planet Daily News Layer 1 project Defx completed $2.5 million seed round financing, with investments from Pantera Capital, CMT Digital, gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC), Baboon VC, CoinShares Ventures, Robot Ventures, and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. The new funds aim to support the construction of a decentralized exchange optimized for perpetual contract trading.