📊 Crypto Venture Weekly: July 7 to July 11, 2025

The latest breakdown from Messari highlights $109 million raised across 15 projects last week - with a strong focus on real products in AI, stablecoins, and DeFi infrastructure.

Here’s what the top 6 are building👇

⚪️ Agora ($50 million, led by Paradigm)

Full-stack platform for launching white-label stablecoins (like AUSD) across 13 chains. Shared liquidity, instant compliance, and infrastructure as a stable service.

⚪️ DigitalX ($13.5 million, Animoca, ParaFi)

Australia-based digital asset manager offering tokenized funds and cryptocurrency treasury strategies. Publicly traded on the ASX.

⚪️ Kuru ($11.6 million, Paradigm, Electric)

On-chain CLOB natively built on Monad. Targets ultra-low latency and full decentralization for professional-grade DeFi trading.

⚪️ Remix ($6.75 million, Archetype, Coinbase, Variant)

Mobile platform styled like TikTok for creating and playing short games. Over 800 live games, 600,000 users, Telegram and wallet integrations.

⚪️ Velvet Capital ($3.7 million, DWF, YZi)

DeFi OS for cross-chain portfolio management. Used by over 25,000 users, managing over $100 million with non-custodial and AI-driven flows.

⚪️ BridgePort ($3.2 million, New Ventures)

Institutional middleware for off-exchange settlement. Connects custodians and exchanges to automate collateral and clearing.

💡 Capital is flowing into the foundational infrastructure for crypto-native UX and regulated, composable financing.