The Fundraising Report by Messari
While the first two quarters of 2022 saw cryptocurrency markets perform poorly, a fundraising report just released by Messari researchers shows that $30.3 billion was raised by crypto projects and businesses during the first half of 2022. The total amount of money raised throughout 1,199 fundraising rounds, 30.3 billion USD, is more than all the investment blockchain businesses and projects received in 2017.
According to the H1, 2022 Fundraising Report released by Messari and Dove Metrics, a division of Messari Holding Inc., a large amount of cash has been invested in particular blockchain projects and businesses within the cryptocurrency sector. In H1, centralized finance (CeFi) seized more than $10.2 billion, outpacing decentralized finance (defi), according to the study.
In the first half of the year, Defi raised $1.8 billion, while Web3 and non-fungible token (NFT) projects and associated businesses raised $8.6 billion. The blockchain and cryptocurrencyinfrastructure sector received $9.7 billion in investments, and even though Web3 and NFTs …