Crypto Fundraising Already Surpasses Full-Year 2021: Report

The Messari report noted that more than $30 billion was raised from 1,199 funding rounds in the first half of 2022 .

Despite the current market meltdown, the crypto industry has already raised $30.3 billion in funds, surpassing a full year of fundraising in 2021, according to a new report.

In a report published August 2 by crypto analytics firm Messari and Dove Metrics, data shows that the $30.3 billion raised in centralized finance (CeFi), decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and infrastructure have been affected. through 1,199 funding rounds in the first half of 2022.

The total amount of funds raised in the six-month period has already exceeded $30.2 billion raised in 1,313 rounds in all of 2021.

More than a third of the total funds raised went to the CeFi sector, which received $10.2 billion in funding. The infrastructure and NFT sector also saw strong investments, however, DeFi investments appear to have lagged with only $1.8 billion in funding during the period.

CeFI--> exchanges paved the way here too. CeFi raised $10.3 billion in the first six months of the year, with nearly half of all funding rounds totaling over $10 million pic.twitter.com/i5nIENyMdD

Most of the investments in CeFi went to crypto exchanges, which raised $3.2 billion in total funding. Payment services, market makers and savings/banking account firms were nearly tied for second place.

The Web3 and NFT sector, which raised $8.6 billion in funds during the semester, saw gaming-related NFTs take the lion's share of investment, generating more than four times more than n any other vertical NFT.

Some of the currently popular NFT-based crypto games include Axie Infinity, Aavegotchi, CryptoKitties, Galaxy Fight Club, and Gods Unchained.

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