Bitcoin’s Institutional Growth Influences Crypto Venture Capital Trends and Emerging Technologies

Key Points

1. Bitcoin’s DeFi sector attracted $175 million across 32 VC deals in the first half of the year.

2. Stable blockchain raised $28 million to boost USDt adoption amid growing regulatory clarity.

3. Inveniam Capital invested $20 million in Mantra to bring institutional-grade real-world assets (RWAs) to the blockchain.

4. Spiko raised $22 million to expand access to tokenized assets, with assets under management expected to surpass $1 billion by year-end.

5. Stablecoin banking startup Dakota raised $12.5 million in a Series A round led by CoinFund.

6. BridgePort secured $3.2 million in seed funding to expand its off-exchange settlement network.