Despite ongoing pressure in the cryptocurrency markets, institutional engagement is showing signs of recovery as capital flows back into the sector. Recent venture capital activities highlight this trend, particularly as institutions focus on building infrastructure and practical use cases within onchain finance.
In recent developments, Bitway, an onchain financial infrastructure provider, successfully raised over $4.4 million in seed funding. This round was spearheaded by TRON DAO, with additional backing from HTX Ventures. The fresh capital will enable Bitway to expand its suite of onchain financial services, a sector that continues to attract interest despite a general slowdown in deal activity.
Meanwhile, the digital exchange platform Everything has secured $6.9 million in seed funding, led by Humanity Investments. Notable participants included Animoca Brands and Jamie Rogozinski, founder of WallStreetBets. Everything is working on a unified trading platform that integrates perpetual futures, spot markets, and prediction markets, aiming to enhance retail access to derivatives trading.
In a significant transaction, Galaxy Digital facilitated a pioneering onchain credit deal valued at $50 million. This arrangement marks a shift in how capital is managed, packaging private loans into digital securities issued and handled onchain rather than through conventional methods. This transaction reflects growing institutional comfort in utilizing onchain processes for core financial activities, which could influence future venture capital allocations.
Onchain financial services platform Veera also made headlines with its recent $4 million seed funding round, backed by CMCC Titan Fund and Sigma Capital. This latest funding brings Veera”s total to $10 million, following a successful $6 million pre-seed round completed in 2024. Veera aims to develop a mobile-first platform that aggregates onchain financial services into a single interface, catering to non-technical users.
Additionally, Prometheum, a regulated digital asset market infrastructure provider in the U.S., announced that it has raised an additional $23 million since the beginning of 2025 from high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. Prometheum is focused on integrating digital assets into traditional brokerage infrastructures and will use the capital to develop onchain securities products and enhance clearing services for U.S. broker-dealers.
Lastly, Solayer, an infrastructure development firm aligned with the Solana ecosystem, has launched a $35 million ecosystem fund aimed at supporting early- and growth-stage teams building applications on its infiniSVM network. This fund is designed to attract developers creating scalable onchain products across various sectors, including decentralized finance and consumer applications.
As the landscape of onchain finance evolves, these funding developments underscore a renewed institutional interest that could reshape the future of the cryptocurrency market.
