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RootData data shows CeFi raised about $606 million across 8 deals, infrastructure $105 million across 14, and DeFi $90 million.<\/p>\n
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According to April data from Web3 analytics platform\u00a0RootData<\/a>, the disclosed total raised in the crypto primary market reached roughly $860 million, spread across 55 financing events and 5 M&A deals, a slight dip from March\u2019s 62 events that still points to steady activity.<\/p>\n Capital was heavily skewed toward centralized platforms. CeFi topped the table with about $606 million raised across 8 deals, followed by infrastructure at $105 million across 14 deals, and DeFi at $90 million across 19 deals, making infrastructure the most active category by deal count as institutional attention continues to favor foundational tooling and rails.<\/p>\n The month\u2019s top three rounds were all in the trading and L1 stack. Vietnamese exchange\u00a0CAEX<\/a>\u00a0pulled in $380 million from backers including OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital, while global exchange\u00a0Kraken<\/a>\u00a0raised a $200 million strategic investment from Deutsche Bank, and Layer\u20111 project Pharos Network closed a $44 million Series A. Together, CAEX and Kraken accounted for roughly $580 million, or about 67% of all disclosed April capital, highlighting the ongoing concentration of money into a small number of CeFi leaders.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n RootData\u2019s sector drill\u2011down shows the prediction\u2011market narrative evolving from last month\u2019s \u201csingle giant\u201d raise into a more distributed ecosystem build\u2011out. Eight prediction\u2011related projects secured seed or angel funding, including decentralized prediction venue\u00a0XO Market<\/a>\u00a0at $6 million, meme\u2011inflected PUMPCADE with multiple rounds totaling $6 million, and\u00a0Atlasx Protocol<\/a>\u00a0at $2 million.<\/p>\n That follows a March wave of capital that put prediction markets back on the map and now appears to be seeding a cluster of smaller, more specialized platforms instead of one or two dominant hubs. It mirrors trends covered in a recent crypto.news\u00a0story, which noted that on\u2011chain betting has been moving from niche to mainstream around elections and macro themes.<\/p>\n Artificial intelligence is undergoing a similar diffusion. RootData tracked eight AI\u2011related crypto projects raising in April, spanning AI agents like\u00a0Nava<\/a>\u00a0($8.3 million seed) and\u00a0AIW3.ai<\/a>\u00a0($2 million), AI infrastructure such as\u00a0Cluster Protocol<\/a>\u00a0($5 million for decentralized model\u2011verification), and AI content creation startup\u00a0Oh<\/a>\u00a0($7.5 million Series A). The data supports what a separate crypto.news\u00a0analysis\u00a0recently described as \u201cAI x crypto entering a multi\u2011pronged, experimentation phase.\u201d<\/p>\n Kraken also delivered one of April\u2019s most notable \u201con\u2011chain plus off\u2011chain\u201d moves. In the same month it raised $200 million from Deutsche Bank, the exchange bought CFTC\u2011regulated derivatives venue Bitnomial for $550 million, reinforcing a dual strategy of using external capital while buying regulated market structure\u2014an approach examined in a prior crypto.news\u00a0feature.<\/p>\n On the investor side, GSR, Coinbase Ventures, L1D, Tether, Kosmos Ventures, and Animoca Brands tied as the most active backers, each disclosing three deals, according to RootData. Their activity aligns with a broader Q2 pattern crypto.news has highlighted in several\u00a0reports, showing capital steadily returning to infrastructure, trading platforms, and AI\u2011adjacent projects even as overall deal sizes remain concentrated at the top.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RootData data shows CeFi raised about $606 million across 8 deals, infrastructure $105 million across 14, and DeFi $90 million. 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