According to official sources, modular blockchain Sophon has completed a $10 million financing round, with participation from Paper Ventures, Maven 11, The Spartan Group, SevenX Ventures, OKX Ventures, HTX Ventures, and others. Currently, there is no other detailed project information available.

Merkle Trade, the first gamified, fully-perpetual DEX project supported by LayerZero and Pyth Network, has completed a $2.1 million financing round led by Hashed and Arrington Capital. Morningstar Ventures, Amber Group, Aptos Labs, Re7 Capital, and Dorahacks also participated in this round. This financing round, which took place after the launch in late 2023, will drive the growth plan for the protocol.

Carbonated, the mobile NFT shooting game studio behind MadWorld, announced the completion of a $11 million financing round with Com2uS, a Korean gaming giant, leading the investment. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Bitkraft Ventures, Cypher Capital, Blocore, Goal Ventures, and WAGMI Ventures also participated. The studio previously raised $8.5 million in 2020, with a16z and Bitkraft joining at the time.MadWorld is set to launch to the public in 2024 and is currently being tested on iOS and Android operating systems. Its founder, Travis Boatman, is a veteran of the mobile gaming industry and has held executive positions at Zynga and Electronic Arts.

Superchain App Accelerator has received $3 million in funding from Thirdweb and Optimism to promote the development of Web3 games. The accelerator aims to help developers create applications that embody the essence of Web3: seamless, user-centric, and without the technical barriers that often hinder outsiders. The program provides funding for developers on networks such as OP Mainnet, Base, and Zora, and the first phase of the accelerator program has already begun, with plans to expand to Lisk and Redstone in the future.

NFT shooting game "MadWorld" development studio Carbonated Inc announced the completion of a $11 million A round of financing, led by Korean gaming giant Com2uS, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Bitkraft Ventures, Cypher Capital, Blocore, Goal Ventures and WAGMI Ventures. MadWorld will be officially launched at some point in 2024, combining third-person competitive shooting action with territory control games based on NFT land assets. The game takes place on Earth in the post-apocalyptic era.

According to official announcements, RIFT Foundation has announced the completion of a $3 million strategic financing round to support the ChronoForge ecosystem. This round of financing was participated by well-known web3 and gaming content creators such as Alex Becker, FaZe Banks, and EllioTrades, as well as some funds and communities, including Citizen Capital, SwissBorg, XBorg, and MH Ventures. It is reported that ChronoForge is a multiplayer action role-playing game built on Immutable and Raid.

The British Bitcoin DeFi platform SatoshiSwap.ai announced the completion of a $700,000 pre-sale round of financing. The new funds will be used to build a DEX designed specifically for the Bitcoin ecosystem. It is reported that the SatoshiSwap.ai model is similar to UniSwap, but its platform will use the Stacks L2 blockchain.

MPC wallet platform Fordefi has completed a $10 million financing round, led by Electric Capital with participation from Paxos and Alchemy. The company is reportedly expanding its self-custody MPC wallet product to retail-facing platforms such as trading and fintech platforms.

According to official sources, privacy infrastructure Nym announced receiving funding from the Zcash community. The funds will be used to integrate Nym mixnet with Zcash and enhance the privacy of Zcash users by preventing metadata leaks.

Official sources announced that the luxury watch trading platform WATCHES.IO has completed a pre-seed round of financing totaling $1.9 million. The round was led by Lemniscap, with participation from Builder Capital, Soft Holdings, Darkside Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Marin Ventures and numerous angel investors.