The crypto funding in August remained slow as the raised amount reached $4.72 billion from $6.54 billion in the previous month. Total funding rounds in 29 days of the ongoing month are 91, which were 95 previously.
According to RootData, the average was $86.07 million, which is down by 20.41% reaching $68.5 million in August to date, yet the median is $8.45 million, down by 15.5% from $10 million.
Per the data, CoinbaseVentures has backed 3 funding rounds for crypto infrastructure, 2 for DeFi, 1 for a tool and information, and 1 for others, yet Pantera Capital has supported 2 infrastructures, 2 DeFi, and 1 one others.
YZi Labs backed funding for 2 infrastructures and 2 DeFi, Polychain has supported funding for 1 DeFi, CeFi 1, and 1 for others.
The United States based project raised the highest funds YTD
RootData notes in the YTD frame that around 51 projects of the United States, 19 projects of the United Kingdom have raised funding, followed by Singapore with 12 projects raising funds.
Yet Hong Kong’s 10 projects have raised funding YTD, and 7 projects from India moved forward for funding, 6 projects from France secured funding in the YTD frame.
From January 2025 to August 2025, the crypto market raised $24.71 billion, and the funding amount grew by 282.71%. In the same frame, funding rounds fell to 688, which is down by 22.17%.
Around 154 projects raised funds in seed rounds, 95 projects raised funding in strategic rounds, 86 raised funds in M&A, nearly 131 projects raised $1 million- $3 million, 97 projects raised funding between $3 million – $5 million.
A quick overview of the crypto market
According to the data from CoinMarketCap, the crypto market is valued at $3.82 trillion with a loss of 2.73% and at the same time, the trading volume is $184.1 billion.
At the same time, the crypto fear and greed index was at 47, indicating neutrality. Bitcoin is now priced at $109,749 with a loss of 2.87%.
Ethereum lost 5.23% of its price intraday, reaching $4,353. BNB is priced at $859.50 with a loss of 2.15% and Solana is down by 2.22% reaching $210.77.
The intraday losers list has been topped by Cronos, followed by SPX6900, Pendle, Aerodrome Finance, Tezos, Hyperliquid, Raydium, Mantle, Conflux, Algorand, and Stellar.
At the same time, the gainers are Pyth Network added 96.82% reaching $0.2319, followed by Pump token, which reached $0.003485 with an 8.8% surge, Four, PI, Gate token, Pax Gold, and Tether Gold.
