Crypto projects raise $10bn this year and Trump-linked project is in the top three – DL News
The Weekly Raise
- Crypto projects raised more in the first six months of 2025 than in 2024.
- VCs expect to double that before the end of 2025.
- These three projects raised the most money between January and June.
Circle, Telegram, and Donald Trump.
Those three names are linked to 22% of the $10.3 billion crypto projects raised in the first half of 2025, which is $700 million more than the industry did during the entirety of 2024, according to DefiLlama data.
Venture capital investors expect money raised by the industry to jump as high as $25 million this year.
Here are the three biggest raises between January and June.
Circle, $1.1 billion
Circle and some of its shareholders raised $1.1…
