H1 2022 Crypto Fundraising Overview

• Non-Ethereum NFT projects take a leg-up in Q2 - fundraising totals for non-Ethereum-ecosystem NFT projects outpaced Ethereum ecosystem NFT projects in Q2 2022 by a margin of $1.8B. Some fast and efficient chains like Solana have made this big movement in short time with very vivid development and community atmosphere.

  

• The gaming NFT vertical stands in a class of its own - The gaming NFT vertical raised more than four times as much capital as any other NFT vertical in H1

• DeFi ended H1 on a strong note - raising $624M in the month of June, more than two times as much as any month in the past six months

  

  The growth rate of DEX, Stablecoin is becoming faster.
  DEX is essential and fundamental layer of DeFi and More diversified and much minted Stablecoins could be next big basement to build stonger DeFi.

• DAO participation continues to concentrate in early-stage rounds - of all funding rounds that included DAO participation, 71% were at the seed stage.

• CeFi remains king of capital - reigning in $10.3B in the first six months of the year, with almost half of all funding rounds totaling more than $10M.

Source: Messari, Dove Metrics