Hold onto Your Hats: 2025 Could Shatter Crypto Venture Funding Records!

CEX.io's crypto sleuths are buzzing with excitement, forecasting that 2025 might just be the blockbuster year for venture capital in the crypto world!

After what felt like an eternity of sluggish growth, venture capitalists are back with a vengeance, diving headfirst into the crypto pool. CEX.io dropped a bombshell report last Thursday, July 17, revealing that the first half of 2025 alone raked in a staggering $16.5 billion in venture deals. If this pace keeps up, we're looking at a record-breaking year for crypto funding!

This haul blows the $12.2 billion of 2024 out of the water and even tops the $10.9 billion peak from 2021. CEX.io's crystal ball says 2025 is on track to be the mother of all years for crypto startup cash!

Get this: the crypto sector now gobbles up 5.3% of global venture funding, the highest slice in three years. And guess what's fueling this surge? It's been climbing ever since the 2024 U.S. elections, hinting that policy shifts might just be the secret sauce boosting investor mojo.

Finance Takes the Crown in Venture Capital Bonanza

When it comes to where the money's flowing, finance is the king, snagging a whopping 51% of the deal volume. We're talking both the old-school centralized finance and the wild west of decentralized finance projects. Meanwhile, the infrastructure scene—think hardware, security, bridges, and oracles—is also on fire, thanks to mega deals with the likes of Bitmain and TWL Miner.

On the flip side, deals for blockchain L1 and L2 networks are shrinking fast, now just a tiny 2% of the action. But hey, AI-focused crypto projects are on the rise, now snagging 5% of the total deal pie.

Here's the kicker: even though the number of funding rounds has dipped, the average size of those rounds? It's skyrocketed to a jaw-dropping $20 million in the first half of 2025. That's a massive comeback from the post-2022 market crash blues.