Author | WuBlockchainAccording to statistics from RootData, a total of 59 crypto VC investment projects were publicly disclosed in April 2026, representing a month-over-month (MoM) decrease of 22.37% (76 projects in March 2026) and a year-over-year (YoY) decrease of 23.38% (77 projects in April 2025). The trend over the past year is shown below:Among them, CeFi accounted for approximately 10.2%, DeFi 30.5%, NFT/GameFi 5.1%, L1/L2 6.8%, RWA/DePIN 15.3%, Tools/Wallet 10.2%, and AI 13.6%. The number of projects in each sector is shown below:In April 2026, the total crypto VC funding amount was approximately $1.554 billion, representing a MoM decrease of 66.91% ($4.696 billion in March 2026) and a YoY decrease of 42.75% ($2.714 billion in April 2025). The trend over the past year is shown below:Note: Projects with undisclosed funding amounts are counted in the total number of projects but not included in the total funding amount. In addition, since not all funding rounds are disclosed within the same month, the data may be subject to future revisions.Among them, the top 10 funding rounds by amount are as follows:Kraken’s parent company Payward will acquire derivatives exchange Bitnomia

l 高达 5.5 亿美元的现金和股票。交易完成后，Kraken 将获得 Bitnomial 的美国衍生品监管牌照，包括经纪、交易所和清算服务。越南加密货币交易所 CAEX 获得重大战略投资，将其资本基础提高至约 10 万亿越南盾（约合 3.8 亿美元）。主要投资者包括 OKX Ventures 和 HashKey Capital。 德意志交易所集团宣布，将以 2 亿美元的价格通过二级市场股票购买方式收购 Kraken 母公司 Payward Inc. 1.5% 的完全摊薄股权，这意味着估值约为 133 亿美元，较去年 11 月的 200 亿美元估值大幅下降，交易预计将于 2026 年第二季度完成，但须经监管部门批准。