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According to ChainCatcher, this week venture capital institutions invested an additional $176 million in the crypto sector. Since the beginning of this year, crypto startups have raised over $25 billion, far exceeding analysts' expectations. The main investors in this week's financing rounds include Pantera Capital, a certain exchange, and DCG. Despite the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies dropping by $1 trillion from the peak in October, many institutions are still increasing their investments. The crypto companies with the highest financing amounts in the second week of December are as follows: Multichain economic connectivity organization LI.FI completed a $29 million financing round, led by Multicoin and CoinFund. LI.FI plans to expand into various trading sectors, including perpetual futures, yield opportunities, prediction markets, and lending markets, and also intends to use the new funds to hire more employees. Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization network Real Finance secured a $29 million private round to build the infrastructure layer for RWA. This round includes a $25 million capital commitment from digital asset investment firm Nimbus Capital, with Magnus Capital and Frekaz Group also participating. Infrastructure provider TenX Protocols completed a $22 million financing round, focusing on institutional-grade staking, validator operations, and crypto treasury (DAT) strategies, with its business covering high-performance Layer 1 networks such as Solana, Sui, and Sei.

According to ChainCatcher, citing a report from Cointelegraph, Greg Cipolaro, Global Head of Research at NYDIG, stated that the direct benefits brought by the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) such as stocks to the crypto market and blockchain networks remain limited in the early stages. However, as accessibility, interoperability, and composability improve, their long-term value is expected to be gradually unlocked. Cipolaro pointed out that in the short term, the main benefits for blockchain networks come from transaction fees generated by tokenized assets and the network effects accumulated from custody of these assets. As tokenized assets become more deeply integrated into the blockchain ecosystem—serving as collateral, lending assets, or trading targets in DeFi scenarios—the degree to which related networks benefit will increase significantly. He believes that tokenization is becoming an important trend. As the regulatory environment gradually becomes clearer and infrastructure continues to improve, the on-chain use cases for RWA such as stocks are expected to expand. However, at present, the forms of tokenized assets vary greatly, and most still rely on compliant structures within the traditional financial system, such as KYC, whitelisted wallets, and transfer agents, which limits their composability. Cipolaro also noted that although the current economic impact on traditional crypto assets is not yet significant, if future regulations become more open and tokenized assets achieve broader democratized access, their coverage and on-chain value capture capabilities will be significantly enhanced, making them worthy of continued attention from investors.