In May 2025, Cointime announced a strategic investment in TronBank.Pro, a TRON mainnet resource financial service platform, further expanding its long-term commitment to blockchain infrastructure and resource assetization.

TronBank.Pro focuses on efficient allocation and value realization of TRON on-chain resources. Its core functions, such as energy leasing and TRX staking services, are already live. It aims to connect the supply and demand chain of resources through smart contracts, enhancing the efficiency and yield of resource utilization on-chain.

In the future, TronBank.Pro plans to launch a resource certificate token (tentatively named TBK), which will carry users' staking rights, resource quota circulation, and be applied to various financial scenarios. Following this round of strategic investment, Cointime will provide ecosystem collaboration, content support, and joint research development, exploring directions such as resource assetization, cross-chain circulation, and secondary market innovation together.    

On April 30th, EduFi RWA protocol Pencil Finance announced that it has successfully completed a $10 million liquidity pool financing supported by Animoca Brands and Open Campus, aimed at supporting the first batch of on-chain education loans and debt financing for education companies by Pencil Finance.

The funds have been deployed in the liquidity pool of Pencil Finance on the Open Campus EDU Chain. Pencil Finance will collaborate with traditional education loan companies to bring Southeast Asian and American education loans onto the chain, opening up a new asset class for on-chain investors. At the same time, Pencil Finance helps education loans reduce interest rates by providing on-chain interest opportunities for traditional education loan companies.

the decentralized 3D high-precision map protocol ROVR Network has completed a $2.6 million seed round of financing, with Borderless Capital and GEODNET co-leading the investment, IoTeX and several angel investors participating. The new funds will support its integration of LiDAR and RTK technology to provide real-time, compliant geospatial data for autonomous driving and spatial AI. The platform token ROVR, launched on Solana, is expected to conduct a TGE in May.

according to Kepple, Web3 entertainment company YOAKE entertainment announced that it has completed a financing of 180 million yen (approximately 1.25 million U.S. dollars) through private token sales and convertible corporate bonds. Next Web Capital served as the lead underwriter for this round of financing, with participating investors including Bitbank Ventures, Credit Scend, Hakuhodo KEY3, Taisu Ventures, X2Y2, etc. The financing will be used for the development of the next generation entertainment platform, global IP content production, etc.

payment gateway Inflow has completed a $1.1 million seed round financing, with participation from Rockstart, GnosisVC, Alliance, Plug And Play, Stake Capital. Angel investors include Ledger co-founder Nicolas Bacca, Primonial REIM co-founder Stephanie Lacroix, and Tempus founder Tempus.

JPMorgan Chase predicts that the price of gold will average $3675 per ounce by the fourth quarter of 2025, and is expected to surpass $4000 per ounce by the second quarter of 2026.

BTC may have fallen by 10% so far this year, but analysts at Cryptollica say it is still a strong macro hedge tool with a target price of $155,000, as it reflects the resilience of gold in global turmoil.

crypto investment startup Glider has completed a $4 million financing round, led by a16z, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Ventures, and GSR. Glider plans to use artificial intelligence to help users adjust their cryptocurrency investments according to their needs, and will join the Andreessen Horowitz cryptocurrency startup accelerator this spring.

Optimum has completed a $11 million seed round of financing, with 1kx leading the investment, and Robot Ventures, Finality Capital, Spartan, CMT Digital, SNZ, Triton Capital, Big Brain, CMS, Longhash, NGC, Animoca, GSR, Caladan, Reforge and others participating. Optimum is a decentralized, performance-enhancing memory layer for any blockchain, incubated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (CoinDesk)

Plastic Labs has completed a $5.35 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Variant, White Star Capital, and Betaworks, with participation from Mozilla Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Greycroft, and Differential Ventures. Angel investors include Scott Moore, NiMA Asghari, and Thomas Howell. At the same time, its personalized AI identity platform "Honcho" is now open for early access.