TON ecological L2 project DuckChain has completed a $5 million financing round, with participation from dao5, Offchain Labs, Kenetic Capital, DWF Ventures, Oak Grove Ventures, Skyland Ventures, GeekCartel, Gate.io, and Presto. The funds raised will be used to help DuckChain realize its vision of unlocking the on-chain potential of Telegram Star users through its TON-based EVM solution.

 BitDCA, a bitcoin savings application development company, announced the completion of a $2 million Pre-Seed round of financing. The investor information has not been disclosed yet. The new funds are intended to support the construction of a bitcoin savings application called "Littlebit".

decentralized AI agent payment protocol Skynet has completed a $1.2 million Pre-Seed round of financing, with participation from GitHub, Polygon, Veracode, and others. It is reported that Skynet's infrastructure is built on Arbitrum's Orbit chain, providing payment and tracking mechanisms that enable AI agents to complete real-life tasks, including booking flights, managing accommodations, and handling financial investment portfolios.

decentralized AI training platform FLock announced the completion of a $3 million strategic round of financing, with a total financing of $11 million. This round of financing was led by DCG, the parent company of Grayscale, with Lightspeed Faction participating in the follow-up round, and strategic partners such as Animoca Brands, Fenbushi Capital, GnosisVC, GSR Ventures, OKCoinJapan, Bas1s Ventures and A41 also participating. This round of financing will enable FLock to advance the development of democratic AI models and continue to build a decentralized AI training platform. FLock aims to use blockchain technology to solve the problems of lack of transparency, weak data privacy, and unfair rewards for contributors in traditional centralized AI systems. Through its decentralized collaboration model, data is always kept locally, without the need to upload it to a third party, and contributors can fairly share the benefits of data, computing power, and feedback, giving everyone the opportunity to participate in AI development.

We are pleased to announce that the modular BTC Layer 2 blockchain launch platform UTXO Stack has completed a new round of financing with the participation of UTXO Management, PAKA, and CMS Holdings, with a valuation of $50 million.

DePIN project Silencio Network completed a $2.5 million seed round of financing, led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from Borderless Capital, Master Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, Prosper GmbH & Co. KG, and Advanced Blockchain AG. This financing round was conducted on top of the $1 million raised earlier this year. Silencio's mission is to decentralize data collection and ensure that value flows directly to users through everyday devices.

On December 18th, Lens Protocol announced on its X account that it has completed a strategic round of financing of $31 million, led by FactionVC, with participation from Avail, AlchemyPlatform, circle, Consensys, DFG, Fabric Ventures, Foresight Ventures, Superscrypt, Re7Capital, Wintermute Ventures, Caliber Ventures, G-20, Blockchain Coinvestors, Borderless Capital, and Bodhi Ventures. The funds raised in this round will mainly be used to accelerate the development of Lens and expand its ecosystem.

decentralized AI data chain Masa has announced the completion of a new round of financing, led by DCG, the parent company of Grayscale, with participation from FBG Capital. The specific amount has not been disclosed. It is reported that DCG participated in its seed round financing two years ago, and the new funds will support its continued development of customizable AI frameworks and the expansion of the AI agent ecosystem using real-time data.

Avara, the development company behind Aave, Lens, and Family, announced the completion of a new round of financing of $31 million. Lightspeed Faction led the investment, with participation from Alchemy, Avail, Circle, Consensys, DFG, Fabric Ventures, Foresight Ventures, Stellarcore, Superscript, Re7, Wintermute Ventures, and a group of angel investors. It is reported that Avara is building a decentralized protocol that can serve as infrastructure for social and consumer applications.

Silencio Network, a decentralized data coverage solution provider operating on Peaq, announced the completion of a $2.5 million seed round of financing. Blockchange Ventures led the investment, with participation from Borderless, MV Global, Blockchain Founders Fund, Prosper GmbH & Co. KG, and Advanced Blockchain. The new funds will be used to expand its decentralized noise intelligence platform, which supports smart cities, real estate, and public health markets through actionable data.