Odaily News Xbow, a startup that builds AI software to detect security vulnerabilities in applications, has completed a new round of funding, valuing the company at over $1 billion. This demonstrates investor enthusiasm for applying artificial intelligence to the cybersecurity field. Xbow stated on Wednesday that DFG Growth and Northzone led this $120 million funding round. Other participants included Alkeon Capital and Sofina, as well as existing investors Sequoia Capital, Altimeter Capital, and NFDG. The startup currently has about 150 employees and expects to reach several hundred by the end of the year. Xbow CEO De More said that Xbow already has over 100 customers, including Moderna and Samsung Electronics, and is seeing strong demand in South Korea. (Jin10)

According to crypto analyst Ai Yi @ai_9684 xtpa, an address suspected to be associated with DFG founder James Wo (@realjameswo) deposited 1,598 ETH to Binance six hours ago. Over the past two days, this address and another address have transferred a total of 3,634.2 ETH to the exchange, equivalent to approximately $13.29 million at current prices. On-chain data shows that this batch of ETH was purchased between February and March 2023, with an average entry price of approximately $1,521.95. If all were sold, it would be expected to realize a profit of approximately $7.796 million, a return rate of 141%.

Odaily News According to the monitoring of on-chain analyst Aunt Ai, the associated address of DFG founder James Wo (@realjameswo) recharged 1,700 $MKR to Binance 3 hours ago, worth $3.47 million. He had withdrawn 5,419.66 MKR (6.56 million US dollars) at an average price of $1,210 during March-April 2025, and has recharged a total of 3,700 MKR to the exchange since yesterday. If sold at the recharge price of $2,094, a profit of $3.27 million will be made, with a return rate of 73% in four months.

Odaily星球日报讯 Aave、Lens 和 Family 背后的开发公司 Avara 宣布完成 3100 万美元新一轮融资，Lightspeed Faction 领投，Alchemy、Avail、Circle、Consensys、DFG、Fabric Ventures、Foresight Ventures、Stellarcore、Superscript、Re7 和 Wintermute Ventures、以及一批天使投资人参。据悉， 借助Lens，Avara正在构建一个去中心化协议，该协议可为社会和消费类应用提供基础设施。

Odaily News As Alibaba Cloud's first deep cooperation partner in the Web3 field, Chainbase will use Alibaba Cloud's powerful tools to further enable cutting-edge technology exploration in the Web3 x AI track and unleash the unlimited potential of full-chain data. This is not just a handshake, but a milestone in the integration of blockchain and cloud computing. This cooperation has achieved a significant improvement in scalability. At the same time, with the help of Alibaba Cloud's global cloud computing infrastructure, Web3 developers can now accelerate the development of blockchain applications and obtain and maximize the value of on-chain data with the greatest efficiency. Chainbase recently announced the completion of a $15 million Series A financing round led by Jingwei, with participation from Folius Ventures, DFG, Hash Global, JSquare, Mask Network and Bodl Ventures. The future is here, and Alibaba Cloud's blockchain, big data, API and data synchronization services have pushed Chainbase to the forefront of decentralized innovation.

Odaily News Redpill, a decentralized AI technology innovation platform, announced on X Platform that it has completed a $5 million seed round of financing, led by Animoca Brands and DFG, with participation from Jsquare, Hypersphere, IOSG Ventures, Outlier Venture, PAKA, Sanctor Capital, TKX Capital, Gate.io Venture, LD Capital, Incuba Alpha and MEXC, as well as angel investors such as Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood and Moonbeam founder Derek Yoo. Redpill, formerly Cyphermod, is an SDK for Metaverse AI development, and has now been repositioned to act as a permissionless LLM router network, providing seamless integration between various AI models.

Odaily News Blockchain data network Chainbase has completed a $15 million Series A financing round, led by Tencent Investment Group and Matrix Partners China, with participation from Folius Ventures, Hash Global, JSquare, Mask Network and Bodl Ventures.

Odaily星球日报讯 比特币生态可组合性 DID 协议 BRC-137 宣布完成 250万美元种子轮融资。该轮融资由 Basics Capital, DFG, Gate Labs, JSquare等机构领投。资金将用于加速协议的开发完善与生态增长，以实现比特币生态原生社交宇宙。 据BRC-137白皮书介绍，BRC-137 旨在通过引入可组合的前缀和后缀，在提升资产流动性的同时构建一个丰富的 DID 生态系统。此外，该协议还引入了版税机制，以促进链上社交模式的发展和创新。

Odaily星球日报讯 Web3数字身份服务平台Root Protocol已通过两笔融资交易完成1000万美元募资，据悉Root Protocol主要提供统一Web3平台访问的数字身份服务。（CoinDesk）

Odaily News Zhongchuang Metaverse platform StarryNift announced token economics and will allocate up to 10% of tokens for initial airdrops. The tokens will be distributed using a comprehensive model that takes into account various factors, including NFT holders, active users, ecosystem supporters and partners. The StarryNift team will receive 5% of the token allocation, and team tokens and financial tokens will have a 1-year cliff unlocking period, followed by linear vesting over 5 years. Equity and token investors will receive a limited number of vested tokens during the TGE period. Previously, OKX Ventures announced a strategic investment in StarryNift. StarryNift is a mass-innovation platform that integrates gaming, social networking and entertainment. The Code Green NFT and Citizenship DID series it incubated and issued already have a community of 150,000 cardholders. It has previously acquired SIG, Binance Labs, DFG, Leland Ventures, etc. Institutional venture capital.