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Data: In August, the total financing amount in the cryptocurrency market was approximately 596 million USD, with a financing coverage rate of about 28.2% for RWA

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RootData Research
Sep 4, 20264 min

In August, the crypto primary market disclosed 49 financing events, with a total financing amount of approximately $596 million, a month-on-month decrease of 74.2% compared to July's approximately $2.312 billion

Data: In August, the total financing amount in the cryptocurrency market was approximately 596 million USD, with a financing coverage rate of about 28.2% for RWA

Data Overview

According to RootData's financing data statistics, in August, the crypto primary market disclosed 49 financing events, with a total financing amount of approximately $596 million, a month-on-month decrease of 74.2% compared to July's approximately $2.312 billion, and a year-on-year decrease of 35.5% compared to August 2025's approximately $924 million; the number of financing events saw a slight month-on-month increase of 2.1% compared to July's 48 events, but a year-on-year decrease of 42.4% compared to 85 events during the same period last year. (This data does not include questionable financing and excludes mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, post-IPO, and debt financing.)

Sector Breakdown

From the perspective of sectors, DeFi was the most active sector this month, completing 19 financings, but the disclosed amount was only about $73.1 million; the infrastructure sector completed 14 financings, with a disclosed amount of approximately $311 million, ranking first in terms of amount; CeFi completed 8 financings, with a disclosed amount of approximately $199 million. The top three projects by financing amount were Ripple ($275 million), RQD Clearing ($74 million), and Fasset ($68 million), with the top three projects totaling approximately $417 million, accounting for about 70.0% of the overall disclosed financing scale.

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