Happy Independence Day! Here are the 5 most interesting crypto fundraises (according to me) for the week ending 7/4/25:

1. The Open Platform (TOP)

Telegram app developer The Open Platform (TOP) raised $28.5M in a Series A led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Pantera Capital.

TOP builds apps on TON to integrate crypto into Telegram’s 1B+ user base. It’s primary product is TON’s most popular wallet, Wallet in Telegram. 

TOP will use the capital to expand into Western markets, enhance regulatory compliance, and incubate other TON-based projects.

4. XO Market

Permissionless prediction market XO Market raised $500k in a Pre-seed round led by Cyber Fund and Delphi Ventures with participation from Binary Builders and Nick White.

XO Market allows anyone to create and trade on custom prediction markets, featuring adaptive liquidity and AI-driven resolution mechanisms. 

It is built on a sovereign rollup secured by Celestia’s data availability layer (hence the Nick White check!)

Prediction markets are so hot right now!

3. Limitless

Decentralized social prediction protocol Limitless raised $4M in a Strategic round from Coinbase Ventures, Maelstrom, Node Capital, and others. 

Limitless is the largest prediction market platform on Base, enabling users to wager on short-term price movements of assets like Bitcoin, with over $250 million in trading volume since launch.

They are preparing for a token generation event (TGE), have launched a points program to incentivize user engagement, and recently welcomed Arthur Hayes as an advisor.

2. Datagram

AI‑native DePIN Datagram raised $4M in a Pre-seed round led by Blizzard, with participation from Animoca Brands, Amber Group, AquaNow, and others.

Datagram is building an AI-focused decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) designed to harness idle compute, storage, and bandwidth to create a scalable, real-time backbone for digital applications like gaming, AI, and communications.

The funding will support the launch of their L1 on Avalanche, accelerate node deployment, and drive progress toward its mainnet launch and upcoming node sale.