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For the past three months, it has been pretty obvious that 2025 will end as one of the strongest years for crypto VC funding, fueled by renewed investor confidence, strong crypto performance for most of the year, clearer regulations, and the rapid growth of real-world asset tokenization. However, no one could have expected that the VC capital inflow would not only outpace last year by a wide margin but also exceed the last three years combined.
According to data presented by CryptoPresales.com, three weeks before the year’s end, crypto companies and startups have already raised a whopping $43.7 billion, three times more than last year and more than the combined total in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
2025 Crypto VC funding Outpaces the 2021 Record by 50%
Ever since the crypto VC funding boom in 2021, it seemed unlikely the market would ever see such an inflow of fresh capital again. That year alone, VC investors poured $28.1 billion into the market, nearly twice as much as they had invested between 2017 and 2020 combined. However, 2025 has changed that, bringing fresh VC momentum and a record amount of money in the crypto space.
After a 2023–2024 slowdown, VCs raced to get in early on what many saw as the next explosive wave of blockchain innovation, backing next-gen infrastructure, AI-integrated crypto tools, and Layer 2 solutions. This perfect mix of events caused a surge in annual VC funding, the highest crypto space has ever seen.
According to Crunchbase, all four quarters of the year saw major increases in VC funding. In Q1, crypto companies and startups raised $7.2 billion, 111% more than in the same period last year. The trend continued in Q2, with VC investments surging by 70% to $6.3 billion. However, that was nothing compared to figures reported in Q3, with VC investors injecting $14.4 billion into the market, 657% more than in the same quarter a year ago, and the highest quarterly figure on record. The impressive momentum continued in Q4, with another $16.5 billion poured into crypto projects, 211% more than in Q4 2024, and that is three weeks before the year’s end.
This surge in capital inflow has pushed the cumulative annual total to $43.7 billion, placing 2025 far above the record-breaking 2021 or any other year. With $43.7 billion in total funding three weeks before the year’s end, 2025 has already outpaced the 2021 record by more than 50%, the 2024 total by 207%, and the totals in 2022 and 2023 by 125% and 680%, respectively.
Crypto VC Funding Nearly Matches Cybersecurity and Outpaces Robotics by Almost 3x
The influx of fresh capital poured into the crypto space in 2025 becomes even more apparent when compared to other sectors. For example, with $42.2 billion in year-to-date funding, the crypto market nearly matches cybersecurity, which has drawn $45 billion in total investments. Still, it outpaced robotics by almost three times, which saw only $18.2 billion in VC funding.
While still behind heavyweight sectors, the crypto market has still raised more than one-third of the AI industry’s $118.2 billion funding total, nearly 70% of the IT sector’s total of $60.2 billion, and one-fifth of all VC investments in fintech, which amounted to $163.7 billion
