Gate News update: April 1, according to Web3 asset data platform RootData, total funding in the crypto primary market in March 2026 was approximately $2.58 billion, a sharp increase of 286.3% from February’s $644 million. DeFi, CeFi, and infrastructure are the top three sectors by funding amount, at $1.655 billion, $320 million, and $270 million, respectively. This month disclosed 62 project investment and financing events, basically flat compared with last month. The top three projects by funding amount are on-chain prediction market Kalshi ($1.0 billion), the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket ($600 million), and listed mining company Eightco Holdings ($125 million). Among them, both Kalshi and Polymarket belong to the prediction market sector, with combined funding of $1.6 billion, accounting for 64.3% of the total disclosed amount for the month—making prediction markets the strongest single narrative of the month. If the 12 M&A events that occurred this month are included in the statistics (involving approximately $1.857 billion, mainly driven by BVNK’s acquisition by Mastercard for $1.8 billion), the crypto market’s broad financing total for March reaches about $4.279 billion, with M&A contributing more than 40%. In addition, a certain CEX-affiliated investment institution, Animoca Brands, and Big Brain Holdings are tied as the most active investors in March, and all disclosed four investment deals. According to RootData’s data co-building program, some financing events this month still could not be included in the statistics: the payments sector project Tazapay completed a B1 round of financing, and infrastructure project Pharos Network also disclosed that it obtained funding, but neither has publicly revealed the specific funding amounts.
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