PANews reported on March 14 that according to Pitchbook data, in the first quarter of 2025, venture capital financing in the US crypto sector was approximately $861 million, while the AI industry attracted nearly $20 billion , and the flow of funds was still clearly inclined towards artificial intelligence. Large financings in the AI field include : Databricks $15.3 billion , Anthropic $2 billion , and a total of 795 transactions. The largest financing in the crypto industry was Abu Dhabi MGX's investment of $2 billion in Binance . Other notable transactions included Mesh's $82 million , Bitwise's $70 million , and Sygnum Bank's $58 million .

Historical data shows that AI financing has grown from $670 million in 2011 to $36 billion in 2020 , with the overall growth rate far exceeding that of the crypto sector. Only in 2021 did crypto financing briefly exceed AI due to classification adjustments. Despite the dominance of AI funding, the crypto industry still obtains funds through unique mechanisms such as airdrops . For example , 11 major airdrops from 2020 to 2024 created a total of $7 billion .