Q4 2022 saw investment capital inflows of $2.3 billion, continuing the trend since April sparked by the collapse of Terra and subsequent fallout.
Coin Telegram Research elaborated all transactions and trends of risk investment in the blockchain industry in the fourth quarter of 2022. In the second half of 2022, the capital inflow of all five key units in the blockchain industry has decreased significantly: decentralized finance (DeFi), centralized finance (CeFi), non-bank token (NFT), and infrastructure Web3. The amount of investment in the first half of 2022 was slightly less than US $30 billion, and in the second half was only US $7.3 billion, a sharp decline.
As the data encryption industry entered 2023, Coin Telegram Research checked the data in its risk investment database system, which included comprehensive details of transactions, corporate mergers and acquisitions, investors, data encryption enterprises, stock funds, etc. Using this database system, Cointraft Research analyzes the data to find the most important development trend of the industry. Its latest data discusses the fourth quarter of 2022 and how it is closely related to the broader market outlook from 2018 to 2022.
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Investment reduction since April 2022
Under the influence of Terra's failure in the first half of 2022, the blockchain industry seems unable to attract the use of funds to invest in the industry again as it did in 2021 and early 2022. 2021 invested US $30.5 billion, and is accelerating to double it in 2022 - until April 2022, everything has begun to decline. In September, asset investment experienced a temporary rebound, but it did not continue at the end of the year. The investment amount in the past three months was still less than US $1 billion.
The number of transactions also declined significantly, only 182 in the fourth quarter. Although the large-value transactions in the previous few months have exceeded US $100 million, only five transactions exceeded US $100 million in the fourth quarter. The 182 deals focused on the Web3 industry, including the concept of metauniverse, GameFi, identity verification and other types, followed by the infrastructure DeFi. In terms of the total number of transactions, NFT and CeFi are very unpopular, but only looking at these numbers may lead to fraud.
The brightest and most dynamic industries are linked to carry out investment
Web3 is the most popular investment industry in the blockchain industry, with 616 personal transactions, while CeFi is the least popular, with 201 transactions. However, the annual revenue of these two industries in 2022 is $9.2 billion. The average transaction amount of Web3 is 15.4 billion US dollars, while the average total transaction amount of CeFi is 46.6 million US dollars. In the future, it is likely to be necessary to consider which industry they belong to in order to better prepare for exploring new projects of risk investment or investment capital blockchain and data encryption.
This report is fromThe extended database system of Coin Telegram Research TerminalsAnd Michael Tabone, a high-end economist at Cointraft Research. Tabone has a general background in social, business services, financial industry, digital currency, blockchain application and cutting-edge technology. Not only did he work in Coin Telegram Research, but he was also a doctoral candidate and had completed his graduation thesis, which mainly studied the theory and application of DAO.
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