Venture capital funding for NFT and gaming companies within crypto rose by 66% in August, from USD 507 million in July to USD 842 million. This increase comes during a month when total VC funding within the cryptocurrency sector declined overall, suggesting that it may be NFT and GameFi cryptocurrencies that lead the way out of the ongoing bear market.
The funding data, collected by the Block, reveals a fourth consecutive month of overall decline, with August's total of USD 1.85 billion some way off the USD 4.8 billion recorded in January. Still, the amount raised by NFT and GameFi firms provides some hope for a gradual turnaround in the cryptocurrency market's fortunes, with the sector also representing the highest absolute amount raised in August, in addition to biggest rise in percentage terms.
NFTs and GameFi Leading a Market Recovery?
It's not the first time that NFTs and gaming have taken the lion's share of VC funding in crypto. As the chart below illustrates, these two areas...
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