Infinex raises $65.3 million through NFT sales and partners with Wormhole to enable cross-chain functionality
Odaily News DeFi platform Infinex announced that it has selected Wormhole as its primary multi-chain infrastructure provider. The partnership marks the "beginning of a deep, multi-faceted collaboration," with more integrations in the works and "more features coming in the coming months." Wormhole's interoperability platform connects more than 30 blockchains, while Infinex's platform currently supports 6 blockchains: Ethereum, Polygon, Base, Optimism and Arbitrum, as well as Solana. The platform recently raised $65.3 million through the sale of "Patron NFTs," with a total of 41,252 NFTs sold. Buyers included retail investors, Solana Ventures, Breyer Capital, and industry figures such as Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Aave founder Stani Kulechov. Infinex was founded by Synthetix founder Kain Warwick to simplify the use of multi-chain DeFi protocols, eliminating the complexity of managing multiple wallets and paying gas fees, and its TVL has exceeded $125 million. (The Block)