Monad Labs 籌集了 2.25 億美元，這是 2024 年最大的加密貨幣融資

In 2024’s largest crypto raise so far, Monad Labs, the firm behind the upstart layer-1 network Monad, secured a whopping $225 million in funding on Monday from a round led by crypto venture juggernaut Paradigm. 

Monad Labs 是新貴 Layer 1 網路 Monad 背後的公司，這是 2024 年迄今為止最大的加密貨幣融資，週一從加密貨幣風投巨頭 Paradigm 領投的一輪融資中獲得了高達 2.25 億美元的資金。

The raise, which was also supported by crypto VC Electric Capital and the tech investment firm Greenoaks, constitutes a significant show of faith by crypto mainstays that Monad—which has yet to launch—will become a speedy, affordable, and dependable decentralized finance (DeFi) alternative to both the Ethereum ecosystem and layer-1 networks like Solana.  

此次融資也得到了加密貨幣VC Electric Capital 和科技投資公司Greenoaks 的支持，這表明了加密貨幣支柱的重要信心，即尚未推出的Monad 將成為快速、負擔得起且可靠的去中心化金融（DeFi） ）以太坊生態系和 Solana 等第 1 層網路的替代方案。

Founded in 2022 by Jump Crypto alum Keone Hon, Monad is an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible network that is seeking to fill what is sees as a gap in the current crypto landscape: A blockchain able to easily interact with the Ethereum ecosystem, that is distinctly more capable of accommodating extremely high traffic while remaining speedy, cheap, and secure. 

Monad 由 Jump Crypto 校友 Keone Hon 於 2022 年創立，是一個與以太坊虛擬機 (EVM) 兼容的網絡，旨在填補當前加密領域的空白：一個能夠輕鬆與以太坊生態系統交互的區塊鏈，這顯然更能夠容納極高的流量，同時保持快速、廉價和安全。

There are plenty of blockchains out there that would argue they already fit that criteria, to be sure. Following the landmark Dencun upgrade last month, Ethereum layer-2 scaling networks like Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base have seen transaction costs plummet to near-zero. If any of those networks were to see massive upticks in usage, however, their gas fees would almost certainly spike.

可以肯定的是，有許多區塊鏈聲稱它們已經符合這個標準。繼上個月具有里程碑意義的 Dencun 升級之後，Arbitrum、Optimism 和 Base 等以太坊第 2 層擴展網路的交易成本已降至接近零。然而，如果這些網路中的任何一個網路的使用量大幅上升，那麼它們的汽油費幾乎肯定會飆升。

Non-Ethereum layer-1 networks, particularly Solana, have ballooned in popularity in recent months—particularly for DeFi users—due to their speed and lower fees. But Solana has also suffered repeated outages as it attempts to scale to become a linchpin of the crypto ecosystem. 

非以太坊第一層網絡，尤其是 Solana，由於其速度快且費用較低，近幾個月來越來越受歡迎，尤其是對於 DeFi 用戶而言。但 Solana 在試圖擴大規模成為加密生態系統的關鍵時也多次遭遇中斷。

By offering full capability with EVM—the software that powers Ethereum, and all networks built on top of it—Monad appears to be tapping into the dominant influence Ethereum has over crypto users and developers, while simultaneously attempting to build a more streamlined version of the network from the ground up.

透過提供 EVM（為以太坊以及構建在其之上的所有網路提供支援的軟體）的完整功能，Monad 似乎正在利用以太坊對加密用戶和開發人員的主導影響力，同時嘗試建立更精簡的版本網絡從頭開始。

It also looks like a play for attracting top-level developers. According to a January report from Electric Capital, some 90% of crypto developers working on multiple chains work with EVM. 

這看起來也像是一場吸引頂尖開發者的遊戲。根據 Electric Capital 1 月的報告，大約 90% 的多鏈加密貨幣開發人員都使用 EVM。

Other EVM-compatible layer-one networks are already out there, most notably Avalanche and BNB Chain, the latter of which was created by Binance. But Monad Labs’ fundraise today marks the flashiest entry into the crowded blockchain ecosystem in some time—certainly since the crypto crash of 2022.

其他與 EVM 相容的第一層網路已經存在，最著名的是 Avalanche 和 BNB Chain，後者是由 Binance 創建的。但 Monad Labs 今天的融資標誌著一段時間內（尤其是自 2022 年加密貨幣崩潰以來）最引人注目的進入擁擠的區塊鏈生態系統的事件。

“We are excited about Monad because it solves one of the critical bottlenecks in scalability for the Ethereum ecosystem: the Ethereum Virtual Machine,” Electric Capital Managing Partner Avichal Garg told Decrypt. “Monad’s parallelized EVM can unlock a 100x improvement in throughput in the EVM ecosystem and make consumer-grade, decentralized applications possible.”

「我們對 Monad 感到興奮，因為它解決了以太坊生態系統可擴展性的關鍵瓶頸之一：以太坊虛擬機，」Electric Capital 管理合夥人 Avichal Garg 告訴 Decrypt。 “Monad 的平行化 EVM 可以將 EVM 生態系統的吞嚥量提高 100 倍，並使消費級、去中心化應用程式成為可能。”

Prior to today’s news, Monad Labs previously raised a $19 million seed funding round in early 2023, led by Dragonfly Capital.

在此消息發布之前，Monad Labs 曾在 2023 年初籌集了由 Dragonfly Capital 領投的 1,900 萬美元種子輪融資。

Edited by Andrew Hayward

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