Monad Labs 筹集了 2.25 亿美元，这是 2024 年最大的加密货币融资

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 是新贵 Layer 1 网络 Monad 背后的公司，这是 2024 年迄今为止最大的加密货币融资，周一从加密货币风投巨头 Paradigm 领投的一轮融资中获得了高达 2.25 亿美元的资金。

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.  

此次融资还得到了加密货币 VC Electric Capital 和科技投资公司 Greenoaks 的支持，这表明了加密货币支柱的重要信心，即尚未推出的 Monad 将成为一种快速、负担得起且可靠的去中心化金融（DeFi） ）以太坊生态系统和 Solana 等第 1 层网络的替代方案。

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 于 2022 年创立，是一个与以太坊虚拟机 (EVM) 兼容的网络，旨在填补当前加密领域的空白：一个能够轻松与以太坊生态系统交互的区块链，这显然更能够容纳极高的流量，同时保持快速、廉价和安全。

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，有很多区块链声称它们已经符合这个标准。继上个月具有里程碑意义的 Dencun 升级之后，Arbitrum、Optimism 和 Base 等以太坊第 2 层扩展网络的交易成本已降至接近于零。然而，如果这些网络中的任何一个网络的使用量大幅上升，那么它们的汽油费几乎肯定会飙升。

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. 

非以太坊第一层网络，尤其是 Solana，由于其速度快且费用较低，近几个月来越来越受欢迎，尤其是对于 DeFi 用户而言。但 Solana 在试图扩大规模成为加密生态系统的关键时也多次遭遇中断。

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.

通过提供 EVM（为以太坊以及构建在其之上的所有网络提供支持的软件）的完整功能，Monad 似乎正在利用以太坊对加密用户和开发人员的主导影响力，同时尝试构建更精简的版本网络从头开始。

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. 

这看起来也像是一场吸引顶级开发者的游戏。根据 Electric Capital 1 月份的一份报告，大约 90% 的多链加密货币开发人员都使用 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.

其他与 EVM 兼容的第一层网络已经存在，最著名的是 Avalanche 和 BNB Chain，后者是由 Binance 创建的。但 Monad Labs 今天的融资标志着一段时间内（尤其是自 2022 年加密货币崩溃以来）最引人注目的进入拥挤的区块链生态系统的事件。

“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.”

“我们对 Monad 感到兴奋，因为它解决了以太坊生态系统可扩展性的关键瓶颈之一：以太坊虚拟机，”Electric Capital 管理合伙人 Avichal Garg 告诉 Decrypt。 “Monad 的并行化 EVM 可以将 EVM 生态系统的吞​​吐量提高 100 倍，并使消费级、去中心化应用程序成为可能。”

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

在此消息发布之前，Monad Labs 曾于 2023 年初筹集了由 Dragonfly Capital 领投的 1900 万美元种子轮融资。

Edited by Andrew Hayward

安德鲁·海沃德编辑