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Evaluation of companies in Crypto Valley increases by 55% (Photo Mike Pellinni/Shutterstock)
The 50 largest companies in the Swiss Crypto Valley achieved an assessment of $ 593 billion in 2024. There are now 17 unicorns, 14 according to the token market capitalization and 3 according to private evaluation in the Crypto Valley. The youngest unicorn is Sygnum, the world's first bank for digital assets.
The evaluation of the 50 largest companies in the Crypto Valley after token-market capitalization rose by 55% to $ 593 billion in 2024, as from the CV VC Top 50 Report emerges. The evaluation of the 25 blockchain platforms achieved $ 584.33 billion, with 16 platforms with headquarters in train 97% of the overall rating. The 25 blockchain companies were rated $ 9.11 billion, with 14 companies based in Zug 56% of the total rating.
LCX, Liquity and Safe have risen to the top 50 based on their market capitalization (Coin Market Cap), while eleven new companies have been added based on their private ratings: Glue Blue Blockchain, Portofino Technologies, M^0 Labs, Nillion, Rulematch, Wyden, Tea, Redstone, Arf, Molecule, and Relai.
586 Mio. Dollar in 56 Deals
The Crypto Valley secured $ 586 million in 56 deals in 2024, an increase of 8%, which exceeded the growth rate of global blockchain financing of 3%. The financing included Celestia ($ 100 million), Sygnum ($ 98 million), sound ($ 48 million), M^0 Labs ($ 35 million) and Nillion ($ 25 million).
The proportion of the region in global blockchain financing rose by 5.2%, which confirms its importance as a global center. The average blockchain deal size in the crypto Valley rose by 70% in the year and reached $ 5.6 million. This exceeds the median value of $ 4 million for blockchain businesses worldwide.
Almost 30% of European blockchain financing
In 2024, 29.1% of the European blockchain financing of the Crypto Valley accounted for a significant increase compared to 18.7% in 2023.
With 42 % of the total financing, which amounted to $ 245.89 million for 28 deals, Zug retained its dominance. Zurich followed with 34.7 % of the financing that amounted to $ 203.22 million for 15 deals. Liechtenstein contributed 17.1 % through the important transaction of Celestia. Emergving cantons such as Geneva and Vaud also play a growing role and each each completed four deals, while the Ticino secured three deals.
