MERLIN CHAIN has completed a new round of financing, led by SPARTAN GROUP and HAILSTONE LABS. Other participating institutions include AMBER GROUP, PRESTO LABS, IOBC VENTURES, SANDEEP (Polygon CEO), UTXO MANAGEMENT (a fund under Bitcoin Magazine), PRIMITIVE VENTURES, and more than ten others. The specific amount of financing has not been disclosed. MERLIN CHAIN has facilitated over 9 million transactions and currently hosts over 70 real-time projects, with a total locked value exceeding 4 billion USD.