River completes $12 million funding, collaborates with TRON and Sui to build cross-chain liquidity infrastructure

【Blockchain Rhythm】River has just announced a significant funding achievement—completion of a $12 million strategic round. The lineup for this round of financing is indeed impressive, with not only the previously invested $8 million from Justin Sun’s TRON DAO but also heavyweight players like Arthur Hayes’s Maelstrom Fund and The Spartan Group from the crypto circle. Even more interesting is the participation of Nasdaq-listed companies and European and American institutions, indicating recognition of this project in traditional institutional circles.

How will the funds be spent? River has big ambitions. Its core focus is on ecosystem expansion on TRON, Sui, and mainstream EVM networks, continuing to strengthen on-chain liquidity infrastructure. At the same time, it aims to accelerate ecosystem deployment, with an emphasis on deepening stablecoin liquidity, enabling its satUSD to operate smoothly in trading, lending, staking, and yield ecosystems.

There are new moves on the product side. River is about to launch two yield products—Smart Vault and Prime Vault. The concepts behind these two products are quite clear: using protocol-native strategies and institutional-grade strategies to build a unified yield access interface for users and institutions, spanning multiple ecosystems. In simple terms, it allows retail investors and institutions to more easily seek yields in a cross-chain environment. This approach not only consolidates liquidity in ecosystems like TRON and Sui but also paves the way for its stablecoin ecosystem.