$3.5 million in seed investments, has been raised by HaloDAO, which sets  the stage for the creation of an all-in-one DeFi ecosystem for swapping, borrowing and lending. HaloDAO is a decentralized marketplace for stabelcoins.

HaloDAO aims to develop liquid markets for stablecoins beyond the U.S. dollar and it was founded by former employees of ConsenSys. HaloDAO will focus on asset-based stablecoins for Asian fiat currencies as part of its initial roll-out.

Julian Gropp, portfolio manager at Parataxis Capital opined that:

“Asia has one of the most tech-savvy and blockchain-aware populations in the world and will likely reach mass adoption of digital assets before other regions,”

Also, Julian added that :

“We believe that HaloDAO is building a scalable platform that will enable end-users in this and other regions to significantly benefit from this nascent technology.”

Darius Sit, co-founder and CIO of QCP Capital, described HaloDAO’s platform as facilitating the “convergence of traditional and decentralized finance.”

Once it becomes operational, HaloDAO will support three stablecoins for the Asia-Pacific region, including the Hong Kong dollar-pegged TrueHKD, the Singapore dollar-pegged XSGD and the Indonesian Rupiah-pegged BIDR.

The DeFi market took a beating earlier this week as Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader cryptocurrency market underwent one of the largest corrections in recent memory. Beyond immediate price action, the market for decentralized finance continues to grow.