Shared sequencer network Astria announced a $12.50 million strategic funding round led by dba and Placeholder VC, with RockawayX also participating. Angel investors include Yuki, DCBuilder, Hasu, Will Price and Jason Yanowitz. The funds will be used to continue building the Astria sequencer layer and Astria Stack, enabling anyone to deploy permissionless aggregation without relying on a centralized sequencer. On-chain NFT network Forma has been launched on Astria Stack. "