Pluto Studio has received an investment from Binance Labs
Pluto Studio is the publisher of the Telegram mini-game Catizen. Catizen has grown its community to around 25M players and 1.5M on-chain gamers. The game has dominated the TON ecosystem, securing the top spot for three seasons of The Open League.
👉 binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-invests-in-pluto
Bitlayer (BTR) raised $11 million in the Series A funding round
Franklin Templeton, ABCDE, and Framework Ventures led the Series A funding round. Other investors include Stake Capital Group, WAGMI Ventures, Flow Traders, GSR Ventures, and FalconX. Bitlayer is a Bitcoin security-equivalent Layer 2 based on BitVM.
👉 theblock.co/post/306792/bitcoin-layer-2-bitlayer-funding-valuation
Top 15 Staking Providers by Total Assets Under Management
The ranking shows the cumulative worth of all the assets entrusted to the provider's management, encompassing various forms of staking and delegation activities. A higher AUM (Assets Under Management) suggests substantial user trust, while a lover AUM might indicate a more specialized or selective approach.
Layer 2 dApps by the number of users growth in the last 30D
Among top performers are Blocklords, an MMO medieval strategy, Kreatorland, an NFT Marketplace & launchpad on ZKsync, and EtherStrike, a flagship shooter game of Zeus' gamified ecosystem.
Zircuit announced the closure of its Mainnet funding round
The funding participants include Binance Labs, Mirana, Nomad Capital, Amber, Selini, and Robot Ventures. Zircuit is a Layer 2 that introduces a novel approach to on-chain security, safeguarding users with sequencer-level security and built-in AI mechanisms.
👉 x.com/ZircuitL2/status/1815418476191686935
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.55T (-1.22%)
BTC Price: $66,923 (-0.37%)
BTC Dominance: 51.8% (+0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 71 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $162B (-2.10%)
The biggest Fundraising Rounds conducted in the last 7 days
Projects that received the most funding are NPC Labs ($21M), a Web3 gaming infrastructure startup, Allium ($16.5M), an enterprise blockchain data platform, and Chainbase ($15M), a blockchain data network.
Binance has completed 28th BNB Quarterly Burning!
1,643,698 BNB (worth ~$971 million) has been burned!
👉 bnbchain.org/en/blog/28th-bnb-burn
Top 15 projects by positive market sentiment on Oriole Insights
Oriole Insights is a gamified prediction platform harnessing collective wisdom. The list of projects by Bullish expectations with a minimum of 50 predictions and 500 ORI pooled.
👉 app.orioleinsights.io/projects
Top-15 DePin Coins by Market Capitalization
DePIN stands for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, which utilize blockchain and token rewards to construct and manage real-world infrastructure.
zkLink (ZKL) will hold its listing on exchanges on July 22, 12:00 UTC
KuCoin, Bybit, CoinList, Bitget, Gate, and MEXC already announced the listing. Initial token price is $0.15. Diluted Valuation is $150M. zkLink is building the first Layer 3 multi-rollup to solve liquidity fragmentation on Ethereum Layer 2 rollups.
👉 x.com/zkLink_Official/status/1814996900883685646
Top Ecosystem Funds and Grants programs launched in 2024
These programs aim to accelerate the growth of innovative blockchain projects, fostering development and adoption within the industry. The biggest programs in 2024 were introduced by Optimism, Arbitrum, Fantom, Supra, Zignaly, Immutable, and Manta.
Crypto Events Recap, July 17-19
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-july-17-19-2024
Injective (INJ) introduced AINJ, a staking ETP launched by 21Shares
The AINJ, an Injective staking exchange-traded product (ETP) offers exposure to INJ via traditional finance exchange venues and brokerages, while also capturing staking rewards. AINJ is backed by INJ and is stored securely by an institutional-grade custodian, offering a direct TradFi gateway to the underlying asset.
👉 x.com/injective/status/1813923768731144336
Avail (AVAIL) to conduct its initial listing on Bybit on July 23
AVAIL trading will go live on July 23rd at 12:00 PM UTC. Deposits will open on July 22nd at 10:00 AM UTC via AVAIL Chain. Avail is available on the Bybit Pre-Market under 1 AVAIL = $0.27 token price. Avail is a modular blockchain focused on data availability.
👉 x.com/Bybit_Official/status/1814238756444016995
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.52T (-1.34%)
BTC Price: $66,021 (-0.93%)
BTC Dominance: 51.7% (-0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 69 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $162B (+0.24%)
SingularityNET (ASI) to invest $53M in modular supercomputer and AI infrastructure
The supercomputer will optimize the training of deep neural networks (DNNs), large language models (LLMs), and hybrid neural-symbolic computing architectures. The infrastructure will enable a major shift toward AGI continuous learning in high-load scenarios.
👉 cointelegraph.com/news/singularitynet-invest-53-million-ai-infrastructure-modular-supercomputer
Blocklords (LRDS) will hold its listing on exchanges on July 24
LRDS trading goes live on Kucoin, Gate, and MEXC on July 24th at 1:00 PM UTC. Blocklords also launched via Gate Startup and MEXC Kickstarter. The subscription period is now live. Blocklords is a player-driven MMO with integrated GameFi activities.
👉 x.com/kucoincom/status/1815690434397774130
Bitlayer (BTR) launched the Racer Center on its website
Racer Center offers engaging tasks and events, enabling users to upgrade their racing equipment, earn Bitlayer points, and unlock Bitlayer ecosystem benefits. Users can now visit the Racer Center and check the number of Bitlayer gems they have received.
👉 medium.com/@Bitlayer/bitlayer-racer-center-live-claim-your-gems-and-explore-bitlayer-points-dd161e21dcc7
Folks Finance has launched the Folks xChain Testnet
Users can now experience cross-chain lending protocol, xChain, on Avalanche, Base, and Ethereum, with Arbitrum, Optimism, and BNB following shortly after. Folks Finance is the cross-chain DeFi app offering a full suite of DeFi tools.
👉 folksfinance.medium.com/the-official-folks-finance-xchain-testnet-guide-0ffdc8353eca
Crypto Events Recap, July 20-22
$WRX $KIP $POPCAT $MOCA $KSU $OSMO $OKB $SAI $ZKL $BOXY
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-july-20-22-2024
NPC Labs raised $21 million in Pre-Seed & Seed funding rounds
Pantera Capital led the latest Seed round, worth $18M, following a recent $3M Pre-Seed round. Other investors include Makers Fund, Hashed, Collab+Currency, Sfermion, Mirana VC, Bitscale Capital, and Mantle EcoFund. NPC Labs is a Web3 gaming infrastructure startup co-founded by former Coinbase employees.
👉 theblock.co/post/306612/coinbase-alumni-web3-gaming-npc-labs-funding
Hot Boxy (BOXY) has been listed on Oriole Insights for price movement predictions
Users can now predict the BOXY price movement on the Oriole Insights platform. The current sentiment scale is 67% upside price movement. BOXY price - $0.04. FDV - $402M. Oriole Insights is a gamified prediction platform harnessing collective wisdom.
👉 x.com/OrioleInsights/status/1815353988134351078
Sharpe AI (SAI) launched its NFT marketplace aggregator
This hybrid solution, dubbed Sharpe NFT Marketplace, aggregates liquidity from 20+ top marketplaces and 15+ blockchains and also builds its own liquidity layer. Sharpe AI is a unified platform for investing, intelligence, and automating digital assets.
👉 x.com/SharpeLabs/status/1814368211090952593
Telegram released App Store for TON-based mini apps
Telegram Mini Apps allow projects to deploy apps directly within Telegram. Apps are accessible across Android, iOS, and PC, Mac without additional installations. The Telegram messaging app has about 900 million users globally.
👉 theblock.co/post/306428/telegram-introduces-store-for-mini-apps-as-games-like-hamster-kombat-take-off
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.56T (+0.59%)
BTC Price: $67,204 (+0.48%)
BTC Dominance: 51.7% (+0.20%)
Fear & Greed Index: 70 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $165B (+0.24%)
MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN JULY!
A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events
IoTeX (IOTX) launches V2.0, transitioning into an open modular infrastructure for DePINs
The V2.0 provides a complete tech stack including composable modules and a unified trust layer to accelerate DePIN adoption. IoTeX 2.0 brings a new tokenomics, modular DePIN infrastructure, modular security pool, universal embedded SDK, and more.
👉 x.com/iotex_io/status/1813605611663249598
Top 15 projects by positive market sentiment on Oriole Insights
Oriole Insights is a gamified prediction platform harnessing collective wisdom. The list of projects by Bullish expectations with a minimum of 50 predictions and 500 ORI pooled.
👉 app.orioleinsights.io/projects