Kroma Layer 2 has closed a Series A funding round
Among investors are Gate Ventures, Planetarium, Taisu Ventures, The Spartan Group, Waterdrip Capital, Iskra, Overtake, Xstar and more. Kroma is Asia’s leading Layer 2 solution, designed to make Web3 accessible through intuitive, gamified real-life dApps.
👉 x.com/kroma_network/status/1830463310845841527
Tomo has rolled out its all-in-one social wallet
Tomo Wallet allows users to log in effortlessly with social accounts and supports multiple chains, with a particular emphasis on bringing Bitcoin into EVM, Solana and Cosmos ecosystems. Tomo Wallet is now live on Google Play, App Store and Google Chrome.
👉 x.com/tomo_wallet/status/1830621687672639528
Crypto Events Recap, Aug 31 - Sep 2
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-aug31-sep2-2024
AutoLayer (LAY3R) to conduct its IDO on Poolz on September 12
LAY3R token sale price is $0.65. Vesting: 15% unlock at TGE followed by a 6 months linear vesting. Diluted Valuation is $19.5M. AutoLayer is the premier LRTfi hub on Arbitrum offering to its users a one-click Liquid Restaking and Staking.
👉 https://x.com/Poolz__/status/1830576420927508677
SingularityNET (AGIX) has joined hands with BNB Chain (BNB)
This collaboration will merge SingularityNET’s AI techs with BNB Chain’s storage infrastructure, BNB Greenfield, to deliver innovative solutions to the market. SingularityNET is a decentralized platform that aims to democratize access to AI services.
👉 x.com/SingularityNET/status/1829142663167389805
Binance Labs-backed Sahara AI launched Prometheus Program
Prometheus Program is an initiative designed to involve community members in the development and shaping of Sahara AI platform and reward them for joining. Sahara is a decentralized AI network that enables everyone to deploy autonomous AI.
👉 saharalabs.ai/blog/prometheus-program
MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER!
A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events
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Frax introduced the Frax Name Service (FNS), powered by ENS
The Frax Name Service (FNS) is a fork of the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), tailored to meet the specific needs of the Frax ecosystem. It retains ENS's core features and burns FXS tokens instead (1000 three-letter FNS names will burn 1M FXS annually).
👉 x.com/fraxfinance/status/1829183229397741945
Hedgehog Protocol (HOG) launches on Sepolia Testnet
Users will be able to mint BaseFee token, participate in stability pools, and trade BFEE with AMM V60. To take part users need both Sepolia Testnet ETH, wstETH in their wallet. Hedgehog is building an infrastructure for on-chain native derivatives.
👉 medium.com/hedgehog-protocol/wen-testnet-now-8291b44c2ed5
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
Quai Network raised $5M in a Strategic funding round
Investors in the round include Cogitent Ventures, MH Ventures, TPC Ventures, Giga Chad Ventures, and DexCheck Ventures. Quai is the fully scalable and programmable Layer-1 providing innovative two-token system and execution sharding capabilities.
👉 x.com/QuaiNetwork/status/1829163441107411306
Web3 payment firm Bridge raised $58M in funding
Started by ex-Coinbase and Square employees, the firm has backers including Sequoia, Ribbit Capital, Index and Haun Ventures. Bridge is building a stablecoin-powered money movement platform, offering services such as payouts and cross-border payments.
👉 theblock.co/post/313830/stablecoin-money-movement-firm-bridge-raises-58-million-in-funding
Ringfence (RFAI) launches the Escher platform with limited free accounts ready to claim
Escher is a creator platform that leverages rNFTs to bring creators licensing and monetization, content verification, AI generation, and instant distribution to socials. Registered users will be eligible for the first airdrop. Ringefence is a data monetization protocol for AI.
👉 x.com/RingfenceAI/status/1828779592439775645
Sharpe AI has rolled out SAI staking with up to 35% APR
Users can now stake their SAI token with a minimum 60 days lockup. Among staking benefits are APR paid hourly mechanism, 50% of platform revenue share, early access to premium features, Airdrops eligibility, exclusive Discord access, and more.
👉 x.com/SharpeLabs/status/1828712241262211395
TOP NFT SALES CONDUCTED IN AUGUST
The Top NFT sales list includes Bored Ape Yacht Club, CryptoPunks, and BEANZ collections. The most expensive NFT sale accounted for (130 ETH) ($351K).
Top Base Layer 2 dApps by the number of users in the last 30D
The infographic depicts the Top-12 Base Layer 2 dApps sorted by the number of Unique Active Wallets interacting or performing a transaction with a dApp's smart contracts in the last 30 days.
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.16T (+1.54%)
BTC Price: $59,041 (+1.69%)
BTC Dominance: 53.9% (-0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 26 (Fear)
Total Value Locked: $130B (+2.36%)
The biggest Fundraising Rounds conducted in the last 7 days
Projects that received the most funding are Bridge ($58M), a stablecoin-based payments platform, Edge Matrix ($20M), a multichain infrastructure company, and Space and Time ($20M), a verifiable compute layer for AI and Blockchain.
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 Blockchain Dapps by Users growth in the last 30 days
Among the top performers are Bitball, a Web3 Sport Games Metaverse, SA World, a gaming ecosystem with 100+ games across various genres, and PonytaSwap, a DEX for traders and gamers on Rangers Protocol.
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.12T (-2.31%)
BTC Price: $58,206 (+0.05%)
BTC Dominance: 54.0% (+0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 26 (Fear)
Total Value Locked: $127B (-2.18%)
Crypto Events Recap, August 29-30
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-august-29-30-2024
Robot Ventures raised $75 million for early-stage crypto venture capital fund
This is the fourth fund by New York-based Robot Ventures, and its investors include TrueBridge Capital Partners, Haun VC, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon. Robot Ventures is an early-stage investor in crypto startups such as EigenLayer, Lido Finance, and Flashbots.
👉 bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-30/robot-ventures-raises-75-million-for-early-stage-crypto-venture-capital-fund
Top Fundraising Rounds conducted in August
Projects that received the most funding are Story Protocol ($80M), a Layer 1 intellectual property blockchain, Chaos Labs ($55M), a risk and security product for DeFi, and Morpho ($50M), a DeFi lending protocol.
Top-15 Summer Total Value Locked (TVL) gainers
Among the top performers are Colend Protocol, a lending and borrowing protocol on the Core blockchain, Edgevana, a liquid staking solution on Solana, and Pharaoh CL, an AMM designed to serve as Avalanche's central liquidity hub.
Alchemy has acquired the infrastructure provider Bware (INFRA)
The acquisition will not affect Alchemy or Bware customers. Additionally, Alchemy will not take over Bware's INFRA network nor its token. Alchemy is a comprehensive platform that allows developers to easily construct multichain DApps.
👉 x.com/BwareLabs/status/1829173435727327236
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.18T (-2.04%)
BTC Price: $59,388 (-0.28%)
BTC Dominance: 53.8% (+0.20%)
Fear & Greed Index: 34 (Fear)
Total Value Locked: $130B (-0.62%)
double jump.tоkyо announced the closure of its $10 million Series D funding
SBI Investment led the Series D first closing funding round with participation from Sony Group Corporation, Taisu Ventures, Gate Ventures, TM Capital, and Bing Ventures. double jump.tоkyо is a company focused on blockchain game development, a blockchain infrastructure, and fostered NFT projects with well-known IPs.
👉 medium.com/tokyo-fintech/double-jump-tokyo-secures-over-usd-10m-in-funding-from-sbi-investment-and-sony
Edge Matrix Chain raised $20M in funding led by Polygon Ventures and Amber Group
Among other investors are One Comma, Kapley Judge and Associated Corporations, Cyberrock Venture Fund, Candaq Fintech Group. Edge Matrix Chain (EMC), a multichain infrastructure, also launched a 2-month public Testnet incentive with $5M in rewards.
👉 theblock.co/post/313685/edge-matrix-chain-raises-20-million-in-funding-led-by-polygon-ventures-amber-group
Hamster Kombat will hold its TGE & airdrop on September 26
Hamster Kombat is a Telegram-based crypto clicker game. In July, Hamster Kombat's team said the game had about 50M daily active users spread over 190 countries. 60% of its token airdrop will be dedicated to players according to the projects team.
👉 theblock.co/post/313511/hamster-kombat-token-airdrop-set-for-next-month