NEAR will hire artificial-intelligence (AI) engineers as part of its 3-6 month roadmap to building user-owned AI.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/04/10/near-to-hire-artificial-intelligence-engineers-as-part-of-ai-roadmap/
Uniswap Labs received a Wells Notice from the SEC, indicating a potential incoming lawsuit.
The UNI price has decreased by 16% in 24 hours.
https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1778127816770371752
The MANTRA Hongbai incentivized testnet is live.
https://mantrachain.medium.com/hongbai-incentivized-testnet-is-live-684a9a240457
MultiversX upgraded its WebWallet.
wallet.multiversx.com
https://twitter.com/MultiversX/status/1778081467639157097
MetaMask integrated with Daylight to let users check airdrop eligibility and potential NFT claims.
https://www.theblock.co/post/287537/metamask-now-lets-users-check-if-they-are-eligible-for-airdrops-and-nft-claims
Google Cloud, Coinbase join EigenLayer as operators.
Several other firms including Deutsche Telekom MMS, P2P, Nethermind, Figment, Swell and Kiln have also become EigenLayer operators.
https://www.theblock.co/post/287499/google-cloud-coinbase-join-eigenlayer-as-operators
Treasure DAO is targeting the week of April 22 to go live with the Ruby Testnet.
Mainnet is targeted for Q3 this year.
https://twitter.com/karelvuong/status/1777852674773324204
ZeroLend will make an announcement on April 29.
https://twitter.com/zerolendxyz/status/1777592295296291056
Immutable has introduced Immutable Nexus.
Immutable Nexus is a system of interconnected blockchains consisting of the public Immutable zkEVM chain plus all of the Dedicated zkEVM chains on Immutable. Each Dedicated zkEVM chain will feature the same tech stack as Immutable zkEVM, but will offer unique customization options to meet specific game studio requirements. These options include dedicated block space, the ability to configure native ERC-20s for gas and staking, and turnkey blockchain hosting.
https://www.immutable.com/blog/introducing-immutable-nexus-the-ecosystem-of-gaming-chains
VanEck CEO thinks the cryptocurrency industry should focus more on transaction fees and not so much on Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) or their related exchange-traded funds.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/04/09/vaneck-ceo-says-transaction-fee-is-bigger-story-than-bitcoin-or-ethereum-etfs/
Fantom reveals partnership with business angels to launch Sonic.
Stani Kulechov (@StaniKulechov) is the founder of Aave and Avara.
https://x.com/fantomfdn/status/1777707871553114598
A16z Crypto released a zkVM solution named Jolt.
Jolt will leverage SNARKs, offering a framework for roll-ups.
https://www.theblock.co/post/287211/a16z-crypto-releases-jolt-zkevm-to-help-scale-chains-with-zk-proofs
USDC is now available natively on zkSync mainnet.
https://www.circle.com/blog/native-usdc-now-available-on-zksync
CertiK recommends disabling Telegram's auto-download feature due to malicious attacks.
https://twitter.com/CertiKAlert/status/1777632812700713254
Ethena has distributed another 20% airdrop to all accounts.
https://app.liquifi.finance/app/portfolio
Giggle Academy (CZ's project) will launch beta version soon.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3o-DJNJgmAmB0W8J9u4QTWAJSZDiRzQUMBkSbCFfXcNgjEw/viewform
https://twitter.com/GiggleAcademy/status/1778102275417796989
Blockchain security firm Blockaid said 50% of recent pre-sale token launches on Solana have been malicious.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/04/10/half-of-solana-pre-sales-are-scams-blockaid-says/
Tomo closed a $3.5 million seed round led by Polychain Capital.
Industry leaders like Consensys, Symbolic Capital, OKX Ventures, Nomad Capital, Story Protocol, dao5, KuCoin Ventures and HTX Ventures were among the participating investors.
Tomo is an all-in-one Web3 social app.
https://x.com/tomo_social/status/1778094659006496769
Swell L2 pre-launch deposits are live.
▫️Bonus SWELL airdrop on L2 launch in Q3.
▫️Airdrops from projects on Swell L2: Ion Protocol, Ambient Finance, Brahma and more.
▫️Share of 1M EigenLayer Points if you stay deposited until launch.
https://twitter.com/swellnetworkio/status/1778005841515626545
Renzo has initiated the timelock to upgrade to m2 contracts on mainnet.
https://twitter.com/RenzoProtocol/status/1777775319539462598
Mysten Labs has partnered with Playtron to launch SuiPlay0x1, a portable gaming device.
https://decrypt.co/225578/sui-gaming-handheld-steam-deck-runs-pc-crypto-games
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The web3 open-world shooting game "MetalCore" launched on the blockchain Immutable zkEVM.
The game is in its second closed beta period, which limits the number of players, between April 9 and April 22.
"MetalCore" is expected to launch its open beta by the end of 2024. It will be available on PC on the Epic Games Store.
https://www.theblock.co/post/287392/web3-game-metalcore-launches-on-the-immutable-zkevm-blockchain
Top 300 losers in 24h: CDT -17%, ARKM -17%, BODEN -17%, ETHFI -16%, WIF -16%.
https://dropstab.com/insights/top-performance
EigenLayer and EigenDA launch on mainnet.
New functionality:
▫️Restakers can delegate their entire stake to an Operator of their choice.
▫️Operators can register with EigenLayer and opt in to run AVSs.
▫️AVSs can register with the protocol, starting with EigenDA (currently in beta).
https://twitter.com/eigenlayer/status/1777757913718899074
Layer 1 blockchain developer Monad Labs has finalized a $225 million round led by Paradigm.
Coinbase Ventures, Electric Capital and Greenoaks also participated in the round, among others.
Angel investors include Inversebrah, Ansem, Hsaka, punk6529, Eric Wall, Rune Christensen, Bryan Pellegrino, Luca Netz, Mert Mumtaz, and others.
https://www.theblock.co/post/287257/monad-labs-raises-225-million-in-funding-round-led-by-paradigm
Filecoin-based STFIL stated on X Tuesday that its core team members were under investigation by Chinese police.
The project said a large amount of Filecoin tokens were moved to an external address.
This address currently holds 2.5 million FIL tokens ($22 million).
https://twitter.com/stfil_io/status/1777560493017686264
https://www.theblock.co/post/287163/filecoin-stfil-china
Binance has listed Saga.
SAGA is now trading at $5.5.
FDV: $5.5B
https://www.binance.com/en/trade/SAGA_USDT
Illuvium has partnered with Samsung.
https://twitter.com/illuviumio/status/1777550522163319129