Prodia has raised $15M in Seed funding round led by Dragonfly Capital
Web3 AI firm Prodia has secured $15M in seed funding round led by Dragonfly Capital. Other investors HashKey Capital, Wеb3.cоm, Index Ventures, Symbolic Capital, OKX Ventures, EV3, Artichoke, TRGC, Folius, Tangent Capital, and Southern Equity. Prodia builds a distributed network of graphics processing units (GPUs) to provide more efficient cloud computing services at a lower cost using Web3 infrastructure.
🔗 theblock.co/post/302971/dragonfly-capital-leads-15-million-seed-round-in-distributed-cloud-computing-firm-prodia
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HashKey will distribute part of its HSK token through tap-to-earn Telegram game
HashKey Group launched a community airdrop for its $HSK token, with a planned listing in Q3 2024. Users can now claim $HSK by logging into a Telegram bot called DejenDog and completing designated tasks. Users can also play the DejenDog tap-to-earn mini-game on Telegram to earn additional points for token redemption.
HashKey plans to distribute 10M HSK tokens (1% of total supply) before its planned listing. Overall, 65% of HSK supply would be allocated for ecosystem growth.
NATIX Network [NATIX] has conducted initial listing on KuCoin, Gate, MEXC and CoinList
NATIX Network has been listed on KuCoin, Gate and Coinlist on July 2nd, at 10:00 AM UTC. NATIX Network is the AI-powered dynamic map supercharged by the DePIN and driver community. It raised $9.4M in funding rounds backed by Borderless Capital, Tioga Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Blockchange Ventures, TechStars, Plug and Play, Mulana Capital and others.
Previously, NATIX launched farming on KuCoin BurningDrop and conducted a $NATIX token sale on CoinList. Sale price was $0.001. Token sale hardcap was $5M. Current $NATIX price is $0.0013. Current FDV is $130M
🔗 x.com/NATIXNetwork/status/1808032871371718888
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Ta-da [TADA] has expanded to BNB Chain and listed on PancakeSwap
Ta-da $TADA expands to BNB Chain as part of its cross-chain strategy. Through this expansion, users can now buy $TADA on BNB Chain via PancakeSwap. Token migrated to BNB Chain, with infrastructure remaining on MultiversX. Current $TADA price is $0.078. Current FDV is $77.9M.
Ta-da, incubated by Morningstar Ventures, is a talk-to-earn Web3 app that connects businesses that need datasets for AI training with individuals who could earn tokens by recording and checking voice data.
🔗 x.com/Ta_da_io/status/1807723316360126839
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Top 7 Biggest Token Unlocks in the Next 7 Days
Monitoring of vested tokens and future unlock events is an important step to make more cautious and, in the end, better trading decisions. Let’s take a look at this and some other biggest unlocks coming in the next 7 days, including $SUI, $DYDX, $BICO, $WLD, $AI, $ZEUS and $NTRN according to CryptoRank.io.
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Ape Terminal has introduced its gaming ecosystem on Telegram - Ape Arcade
Ape Terminal has unveiled Ape Arcade, the first multi-platform gaming ecosystem on Telegram. Users can earn $ATX points by playing games, inviting friends, and winning monthly prizes. Moreover, Ape Arcade will reward users with 100K $ATX early bird points during the first 7 days.
Ape Terminal is an IDO launchpad. Since its inception, the platform managed to launch 31 projects and raise $7.33M in funds.
🔗 x.com/apeterminal/status/1805980329900912847
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Top 10 Crypto Fundraising Rounds in June
Let’s take a look at the top 10 biggest private crypto fundraising rounds completed in June, backed by major crypto venture investors including Coatue, Founders Fund, Dragonfly, Paradigm, Haun, Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, Animoca Brands, and others.
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Top 7 Crypto Fundraising Rounds of the Week
Let’s take a look at the top 7 biggest private crypto fundraising rounds completed in the previous week, backed by crypto venture investors including Coatue, Paradigm, Dragonfly, Polychain Capital, Spartan, Hashkey Capital, Animoca Brands and others.
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Particle [PTC] will conduct an Airdrop alongside the initial listing on Bybit on July 2nd
Particle has announced an airdrop of 20M $PTC tokens (10% of total supply) to community. Eligible users will get $PTC airdrop based on the points from Particle leaderboard. The snapshot is already taken. Right after TGE, Particle will also be initially listed on Bybit on July 2nd, at 10:00 AM UTC.
Particle is an ecosystem of liquidity restaking protocols that enable permissionless leverage trading and interest rate swaps. Particle is based on Blast L2 and has over $150M in TVL. Previously, it closed a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital with Nascent, Inflection, Neon DAO, Arthur Hayes, and others.
🔗 x.com/particle_trade/status/1806671878834270539
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Vitalik Buterin took part in MegaETH’s $20M seed funding round led by Dragonfly
MegaETH has secured $20M in a seed funding round led by DragonFly Capital, with participation of Big Brain Holdings, Robot Ventures, and Figment Capital. Angel investors, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, ConsenSys founder and CEO Joseph Lubin, EigenLayer founder and CEO Sreeram Kannan, and others also joined the round.
MegaETH is an EVM-compatible blockchain that brings Web2-level real-time performance to the crypto world for the first time.
🔗 theblock.co/post/302271/vitalik-buterin-megaeth-funding-token-valuation
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Top Blockchains by Number of Transactions in last 7 days
Let’s compare the top blockchains by number of transactions registered on-chain and average daily active addresses in last 7 days, according to Artemis.xyz, in order to evaluate their current adoption and performance.
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AnchorZero has raised $8M in seed funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto and Spark Capital
AnchorZero has secured $8M in a seed funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto and Spark Capital. Other investors include Robot Ventures, Ethereal Ventures, Mischief, Pascal Capital and angel investors. AnchorZero is a Web3 tax planning solution that provides advanced tax strategies accessible to everyone. In addition, AnchorZero has announced the first product AnchorZero Founder Roth IRA, which can save tech founders and early employees billions of dollars on their exits.
🔗 x.com/anchorzero/status/1805603856287412523
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Ora has raised $20M in a Series A funding round backed by Polychain Capital
Ora Protocol has secured $20M in a Series A funding round, backed by Polychain Capital, Hashkey Capital, SevenX Ventures and HFO. Ora builds a verifiable oracle protocol that integrates AI and complex computations into blockchain environments. Previously, it closed a $3M pre-seed funding round led by HongShan (ex-Sequoia China), with participation from dao5, Foresight Ventures and FutureMoney Group.
🔗 x.com/OraProtocol/status/1805981228329513260
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Blast [BLAST] Airdrop claim is live alongside initial listing on multiple exchanges
Blast has opened $BLAST Airdrop Phase 1 claims. A total of 17B $BLAST (17% of total supply, equivalent to $340M by current price) have been distributed as Airdrop Phase 1: 7% tokens allocated to Blast Gold, 7% to Blast Points, and 3% to Blur Foundation for retroactive and future airdrops. Eligible users have a 30-day period to claim their tokens.
$BLAST has been listed on Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, MEXC, Thruster and other exchanges. Current price is $0.02. Current FDV is $2B.
Aethir [ATH] has announced the ecosystem funding in easeflow
Aethir has revealed an ecosystem funding in easeflow, an official NaaS provider, to make the checker node delegation process reputable, secure, and efficient. As a part of the partnership, Aethir will be running its checker nodes on easeflow. Additionally, users now can start earning rewards by delegating their nodes with easeflow.
Backed by Framework Ventures, Merit Circle, Hashkey, Animoca Brands, and others, Aethir has raised over $32M in private funding for its ecosystem. Moreover, Aethir has collected over 41.9K $WETH (worth $141.5M at current rate) via node sales on Impossible Finance.
Sentient has raised $85M in a Seed round co-led by Founders Fund, Pantera and Framework
Sentient has secured $85M in a seed funding round co-led by Founders Fund, Pantera Capital and Framework Ventures. Other participants in the round include Ethereal Ventures, Robot Ventures, Symbolic Capital, Delphi Ventures, Hack VC, Arrington Capital, HashKey Capital, Canonical Crypto and Foresight Ventures.
Sentient will be building on Polygon, most likely creating its chain via the Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK), a modular software toolkit for developers to launch new Layer 2 networks on Ethereum.
Top Exchanges by Liquidations in last 7 days
The vast majority of the casualties were long positions last days, with more than $620M liquidated in total. Let’s take a look at the top exchanges by liquidations of longs and shorts within last week, according to Coinglass.com.
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Astria has raised $12.5M in a Strategic funding round co-led by Placeholder VC and dba
Astria, a shared sequencer network, has secured $12.5M in a strategic funding round co-led by Placeholder VC and dba. Other investors include 1kx, Maven 11 Capital, RockawayX and Figment Capital. Astria is building a decentralized sequencing layer that can be shared amongst multiple rollups. In 2023, Astria raised $5.5M in a seed funding round backed by Delphi Ventures, Robot Ventures, Lemniscap and others.
🔗 coindesk.com/tech/2024/06/27/protocol-village
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Sharpe AI [SAI] has launched Sharpe DEX in Beta
Sharpe AI $SAI has rolled out Sharpe DEX, a one-stop platform for cross-chain swaps, in beta. Moreover, Sharpe AI launched Sharpe Perps on Ethereum and updated its points system to a dynamic new EPOCH-based. Previously, Sharpe AI conducted IDOs on Ape Terminal and AIT Launchpad. IDO price is $0.02. Initial market cap is $1.62M.
Sharpe AI is an institutional-grade crypto superApp, serving as a unified frontend for intelligence, tracking and investing in digital assets. It is backed by Animoca Brands, GBV Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Maven Capital, Metabros, Contango Digital Assets and others.
🔗 x.com/SharpeLabs/status/1806647902351028479
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Rejuve AI [RJV] has announced a partnership with OpenCures
Rejuve AI $RJV, a decentralized, AI-driven longevity research network, has partnered with OpenCures, a platform that provides next-gen molecular health tests to patients who want to monetize and control their data's destiny. The collaboration will improve the community’s access to superb products for better health and vitality. Current $RJV price is $0.018. Current $RJV FDV is $18.4M.
🔗 rejuve.ai/post/rejuve-ai-opencures-partnership
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SEC sues Consensys over MetaMask swaps and staking services
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Consensys and said the firm had failed to register as a broker through its MetaMask swaps service. Consensys violated the law through its MetaMask staking service, the SEC said in a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York.
The complaint also alleges Lido and Rocket Pool’s staking programs are securities. Previously, ConsenSys announced that the SEC enforcement division had notified the blockchain company that it was closing its investigation into Ethereum 2.0.
🔗 theblock.co/post/302613/sec-sues-consensys-over-metamask-swaps-and-staking-services
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Top 7 Most Active Crypto VCs in June
Let’s take a look at the most active crypto funds by the number of investments in June, with the list including Animoca Brands, Linea Ecosystem Investment Alliance (LEIA), HashKey Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Foresight Ventures, Electric Capital, and Castrum Capital.
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Lumia [ORN] has introduced HyperNodes with 50% of new supply allocated to holders
HyperNodes will play a crucial role in Lumia's liquidity ecosystem, providing the licenses for the operation rights of virtual Lumia machines. HyperNode benefits will include daily $LUMIA rewards, power rewards for active participation, enhanced staking rewards for delegating or staking, and qualification for ecosystem and partner airdrops.
HyperNode rewards, comprising 50% of newly minted $LUMIA token supply, will be distributed among all holders. HyperNodes max supply of 50,000. The initial price will be $1,000 for the first 10,000 Nodes.
NATIX Network [NATIX] will be initially listed on KuCoin, Gate and CoinList on July 2nd
NATIX Network will conduct an initial listing on KuCoin, Gate and Coinlist on July 2nd, at 10:00 AM (UTC). Moreover, $NATIX is still available on KuCoin BurningDrop. Users can mine $NATIX by staking $KCS assets. During the Burning Acceleration period, users who have already staked can mine more $NATIX rewards. Allocation for BurningDrop is 200M $NATIX tokens.
NATIX Network is the AI-powered dynamic map supercharged by the DePIN and driver community. It raised $9.4M in funding rounds backed by Borderless Capital, Tioga Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Blockchange Ventures, TechStars, Plug and Play, Mulana Capital and others. Previously, NATIX conducted a $NATIX token sale on CoinList. CoinList sale price was $0.001. Token sale hardcap was $5M.
🔗 kucoin.com/announcement/en-natix-network-natix-gets-listed-on-kucoin-world-premiere
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Sharpe AI [SAI] has announced a strategic partnership with HyperGPT [HGPT]
Sharpe AI enters a strategic partnership with HyperGPT, a go-to decentralized marketplace for advanced AI solutions and offers a seamless SDK for accessing integrated AI services.
Recently, Sharpe AI rolled out Sharpe NFT data, a comprehensive terminal for advanced NFT data, designed for traders.
Redacted has raised $10M in a funding round led by The Spartan Group
Redacted has secured $10M in a funding round led by The Spartan Group. Other investors include Animoca Brands, P2 Ventures (Polygon Ventures), Saison Capital, founders VCs and angel investors. Harnessing the power of blockchain and AI, Redacted is building an ecosystem of products to form an entertainment datasphere, where Web3 users can do what they love most - play, trade, watch, and get rewarded.
Powered by the $RDAC Token, Redacted aims to underpin its entertainment and gamification products with a data protocol, which will provide better, more targeted experiences for users and greater commercial opportunities for web3 companies and Dapps.
🔗 venturebeat.com/games/redacted-raises-10m-for-web3-entertainment-ecosystem
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XION launches Chain Abstraction for Neutron via Abstract
XION has announced the launch of Chain Abstraction solution to Neutron, enabled by Abstract. The integration connects the XION ecosystem to Neutron, a smart contract ecosystem enabling developers to build and scale breakthrough applications.
Now users on XION can interact with Neutron without 'leaving' the chain. Abstract extends XION’s ease-of-use, offering seamless composability of users, apps, and liquidity across connected ecosystems.
Top Ethereum Layer 2 Projects by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in Ethereum Layer 2 systems is almost $43B at the moment, according to L2BEAT. Let’s compare the top Layer 2 projects by current TVL in USD, including Arbitrum $ARB, Base, Optimism $OP, Blast $BLAST, zkSync Era $ZK, Linea, Mantle $MNT, Scroll, Starknet $STRK, Manta Network $MANTA and others.
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Crossover Markets has raised $12M in a Series A funding round
Crossover Markets has secured $12M in a Series A funding round led by Illuminate Financial and DRW Venture Capital. Other investors include Flow Traders, Laser Digital, Two Sigma, Wintermute, Exness, Gate, GMO, Pepperstone, Trademax, and Think Markets.
Crossover Markets is a digital asset trading technology firm focused on meeting the unique liquidity requirements of institutions in the cryptocurrency markets. Previously, it closed a $6.35M Seed funding round backed by Gate, Wintermute, Flow Traders, Laser Digital, and others.
🔗 crossovermarkets.com/crossover-markets-raises-12-million-series-a-funding-round-led-by-illuminate-financial-and-drw-venture-capital
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Covalent [CQT] has raised $5M in a strategic funding round led by RockTree Capital
Covalent has closed a $5M strategic funding round led by RockTree Capital. Other investors include CMCC Global, Moonrock Capital, and Double Peak Group. The fundings will be used to expand into Asia and bolster the adoption of long-term data availability in countries such as China and Singapore.
Arthur Hayes, a founder of the crypto exchange BitMEX, joined Covalent as an advisor on June 11 and received $CQT tokens as compensation.