NPC Labs has raised $21M in Pre-Seed and Seed funding rounds
NPC Labs, a Web3 gaming infrastructure startup co-founded by three former Coinbase employees, has secured $21M in pre-seed and seed funding rounds. Investors in the rounds include Pantera Capital, Makers Fund, Hashed, Collab+Currency, Sfermion, Mirana Ventures, Bitscale Capital and Mantle EcoFund. NPC Labs is building B3fun, a gaming scaling ecosystem built on Base, as its core contributor.
The В3fun platform is currently in testnet and supports games built on Ethereum, Base and other EVM-compatible blockchains. But the platform can also onboard games from other chains such as Solana in the future.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306612/coinbase-alumni-web3-gaming-npc-labs-funding
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Telegram has introduced store for TON-based mini-apps
Telegram unveiled plans to bolster blockchain-related initiatives, including introducing a mini app store and an in-app browser supporting Web3 pages. Telegram Mini Apps, like Hamster Kombat, Notcoin, and Yescoin, allow projects to deploy apps directly within Telegram. Apps are accessible across Android, iOS, PC, and Mac without additional installations. The Telegram messaging app has about 900M users globally. Current $TON price is $7.04. Fully diluted market cap is $35.9B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306428/telegram-introduces-store-for-mini-apps-as-games-like-hamster-kombat-take-off
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Sharpe AI [SAI] has launched Sharpe Perps and Sharpe Swap on Mantle Network [MNT]
Sharpe Perps and Sharpe Swap are now both live on Mantle Network $MNT, a modular rollup using EigenDA, developed by BitDAO. Moreover, Sharpe AI has been recently listed on Aevo pre-market. Current $SAI pre-market price is $0.22. Fully diluted market cap is $222M.
Previously, Sharpe AI conducted IDOs on Ape Terminal and AIT Launchpad. IDO price is $0.02. Initial market cap is $1.62M.
zkLink [ZKL] will conduct initial listing on Bybit, KuCoin and other exchanges today, on July 22nd
zkLink $ZKL will be initially listed on Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, Bitget, MEXC, CoinList and other exchanges on July 18th, at 12:00 UTC. Previously, zkLink launched farming on Bybit Launchpool with 7M $ZKL in reward. Moreover, zkLink announced that $ZKL token claiming for Novadrop Round 1 opens on July 22nd. 50M $ZKL (5% of total supply) will be airdropped to NovaPoints, Nova Lynks NFT, and zkLink Loyalty Points holders.
Users can check Airdrop eligibility here 👉 zklink.io/novadrop
zkLink is the app-specific aggregated rollup infrastructure built for high performance ZK applications. It has raised $18.5M from Coinbase Ventures, Ascensive Assets, Arrington Capital, Morningstar Ventures and others. Also, zkLink raised $4.7M via token sale on Coinlist. Sale price was $0.15, at $150M valuation.
🔗 x.com/zkLink_Official/status/1814470324907659508
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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 Framework, BitKraft, Digital Currency Group, Matrix Partners, Kleiner Perkins and others.
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Top BNB Chain Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in BNB Chain $BNB is around $4.8B, according to DefiLlama.com. Let’s compare the top DeFi-protocols on BNB Chain by current TVL in USD, in order to evaluate their adoption scale.
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Avail [AVAIL] will conduct initial listing on Bybit and Airdrop distribution on July 23rd
Avail $AVAIL will be listed on Bybit on July 23rd, at 12:00 UTC. Previously, Avail has announced a token airdrop to 354K wallet addresses. Out of 600M token airdrop supply, 90M are allocated to blockchain ecosystem developers, 49.5M to testnet users, 380M to rollup users on various blockchains and 10.5M to community contributors.
Avail is a modular blockchain project aiming to streamline rollup experience, providing a scalable and cutting-edge data availability layer. It raised $75M in three funding rounds backed by Founders Fund, Dragonfly, cyber Fund, SevenX Ventures, Figment Capital and others.
🔗 x.com/Bybit_Official/status/1814238756444016995
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XION completed successful campaigns with Uber and other huge brands via EarnOS
XION has completed several successful campaigns with Uber, Baskin Robbins, Sunglass Hut, and The North Face via EarnOS, a two-sided marketplace for digital advertising. The campaigns achieved remarkable results – with over 200K verified users participating and more than 1.3M unique brand interactions.
These interactions drove meaningful brand engagements, such as participating users having the opportunity to virtually try out Sunglass Hut’s latest product releases.
Binance will conduct Banana Gun [BANANA] Airdrop via HODLer Airdrops Portal
Binance launches 1st project on Binance Airdrops Portal - Banana Gun $BANANA, the ecosystem token of Banana Gun bot, offering trading tools for on-chain tokens. Users who subscribed their $BNB to Simple Earn products from June 23th to July 5th will get the airdrop distribution.
Binance HODLer Airdrops is a program that rewards BNB holders with token airdrops based on historical snapshots of their BNB balances. By subscribing BNB to Simple Earn, users are automatically eligible for HODLer Airdrops.
Chainbase has raised $15M in Series A round co-led by Tencent Investment Group and Matrix Partners China
Chainbase has secured $15M in a Series A funding round. Tencent Investment Group and Matrix Partners China co-led the round, with participation of Folius Ventures, Hash Global, JSquare, Mask Network and Bodl Ventures. As part of the deal, Tencent Investment Group and Matrix Partners China have each received a board seat at Chainbase.
The Chainbase network mainnet and its governance token, CBT, are expected to go live in the fourth quarter of this year
Chainbase is an omnichain data network that consolidates all blockchain data into a single platform, making it easier for developers to access and use for building and maintaining applications.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306140/blockchain-data-network-chainbase-funding
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Polygon will migrate MATIC to POL token on September 4th
Polygon’s mainnet upgrade is scheduled for September 4th, transitioning its native token from $MATIC to $POL following community approval. Post-upgrade, $POL will replace $MATIC to be the primary token for gas fees and staking within the network during the initial phase. POL is expected to maintain MATIC's existing tokenomics, distribution and total supply.
For current $MATIC holders on the Polygon PoS network, the transition to $POL will occur automatically, requiring no user intervention. Current $MATIC price is $0.54. Current FDV is $5.41B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306023/polygon-plans-to-migrate-matic-to-pol-token-on-sept-4
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Top 10 Lending Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in DeFi lending protocols is around $36B, according to DefiLlama.com. Let’s compare the Top lending protocols by current TVL in USD, in order to evaluate their adoption scale.
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Indian crypto exchange WazirX exploited for over $230M
WazirX, an Indian crypto exchange, has suffered a wallet exploit, resulting in the unauthorized transfer of over $230M worth of crypto assets. The exploit targeted the exchange’s multisig wallet on the Ethereum network potentially as a result of a private key comprised and draining the funds.
The exchange has acknowledged the incident, adding that it's still investigating the outflows and has paused all withdrawals. The compromised funds were moved to an address that has actively begun converting stolen assets, such as $PEPE, $GALA, and $USDT, into $ETH.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306041/wazirx-exploit
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Planet Mojo [MOJO] is building its Ecosystem on Base L2
Planet Mojo $MOJO builds its ecosystem on Base, an Ethereum L2 blockchain, incubated by Coinbase and built on OP Stack. Planet Mojo's game ecosystem includes Mojo Melee, GoGo Mojo, Mojo Maker, and the upcoming Prophecy of the Ancients. Moreover, Planet Mojo infrastructure tech stack Sumatra will play a crucial role in unlocking the full potential of on-chain gaming and multi-chain interoperability.
Planet Mojo is a Web3 ecosystem of interoperable games, developed by Mystic Moose, empowering players with blockchain technology. It has raised $10.5M in two funding rounds backed by Animoca Brands, Merit Circle, Courtside VC, Spartan Group, Citizen Capital, Sfermion Alchemy, Momentum 6, Skyvision Capital, and others. Current price is $0.025. Current FDV is $25.7M.
🔗 x.com/WeArePlanetMojo/status/1813621029614334165
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zkLink [ZKL] will conduct an Airdrop and initial listing on July 22nd
zkLink has announced that $ZKL token claiming for Novadrop Round 1 opens on July 22nd. 50M $ZKL (5% of total supply) will be airdropped to NovaPoints, Nova Lynks NFT, and zkLink Loyalty Points holders. Eligible users will have 4 months to claim their $ZKL. Moreover, zkLink announced its initial listing on Bitget and HashKey Global on July 22nd, at 12:00 AM UTC. Previously, zkLink launched Aggregation Parade Season II with 30M $ZKL as a prize pool.
Users can check Airdrop eligibility here 👉 zklink.io/novadrop
zkLink is the app-specific aggregated rollup infrastructure built for high performance ZK applications. It has raised $18.5M from Coinbase Ventures, Ascensive Assets, Arrington Capital, Morningstar Ventures and others. Also, zkLink raised $4.7M via token sale on Coinlist. Sale price was $0.15, at $150M valuation.
To join zkLink Aggregation Parade campaign, you can use our invite code - 12768C.
Binance has burned $971M worth of BNB on its 28th Quarterly Burn
Binance has completed its 27th quarterly $BNB token burn of 1,643,698.8 tokens, worth around $971M at the time of the burn. The latest quarterly burn didn't include the Pioneer Burn Program. There is a total of 54,693,899 $BNB tokens burned, worth around $32.4B at current rate. Current $BNB price is $593. Current FDV is $91.2B.
🔗 bnbchain.org/en/blog/28th-bnb-burn
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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 $ALT, $RON, $AXL, $GT, $MAV, $ID and $WLD according to CryptoRank.io.
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Etherfuse has raised a $3M Seed round co-led by White Star Capital and North Island Ventures
Etherfuse, a real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform, has raised $3M in a seed funding round at a $12.5M valuation. White Star Capital and North Island Ventures co-led the round, with Stellar, FunFair Ventures, Department of XYZ, Anna Yuan of Solana Foundation and Alice Ann Schwartz of Rising Tide Network participating. The platform focuses on tokenizing emerging market assets and is live on the Solana $SOL, Stellar $XLM, and Base blockchains.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306490/tokenization-platform-etherfuse-funding-valuation
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Top Upcoming Events of the Next Week
We compiled a list of top important upcoming events of the next week (July 22nd - July 28th) among blockchain projects, including zkLink $ZKL, Ethereum $ETH, Avail $AVAIL, Layer3 $L3, LayerNet $NET, AltLayer $ALT, Illuvium $ILV, Merkle Trade $MKL, Ponder $PNDR, and Donald J. Trump. Stay tuned!
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Sharpe AI [SAI] has announced a partnership with iо.nеt [IO]
Sharpe AI $SAI has teamed up with io.nеt, a blockchain-based network that allows users with unused GPU capacity to provide computing power to resource-intensive AI companies. Through this partnership, Sharpe AI will integrate io.nеt's GPU cluster for its AI fine-tuning processes.
Previously, Sharpe AI conducted IDOs on Ape Terminal and AIT Launchpad. IDO price is $0.02. Initial market cap is $1.62M.
Injective [INJ] has launched its staking Exchange-Traded Product by 21Shares - AINJ
Injective $INJ, an L1 blockchain focused on building financial apps, rolled out AINJ, the Injective staking Exchange-Traded Product (ETP) by 21Shares. This innovation allows users to gain exposure to INJ via traditional finance exchange venues and brokerages while also capturing staking rewards.
The introduction of AINJ is a significant milestone for institutional adoption, opening new gateways for large-scale entities to engage with Injective. Current $INJ price is $25.7. Fully diluted market cap is $2.57B.
🔗 blog.injective.com/en/injective-etp-launch
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KIP Protocol [KIP] has announced a partnership with Moemate
KIP Protocol $KIP teams up with Moemate, an entertainment product designed to provide users with a virtual AI companion. This collaboration will enable Moemate to onboard its 3M users into Web3, leveraging KIP Protocol's purpose-built decentralized infrastructure.
Moemate will be the KIP flagship project for the AI Alliance, showcasing our ability to handle large-scale deployments and set new standards for scalability, security, and ownership in AI interactions.
Lumia [ORN] has launched HyperNodes Sale with over 3500 nodes already sold
Lumia rolled out the HyperNodes sale on July 18th. HyperNodes max supply is 50,000. The initial price is $1,000 for the first 10,000 Nodes. Current amount of nodes sold is 3573. HyperNode rewards, comprising 50% of the newly minted $LUMIA token supply, will be distributed among all holders.
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.
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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Allium has raised $16.5M in a Series A funding round led by Theory Ventures
Blockchain data provider Allium Labs has secured $16.5M in a Series A round led by Theory Ventures. Other investors in the round include Kleiner Perkins and Amplify Partners. Allium provides a unified data platform for blockchain analytics teams to extract insights and monitor on-chain patterns in realtime. In 2022, it raised $5M in a pre-seed funding round backed by Kleiner Perkins and Amplify Partners.
🔗 www.allium.so/post/allium-raises-21m-series-a
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zkLink [ZKL] farming will be launched on Bybit Launchpool on July 22nd
Farming of $ZKL tokens will be launched on Bybit Launchpool. Users will be able to stake their $ZKL, $MNT or $USDT tokens into separate pools to farm $ZKL starting July 22nd, 12:00 UTC. 7M $ZKL will be offered on Launchpool. Previously, zkLink announced that $ZKL token claiming for Novadrop Round 1 opens on July 22nd. 50M $ZKL (5% of total supply) will be airdropped to NovaPoints, Nova Lynks NFT, and zkLink Loyalty Points holders. Moreover, zkLink announced its initial listing on Bitget and HashKey Global on July 22nd, at 12:00 AM UTC.
Users can check Airdrop eligibility here 👉 zklink.io/novadrop
zkLink is the app-specific aggregated rollup infrastructure built for high performance ZK applications. It has raised $18.5M from Coinbase Ventures, Ascensive Assets, Arrington Capital, Morningstar Ventures and others. Also, zkLink raised $4.7M via token sale on Coinlist. Sale price was $0.15, at $150M valuation.
To join zkLink Aggregation Parade campaign, you can use our invite code - 12768C.
UXLINK [UXLINK] has conducted its initial listing on OKX, Kucoin, Bybit and other exchanges
UXLINK $UXLINK has been listed on OKX, Kucoin, Bybit, Gate, Bitget, HTX and other exchanges on July 18th, at 8:00 AM UTC. Developers use $UXLINK to drive ecosystem growth, while users utilize it to pay transaction fees. Previously, UXLINK announced an airdrop of 100M $UXLINK tokens to NFT holders and community contributors.
Users are available to claim airdrop tokens here 👉 reward.uxlink.io
UXLINK is a Web3 social platform and infrastructure for users and developers to discover and distribute crypto projects and assets in socialized and group-based manners. It has raised $14M in a two funding round backed by HashKey Capital, SevenX Ventures, INCE Capital, OKX Ventures, Comma3 Ventures and others. Current price is $0.25. Current FDV is $257M.
🔗 x.com/UXLINKofficial/status/1813846186857804086
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Sharpe AI [SAI] has announced a partnership with Vanar [VANRY]
Sharpe AI $SAI has teamed up with Vanar $VANRY, a carbon-neutral, high-speed and low-cost Layer 1 chain. Through this partnership, Vanar will be integrated into Sharpe Terminal, enabling Sharpe users to track their assets on the Vanar chain and access advanced analytics.
Previously, Sharpe AI conducted IDOs on Ape Terminal and AIT Launchpad. IDO price is $0.02. Initial market cap is $1.62M.
Grayscale launches new crypto fund for Decentralized AI projects
Grayscale is launching a new crypto fund focusing on decentralized artificial intelligence. Decentralized AI projects already included in the fund's basket as of today's launch are Bittensor $TAO, Filecoin $FIL, Livepeer $LPT, Near $NEAR, and Render $RNDR. The fund will finance three key areas: AI services, addressing problems related to centralized AI use, and developing AI-related infrastructure.
🔗 theblock.co/post/305844/grayscale-launches-new-fund-for-decentralized-artificial-intelligence
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Itheum [ITHEUM] is now available on Solana blockchain via Raydium
$ITHEUM tokens are now listed on the Solana blockchain via Raydium. Previously, Itheum launched its Data NFT Technology on Solana blockchain. This technology allows data creators, businesses, and individuals to convert valuable datasets into unique NFTs. Moreover, Itheum placed 5th at Solana Summit global hackathon.
Incubated by Morningstar Ventures, Itheum is a cross-chain data brokerage platform, firstly introduced on MultiverseX. Current price is $0.0058. Current FDV is $5.83M.
🔗 x.com/itheum/status/1813264216759148837
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