Sandbox [SAND] has raised $20M in convertible debt co-led by Kingsway Capital and Animoca Brands
Sandbox $SAND, a user-generated content metaverse platform, has secured $20M in convertible debt at a $1B valuation co-led by Kingsway Capital and Animoca Brands. Other investors include LG Tech Ventures and True Global Ventures. The funds will improve earning opportunities for creators on its platform by updating its Game Maker and VoxEdit 3D editor tools, introducing new social interactions and abilities for avatars, and expanding gameplay possibilities.
Moreover, Sandbox is developing a version of its decentralized metaverse for mobile devices, expected to launch in 2025. Current $SAND price is $0.485. Current market cap is $1.10B. Current FDV is $1.45B.
🔗 venturebeat.com/games/the-sandbox-raises-20m-in-convertible-debt-at-1b-valuation-for-sandbox-metaverse/
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Humans AI-incubated Y8U [Y8U] has partnered with Nuklai [NAI]
Y8U #Y8U has teamed up with Nuklai $NAI, a Layer 1 blockchain infrastructure provider for data economies. This partnership aims to utilize Y8U Digital DNAs and build monetizable clones with its smart data. Moreover, Nuklai will aim to bring Y8U's content-addressable storage and smart contract-based consent management features to its ecosystem services.
Y8U, incubated by Humans AI $HEART, is a native decentralized protocol built on top of the Humans that combines content-addressable storage with smart contract-based consent management. It is backed by Morningstar Ventures, Ape Terminal, LetsGoFund and Banter Capital. Current $Y8U price is $0.049. Current market cap is $1.22M. Current FDV is $49.8M.
🔗 x.com/y8udotai/status/1798354178261065833
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Aark Digital [AARK] launches Early Bird Staking program
Aark Digital $AARK rolls out the Early Bird Staking program. The application period for the campaign is now live and will close on June 10th before the TGE announcement. Participants can enable a 50% or 25% staking boost by locking in AARK for 3 months within 1 week from June 10th. Previously, Aark Digital announced IDO on Ape Terminal. IDO price is $0.035. IDO hardcap is $350K. Initial market cap is $2.43M.
Aark Digital builds a 'Leverage Everything' perpetual DEX for professional traders and LPs. It has raised over $6M in two funding rounds backed by HashKey Capital, Arrington Capital, Cypher Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, IVC, Metavest and others.
🔗 aarkdigital.medium.com/aark-early-bird-staking-program-up-to-50-boost-88893bae1ec6
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Ultiverse [ULTI] has conducted initial listing on OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, MEXC and Bitget
Ultiverse $ULTI has been initially listed on OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, MEXC and Bitget today, on June 6th, at 10:00 AM UTC. Previously, Ultiverse launched $ULTI farming on OKX Jumpstart with 300M $ULTI (3% of total token supply) as a reward. Moreover, Ultiverse has announced details about $ULTI token Airdrop. 800M $ULTI (8% of total supply) is allocated to over 900K eligible users.
Users can claim Airdrop here 👉 rewards.ultiverse.io
Ultiverse is an AI-powered one-stop platform for Web3 gaming production and publishing, with an VR-compatible virtual world. It raised $13.5M in three funding rounds backed by Binance Labs, Sequoia, IDG Capital, Animoca Brands, Morningstar Ventures, and others. It also participates in BNB Chain’s Airdrop Alliance Program. Current $ULTI price is $0.064. Current FDV is $640M.
🔗 x.com/UltiverseDAO/status/1798656590289277369
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AIT Protocol [AIT] has released new features for Einstein Subnet on Bittensor [TAO]
AIT Protocol $AIT launches new features for its Einstein subnet on Bittensor $TAO. The new subnet’s features include custom model mining, end-user UI, a data engineering pipeline, and a new validator system. Einstein-AIT subnet provides the Bittensor ecosystem with a robust and reliable subnet dedicated to the computation of complex math operations and logical reasoning.
AIT Protocol, incubated by PAAL AI $PAAL, is a Web3 data platform specializing in data annotations and AI model training, using blockchain technology to create a decentralized labour market. Current $AIT price is $0.24. Current market cap is $20.8M.
🔗 x.com/AITProtocol/status/1798340928756658643
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Aethir will airdrop over 2.5B ATH tokens to 860K eligible wallets
Aethir has announced 2.52B $ATH token airdrop (6% of total supply) to over 860K eligible wallet addresses. Airdrop will be divided into three seasons, with 630M tokens allocated to Season 1 rewards. 74.5% of Season 1 airdrop tokens are reserved for Aethir community members (including Checker Nodes), while 25.5% are allocated to external communities, including APhone, іо.nеt, CARV, Rivalz Network, Zero1 Labs, and Delabs Games.
Aethir is a decentralised GPU cloud infrastructure, positioned as an enterprise-grade AI-focused GPU-as-a-service provider, tailored for AI and gaming. Backed by Framework Ventures, Merit Circle, Hashkey, Animoca Brands, Maelstrom, Mirana Ventures, and others, Aethir has raised over $32M for its ecosystem. Moreover, it raised around $100M via Node sale on Impossible Finance.
🔗 aethir.com/blog-posts/aethir-cloud-drop-an-airdrop-for-the-community
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Top Blockchains by Commits and Development Activity in last 7 days
Let’s compare the top blockchains by GitHub commits and active developers in last 7 days, according to artemis.xyz, in order to evaluate their current development activity.
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Cross The Ages [CTA] has unveiled its RWA solution - ReVerse
Cross The Ages $CTA has introduced ReVerse, its RWA solution that builds a bridge between the virtual Cross The Ages world and the real one. The solution will help users acquire ownership of real and virtual assets and generate more profits. Current $CTA price is $0.20. Current FDV is $102M.
Cross the Ages is a trading card game built on the Immutable X blockchain that features digital cards as NFT. Previously, it raised $15.5M in two funding rounds backed by Animoca Brands, Morningstar Ventures, Polygon Ventures and others.
🔗 x.com/CrossTheAges/status/1798004507777073419
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BridgeM [BDGM] will conduct its IDO on Poolz Finance
BridgeM $BDGM has announced its IDO on Poolz Finance. IDO date to be announced soon. To be eligible for the sale, users need to buy and lock $POOLX and complete the whitelist requirement. IDO price is $0.0008. IDO hardcap is $400K. Initial market cap is $417K.
Backed by Poolz Ventures, BridgeM builds a decentralized interoperability protocol powered by Manta Network and Merlin Chain, that seamlessly connects Ethereum Layer 2 and Bitcoin Layer 2 networks. $BDGM is the governance and equity token for BridgeM, offering benefits such as fee dividends, $BDGM staking, and cross-chain restaking among others.
🔗 x.com/Poolz__/status/1798293715833724968
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Binance Labs-backed GoPlus has raised $10M in a Private Financing round
GoPlus has secured $10M in a private financing round. Investors in the round include OKX Ventures, HashKey Capital, Animoca Brands, Undefined Labs, Quantstamp, Fenbushi Capital, Redpoint and Web3Port. Previously, GoPlus has secured investment from KuCoin Ventures, SevenX Ventures, GSR, Mask and received a strategic investment from Binance Labs.
GoPlus is building a permissionless, modular Web3 security layer, designed to be integrated with any blockchain network, to help architects enhance user safety and protection from cyber threats.
🔗 twitter.com/GoPlusSecurity/status/1798314758614986814
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Ethereum L2 Fhenix has raised $15M in Series A funding round led by Hack VC
Fhenix, an Ethereum Layer 2 network developer focused on data confidentiality, has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. Hack VC led the round, with Dao5, Amber Group, Primitive Ventures, GSR, Collider Ventures and Stake Capital also participating.
Last September, the startup raised $7M in a seed round led by Multicoin Capital and Collider Ventures, so the Series A round brings Fhenix's total funding to $22M.
Stashh Labs has raised $3.3M in a funding round backed by Animoca Brands and others
Stashh Labs, an NFT marketplace, has raised $3.3M in a fundraising round. The round included participation from Animoca, 6th Man Ventures, Shima Capital, Hashkey Capital and Sfermion. Previously, Stashh Labs launched Stashh 2.0 the second iteration of its SoFi-focused omnichain hub for NFTs. The new marketplace supports encrypted NFTs and offers numerous new use cases including unlockable on-chain private content, access control, identity management, and unwrappable collectibles.
🔗 theblock.co/post/298416/stashh-labs-raises-3-million-2-0-nfts
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Polygon Labs [MATIC] has acquired zero-knowledge research firm - Toposware
Polygon Labs has acquired Toposware, a blockchain research firm specializing in zero-knowledge technology. The acquisition is part of Polygon Labs’ strategy to improve its zero-knowledge arsenal — particularly in developing AggLayer that expanding interoperability capabilities across ZK-powered Ethereum Layer 2s.
This is Polygon Labs’ third major ZK acquisition in three years, including Hermez Network and Mir Protocol. Current $MATIC price is $0.70. Current market cap is $1.39B. Current FDV is $7.09B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/298320/polygon-labs-acquires-zero-knowledge-research-firm-toposware
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Sharpe AI [SAI] has launched terminal for advanced NFT data
Sharpe AI $SAI rolls out Sharpe NFT data, a comprehensive terminal for advanced NFT data, designed for traders. Through this launch, traders will be able to get insights on floor price changes, historical trends, volume trends and changes, sales trends, etc. 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/1797575537084322063
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Top Exchanges by Liquidations in last 7 days
The vast majority of the casualties were long positions last days, with more than $860M 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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Xociety has raised $7.5M in a pre-Series A funding round co-led by Hashed and Sui Foundation
Xociety, a third-person shooter game developed by NDUS Interactive, has secured $7.5M in a pre-Series A funding round co-led by Hashed and Sui Foundation. Other investors in the round include Spartan, Neoclassic, Big Brain Holdings, and Krafton. After raising some fresh funding, Xociety is gearing up to launch on Sui later this year. A recent beta test for Xociety accrued over 3K users from 76 countries, who played for over 11K hours in total.
🔗 decrypt.co/234095/xociety-developer-raises-7-5-million-sui-shooter-game
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Robinhood is set to acquire Bitstamp exchange in a potential $200M deal
Robinhood is set to acquire Bitstamp in a potential $200M deal expected to close in the first half of 2025. The acquisition will bring Bitstamp’s crypto exchange — with retail and institutional customers in the EU, UK, U.S. and Asia — to Robinhood. Barclays Capital Inc. served as the exclusive financial advisor to Robinhood, and Galaxy Digital Partners LLC served as the exclusive financial advisor to Bitstamp. Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is the oldest running crypto exchange, with over 50 licenses and registrations globally.
🔗 theblock.co/post/298841/robinhood-bitstamp-deal
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Particle Network [PARTI] has introduced first wallet booster partners on Particle Pioneer
Particle Network $PARTI has unveiled UniSat, Bybit, and OKX Wallet as the first wallet booster partners on Particle Pioneer. Through this innovation, users can get two multiplying bonuses: one for signing up and another based on their wallets' assets and activity, including up to 150% in extra $PARTI points and POWER.
Particle Network is the intent-centric, modular access layer of Web3, built with modular smart WaaS, confidential zkStack, and omnichain account abstraction. Previously, it raised $8.8M in three funding rounds backed by ABCDE, Animoca Brands, HashKey Capital, GSR, and others.
🔗 x.com/ParticleNtwrk/status/1798339873876701243
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Param Labs [PARAM] has introduced its NFT Launchpad
Param Labs $PARAM has unveiled Param NFT Launchpad. Currently, users can now use $PARAM to mint exclusive gaming skin by Chronic. Other functionalities will be added to the platform soon. Previously, Param Labs has rolled out Gaming Points program.
Users are available to claim airdrop tokens here 👉 claim.paramgaming.com
iо.nеt [IO] farming will be launched on Binance Launchpool on June 7th
Farming of $IO tokens will be launched on Binance Launchpool. Users will be able to stake their BNB and FDUSD tokens into separate pools to farm $IO over 4 days, starting June 7th. 20M $IO (4% of total token supply) will be offered on Launchpool: 17M $IO in rewards (85%) will be offered to $BNB stakers, 3M $IO (15%) to $FDUSD.
Binance will list token on June 11th, at 12:00 UTC. Initial circulating supply is 95M $IO (19% of total supply).
Nubit has raised $8M in a Seed funding round led by Polychain Capital
Nubit has secured $8M in a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital. Other investors in the round include Nomad Capital, Spartan Group, L2IV, Big Brain Holdings, GCR, Protagonist, Gate Ventures, Animoca, Mask Network, and others. Nubit is a Bitcoin-native data availability layer designed to reduce transaction costs significantly.
In April, Nubit launched its pre-alpha testnet, engaging 155K users, deploying 5,294 modular services, and processing 561K transactions. The team will launch the Alpha Testnet in June, the final phase before the mainnet launch later this year.
Plume Network has opened Waitlist for Incentivized Testnet
Plume Network has rolled out a waitlist for its incentivized testnet. To register in the community waitlist, users need to fill out the form. During the incentivized testnet phase, users will be able to complete various tasks to earn $PLUME miles.
Plume is the first modular L2 blockchain dedicated for all RWAs that integrates asset tokenization and compliance providers directly into the chain. It has raised $10M in a seed funding round backed by Haun Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, Superscrypt, A Capital, SV Angel, Portal Ventures and Reciprocal Ventures.
🔗 x.com/plumenetwork/status/1798151422430822878
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Top Cross-chain Bridges by Volume in last 30 days
The wide set of reliable cross-chain bridges is an essential requirement to exchange assets, data and value between multiple blockchain networks for crypto users right now. Let’s compare the top cross-chain bridges by volume in last 30 days, according to Defillama.com.
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M^0 has raised $35M in a Series A funding round led by Bain Capital
M^0 has secured $35M in a Series A funding round led by Bain Capital. Other investors in the round include Galaxy Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, and GSR. M^0 builds an on-chain protocol that allows any institution to mint stablecoins backed by U.S. Treasuries. In 2023, it raised $22.5M in seed funding backed by Pantera Capital, Parafi Capital, Standart Crypto and others.
🔗 fortune.com/crypto/2024/06/05/bain-capital-leads-35-million-series-a-for-m0-a-network-for-minting-digital-dollars
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bitsCrunch [BCUT] has announced a partnership with Truflation [TRUF]
bitsCrunch $BCUT, an AI-enhanced data network that delivers NFT analytics and forensic data, has teamed up with Truflation $TRUF, an economic data aggregator that provides independent, unbiased, real-time data both on-chain and off-chain. Through this partnership, projects will supercharge on-chain data accessibility and fuel the development of NIFTY50.
bitsCrunch has raised $6.75M in four private funding rounds, backed by Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Brands, Chainlink, Polygon Ventures, and Morningstar Ventures. Truflation has raised $6M in a funding round backed by Laser Digital, Red Beard Ventures, Chainlink, and received investment from the Base Ecosystem Fund. Current $BCUT price is $0.099. $BCUT FDV is $99M. Current $TRUF price is $0.494. $TRUF FDV is $494M.
🔗 x.com/bitsCrunch/status/1798060230166958190
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StarkWare plans to bring ZK scaling to Bitcoin alongside Ethereum
StarkWare, a developer of Starknet, plans to bring its zero-knowledge tech to Bitcoin $BTC, simultaneously scaling the network alongside Ethereum $ETH. The decision follows a technical proposal known as OP_CAT — providing the framework required to bring STARK scaling to Bitcoin. StarkWare plans to use the same Starknet network with the same governance and tokenomics, supporting Bitcoin scaling without requiring a fork.
Moreover, StarkWare has introduced a $1M application-based fund for Bitcoin researchers. Current $STRK price is $1.35. Current market cap is $1.39B. Current FDV is $13.5B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/298398/starkware-plans-to-bring-zk-scaling-to-bitcoin-alongside-ethereum
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BounceBit [BB] has announced a partnership with Ethena [ENA]
BounceBit $BB has partnered with Ethena $ENA, a derivative infrastructure provider on Ethereum ($3.1B in TVL). Through this partnership, users can stake $BBUSD to earn sUSDE yield, ENA rewards, BB rewards and 5x sats/day towards Ethena’s ongoing sats campaign. Current $BB price is $0.68. Current market cap is $280M. Current FDV is $1.44B.
BounceBit builds a $BTC restaking infrastructure that allows Bitcoin holders to earn yield through funding rate arbitrage, and provides a foundational layer for other restaking products. It has raised $6M in a seed funding round, backed by Blockchain Capital, Breyer Capital, CMS Holdings, Bankless Ventures, and received a strategic investment from Binance Labs.
🔗 x.com/bounce_bit/status/1797954350788268135
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Avail has raised $43M in a Series A funding round co-led by Founders Fund, Dragonfly and Cyber Fund
Avail has secured $43M in a Series A funding round co-led by Founders Fund, Dragonfly and Cyber Fund. Other investors include SevenX Ventures, Figment Capital, Nomad Capital, Chapter One, Foresight Ventures, Mirana Ventures, KR1, Alliance and Hashkey Capital.
The Avail DA mainnet and the AVAIL token are expected to launch in the next few weeks. Recently, it announced airdrop of 600M AVAIL tokens to over 350K wallets.
Ethernity Chain [ERN] has announced a partnership with Entangle [NGL]
Ethernity $ERN teams up with Entangle $NGL, a blockchain hub and DeFi ecosystem. Through this partnership, Ethernity will integrate Entangle's advanced data feeds, which provide real-time, accurate information crucial for the pricing and valuation of $ERN token.
Previously, Ethernity introduced its Ethereum Layer 2 with enhanced AI-driven security. Projects can build next-gen Web3 applications on the Ethernity chain spanning Web3 games, digital collectibles, RWAs, and interactive media.
Nostra [NSTR] will conduct TGE alongside Airdrop distribution on June 17th
Nostra will roll out $NSTR along with initial airdrop distribution on June 17th. At launch, 100% of the $NSTR supply (100M tokens) will be unlocked. 11% of token supply (11M $NSTR) will be airdropped to the community. Liquidity bootstrapping pool is expected on June 10th - 13th. $NSTR will serve as the governance token for the Nostra ecosystem.
Nostra is a liquidity protocol built on Starknet, that allows users to lend, borrow, bridge, stake and trade crypto on-chain. Nostra holds over 70% of TVL on Starknet, or around $270M.
🔗 mirror.xyz/0x845605C411132BAA06024a521a85B653F3C802dF/5NngIi6GPxBgoQ3jYhVudEakTV4SxYtI4KMvg3abui4
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