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Castile has raised $8M in a funding round led by SevenX Ventures
Nytro Lab, the developer of Castile, has secured an $8M fundraising round led by SevenX Ventures bringing its total funding to $25M. Other investors in the round include OKX Ventures, Aptos Labs, Amber Group, HashKey Capital, Leland Ventures, and Matr1x.
Castile is an AAA-quality rogue-like idle card RPG set in a fantasy Cthulhu world. Castile launched a beta test of their idle card RPG to celebrate the closed funding round with 10M $CAST tokens in the reward pool.
🔗 medium.com/@Castileofficial/nytro-lab-developer-of-castile-announces-new-funding-round-of-8-million-49b6299a3beb
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Binance Labs has invested in top 5 projects from Most Valuable Builder [MVB] VII program
Binance Labs $BNB has invested in top-performing projects from the 7th season of its Most Valuable Builder (MVB) program, an accelerator program focused on growing the BNB Chain ecosystem. The four high-performing projects in the latest season of MVB program include Aggregata, Blum, Opinion Labs, SideKick and Vooi.
Participants of the MVB accelerator program received personalized mentorship from experts at BNB Chain, CMC Labs, and Binance Labs, as well as access to the BNB Chain Launch-as-a-Service package. Previously, Binance Labs has introduced 13 projects from Most Valuable Builder VII Accelerator Program.
🔗 bnbchain.org/en/blog/binance-labs-invests-in-four-exceptional-projects-from-bnb-chains-mvb-season-7
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Moku has raised $5.35M in a funding round co-led by Sky Mavis and a16z Games Speedrun
Moku has secured $5.35M in a funding round co-led by Sky Mavis and a16z Games Speedrun. Other investors in the round include Framework Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Formless Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Contango Digital Assets, Arca and 32-Bit Ventures. Moku is a Web3 gaming platform that connects players with game guilds, NFT casting pages, and game strategy communities.
🔗 x.com/Moku_HQ/status/1833153703097880717
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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 $963M 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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a16z Crypto has introduced projects of CSX Fall 2024 program [Part 2]
a16z Crypto has unviled projects of the Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Fall 2024 program. a16z CSX connects founders with capital, a network of industry experts, and a cohort of leading Web3 teams. The program focuses on the expertise, mentorship, and support startups need to build ambitious products across industries. The first batch of projects of CSX Fall 2024 include PIN AI, Pod, Sekai, Skyfire, Suave, t1, TACEO, Term Labs, vlayer labs and zkSpin.
🔗 a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/announcing-the-csx-fall-2024-cohort
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a16z Crypto has introduced projects of CSX Fall 2024 program [Part 1]
a16z Crypto has unviled projects of the Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Fall 2024 program. a16z CSX connects founders with capital, a network of industry experts, and a cohort of leading Web3 teams. The program focuses on the expertise, mentorship, and support startups need to build ambitious products across industries. The first batch of projects of CSX Fall 2024 include Anera Labs, Banyan, Blocksense, Cork Protocol, Dot, Fermah, Future Primitive, Kuzco, MeshMap, Opacity Labs and OpenGradient.
🔗 a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/announcing-the-csx-fall-2024-cohort
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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 $APT, $STRK, $MOCA, $CFX, $AGI, $WLD and $XAI according to CryptoRank.io.
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Sonic Labs [S] has rolled out Public Testnet of its Layer 1
Sonic Labs $S, an EVM-compatible blockchain, launches a public testnet, achieving a transaction finality of 720 ms. Moreover, users can now access the faucet and deploy their contracts. In June, Fantom Foundation allocated up to 200M $FTM ($88M at current rate) to the Sonic Labs Innovator Fund.
Sonic Labs plans to launch its L1 platform with a secure gateway to Ethereum in Q4 2024.
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 a16zcrypto, Hashed, Spartan, CMCC Global, Lemniscap and others.
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Gunzilla Games [GUN] has released Off the Grid soundtrack from Grammy winner Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe, a Grammy winning composer and musician, has created music for an official soundtrack for Off the Grid game. The OST is now available on Spotify, Apple Music and other platforms. Off the Grid is a next-gen cyberpunk-styled F2P battle royale game built on the GUNZ blockchain, and coming to PlayStation 5, XBOX, and PC.
Previously, Gunzilla Games has unveiled the OTG Pioneers Program. It will provide the exclusive opportunity to community members to play Off The Grid game pre-release and get exclusive rewards crafted specifically for members.
Ponder [PNDR] has announced a partnership with Ape Arcade
Ponder $PNDR teams up with Ape Arcade, a multi-platform gaming ecosystem on Telegram by Ape Terminal. Through this partnership, users can start earn points and win prizes via Ponder's invitation.
Ponder builds a solution providing a fully integrated comparison tool for crypto-based operations. Previously, it announced IDOs on Ape Terminal and WePad.
🔗 x.com/Ponder_One/status/1831693793575211114
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XION partners with Plume Network to bring Chain Abstraction to RWA
XION is bringing Chain Abstraction to RWAs through its integration with Plume Network, the first modular L2 blockchain purpose-built to bring RWAs on-chain. This integration is set to drive more users and liquidity to RWAs than ever before by simplifying access to a variety of RWA use cases. With the Plume integration, the RWA ecosystem will onboard its biggest wave of users by leveraging XION’s simplified Web3 UX, an ecosystem of apps, an expansive network of integrated chains, and an active user base of over 3.5M users.
XION has been rapidly expanding its Chain Abstraction solution across numerous major networks, including Solana, BNB Chain, AVAX, SAGA, Injective, Neutron, and MultiversX.
Balance has raised $30M in two funding rounds round co-led by a16z and Galaxy Interactive
E-PAL, a creator of Balance, has secured $30M in a funding round co-led by a16z and Galaxy Interactive. Other investors in the round include Animoca Brands, K5, CLF Partners, MBK Capital, New Heights Fund, AMBER, MarbleX, Sky Mantra, Tuna, Aptos Labs, IOBC, Leland, Halcyon Capital, Uphonest, Taisu Ventures, Gate Labs, DWF Ventures, BING, and WAGMI.
In the coming future, E-PAL will issue core assets, including EPT tokens, Pioneer Badge NFTs and Balance Nodes, to provide better incentives and economic circulation for active players, early supporters, investors, and EPALs.
Aleo has introduced upcoming Airdrop for incentive programs participants
Aleo has unveiled its upcoming airdrop and token distribution process. Users who participated in and earned rewards in the ambassador program, setup ceremony, Aleo's testnets, ZPrize 2022/2023, zkML Initiative, and enigma are eligible to claim Aleo incentive tokens. To claim their rewards, eligible users will be obliged to complete the KYC process and claim their tokens with a lockup.
Aleo is a network for private blockchain-based applications. It uses zero-knowledge proofs at the core blockchain level to support transactions and smart contract interactions that are private by default. Previously, It raised $298M in three funding rounds backed by SoftBank, a16z, Samsung Next, Coinbase Ventures and others.
🔗 aleo.org/post/incentives-program-distribution
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Berachain-based Puffpaw has raised $6M in a Seed funding round
Puffpaw has secured $6M in a seed funding round led by Lemniscap. Other investors in the round include Volt Capital, Spartan Group, Seed Club VC, Folius Ventures, Karatage, Hypersphere, Social Graph Ventures, Everest Venture Group, and Panga Capital.
Puffpaw is the first dePIN on the Berachain chain to offer vapes on-chain to encourage people to quit smoking. Moreover, it has unveiled Puffpaw Smart Vape (PSV), a healthier alternative with nicotine-free organic tea extract flavourings.
🔗 x.com/puffpaw_xyz/status/1831514068521455679
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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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Top Blast Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in Blast is around $738M, according to DefiLlama.com (and over $1.21B according to Blast site). Let’s compare the top protocols on Blast by current TVL in USD, including Thruster, Ring Protocol, Juice Finance, Particle, Hyperlock Finance, Wasabi, Orbit Protocol, Ambient, Blitz and SynFutures.
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Clearpool’s L2 Ozean has announced a partnership with Velodrome [VELO]
Ozean, a Layer 2 blockchain for RWA yield launched by Clearpool $CPOOL, has teamed up with Velodrome $VELO, a MetaDEX that serves as the central liquidity hub for the Optimism Superchain $OP. Through this partnership, Velodrome will expand to the Ozean blockchain as its anchor DEX and provide the essential liquidity and incentives needed to support the growth of the Ozean blockchain.
Velodrome will expand to the Ozean blockchain as its anchor DEX and provide the essential liquidity and incentives needed to support the growth of the Ozean blockchain.
PIN AI has raised $10M in a Pre-Seed funding round backed by a16z CSX
PIN AI, a developer of an open platform for personal AI, has secured $10M in a pre-seed funding round. Investors in the round include a16z CSX, Hack VC, Anagram, Blockchain Builders Fund, Symbolic Capital, Dispersion Capital, Alumni Ventures, Foresight Ventures, and Nomad Capital.
PIN AI platform will enable developers to create AI agents that operate on users’ devices, utilizing user personal data in a decentralized and privacy-preserving manner. It was previously selected to join a16z's Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Fall 2024 cohort.
🔗 x.com/PINAI_IO/status/1833176031714541651
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Blocksense Network has raised $4M in a Seed funding round backed by a16z CSX
Blocksense Network has secured $4M in a seed funding round led by Permutation. Other investors in the round include a16z Crypto’s CSX, Daedalus, MH Ventures, Manta Network, Selini Capital, Tykhe Block Ventures, and Public Works. Blocksense is a decentralized and permissionless protocol designed to efficiently create and consume oracle data feeds using ZK rollup technology.
🔗 x.com/blocksense_/status/1833207122806640667
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AIT Protocol [AIT] has been approved to join Google Cloud Web3 Start-Up Program
AIT Protocol $AIT has been chosen to join the Google Cloud Web3 Start-Up Program. Through this innovation, AIT is getting access to Google’s own Web3 ecosystem and exclusive tools. Moreover, this opens the doors for potential listing on Google Cloud marketplace, where Web2 and Web3 companies can rent cloud-based services.
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 $0.073.
🔗 x.com/aitprotocol/status/1833130475457511567
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DRiP has raised $8M in a Seed round co-led by NFX, Progression and Coinbase Ventures
Solana-based NFT drop platform DRiP has raised an $8M seed round co-led by NFX, Progression, and Coinbase Ventures. Other investors in the round include Placeholder and 6th Man Ventures.
The DRiP platform enables creators to distribute their work directly to fans as digital collectibles on the Solana blockchain, including exclusive images, video, audio, and other multimedia content. In 2023, it raised $3M in a pre-seed funding round backed by Big Brain Holdings, Solana Ventures, Anagram, BOOGLE and others.
🔗 theblock.co/post/315270/solana-drip-raises-8-million-usd
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Top Upcoming Events of the Next Week
We compiled a list of top important upcoming events of the next week (Sep 9th - Sep 15th) among blockchain projects, including Quantlytica $QTLX, Sushiswap $SUSHI, AutoLayer $LAY3R, Aptos $APT, Mirada AI $MIRX, Polygon $POL, ApeCoin $APE, and Starknet $STRK. Stay tuned!
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Top 10 Protocols on zkSync Era by Total Value Locked
Let’s compare the top 10 DeFi-protocols on zkSync Era L2 by current TVL in USD, according to DefiLlama.com, in order to evaluate networks adoption scale. With over $23M in TVL, SyncSwap is the leader by locked liquidity, followed by Uniswap, Koi Finance and others.
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Apeiron [APRS] has launched Season 3 leaderboards and multiple platform updates
Apeiron has rolled out Season 3 leaderboards with a prize pool of 1M $APRS that will last until October 17th. Moreover, Apeiron announced multiple product updates and events, including Apeiron in Tokyo Game Show 2024, the Apeiron Mobile pre-registration, and boon testing. Users will be able to pre-register for Apeiron's mobile version on mobile app stores.
Apeiron is the NFT-based P2E game with God Game and RPG battle modes. It raised $13.5M in two funding rounds Hashed Fund, Spartan Group, Morningstar Ventures, and others. Current $APRS price is $0.18. Current market cap is $18.5M. Current FDV is $180M.
🔗 blog.apeironnft.com/p/ready-set-go-s3-leaderboards-mobile
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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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Synthetix [SNX] has introduced its blockchain SNAXchain using Optimism’s infrastructure
Synthetix $SNX, a protocol for decentralized synthetic assets, has unveiled its app chain, SNAXchain, on Optimism OP’s Superchain infrastructure. SNAXchain aims to serve as a neutral hub for governance and protocol decisions as Synthetix expands to more chains and Layer 2 solutions. The network has been developed with partnerships with Conduit for chain infrastructure and Wormhole for cross-chain messaging.
Optimism Superchain infrastructure is expected to enhance user interoperability and facilitate user growth for SNAXchain. Current $SNX price is $1.3. Current FDV is $426M.
🔗 theblock.co/post/314845/synthetix-blockchain-optimism-superchain
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Mastercard launches crypto debit card allowing users to spend from self-custodial wallets
Mastercard partners with Mercuryo to launch a euro-denominated crypto debit card, enabling users to spend crypto from self-custodial wallets at over 100M merchants. After piloting a crypto debit card with the major self-custodial MetaMask wallet in August, Mastercard’s new partnership with the European crypto payments infrastructure provider Mercuryo will further connect traditional finance and crypto. Mastercard has tapped multiple industry partners since entering crypto more than three years ago, including Circle, Coinbase, and many others.
🔗 cointelegraph.com/news/mastercard-non-custodial-crypto-spending-card
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Mirada AI [MIRX] will conduct IDO on multiple launchpads on September 13th
Mirada AI announced its IDOs on Ape Terminal, Poolz, Carbon, eesee and HyperX Pad on September 13th. IDO price is $0.01 ($10M valuation). Initial market cap is $340K. Previously, Mirada AI has been accepted into the IBM for Startups program.
Mirada AI is a decentralized and comprehensive AI tool that offers image generation, face-swap, animation, LLM chat, image upscaling, and more. It is backed by Poolz Ventures, Carbon Ventures and AWEH Ventures.
🔗 x.com/miradaai/status/1831328657106776405
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EigenLayer will distribute 86M EIGEN tokens to stakeholders via Season 2 Stakedrop
EigenLayer has announced its Season 2 Stakedrop, planning to distribute additional 86M $EIGEN tokens (5% of total supply) to stakeholders, including stakers, node operators, ecosystem partners, and community members. The distribution targets participants active between March 15th and August 15th. The stakeholders can claim their share of the tokens starting September 17th.
EIGEN token will have a total supply of 1.67B tokens at launch. 45% of tokens are allocated to community, subdivided into stakedrops (15%), community initiatives (15%) and ecosystem development (15%).