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Ethernity Chain [ERN] launches Grant Program with a $10M fund
Ethernity Chain $ERN announced the launch of the Ethernity Grant Program with a $10M fund to fuel innovation in entertainment. The initiative aims to empower devs, startups, and creators with grants focused on games entertainment, and blockchain infrastructure. The grants will range from $15K to $150K, based on the project's scope and impact.
Alongside funding, grantees receive technical assistance, marketing support, and business development resources to ensure their projects thrive
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 Foresight Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Haun, Binance Labs, Hack VC and others.
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Renzo [REZ] launches ezUSDC token on restaking platform Jito [JTO]
Renzo $REZ will launch ezUSDC on the Jito $JTO, a restaking platform for Solana. This integration will empower stakers to utilize $USDC as stable collateral, Node Consensus Networks (NCNs) to offer emissions in the form of USDC, and DeFi platforms across Solana to leverage ezUSDC as a new restaked asset.
Renzo is an Ethereum restaking protocol and strategy manager based on EigenLayer framework with $1.14B in TVL. Previously, it raised $20.2M in a three funding round backed by ConsenSys, Brevan Howard Digital Maven 11, OKX Ventures, Paper Ventures, and Figment Capital. It has also received a strategic investment from Binance Labs. Current $REZ price is $0.042. Current FDV is $422M.
🔗 x.com/RenzoProtocol/status/1837056111465353482
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Plume Network plans to have about $1.25B of real-world assets tokenized by Q4
Plume Network has announced plans to tokenize about $1.25B of real-world assets. Token holders will be able to earn a yield on different assets including mineral rights, solar farms and Medicaid claims. The yield-bearing assets Plume Network intends to tokenize include $500M worth of private credit fund Credbull, $300M of Plural Energy solar farms, some oil and gas mineral rights and $120M worth of Medicaid claims.
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Aethir [ATH] has announced a partnership with Filecoin Foundation
Aethir $ATH teams up with Filecoin Foundation. Through this partnership, Aethir will explore GPU leasing to Filecoin’s storage providers, thus providing Filecoin’s infrastructure network with a reliable and secure source of GPU cloud computing supplies. In parallel to becoming sealing-as-a-service providers, some of Filecoin’s storage providers can borrow GPU capacity from Aethir if they need excess processing power to seal data onto Filecoin’s network.
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, and others, Aethir has raised over $32M for its ecosystem. Moreover, it raised around $111M via Node sale on Impossible Finance. Current $ATH price is $0.056. Current FDV is $2.35B
🔗 blog.aethir.com/blog-posts/aethir-and-filecoin-foundation-combining-distributed-gpu-infrastructure-and-decentralized-storage
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Linear Finance [LINA] has unveiled its Roadmap for 2024-2025
Linear Finance, a cross-chain compatible, decentralized delta-one asset protocol, has introduced its roadmap for 2024-2025. Linear is set to further expand its decentralized trading, with a focus on perpetual markets, cross-chain solutions, and community empowerment. Current $LINA price is $0.004. Current market cap is $28M. Current FDV is $41.4M.
🔗 linear-finance.medium.com/unveiling-linear-finances-vision-for-2024-25-a-game-changing-roadmap-ba494ceefcf7
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CertiK has announced a $45M investment plan, including free security tools
CertiK, a Web3 security firm, announced a comprehensive upgrade of its products and services. Moreover, CertiK announced the launch of its free community security tools, including Token Scan and Wallet Scan, to support the evolving community. CertiK’s highly anticipated CertiK Ventures will invest $45M in these endeavours to support high-potential, burgeoning Web3 projects.
🔗 x.com/CertiK/status/1836724500013953326
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Crypto exchange BingX is hacked - around $43M in assets stolen
BingX, the Singapore-based crypto exchange, suffered a security hack on its hot wallet, resulting in a significant loss of funds. Security analysts at PeckShield noted that the incident resulted in an estimated loss of $43M in assets, though the exchange describes it as "minor" and manageable. Withdrawals have been put on hold as part of an emergency plan to prevent further damage.
🔗 theblock.co/post/317448/crypto-exchange-bingx-faces-an-estimated-43-million-security-exploit-peckshield
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TrueX has raised $9M in a Seed funding round backed by Hack VC
TrueX, a non-custodial, stablecoin-native exchange offering global liquidity services with $PYUSD as the default settlement currency, has secured $9M in a seed funding round. Investors in the round include RRE Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Paxos, Accomplice Blockchain, Hack VC, Solana Foundation, and Aptos. TrueX is the flagship product of True Markets, a platform dedicated to offering markets and liquidity as a global service through reliable, innovative trading technology.
🔗 businesswire.com/news/home/20240917013350/en/True-Markets-Unveils-TrueX-a-Cutting-Edge-Stablecoin-Native-Trading-Platform-Secures-9-Million-in-Seed-Funding
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Clearpool’s L2 Ozean has introduced RWA Liquidity Layer - Oxygen (O2)
Ozean, a Layer 2 blockchain for RWA yield launched by Clearpool $CPOOL, has unveiled its RWA Liquidity Layer - Oxygen (O2). As the backbone of Ozean’s liquidity architecture, O2 combines RWAs, tokenized treasuries, liquid crypto assets, and yield-bearing tokens into a unified basket.
This basket supports key functionalities like swaps, lending, and collateralization, forming a robust liquidity pool that underpins the Ozean ecosystem.
Aethir [ATH] launches a $10M Ecosystem Grant Program in collaboration with XAI [XAI]
Aethir $ATH in partnership with XAI $XAI launches a $10M ecosystem grant program. The program aimed at onboarding AI-powered AAA games and gaming studios and supporting the growth of Web3, AI, and gaming sectors by empowering developers. Recently, Aethir has launched the Edge Early Adopter Bonus Program. During the program period until October 31st, active Edge GPU devices can earn a 60% bonus on top of their base $ATH rewards.
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, and others, Aethir has raised over $32M for its ecosystem. Moreover, it raised around $111M via Node sale on Impossible Finance. Current $ATH price is $0.058. Current FDV is $2.50B
🔗 blog.aethir.com/blog-posts/aethir-and-xai-launch-a-10m-ecosystem-grant-program-to-support-ai-powered-gaming-projects
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CUDIS has raised $5M in a Seed funding round led by Draper Associates
The web3 AI wellness company CUDIS has secured $5M in a seed funding round led by Draper Associates. Other participants in the round include Skybridge, Penrose, SNZ, Mozaik, NGC, Foresight Ventures, OGBC, Monke Ventures, Draper Dragon, Block Patch, and Trinito.
CUDIS develops a wearable ring monitoring health metrics, allowing users to access their health data via the Solana blockchain and earn passive rewards from their participation. The rings also come with an AI coach that offers tailored wellness advice to users based on their biometric data.
🔗 x.com/CudisWellness/status/1836385314497270000
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Hemi has raised $15M in a Seed round co-led by Binance Labs, Breyer Capital and Big Brain Holdings
Hemi Labs, the team co-founded by Bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik, has secured $15M in a funding round co-led by Binance Labs, Breyer Capital and Big Brain Holdings. Other investors in the round include Crypto.cоm, Web3 Ventures, HyperChain Capital, Alchemy, SALT Fund, Kelly Investments, Sunflower Capital, DNA Fund, Gate Ventures, Quantstamp, TRGC, BTC INC, Artichoke Capital, Cypher Capital, and SNZ Holding.
Hemi is a Layer 2 blockchain network that integrates Bitcoin and Ethereum for enhanced security and programmability. Hemi's incentivized testnet is now live, and the company is targeting a mainnet launch in Q4 of 2024.
🔗 x.com/hemi_xyz/status/1836392405328638427
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Bitget and Foresight Ventures have made a strategic $30M investment in TON blockchain
Bitget and Foresight Ventures announced a $30M investment into The Open Network blockchain $TON. The investment aims to enhance the development of Telegram-based projects, with a focus on tap-to-earn games. With the new investment, Bitget and Foresight plan to engage more deeply in the TON blockchain governance and future development plans.
🔗 theblock.co/post/316975/bitget-foresight-ventures-invest-30-million-in-ton-blockchain
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Yellow Network has raised $10M in a Seed funding round backed by Consensys
Yellow Network has secured $10M in seed funding led by Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen. Other investors in the round include Consensys, GSR, NxGen, MV Global, Gate Labs, ZBS Capital, Moonrock Capital, Math, Cobo, NOIA Capital, and LD Capital.
Yellow Network is building the first decentralized clearing network for digital assets, addressing the inefficiencies of traditional crypto trading systems. In 2022, it closed a funding round backed by Moonrock Capital, Yellow Spoon Capital, LD Capital and others.
🔗 yellow.com/news/ripples-chris-larsen-backs-dollar10m-seed-round-in-yellow-network-to-address-crypto-trading-challenges
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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 $WLD, $PORTAL, $YGG, $MAV, $NFP, $RAD and $GTAI according to CryptoRank.io.
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Cross The Ages [CTA] has launched Early Access for its multiplayer action RPG - Arise
Cross The Ages $CTA has introduced early access for Arise, a free-to-play multiplayer action RPG set in the Cross The Ages universe. The game takes place in Artellium and focuses on various points of interest from the saga. Currently, Arise is working on Windows and Mac, other platforms will be available soon.
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. Current $CTA price is $0.11. Current FDV is $57.1M.
🔗 x.com/crosstheages/status/1837226906858467767?s=46
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Grass has closed Series A round led by Hack VC
Grass, a DePIN focused on verifying internet data, has closed a Series A round led by Hack VC. Other investors in the round include Polychain, Delphi Ventures, Lattice and Brevan Howard Digital. Grass, the flagship product of Wynd Network, revolutionizes internet connectivity by enabling users to monetize their unused network resources. Previously, it raised $4.5M in two funding rounds backed by Tribe Capital, Bitscale Capital, Big Brain Holdings, No Limit Holdings, Mozaik Capital and others.
🔗 x.com/getgrass_io/status/1837497207798616248
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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 23rd - Sep 29th), including AutoLayer $LAY3R, My Neighbor Alice $ALICE, Eigenpie $EGP, EOS $EOS, Cross the Ages $CTA, Hamster Combat $HMSTR, BNB Chain $BNB, Enjin Coin $ENJ, and Changpeng Zhao. Stay tuned!
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Top BNB Chain Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in BNB Chain $BNB is around $4.6B, 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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MicroStrategy has raised $1B and acquired BTC worth $458.2M
MicroStrategy completed its previously announced offering of 0.625% convertible senior notes due 2028. The aggregate principal amount of the notes sold in the offering was $1.01B, which includes $135M aggregate principal amount of notes issued pursuant to an option to purchase. The notes were sold in a private offering to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers.
Moreover, MicroStrategy has acquired 7,420 $BTC for $458.2M at $61,750 per Bitcoin and has achieved a yield of 5.1% QTD and 17.8% YTD. MicroStrategy holds 252,220 $BTC acquired for $9.9B at $39,266 per Bitcoin.
🔗 microstrategy.com/press/microstrategy-completes-1-01b-offering-of-0-625-convertible-senior-notes-due-2028_09-20-2024
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Jupiter [JUP] has acquired blockchain explorer SolanaFM and onchain trading terminal Coinhall
DEX aggregator Jupiter acquires SolanaFM and Coinhall. The amount of acquisition is not announced. SolanaFM, which raised $4.5M from SBI Group in 2022, allows users to access and interact with Solana data through its indexer and explorer tools. Coinhall, an onchain trading terminal, provides swaps across decentralized exchanges on Solana and Cosmos blockchains.
🔗 theblock.co/post/317465/solana-dex-aggregator-jupiter-acquires-solanafm-coinhall
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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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Drift Protocol [DRIFT] has raised $25M in a Series B funding round led by Multicoin Capital
Drift Protocol $DRIFT has secured $25M in a Series B funding round led by Multicoin Capital. Other investors in the round include Blockchain Capital, Primitive Ventures, and Folius Ventures. Drift Protocol is an open-sourced, DEX built on the Solana ($388M in TVL), enabling transparent and non-custodial trading.
Previously, Drift has raised $27.3M in two funding rounds backed by Polychain Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Jump Capital and others. Current $DRIFT price is $0.71. Fully diluted market cap is $721M.
🔗 fortune.com/crypto/2024/09/19/drift-solana-multicoin-crypto-funding-series-b/
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Helius has raised $21.75M in a funding round co-led by Haun Ventures and Founders Fund
Helius has secured $21.75M in a funding round co-led by Haun Ventures and Founders Fund. Other investors in the round include 6th Man Ventures, Chapter One, Foundation Capital and Spearhead.
Helius focuses on building developer tools such as webhooks and remote procedure controls (RPCs). Previously, it raised $12.6M in two funding rounds backed by Solana Ventures, Alchemy, Big Brain Holdings and others.
🔗 x.com/0xMert_/status/1836578165977915858
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Top 10 Lending Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in DeFi lending protocols is around $32B, 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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Borderless Capital has unveiled its third DePIN fund with $100M in backing
Borderless Capital has unveiled its third decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) fund with $100M in backing. The fund counts DePIN-focused blockchain Peaq amongst its investors, the Solana Foundation and Jump Crypto amongst others. DePIN refers to physical infrastructure networks built using blockchain technology and token incentives which other projects can use without having to buy and run their equipment.
🔗 coindesk.com/tech/2024/09/17/borderless-capital-introduces-100m-depin-fund-backed-by-peaq-solana-foundation
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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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Vana has raised $5M in a Strategic funding round led by Coinbase Ventures
Vana has secured $5M in a strategic funding round led by Coinbase Ventures. Previously, Vana had raised $18M in a Series A round led by Paradigm and $2M in seed funding led by Polychain. Other investors include Manifold, GSR, SCB 10X, Defiance Capital, Contango, Auros Ventures, MH Ventures, BoxGroup, and Will Manidis.
Vana is the first network designed for private, user-owned data. It consists of an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for collective ownership of private digital assets.
🔗 vana.org/posts/vana-raises-funding-to-build-user-owned-ai-and-overcome-the-data-wall
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Limitless Labs has raised $3M in a Pre-Seed funding round led by 1confirmation
Prediction market Limitless has secured $3M in a pre-seed funding round led by 1confirmation. Other investors in the round include Paper Ventures, Collider Ventures and Public Works. Ukraine-origin Limitless is a prediction market platform on Base that enables users to trade crypto, politics, sports, social and more.
The new funding will be used to launch new products and features including a novel decentralized social network. This will enable users to create and participate in their prediction markets and grow their reputation.
🔗 thedefiant.io/news/press-releases/prediction-market-limitless-raises-3m-in-pre-seed-round-led-by-1confirmation
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