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Holonym has raised $5.5M in a Seed funding round co-led by Finality Capital and Paper Ventures
Holonym Foundation, an organization building the next generation of digital identity security for the decentralized web, has secured $5.5M in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by Finality Capital and Paper Ventures, with participation from Draper Dragon, Arrington Capital, Lightshift, Zero Knowledge Ventures, Zero DAO, Protagonist, Selini Capital, WAGMI Ventures, UDHC and others.
Holonym Foundation has developed infrastructure to allow anyone, anywhere, to create Human Keys with Mishti Network, easily use them with Silk and privately prove facts about their identity with Zeronym.
🔗 x.com/0xHolonym/status/1824890631237652486
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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 Haun, Binance Labs, Spartan, Wintermute, Polychain Capital, Framework and others.
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Blocklords [LRDS] has launched website for its Base Layer 3 solution - Lordchain
The #LORDCHAIN website is live! Users can now start earning Node Power through asset locking in BLOCKLORDS, Ethereum, and Base network. Lordchain mainnet launch is scheduled for Q1 of 2025. Lordchain is architected as an advanced Base L3 solution, providing the essential security, stability, and scalability needed to power the Blocklords experience.
Blocklords is a player-driven MMO medieval grand strategy game with GameFi activities, developed by MetaKing Studios. It raised $15M in a seed funding round backed by Makers Fund, Bitkraft Ventures, Delphi Digital, Animoca Brands, Shima Capital, WW Ventures, Spartan Group, Huobi Ventures, and others. Current $LRDS price is $0.91. Current FDV is $91.1M.
🔗 x.com/BLOCKLORDS/status/1824071946595680713
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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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ZAP has launched Base Gigadrops with $200K as prize pool
ZAP has unveiled Base Gigadrops campaign with $200K in rewards. To launch the campaign ZAP has partnered with 14 projects including Spectral Labs, TransferMole, XProtocol, LibertAI, Anzen Finance and others. Users can complete missions and quests directly through ZAP Drops to qualify for different reward pools.
Previously, ZAP has revealed Zap Value Index built in partnership with Nansen. The Zap Value Index creates the building blocks for a wallet-based reputation score.
Chaos Labs has raised $55M in a Series A funding round led by Haun Ventures
Chaos Labs, a blockchain risk analytics firm, has secured $55M in a Series A funding round led by Haun Ventures. Other investors include Wintermute, F-Prime Capital, Slow Ventures, Spartan Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures and PayPal Ventures.
In the past year, Chaos Labs tripled its customer base, customer base, with more than 20 protocols, including Aave Labs, GMX, and Jupiter, relying on their technology to secure, monitor, and scale their products.
Binance Labs has invested in AI platform MyShell
Binance Labs Invests in MyShell, an opBNB-based platform that offers AI tools, through Binance Labs Incubation Season 6 to scale an open ecosystem for AI creators. MyShell is an AI-powered Web3 chatbot platform featuring proprietary AI and TTS (text-to-speech) models and modular design.
Previously, MyShell raised $16.6M in seed and pre-Series A funding rounds backed by Dragonfly, Delphi Ventures, Bankless Ventures, INCE Capital, HashKey Capital, Signum Capital, Folius Ventures and others. Moreover, it has participated in Season 6 of the Binance Labs Incubation Program.
🔗 binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-invests-in-myshell-through-binance-labs-incubation-season-6-to-scale-open-ecosystem-for-ai-creators-9217491831218949514
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Shadow War has launched a Free Mint of Master Drive NFTs on Magic Eden
Shadow War has rolled out a free mint of Master Drive with the amount of 444 NFTs on Magic Eden to waitlisted users (60% of NFTs are already claimed). The NFT holders will be eligible for future airdrop, guaranteed access to all future mints, double rewards in-game, etc.
Shadow War is a third-person 5v5 action title built by Patriots Division that blends elements of futurism, fantasy, and competition and uses blockchain technology. Previously, it raised $5M in a Series A funding round backed by Momentum 6, iAngels, Cointelligence Fund, Xborg, Andromeda VC, Cogitent Ventures, and Cluster Capital.
🔗 x.com/PlayShadowWar/status/1824038678118666679
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Renzo [REZ] has unveiled first Solana’s LRT on Jito Network - ezSOL
Renzo $REZ will launch $ezSOL, a Solana liquid restaking token (LRT), on Jito Network $JTO. Users will be able to mint $ezSOL using $JitoSOL as the underlying staked asset, leveraging Jito's MEV-enhanced validator network. Renzo plans to launch $ezSOL next month, allowing users to utilize $ezSOL across lending platforms, AMMs, and aggregators while retaining exposure to restaking.
Renzo is an Ethereum restaking protocol and strategy manager based on EigenLayer framework with $3.15B 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 $0.044. Current FDV is $443M.
🔗 x.com/RenzoProtocol/status/1823746177885450506
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XION has introduced XION Foundation and utility token XION
XION has unveiled the XION Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to guiding the XION ecosystem and upholding its core values. Meanwhile, XION introduced $XION, the utility token powering the XION Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network that establishes a solid foundation for a flourishing, self-sustaining ecosystem. The details on token distribution and release date will be announced soon.
XION Foundation supports teams building secure, open-source, and decentralized applications within the ecosystem, and its primary aim is to ensure that Web3 is universally accessible through XION.
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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Parfin has raised $10M in a Series A funding round led by ParaFi Capital
Parfin, a crypto infrastructure company building a permissioned Ethereum Layer 2, secured $10M in a Series A led by ParaFi Capital. Other investors in the round include Framework Ventures, L4 Venture Builder and Núclea.
Parfin is a developer of Rayls, a permissioned EVM blockchain geared to enterprise use cases like tokenization, CBDCs and intra-institution transactions. The company says it has raised $38M in total funding to date.
🔗 theblock.co/post/311159/parafi-capital-leads-10-million-series-a-into-permissioned-ethereum-layer-2-developer-parfin
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Coinbase is going to launch tokenized Bitcoin product - cbBTC
Coinbase teased the launch of an apparent tokenized Bitcoin $BTC product named cbBTC. This product appears to be named similarly to Coinbase’s Ethereum staking derivative product, cbETH. Coinbase's upcoming product could potentially allow for holding bitcoin on Ethereum and Layer 2 chains, acting as a source of liquidity for users and within Base, the blockchain incubated by Coinbase.
🔗 theblock.co/post/311063/coinbase-teases-upcoming-launch-of-apparent-tokenized-bitcoin-named-cbbtc
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Clearpool [CPOOL] has conducted listing on Kraken and Kraken Pro
Clearpool $CPOOL has been listed on Kraken on August 13th. USD and EUR trading pairs are now tradeable on both Kraken and Kraken Pro. Previously, Clearpool has launched on Arbitrum $ARB, a Layer 2 blockchain. Moreover, Clearpool has also received a grant in $ARB tokens from Arbitrum Foundation to support the protocol’s growth and technical development.
Clearpool is the leading DeFi credit and RWA lending protocol. Current $CPOOL price is $0.10. Fully diluted market cap is $103M.
🔗 x.com/ClearpoolFin/status/1823387992654000261
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Aethir [ATH] has announced a partnership with Avalaunch [XAVA]
Aethir $ATH teams up with Avalaunch $XAVA, a launchpad, supportting inovative projects built exclusively for Avalanche ecosystem. Through this partnership, Avalaunch will expand its enterprise-grade GPU infrastructure offerings to the most innovative projects from its network. Recently, Aethir announced the Edge Early Adopter Bonus Program launch on September 1st.
During the program period until October 31st, active Edge GPU devices will earn a 60% bonus on top of their base $ATH rewards.
Top Upcoming Events of the Next Week
We compiled a list of top important upcoming events of the next week (Aug 19th - Aug 25th) among blockchain projects, including Aark Digital $AARK, Polyhedra $ZKJ, DOGS $DOGS, Simon's Cat $CAT, Avalanche $AVAX, Scroll, Nyan Heroes $NYAN, and Sharpe AI $SAI. Stay tuned!
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KIP Protocol has raised $5M in a funding round co-led by Animoca Ventures and Tribe Capital
KIP Protocol has secured $5M in a funding round co-led by Animoca Ventures and Tribe Capital. Other investors in the round include GBV Capital, Morningstar Ventures, DWF Ventures, Kyros Ventures, K300 Ventures, New Tribe Capital, ZBS Capital, Purechain Capital, Fomocraft Ventures and others. This round propels KIP’s total funding to $10M.
KIP Protocol is an open-source Web3 framework designed to facilitate the creation, management and monetization of decentralized knowledge assets for AI applications. Through the recent update, KIP Protocol will manage $10M to build Open Campus University (OCU), an AI-powered education platform to bring decentralized AI learning to the EDU Chain.
🔗 news.bitcoin.com/kip-protocol-closes-private-round-to-jumpstart-decentralized-ai-innovation
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Plume Network has reached over 3.2M users during first month of its Testnet
Plume Network has achieved 140M transactions on its Testnet, with 3.2M cumulative users during first month of its Testnet. Moreover, Plume's ecosystem dApps such as Nest Staking, Landshare, Kuma Protocol, and SolidViolet collectively brought over 2M users. During the testnet, users can get a Plume Miles for completing X (Twitter) tasks, joining Discord and other quests associated with Celestia, Bitget Wallet, Omni Network, etc.
To join Testnet campaign, you can use our invite link - TOPPP
Crunch Lab has raised $3.5M in a Seed funding round led by Multicoin Capital
Crunch Lab, a startup building foundational infrastructure for collective intelligence, has secured $3.5M in a seed funding round led by Multicoin Capital. Factor Capital, Fabric VC and Elixir Capital also supported the round, bringing the startup's total funding raised to $5.3M.
Crunch Lab is the core contributor behind CrunchDAO, a platform for AI researchers who can participate in distributed machine learning competitions. In addition to other rewards, CrunchDAO members can earn CRNCH tokens as part of their participation in competitions.
🔗 x.com/CrunchLabHQ/status/1824154051799609429
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QORPO World [QORPO] has launched Pre-alpha of AneeMate for Genesis NFT holders
QORPO World $QORPO has rolled out a pre-alpha release of AneeMate, a Web3 open-world creature extraction shooter with the concept of Pokémon, for Genesis NFT holders. Users can open the portal to the Hidden Islands, collect resources, find Yipeess, fight other players and NPCs.
The game offers extensive customization and utilizes NFTs to impact both player experience and the QORPO token economy. Utilizing NFTs for in-game assets reduces the supply of the QORPO token.
Aark Digital [AARK] will launch 50x leverage trade on US Presidential Election via Polymarket on August 19th
Aark Digital $AARK has unveiled 50x leverage trade on US Presidential Election via Polymarket, a decentralized prediction markets platform. The market is scheduled to open on August 19th. Users will be able to enter long or short positions based on their prediction of whether Trump will win or lose the upcoming US presidential election
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. Current $AARK price is $0.012. Current FDV is $12.2M.
🔗 aarkdigital.medium.com/introducing-aarks-50x-leverage-trading-on-polymarket-us-presidential-election-prediction-1ead08bc7ffa
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Satflow has raised $7.6M in a Seed funding round led by Variant Fund
Satflow, a Bitcoin $BTC trading infrastructure, has secured $7.6M in a seed funding round led by Variant. Other investors in the round included Nascent, Coinbase Ventures, UTXO, Asymmetric, CMS, Robot Ventures, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Memeland, Sora Ventures, and Hash3. Satflow is focused on providing infrastructure for market makers and traders, elevating Bitcoin L1 to institutional quality, and enhancing decentralization.
🔗 x.com/Satflow_/status/1823786373964554275
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Top Arbitrum Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in Arbitrum $ARB is around $2.7B, according to DefiLlama.com. Let’s compare the top DeFi-protocols on Arbitrum by current TVL in USD, in order to evaluate their adoption scale.
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Sling Money has raised $15M in a Series A funding round led by Union Square Ventures
Sling Money, a stablecoin-based global payment app, secured $15M in a Series A led by Union Square Ventures. Other investors in the round include Ribbit Capital and Slow Ventures. Sling Money allows people to quickly send money globally and is enabled by the Pax Dollar or USDP stablecoin. Previously, it has raised $5M in a seed funding round led by Ribbit Capital. Slow Ventures also participated.
🔗 theblock.co/post/311223/sling-money-a-stablecoin-based-global-payment-app-raises-15-million-in-series-a
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Rhinestone has raised $5M in a Seed funding round led by 1kx
Rhinestone, a startup building out modular smart accounts infrastructure, has secured $5M in a seed funding round led by 1kx. Other investors in the round include CoinFund, Lattice, Heartcore, Circle Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Daedalus, zkSync and Cyber.
Rhinestone provides tools for developers to augment smart account features via self-contained modules, with the ultimate goal of improving smart contract interoperability, security and other features.
TON Foundation alumni have raised $40M to launch TON Ventures
TON Foundation $TON members, Ian Wittkopp and Inal Kardan, have launched TON Ventures, a for-profit venture capital firm, with an inaugural fund of $40M. With their new fund, the duo aims to invest in startups building on TON blockchain. Wittkopp declined to name the fund's investors or limited partners but said they are mainly individual private investors who want to support the long-term growth of the TON ecosystem.
TON Ventures has already backed over a dozen startups, including Catizen, Tradoor and Evaa Protocol. Current price is $7.05. Current FDV is $36.05B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/311103/ton-foundation-alumni-40-million-fund-ton-ventures
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MetaMask launches blockchain-based debit card developed with Mastercard and Baanx
MetaMask announced the pilot launch of its self-titled MetaMask Card — powered by Mastercard and fintech platform Baanx. The card allows the crypto wallet's users to spend cryptocurrency for everyday purchases. The card is limited to a few thousand digital-only cards available to users in the European Union and the United Kingdom in its current phase. Moreover, users must hold their crypto on-chain on the Linea network.
MetaMask's card is similar to other Baanx-powered crypto debit cards, such as the CL Card, which allows Ledger users to spend their crypto wherever Mastercard is accepted. Meanwhile, other crypto debit cards connected to centralized, custodial platforms — such as Coinbase Card and Crypto.com Visa Card — allow for similar spendability.
🔗 consensys.io/blog/metamask-mastercard-and-baanx-unveil-revolutionary-way-to-pay-with-crypto-pr
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Sahara AI has raised $43M in a Series A round led by Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, and Polychain Capital
Sahara AI, a startup integrating blockchain and artificial intelligence, has secured $43M in a Series A round led by Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, and Polychain Capital. Other investors in the round include Samsung Next, Matrix Partners, dao5 and Geekcartel.
Sahara AI aims to reward the users, data sources, and AI trainers crucial to the success of generative AI through its decentralized blockchain platform.
Aethir [ATH] has conducted listing on Bithumb and Upbit today, on August 14th
Aethir $ATH has been listed on Bithumb and Upbit today, on August 14th. Recently, Aethir announced the Edge Early Adopter Bonus Program launch on September 1st. During the program period until October 31st, active Edge GPU devices will earn a 60% bonus on top of their base $ATH rewards. Current $ATH price is $0.071. Current FDV is $3B.
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.
🔗 x.com/AethirCloud/status/1823570932209774799
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Essential has raised $11M in a Series A funding round led by Archetype
Essential has secured $11M in a Series A funding round led by Archetype. Other investors included IOSG Ventures, Spartan Group, Mirana Ventures, Amber Group, Maven 11, Heartcore Capital, Selini, DCLM, and Big Brain Holdings.
Moreover, Essential has unveiled Pint, its programming language for developing intent-centric or declarative blockchain applications.