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Polygon has migrated MATIC token to POL after a year of developing
Polygon developers have migrated the $MATIC token to $POL after a year of extensive community-led discussions. $POL is now the new ticker symbol for the native gas and staking token on the Polygon PoS chain.
Token holders on the Polygon PoS network will automatically receive an updated token, while $MATIC holders on other chains will need to follow specific migration procedures. Current $POL price is $0.37. Current FDV is $3.86B.
🔗 polygontechnology.notion.site/MATIC-POL-Migration-3367ffa954d743b88200cb25cd9f504c
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Arbitrum [ARB] has launched Arbitrum Stylus on Mainnet
Arbitrum $ARB has announced the mainnet launch of Arbitrum Stylus. This backward-compatible virtual machine aims to eliminate common barriers to dApp development for Web3 by allowing developers to use familiar WebAssembly-compatible languages. This convergence is expected to facilitate the creation of powerful Web3 applications with low gas fees. Current $ARB price is $0.49. Current FDV is $4.93B.
🔗 https://blog.arbitrum.io/arbitrum-stylus-mainnet
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KIP Protocol [KIP] has announced a partnership with EasyNode
KIP Protocol $KIP has teamed up with EasyNode, the decentralized Nodes-as-a-Service platform. Through this partnership, users will be able to buy and operate KIP Checker Nodes directly via EasyNode platform. Moreover, EasyNode enhances the user experience, making it easier for KIP’s growing DeAI network while securing users' rewards.
KIP Protocol is an open-source Web3 framework designed to facilitate the creation, management and monetization of decentralized knowledge assets for AI applications. It has raised $5M in a funding round backed by Animoca Ventures, Tribe Capital, GBV Capital, Morningstar Ventures, DWF Ventures, and ZBS Capital.
🔗 x.com/KIPprotocol/status/1831253697374146660
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Hypernative has raised $16M in a Series A funding round led by Quantstamp
Web3 security firm Hypernative has secured $16M in a Series A funding round led by Quantstamp. Other investors in the round include Bloccelerate VC, Boldstart Ventures, Borderless Capital, CMT Digital, IBI Tech Fund, and Re7 Capital.
Since its launch, Hypernative has served over 120 clients, including notable names like Uniswap, Solana, Chainalysis, Chainlink, Circle, Consensys and Galaxy.
Top Exchanges by Liquidations in last 7 days
The vast majority of the casualties were long positions last days, with more than $1.01B 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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AutoLayer [LAY3R] will conduct its IDO on Poolz Finance on September 12th
AutoLayer $LAY3R has announced its IDO on Poolz Finance on September 12th. To be eligible for the sale, users need to buy and lock $POOLX and complete the whitelist requirement. IDO price is $0.65, at $19.5M valuation. IDO hard cap is $300K. Initial market cap is $550K.
AutoLayer is the LRTfi hub on Arbitrum, which offers one-click liquid restaking and staking along with other DeFi strategies and incentives. It is seamlessly integrated with EigenLayer, Renzo, Kelp DAO, as well as with major DeFi platforms.
🔗 poolz.finance/project-details/about/219
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IDA has raised $6M in a Seed funding round co-led by Hashed Fund and CMCC Global
IDA, a digital asset technology company, has secured 6M in a seed funding round co-led by Hashed Fund and CMCC Global. Other investors in the round include Hack VC, Anagram, GSR, Protagonist, Brinc, Chorus One, Kenetic, SNZ, and Yolo Investments. IDA is the premier digital asset technology company that spearheads the widespread adoption of blockchain finance and empowers businesses to integrate seamlessly between Web2 and Web3.
🔗 www.idafi.xyz/newsroom
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Legend of Arcadia has raised $4M in a Seed funding round
Web3 game developer Legend of Arcadia has secured $4M in seed funding round. Investors in the round include Animoca Brands, OKX Ventures, Arche Fund and Selini Capital. Legend of Arcadia develops a card-based role-playing game that is free to access on mobile devices and will include the in-game cryptocurrency ARCA.
🔗 theblock.co/post/313824/web3-game-developer-legend-of-arcadia-raises-4-million-in-seed-funding
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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 $SUI, $IMX, $NEON, $WLD, $MODE, $ZEUS and $GAL according to CryptoRank.io.
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Top 10 Crypto Fundraising Rounds in August
Let’s take a look at the top 10 biggest private crypto fundraising rounds completed in August, backed by major crypto venture investors including a16zcrypto, Polychain Capital, Hashed, Sequoia, Coinbase Ventures, Spartan, Binance Labs, Amber, Framework and others.
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Top Polygon Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in Polygon $MATIC is around $891M, according to DefiLlama.com. Let’s compare the top DeFi-protocols on Polygon chain by current TVL in USD, in order to evaluate their adoption scale.
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Tіmе fun has raised $3M in a Seed funding round led by Brevan Howard Digital
Tіmе fun, a crypto startup that tokenizes people's time, has secured $3M in a seed funding round led by Brevan Howard Digital. Other investors in the round include Coinbase Ventures, Breed VC, Zee Prime Capital, and Maelstrom.
Time fun will also launch its own token in the future, but that the timeline is yet to be determined.
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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Renzo expands REZ token to Solana blockchain via Wormhole
Renzo has announced the launch of $REZ on Solana $SOL, leveraging Wormhole $W. By leveraging Wormhole's open NTT framework, Renzo lays the groundwork for a dynamic multichain ecosystem for REZ, Moreover, REZ's initial liquidity will be provided on Solana's major automated market makers. Recently, Renzo unveiled the first Solana’s LRT on Jito Network - ezSOL.
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 $0.04. Current FDV is $407M.
🔗 theblock.co/post/313192/renzo-rez-solana
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Aethir [ATH] has announced a partnership with Auros
Aethir $ATH teams up with Auros, a leading crypto-native algorithmic trading and market-making firm. Through this partnership, Auros will help ensure a seamless conversion of revenue into ATH tokens and their subsequent use for computing services. 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 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 Ethereum Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in Ethereum $ETH is around $46B, according to DefiLlama.com. Let’s compare the top DeFi-protocols on Ethereum chain by current TVL in USD, in order to evaluate their adoption scale.
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Penpie Protocol [PNP] is hacked - around $27M in assets stolen
Penpie $PNP, a DeFi protocol built atop Pendle $PENDLE, was drained of $27M in client funds. The alleged exploiter drained various types of staked ether, sUSDE, and wrapped USDC stablecoin from the protocol.
Pendle confirmed the security compromise and temporarily paused all contracts as a precautionary measure, assuring investors that their funds were safe on Pendle. Penpie's TVL before hack was $127M. Current TVL is $90.4M.
🔗 coindesk.com/tech/2024/09/03/defi-protocol-penpie-exploited-for-27m-of-crypto-assets-pnp-token-craters-40
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Apeiron [APRS] has announced a partnership with Nexus Interactive
Apeiron $APRS teams up with Nexus Interactive, a diversified and scalable digital entertainment ecosystem. Through this partnership, the projects will enhance Apeiron's PVE leaderboard. Previously. Apeiron has launched early PVE access for Godlings.
Apeiron is the NFT-based P2E game, that features 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 $0.20. Current market cap is $21.01M. Current FDV is $203M.
🔗 x.com/ApeironNFT/status/1830869913927663900
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AutoLayer [LAY3R] has announced upcoming IDO on Ape Terminal
AutoLayer $LAY3R will launch its IDO on Ape Terminal. Users can now begin the KYC process to get in before the deadline. IDO price is $0.65, at $19.5M valuation. Initial market cap is $550K.
AutoLayer is a multi-chain hub for LRTfi, which offers one-click liquid restaking and staking along with other DeFi strategies and incentives. Previously, AutoLayer #LAY3R has announced its IDO on Poolz Finance on September 12th.
🔗 x.com/apeterminal/status/1830607264140665290
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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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Binance Labs-backed Sahara AI launches Prometheus Community Program
Sahara AI, a startup integrating blockchain and artificial intelligence, is rolling out the first phase of the Prometheus community program. The project has selected 2,000 community members to contribute to the platform's development in an impactful and rewarding way. The program's participants will be rewarded with Sahara Points, based on their engagement level and feedback quality.
Sahara is a decentralized AI network that enables everyone to deploy autonomous AI freely and securely. Previously, it has raised $49M in two funding rounds backed by Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Sequoia Capital, Samsung Next, Matrix Partners, Motherson Group, and others.
🔗 saharalabs.ai/blog/prometheus-program
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Robot Ventures has raised $75M for early-stage crypto capital fund
Robot Ventures has secured $75M for its latest venture-capital fund. This is the fourth fund by New York-based Robot Ventures and its investors include TrueBridge Capital Partners, Haun Ventures, Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon. Some of the most well-known projects Robot Ventures invested in included Eigenlayer, Flashbots, Lido Finance and Together AI.
🔗 bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-30/robot-ventures-raises-75-million-for-early-stage-crypto-venture-capital-fund
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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 2nd - Sep 8th) among blockchain projects, including Quantlytica $QTLX, Polygon $MATIC -> $POL, Uniswap $UNI, Matrix One $MATRIX, Merkle Trade $MKL, Polkastarter $POLS, Apeiron $APRS, and EigenLayer $EIGEN. Stay tuned!
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Mirada AI [MIRX] has announced a partnership with Chappyz [CHAPZ]
Mirada AI $MIRX has partnered with Chappyz, a Web3 platform that connects users with projects and rewards community engagement through Al-driven incentives. Through this partnership, Mirada AI utilises Chappyz bot in Telegram group to gain community analytics.
Previously, Mirada AI announced its IDOs on Ape Terminal, Poolz, Carbon and HyperX Pad. IDO price is $0.01 ($10M valuation). Initial market cap is $340K.
Merkle Trade [MKL] has launched Liquidity Bootstrapping Auction till September 5th
Merkle Trade has rolled out Liquidity Bootstrapping Auction that will last until September 5th. 10M $MKL (1% of total supply) is allocated to the LBA pool as LP incentives. Current MKL price is $0.36. FDV at LBA price is $36M.
Post-LBA, the liquidity provided to the preMKL/USDC pools will be locked and vested over 120 days, with one-third unlocked after 60 days and the remainder vesting linearly over the next 60 days.
Bridge has raised a total of $58M in funding since its launch
Bridge, a Web3 payment firm, has secured a total of $58M in funding since its launch. Started by former Coinbase and Square employees, the firm has backers including Sequoia, Ribbit, Index and Haun Ventures. Bridge is building a stablecoin-powered money movement platform that offers services such as payouts, cross-border payments, and exchanges of foreign currencies.
🔗 theblock.co/post/313830/stablecoin-money-movement-firm-bridge-raises-58-million-in-funding
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L1 network Quai Network has raised $5M in a Strategic funding round
Quai Network, a Layer 1 crypto network, has raised $5M in a strategic funding round. Other investors in the round include Cogitent Ventures, MH Ventures, TPC Ventures, Giga Chad Ventures, and DexCheck Ventures.
Quai is also launching its main net-compatible devnet — which precedes the protocol's fourth testnet and features workshares, UTXO transactions and dynamic sharding
Level has raised $3.6M in a funding round co-led by Polychain Capital and Dragonfly
Level has secured $3.6M in a funding round co-led by Polychain Capital and Dragonfly. Other investors in the round include Robot Ventures, Pier Two, EI Ventures and Global Coin Research. Level aims to be the first stablecoin protocol backed by restaked dollar tokens.
Level's deposits program is also live - deposit USDT on Level’s website to start earning Level XP and secure a spot on the waitlist to mint lvlUSD in the coming weeks.
🔗 x.com/levelusd/status/1829135617621365116
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Edge Matrix Chain has raised $20M in a funding round led by P2 Ventures and Amber Group
Edge Matrix Chain (EMC), a multichain infrastructure, has secured $20M in a funding round led by Polygon Ventures and Amber Group. Other investors include One Comma, Kapley Judge and Associated Corporations, Cyberrock Venture Fund, Candaq Fintech Group, and Hameem Raees Chowdhury.
Edge Matrix Chain is designed to scale and support GPU compute for crypto AI projects while introducing a new DeFi asset class backed by tokenized real-world GPU resources. It plans to use the newly raised funds to launch its Layer 1 blockchain, which is focused on apps designed for AI.
🔗 theblock.co/post/313685/edge-matrix-chain-raises-20-million-in-funding-led-by-polygon-ventures-amber-group
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