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Polychain-backed SVM L2 Eclipse will launch Mainnet this week
Eclipse, Ethereum Layer 2 powered by the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), has completed the audit and will launch mainnet this week. Eclipse aims to integrate the high-performance SVM with the deep pools of liquidity on Ethereum, while maintaining the hard constraint of verifiability.
Previously, it raised $65M in three funding rounds backed by Placeholder, Hack VC, Polychain Capital, Delphi Digital, Polygon Ventures, Tribe Capital, Infinity Ventures, Galileo and others.
🔗 x.com/EclipseFND/status/1816848501546057998
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Zesh [ZESH] has announced a partnership with Neurochain AI
Zesh $ZESH, an AI-powered SocialFi suite of tools, leveraging its zkML, has partnered with with Neurochain AI, the L1 decentralized AI-As-A-Service network, that offers a ready-to-use AI infrastructure for developers to create AI-powered dApps. Previously, Zesh launched its Telegram Mini App - To The Moon. Users can access the To The Moon mini-application via Telegram, complete tasks, invite friends, and grab a share of the $ZESH airdrop.
🔗 x.com/ZeshApps/status/1817182803416756351
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Top Upcoming Events of the Next Week
We compiled a list of top important upcoming events of the next week (July 29th - Aug 4th) among blockchain projects, including Matr1x $MAX, pSTAKE Finance $PSTAKE, Layer3 #L3, Optimism $OP, Sui $SUI, Wormhole $W, and Eclipse. Stay tuned!
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Mezo has raised $7.5M in a Strategic funding round led by Ledger Cathay Fund
Mezo, a Bitcoin $BTC scaling network built by venture studio Thesis, has raised $7.5M in a strategic funding round led by Ledger Cathay Fund. Other investors in the round included ArkStream Capital, Aquarius Fund, Flowdesk, GSR, Origin Protocol and Mantle EcoFund. Moreover, Ledger plans to integrate Mezo, the Bitcoin scaling network, into its suite of products. Previously, Mezo raised $21M in a Series A funding round backed by Multicoin, Hack VC, Draper Associates, Parafi Capital and Primitive.
🔗 theblock.co/post/307778/bitcoin-scaling-network-mezo-new-funding
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Top Ethereum Layer 2 Projects by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in Ethereum Layer 2 systems is almost $44B at the moment, according to L2BEAT. Let’s compare the top Layer 2 projects by current TVL in USD, including Arbitrum $ARB, Base, Optimism $OP, Blast $BLAST, Mantle $MNT, Scroll, Linea, zkSync Era $ZK, Starknet $STRK, Manta Network $MANTA and others.
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Sharpe AI [SAI] is participating in IBM AI Startup Program
Sharpe AI $SAI has joined IBM AI Startup Program. With IBM's expert guidance and support, Sharpe AI is set to accelerate innovation at the intersection of AI and crypto. Recently, Sharpe AI announced 2.5M $SAI tokens to Aevo $AEVO traders.
Previously, Sharpe AI conducted IDOs on Ape Terminal and AIT Launchpad. IDO price is $0.02. Initial market cap is $1.62M.
pSTAKE [PSTAKE] will launch Bitcoin liquid staking on Babylon on July 29th
pSTAKE’s Bitcoin liquid staking testnet on Babylon will be launched on July 29th with a 50 $BTC deposit cap. pSTAKE’s Bitcoin liquid staking solution is built on top of Babylon, an innovative security-sharing protocol that brings the security of Bitcoin’s PoW algorithm to PoS chains with trustless BTC staking. A total of 44.8K users have participated, depositing an impressive 40.65 sBTC into the testnet procedure.
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Kintsu has raised $4M in a Seed funding round backed by Brevan Howard Digital
Kintsu, a liquid staking protocol building on Monad blockchain, has secured $4M in a seed funding round led by Castle Island Ventures. Other investors in the round include Brevan Howard Digital, CMT Digital, Spartan Group, Breed VC, CMS Holdings, Arche Capital, Lbank Labs and Animoca Ventures. Kintsu first built a liquid staking protocol for the Aleph Zero blockchain but is now laser-focused on Monad. Kintsu's sMONAD liquid staking token will launch in the first week of Monad's launch.
🔗 x.com/Kintsu_xyz/status/1816482015304200503
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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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Galaxy Asset Management has raised $113M for a new crypto venture fund
Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy Asset Management raised $113M for a new crypto venture fund. The new venture will invest in early-stage crypto startups, mainly in cryptocurrency software, infrastructure, and financial applications. The new fund, called Galaxy Ventures Fund I LP, aims to invest in 30 companies initially and will continue raising funds until it reaches the $150M target, which is expected to happen by 2025 at the latest.
As part of Galaxy’s bet on the future of blockchain, the new fund will invest between $3M and $5M on each project. Galaxy's investment portfolio includes such projects as Polygon $MATIC, Aleo $ALEO, Celestia $TIA, pSTAKE $PSTAKE, Babylon and others.
🔗 cointelegraph.com/news/galaxy-asset-management-raises-113m-for-new-crypto-venture
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Decentralized AI startup Redpill has raised $5M in Pre-Seed and Seed funding rounds
Redpill AI has secured $5M in pre-seed and seed funding rounds. Animoca Venture led pre-seed round, meanwhile, seed round was led by Digital Finance Group (DFG). Other investors across these rounds included Jsquare, Hypersphere, IOSG Ventures, Outlier Venture, PAKA, Sanctor Capital, TKX Capital, Gate Venture, LD Capital, Incuba Alpha, Math Wallet and MEXC.
Redpill’s mission is to democratize access to the best AI resources. The platform works as a permissionless LLM router network, offering seamless integration across various AI models. Redpill is gearing up for a full-scale launch in 2024, promising to bring more innovations to the forefront of AI and blockchain integration.
🔗 cointelegraph.com/press-releases/redpill-secures-5m-seed-round-with-new-vision-to-democratize-ai
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Top Solana Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in Solana $SOL is around $5.2B, according to DefiLlama.com. Let’s compare the top DeFi-protocols on Solana by current TVL in USD including Jito $JTO, Marinade $MNDE, Kamino $KMNO, Raydium $RAY, Sanctum $CLOUD, Jupiter $JUP, marginfi, Drift $DRIFT, BlazeStake $BLZE, Meteora, and others in order to evaluate their adoption scale.
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Blocklords [LRDS] has conduced initial listing on KuCoin, Gate, and MEXC
Blocklords $LRDS has been initially listed on KuCoin, Gate, and MEXC today, on July 24th, at 13:00 UTC. 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.
To celebrate TGE day, Blocklords distributed 300K LRDS tokens via GameDrop 4. Previously, Blocklords launched a startup pool event on Gate and offered an airdrop on MEXC Kickstarter. Current $LRDS price is $1.10. Current FDV is $110M.
🔗 kucoin.com/announcement/en-blocklords-lrds-gets-listed-on-kucoin-world-premiere
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Sharpe AI will airdrop 2.5M SAI tokens to Aevo [AEVO] traders
Sharpe AI will distribute 2.5M $SAI tokens (worth $500K at IDO price) to Aevo $AEVO traders. Users' airdrop allocation will depend on their trading volume in the $SAI pre-launch. Meanwhile, Sharpe AI has just achieved $500M in platform volume. Recently, Sharpe AI launched Sharpe Perps and Sharpe Swap on Mantle Network $MNT, and achieved $500M in platform volume.
Previously, Sharpe AI conducted IDOs on Ape Terminal and AIT Launchpad. IDO price is $0.02. Initial market cap is $1.62M.
Web3 AI firm Network3 has raised $5.5M in Pre-Seed and Seed funding rounds
Network3, a Web3 AI startup, has secured $5.5M in pre-seed and seed funding rounds. Investors in the round include IoTeX Eco fund, SNZ, Waterdrip Capital, Bing Ventures and EV3. Network3 is building a decentralized AI infrastructure that distributes tasks across numerous devices, reducing latency while prioritizing privacy. It is currently have 240k live nodes worldwide and will release a physical mining machine in the coming months.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306471/web3-ai-firm-network3-raises-5-million-in-funding
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ZAP has revealed Zap Value Index built in partnership with Nansen
ZAP has introduced Zap Value Index (ZVI), built in partnership and with support from Nansen, a major blockchain analytics platform. The Zap Value Index creates the building blocks for a wallet-based reputation score. Using data powered by Nansen, ZAP can assign scores to wallets based on user commitment and contributions, tracking engagement and on-chain activity and updating in real-time.
ZAP builds a reputation-based token distribution protocol on Blast, an Ethereum L2 with native yield and $1.94B in TVL. It raised $15.1M in total funding via vault sale and two rounds backed by Rarestone Capital, Cypher Capital, Sharding Capital, and others.
🔗 x.com/zaponblast/status/1816867236487004618
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Outlanders [LAND] will conduct initial listing on Gate on July 30th
Outlanders $LAND will be initially listed on Gate tomorrow, on July 30th, at 11:00 AM UTC. Moreover, Outlanders launched a startup pool event on Gate with 4.16M $LAND as a reward. Outlanders is an MMORPG in the Nakamoto Games $NAKA ecosystem, that combines GameFi and Move2Earn. Previously, Outlanders conducted IEO on Kanga and IDOs on Synapse Network and Poolz Finance. IDO price is $0.012. Initial market cap is $600K.
🔗 gate.io/announcements/article/38181
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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 Consensys, Pantera Capital, Hashed, Founders Fund and others.
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Roxom has raised $4.3M in a Pre-Seed funding round led by Draper Associates
Roxom has secured $4.3M in a pre-seed funding round led by Draper Associates. Other investors in the round include Borderless Capital, Kingsway Capital, Cadenza Ventures, Newtopia VC, and 2TM. Roxom is an exchange that offers stock, commodities, and futures trading priced and denominated in Bitcoin. It allows users to view global markets in Bitcoin terms and trade them using Bitcoin.
🔗 x.com/roxomxyz/status/1816159916794733039
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Itheum [ITHEUM] has announced a partnership with Numbers Protocol [NUM]
Itheum $ITHEUM teams up with Numbers Protocol, an open and decentralized network for all digital media created by humans and AI. Under this partnership, the projects will address the challenges of provenance and authenticity of the data. Incubated by Morningstar Ventures, Itheum is a cross-chain data brokerage platform, firstly introduced on MultiverseX. Current price is $0.0054. Current FDV is $5.41M.
🔗 itheum.medium.com/itheum-and-numbers-protocol-partner-for-data-provenance-authenticity-the-future-of-ai-028197eb075e
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Kuru has raised $2M in a Seed funding round led by Electric Capital
On-chain orderbook exchange Kuru has secured $2M in a seed funding round led by Electric Capital. Brevan Howard Digital, CMS Holdings, Pivot Global, Breed and Velocity Capital also participated in the round alongside notable angel investors, including Keone Hon (CEO at Monad Labs0, Jarry Xiao (co-founder at Ellipsis Labs), and Eugene Chen (co-founder at Ellipsis Labs). Kuru claims to be the first fully on-chain order book DEX on Monad, providing users with a single platform to find, research and trade spot assets on-chain.
🔗 x.com/KuruExchange/status/1816487370222706708
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Clearpool [CPOOL] has launched on Arbitrum, originating $18M of loans
Clearpool $CPOOL rolls out on Arbitrum $ARB, a Layer 2 blockchain. The integration marks the debut of Clearpool Prime on Arbitrum and $18M of loans have already originated upon launching on Arbitrum to Flow Traders and Bastion Trading. 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 $0.14. Fully diluted market cap is $142M.
🔗 clearpool.medium.com/clearpool-launches-on-arbitrum-originates-18m-of-loans-and-receives-arbitrum-foundation-grant-f611b75d827b
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aPriori has raised $8M in a Seed funding round backed by Consensys
aPriori has secured $8M in a seed funding round at a $100M valuation led by Pantera Capital. Other investors in the round included Consensys, OKX Ventures, CMS Holdings, ABCDE, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Flow Traders, Laser Digital, Chorus One, Everstake Capital and Staking Facilities.
aPriori will launch the testnet of its platform on day 1 of the Monad testnet and the mainnet of its platform on day 1 of the Monad mainnet.
OpenSocial has raised $6M in a Strategic funding round co-led by Framework Ventures and North Island Ventures
Web3 community platform OpenSocial Protocol has secured $6M in a strategic funding round co-led by Framework Ventures and North Island Ventures. Other participants in the round include Hivemind Capital Partners, Stratos, Moonrock Capital, Chorus One, HV Capital, X Ventures, Gat Labes, Panga Capital, and Aspen Digital.
Previously, OpenSocial has secured $5M in a seed funding round backed by Portal Ventures, SNZ Capital, Animoca Brands, Awesome People Ventures, Arche Fund, and others. The round brings OpenSocial's total funding raised to $26M.
Top Exchanges by Liquidations in the last 24 hours
The vast majority of the casualties were long positions in last 24 hours, with more than $289M liquidated in total. Let’s take a look at the top exchanges by liquidations of longs and shorts within the last 24 hours, according to Coinglass.com.
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Blocklords [LRDS] has been listed on Coinbase today, on July 24th
Blocklords $LRDS has conducted listing on Coinbase today, on July 24th. 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.
To celebrate TGE day, Blocklords distributed 300K LRDS tokens via GameDrop 4. Previously, Blocklords launched a startup pool event on Gate and offered an airdrop on MEXC Kickstarter. After the announcement, the price of $LRDS increased by 70% Current $LRDS price is $2.47. Current FDV is $247M.
🔗 x.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1816138974512996702
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Caldera has raised $15M in a Series A funding round led by Founders Fund
Caldera, a Web3 infrastructure platform, has secured $15M in a Series A funding round led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. Other investors in the round include Dragonfly, Sequoia Capital, Arkstream Capital, TrueBridge Capital and Lattice. With fresh funding, Caldera is now building Metalayer, which aims to unify the fragmented Layer 2 and Layer 3 ecosystem.
Caldera is a rollup-as-a-service platform that helps developers quickly launch their application-specific chains based on tech stacks such as Optimism's $OP Stack, ZKsync's $ZK Stack, Arbitrum $ARB Nitro and Polygon $MATIC CDK. Previously, it raised $10M in a funding round backed by Sequoia, Ethereal Ventures, 1kx and Dragonfly.
🔗 caldera.xyz/blog/caldera-announces-series-a-to-build-the-metalayer
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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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SingularityNET [AGIX] will invest $53M in AI infrastructure and modular supercomputer
SingularityNET $AGIX, an artificial intelligence platform developer, has revealed a $53M investment in a modular supercomputer dedicated to decentralized artificial general intelligence (AGI). The investment’s first phase will allocate $26.5M to the supercomputer, incorporating modular data center solutions from Ecoblox, graphics processing units (GPUs) and processors from companies such as Nvidia, AMD and Tenstorrent.
SingularityNET’s supercomputer will optimize the training of deep neural networks (DNNs), large language models (LLMs) — including multimodal variations — and hybrid neural-symbolic computing architectures, such as OpenCog Hyperon. Current $AGIX price is $0.59. Current FDV is $1.19B.
🔗 cointelegraph.com/news/singularitynet-invest-53-million-ai-infrastructure-modular-supercomputer
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Igloo, the firm behind Pudgy Penguins, has raised $11M in a Strategic funding round led by Founders Fund
Igloo, the parent company of the popular NFT brand Pudgy Penguins, has secured $11M in a strategic funding round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. Other investors in the round included Fenbushi Capital, 1kx, Everest Ventures Group and Selini Capital.
The company will use the funding to set up Cube Labs, a new venture under the Igloo banner, to oversee and contribute to the development of the Abstract Layer 2 blockchain.