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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.
Binance Labs has invested in Telegram game Catizen's publisher Pluto Studio
Pluto Studio, the GameFi publishing platform that launched Catizen, has raised funds from Binance Labs. Pluto Studio made waves in March this year with the launch of its flagship project, Catizen, a groundbreaking gaming bot on Telegram that seamlessly integrates Telegram with the TON blockchain. Previously, Pluto Studio has raised two rounds — a $2.2M seed round and a $4M strategic round backed by HashKey Capital and The Open Platform.
In just a few months, Catizen has grown its community to around 25M players, around 1.5M on-chain gamers, and over 500K paying users globally. The game has also dominated the TON blockchain ecosystem, securing the top application spot for three consecutive seasons of The Open League, an incentive program for TON users, teams, and traders hosted by the TON Foundation.
🔗 binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-invests-in-pluto-studio--the-publishing-platform-of-telegrambased-web3-game-catizen-346617774142878362
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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 $980M 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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Blocklords [LRDS] will conduct initial listing on KuCoin, Gate, and MEXC tomorrow, on July 24th
Blocklords $LRDS will be initially listed on KuCoin, Gate, and MEXC tomorrow, on July 24th, at 13:00 UTC. Moreover, Blocklords launched a startup pool event on Gate and offered an airdrop on MEXC Kickstarter. Previously, Blocklords has launched its companion app on Base blockchain - Dynasty.
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.
🔗 kucoin.com/announcement/en-blocklords-lrds-gets-listed-on-kucoin-world-premiere
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AutoLayer [LAY3R] has announced a partnership with Inception
AutoLayer $LAY3R has teamed up with Inception, а liquid restaking protocol. Through this partnership, AutoLayer will bring $inETH to its DeFi hub, allowing users to restake $inETH using Arbitrum $ARB or Ethereum $ETH networks. Moreover, projects will launch a joint $inETH restaking campaign that will grant users boosted rewards and will last from July 22nd to TGE.
AutoLayer is the LRTfi hub on Arbitrum, which offers one-click liquid restaking and staking along with other DeFi strategies and incentives. Previously, AutoLayer announced its IDO on Poolz Finance. IDO price is $0.65, at $20.8M valuation. Initial market cap is $435K.
🔗 autolayer.medium.com/autolayer-integrates-with-inception-lrt-on-arbitrum-and-ethereum-3845ebf778a0
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Top 10 Blockchains by Total Value Locked in DeFi protocols
The total value of assets locked in DeFi-protocols across all the blockchains is around $88B, according to DefiLlama.com. Let’s compare the top blockchains by current TVL in USD, in order to evaluate their adoption scale.
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NPC Labs has raised $21M in Pre-Seed and Seed funding rounds
NPC Labs, a Web3 gaming infrastructure startup co-founded by three former Coinbase employees, has secured $21M in pre-seed and seed funding rounds. Investors in the rounds include Pantera Capital, Makers Fund, Hashed, Collab+Currency, Sfermion, Mirana Ventures, Bitscale Capital and Mantle EcoFund. NPC Labs is building B3fun, a gaming scaling ecosystem built on Base, as its core contributor.
The В3fun platform is currently in testnet and supports games built on Ethereum, Base and other EVM-compatible blockchains. But the platform can also onboard games from other chains such as Solana in the future.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306612/coinbase-alumni-web3-gaming-npc-labs-funding
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Telegram has introduced store for TON-based mini-apps
Telegram unveiled plans to bolster blockchain-related initiatives, including introducing a mini app store and an in-app browser supporting Web3 pages. Telegram Mini Apps, like Hamster Kombat, Notcoin, and Yescoin, allow projects to deploy apps directly within Telegram. Apps are accessible across Android, iOS, PC, and Mac without additional installations. The Telegram messaging app has about 900M users globally. Current $TON price is $7.04. Fully diluted market cap is $35.9B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306428/telegram-introduces-store-for-mini-apps-as-games-like-hamster-kombat-take-off
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Sharpe AI [SAI] has launched Sharpe Perps and Sharpe Swap on Mantle Network [MNT]
Sharpe Perps and Sharpe Swap are now both live on Mantle Network $MNT, a modular rollup using EigenDA, developed by BitDAO. Moreover, Sharpe AI has been recently listed on Aevo pre-market. Current $SAI pre-market price is $0.22. Fully diluted market cap is $222M.
Previously, Sharpe AI conducted IDOs on Ape Terminal and AIT Launchpad. IDO price is $0.02. Initial market cap is $1.62M.
zkLink [ZKL] will conduct initial listing on Bybit, KuCoin and other exchanges today, on July 22nd
zkLink $ZKL will be initially listed on Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, Bitget, MEXC, CoinList and other exchanges on July 18th, at 12:00 UTC. Previously, zkLink launched farming on Bybit Launchpool with 7M $ZKL in reward. Moreover, zkLink announced that $ZKL token claiming for Novadrop Round 1 opens on July 22nd. 50M $ZKL (5% of total supply) will be airdropped to NovaPoints, Nova Lynks NFT, and zkLink Loyalty Points holders.
Users can check Airdrop eligibility here 👉 zklink.io/novadrop
zkLink is the app-specific aggregated rollup infrastructure built for high performance ZK applications. It has raised $18.5M from Coinbase Ventures, Ascensive Assets, Arrington Capital, Morningstar Ventures and others. Also, zkLink raised $4.7M via token sale on Coinlist. Sale price was $0.15, at $150M valuation.
🔗 x.com/zkLink_Official/status/1814470324907659508
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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 Framework, BitKraft, Digital Currency Group, Matrix Partners, Kleiner Perkins and others.
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Top BNB Chain Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in BNB Chain $BNB is around $4.8B, 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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Avail [AVAIL] will conduct initial listing on Bybit and Airdrop distribution on July 23rd
Avail $AVAIL will be listed on Bybit on July 23rd, at 12:00 UTC. Previously, Avail has announced a token airdrop to 354K wallet addresses. Out of 600M token airdrop supply, 90M are allocated to blockchain ecosystem developers, 49.5M to testnet users, 380M to rollup users on various blockchains and 10.5M to community contributors.
Avail is a modular blockchain project aiming to streamline rollup experience, providing a scalable and cutting-edge data availability layer. It raised $75M in three funding rounds backed by Founders Fund, Dragonfly, cyber Fund, SevenX Ventures, Figment Capital and others.
🔗 x.com/Bybit_Official/status/1814238756444016995
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XION completed successful campaigns with Uber and other huge brands via EarnOS
XION has completed several successful campaigns with Uber, Baskin Robbins, Sunglass Hut, and The North Face via EarnOS, a two-sided marketplace for digital advertising. The campaigns achieved remarkable results – with over 200K verified users participating and more than 1.3M unique brand interactions.
These interactions drove meaningful brand engagements, such as participating users having the opportunity to virtually try out Sunglass Hut’s latest product releases.
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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Zircuit has closed Mainnet funding round with participation from Binance Labs and others
Zircuit, a zero-knowledge rollup with AI-enabled sequencer-level security, has closed a mainnet funding round. Investors in the round include Binance Labs, Mirana Ventures, Amber Group, Selini, Robot Ventures, Nomad Capital and angel investors including the founders of Renzo, Etherfi, Pendle, Parallel, LayerZero, etc.
Previously, Zircuit has launched LRT, LST and ETH staking for receiving Eigenlayer and Zircuit points, and reached over $2.94B in TVL. The network’s hybrid architecture also results in a fast, low-cost, and fully EVM-compatible ZK rollup, offering unparalleled security for users without compromising speed or compatibility.
To receive extra points you can use our referral link 👉 stake.zircuit.com/?ref=ku77zz
Poolz Finance [POOLX] now supports projects built on TON [TON]
Poolz Finance $POOLX is now supporting TON $TON projects. Through this innovation, Poolz is now opening the gate for TON companies to launch their IDOs on Poolz. As part of this process, users can now connect their TON native wallets to the fundraising platform. Poolz aims to be a multi-chain platform and currently, users can participate in IDOs and NFT sales on Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Celo, and Avalanche, with many more to come.
🔗 blog.poolz.finance/poolz-finance-is-now-supporting-ton-projects
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Eight Spot Ethereum ETFs are officially live!
Eight Spot Ethereum $ETH ETFs, including Grayscale, Franklin, VanEck, Bitwise, 21Shares, Fidelity, iShare and Invesco, are live now. Six of the funds will use Coinbase as a custodian. VanEck is using Gemini as a custodian, while Fidelity is self-custodying its $ETH. Perfumo predicted $750M to $1B of net inflows per month for the first five to six months.
The SEC allowed S1 registration statements to become effective on Monday, which marked the final sign-off for those funds to begin trading. Current $ETH price is around $3,470.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306812/spot-ethereum-etfs-begin-trading-today-heres-what-you-need-to-know
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Bitlayer has raised $11M in a Series A funding round led by Franklin Templeton
Bitlayer has secured $11M in a Series A funding round led by Franklin Templeton. Other investors in the round include Stake Capital Group, WAGMI Ventures, Flow Traders, GSR Ventures, FalconX and others. Bitlayer addresses Bitcoin's trade-off between security and completeness through cryptographic innovations and blockchain protocol engineering.
Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin Layer 2 network based on BitVM, offering Bitcoin-equivalent security and Turing completeness. Previously, it raised $5M in a seed funding round backed by Framework Ventures, ABCDE Capital, StarkWare, OKX Ventures, Alliance DAO, UTXO Management, Asymmetric Capital and others.
🔗 fortune.com/crypto/2024/07/23/franklin-templeton-bitcoin-bitlayer
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Plume Network has reached over 1.6M users during first week of its Testnet
Plume Network has achieved 15.4M transactions on its Testnet, with 1.63M cumulative 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
Spot Ethereum ETFs have been made effective by SEC and set to launch on July 23rd
Spot Ethereum ETFs have been made effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Five Spot Ethereum ETFs including VanEck, Invesco, Fidelity, 21Shares and Franklin Templeton, are set to launch today, on July 23rd, at 9:30 UTC, according to the CBOE exchange. Ether ETF applicants first received 19b-4 form approvals back in May. However, there has been a delay in wrapping up final loose ends. Current $ETH price is around $3,500.
🔗 x.com/ericbalchunas/status/1815489137484722333
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Binance has burned $971M worth of BNB on its 28th Quarterly Burn
Binance has completed its 27th quarterly $BNB token burn of 1,643,698.8 tokens, worth around $971M at the time of the burn. The latest quarterly burn didn't include the Pioneer Burn Program. There is a total of 54,693,899 $BNB tokens burned, worth around $32.4B at current rate. Current $BNB price is $593. Current FDV is $91.2B.
🔗 bnbchain.org/en/blog/28th-bnb-burn
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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 $ALT, $RON, $AXL, $GT, $MAV, $ID and $WLD according to CryptoRank.io.
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Etherfuse has raised a $3M Seed round co-led by White Star Capital and North Island Ventures
Etherfuse, a real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform, has raised $3M in a seed funding round at a $12.5M valuation. White Star Capital and North Island Ventures co-led the round, with Stellar, FunFair Ventures, Department of XYZ, Anna Yuan of Solana Foundation and Alice Ann Schwartz of Rising Tide Network participating. The platform focuses on tokenizing emerging market assets and is live on the Solana $SOL, Stellar $XLM, and Base blockchains.
🔗 theblock.co/post/306490/tokenization-platform-etherfuse-funding-valuation
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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 22nd - July 28th) among blockchain projects, including zkLink $ZKL, Ethereum $ETH, Avail $AVAIL, Layer3 $L3, LayerNet $NET, AltLayer $ALT, Illuvium $ILV, Merkle Trade $MKL, Ponder $PNDR, and Donald J. Trump. Stay tuned!
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Sharpe AI [SAI] has announced a partnership with iо.nеt [IO]
Sharpe AI $SAI has teamed up with io.nеt, a blockchain-based network that allows users with unused GPU capacity to provide computing power to resource-intensive AI companies. Through this partnership, Sharpe AI will integrate io.nеt's GPU cluster for its AI fine-tuning processes.
Previously, Sharpe AI conducted IDOs on Ape Terminal and AIT Launchpad. IDO price is $0.02. Initial market cap is $1.62M.
Injective [INJ] has launched its staking Exchange-Traded Product by 21Shares - AINJ
Injective $INJ, an L1 blockchain focused on building financial apps, rolled out AINJ, the Injective staking Exchange-Traded Product (ETP) by 21Shares. This innovation allows users to gain exposure to INJ via traditional finance exchange venues and brokerages while also capturing staking rewards.
The introduction of AINJ is a significant milestone for institutional adoption, opening new gateways for large-scale entities to engage with Injective. Current $INJ price is $25.7. Fully diluted market cap is $2.57B.
🔗 blog.injective.com/en/injective-etp-launch
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KIP Protocol [KIP] has announced a partnership with Moemate
KIP Protocol $KIP teams up with Moemate, an entertainment product designed to provide users with a virtual AI companion. This collaboration will enable Moemate to onboard its 3M users into Web3, leveraging KIP Protocol's purpose-built decentralized infrastructure.
Moemate will be the KIP flagship project for the AI Alliance, showcasing our ability to handle large-scale deployments and set new standards for scalability, security, and ownership in AI interactions.
Lumia [ORN] has launched HyperNodes Sale with over 3500 nodes already sold
Lumia rolled out the HyperNodes sale on July 18th. HyperNodes max supply is 50,000. The initial price is $1,000 for the first 10,000 Nodes. Current amount of nodes sold is 3573. HyperNode rewards, comprising 50% of the newly minted $LUMIA token supply, will be distributed among all holders.
HyperNode benefits will include daily LUMIA rewards, power rewards for active participation, enhanced staking rewards for delegating or staking, and qualification for ecosystem and partner airdrops.