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 $APT, $ARB, $UNI, $STRK, $SEI, $IMX and $NGL according to CryptoRank.io.
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ZKsync will announce token allocation details this week
ZKsync has unveiled the governance community of its protocol - ZK Nation. The protocol will launch its native token and empower token holders to delegate, propose protocol upgrades, deliberate, and vote through ZK Nation's onchain governance framework. More details will be unveiled this week about the ZKsync protocol delegation process, ZKsync’s protocol token allocation, and how users can actively contribute to the evolution of ZKsync.
ZKsync is a trustless Layer 2 protocol for scalable low-cost payments on Ethereum, powered by zkRollup technology. Its main network, zkSync Era, has around $822M in assets deposited. Matter Labs, the developer of ZKsync, has raised $458M in funding rounds backed by Consensys, DragonFly, a16z, Blockchain Capital, Placeholder, Lightspeed Venture and others.
🔗 blog.zknation.io/introducing-zk-nation
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Aark Digital [AARK] has conducted initial listing on Bybit, Bitget, and Gate
Aark Digital $AARK has been initially listed on Bybit, Bitget, and Gate on June 10th, at 8:00 AM UTC. 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.
Previously, Aark Digital conducted IDO on Ape Terminal. IDO price is $0.035. IDO hardcap is $350K. Current $AARK price is $0.093 (x3). Current market cap is $6.45M. Current FDV is $93M.
🔗 x.com/Bybit_Official/status/1799018469368988009
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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 Dragonfly, Founders Fund, Bain Capital, Animoca Brands, Hack VC, Hashkey Capital and others.
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Aark Digital [AARK] will conduct listing on Bybit, Bitget, and Gate on June 10th
Aark Digital $AARK will be listed on Bybit, Bitget, and Gate on June 10th, at 8:00 AM UTC. Previously, Aark Digital conducted IDO on Ape Terminal. IDO price is $0.035. IDO hardcap is $350K. Initial market cap is $2.43M.
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.
🔗 x.com/Bybit_Official/status/1799018469368988009
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Top 10 Centralized Futures Exchanges by Volume in last 30 days
While users are gravitating towards derivatives DEXes lately, futures’ trading volume on centralized exchanges is still massive. Let’s compare the top 10 centralized futures exchanges by trading volume in the last 30 days, according to CryptoRank.
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Mountain Protocol has raised $8M in a Series A funding round led by Multicoin Capital
Mountain Protocol has secured $8M in a Series A funding round led by Multicoin Capital. Other investors in the round include Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, BanklessVC, Wormhole Ecosystem Fund, The Department of XYZ, and Aptos. Mountain Protocol is the issuer of USDM, the first regulated permissionless yield-bearing stablecoin, backed by US Treasuries.
In 2023, Mountain Protocol raised $4M in a seed funding round backed by Coinbase Ventures, Daedalus, Castle Island Ventures and others. With the new funding, Mountain plans to expand to other EVM chains, such as Avalanche, Polygon zkEVM, Gnosis, Scroll, Linea, and Celo, as well as other non-EVM chains, including Solana, Aptos, Cosmos, and Near.
🔗 x.com/MountainUSDM/status/1798740504911442339
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Sandbox [SAND] has raised $20M in convertible debt co-led by Kingsway Capital and Animoca Brands
Sandbox $SAND, a user-generated content metaverse platform, has secured $20M in convertible debt at a $1B valuation co-led by Kingsway Capital and Animoca Brands. Other investors include LG Tech Ventures and True Global Ventures. The funds will improve earning opportunities for creators on its platform by updating its Game Maker and VoxEdit 3D editor tools, introducing new social interactions and abilities for avatars, and expanding gameplay possibilities.
Moreover, Sandbox is developing a version of its decentralized metaverse for mobile devices, expected to launch in 2025. Current $SAND price is $0.485. Current market cap is $1.10B. Current FDV is $1.45B.
🔗 venturebeat.com/games/the-sandbox-raises-20m-in-convertible-debt-at-1b-valuation-for-sandbox-metaverse/
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Humans AI-incubated Y8U [Y8U] has partnered with Nuklai [NAI]
Y8U #Y8U has teamed up with Nuklai $NAI, a Layer 1 blockchain infrastructure provider for data economies. This partnership aims to utilize Y8U Digital DNAs and build monetizable clones with its smart data. Moreover, Nuklai will aim to bring Y8U's content-addressable storage and smart contract-based consent management features to its ecosystem services.
Y8U, incubated by Humans AI $HEART, is a native decentralized protocol built on top of the Humans that combines content-addressable storage with smart contract-based consent management. It is backed by Morningstar Ventures, Ape Terminal, LetsGoFund and Banter Capital. Current $Y8U price is $0.049. Current market cap is $1.22M. Current FDV is $49.8M.
🔗 x.com/y8udotai/status/1798354178261065833
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Aark Digital [AARK] launches Early Bird Staking program
Aark Digital $AARK rolls out the Early Bird Staking program. The application period for the campaign is now live and will close on June 10th before the TGE announcement. Participants can enable a 50% or 25% staking boost by locking in AARK for 3 months within 1 week from June 10th. Previously, Aark Digital announced IDO on Ape Terminal. IDO price is $0.035. IDO hardcap is $350K. Initial market cap is $2.43M.
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.
🔗 aarkdigital.medium.com/aark-early-bird-staking-program-up-to-50-boost-88893bae1ec6
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Ultiverse [ULTI] has conducted initial listing on OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, MEXC and Bitget
Ultiverse $ULTI has been initially listed on OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, MEXC and Bitget today, on June 6th, at 10:00 AM UTC. Previously, Ultiverse launched $ULTI farming on OKX Jumpstart with 300M $ULTI (3% of total token supply) as a reward. Moreover, Ultiverse has announced details about $ULTI token Airdrop. 800M $ULTI (8% of total supply) is allocated to over 900K eligible users.
Users can claim Airdrop here 👉 rewards.ultiverse.io
Ultiverse is an AI-powered one-stop platform for Web3 gaming production and publishing, with an VR-compatible virtual world. It raised $13.5M in three funding rounds backed by Binance Labs, Sequoia, IDG Capital, Animoca Brands, Morningstar Ventures, and others. It also participates in BNB Chain’s Airdrop Alliance Program. Current $ULTI price is $0.064. Current FDV is $640M.
🔗 x.com/UltiverseDAO/status/1798656590289277369
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AIT Protocol [AIT] has released new features for Einstein Subnet on Bittensor [TAO]
AIT Protocol $AIT launches new features for its Einstein subnet on Bittensor $TAO. The new subnet’s features include custom model mining, end-user UI, a data engineering pipeline, and a new validator system. Einstein-AIT subnet provides the Bittensor ecosystem with a robust and reliable subnet dedicated to the computation of complex math operations and logical reasoning.
AIT Protocol, incubated by PAAL AI $PAAL, is a Web3 data platform specializing in data annotations and AI model training, using blockchain technology to create a decentralized labour market. Current $AIT price is $0.24. Current market cap is $20.8M.
🔗 x.com/AITProtocol/status/1798340928756658643
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Aethir will airdrop over 2.5B ATH tokens to 860K eligible wallets
Aethir has announced 2.52B $ATH token airdrop (6% of total supply) to over 860K eligible wallet addresses. Airdrop will be divided into three seasons, with 630M tokens allocated to Season 1 rewards. 74.5% of Season 1 airdrop tokens are reserved for Aethir community members (including Checker Nodes), while 25.5% are allocated to external communities, including APhone, іо.nеt, CARV, Rivalz Network, Zero1 Labs, and Delabs Games.
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, Maelstrom, Mirana Ventures, and others, Aethir has raised over $32M for its ecosystem. Moreover, it raised around $100M via Node sale on Impossible Finance.
🔗 aethir.com/blog-posts/aethir-cloud-drop-an-airdrop-for-the-community
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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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Cross The Ages [CTA] has unveiled its RWA solution - ReVerse
Cross The Ages $CTA has introduced ReVerse, its RWA solution that builds a bridge between the virtual Cross The Ages world and the real one. The solution will help users acquire ownership of real and virtual assets and generate more profits. Current $CTA price is $0.20. Current FDV is $102M.
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.
🔗 x.com/CrossTheAges/status/1798004507777073419
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Nexus has raised $25M in a Series A funding round co-led by Lightspeed Venture and Pantera Capital
Nexus Laboratories has secured $25M in a Series A funding round co-led by Lightspeed Venture and Pantera Capital to expand zero-knowledge privacy tools. Other investors in the round include Faction Ventures, Dragonfly, and Blockchain Builders Fund.
Nexus is a modular, extensible, open-source, highly parallelised, prover-optimized, contributor-friendly, zkVM written in Rust, focused on performance and security. Previously, it raised $2.2M in a funding round backed by Dragonfly, Alliance, SV Angel and Blockchain Builders Fund.
🔗 fortune.com/crypto/2024/06/10/nexus-laboratories-raises-25-million-from-pantera-and-lightsped-to-expand-zero-knowledge-privacy-tools
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Arbitrum will distribute $215M worth of ARB to Gaming Ecosystem Fund
Arbitrum DAO approved a proposal to allocate 225M $ARB (worth around $215M) over three years to a newly-created Gaming Catalyst Program, with aim to support gaming projects on the network. The proposal is designed to expand awareness and encourage builders and players in the gaming community to adopt Arbitrum/Orbit/Stylus.
Within the initial time frame of the program (3 years), the goal is to establish Arbitrum as a de facto leader for on-chain gaming, with 400-600 applications and 100-200 net funded games.
Top Upcoming Events of the Next Week
We compiled a list of top important upcoming events of the next week (June 10th - June 16th) among blockchain projects, including Aark Digital $AARK, Polyhedra $ZKJ, zkLink Nova $ZKL, bitSmiley $BIT, іo.net $IO, Aethir $ATH, Arweave $AR, zkSync $ZK, and NATIX $NATIX. Stay tuned!
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Aethir [ATH] will conduct initial listing on OKX and Bybit on June 12th
Aethir $ATH will be listed on OKX and Bybit on June 12th, at 10:00 AM UTC. Previously, Aethir has announced 2.52B $ATH token airdrop (6% of total supply) to over 860K eligible wallet addresses. Airdrop will be divided into three seasons, with 630M tokens allocated to Season 1 rewards.
15% of total ATH supply is allocated for Aethir Checker Node rewards and 35% for Aethir cloud computing Container operators.
Param Labs [PARAM] has announced a partnership with GAIMIN [GMRX]
Param Labs $PARAM, a game studio specializing in AI and blockchain technologies, has teamed up with GAIMIN $GMRX, a Web3 gaming platform and game launcher powering AI tech. Through this partnership, GAIMIN’s IP will come to life in Param's first game, Kiraverse Game, as a playable avatar.
Param Labs raised $7M in a funding round backed by Animoca Brands, Delphi Ventures, Cypher Capital, P2 Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Merit Circle and others. Current $PARAM price is $0.06. $PARAM FDV is $120M. Current $GMRX price is $0.0036. $GMRX FDV is $357M.
🔗 x.com/ParamLaboratory/status/1798820582618014207
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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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Top Ethereum Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in Ethereum $ETH is around $67B, 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. Particularly, EigenLayer's total value locked has just surpassed $20B for the first time.
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Xociety has raised $7.5M in a pre-Series A funding round co-led by Hashed and Sui Foundation
Xociety, a third-person shooter game developed by NDUS Interactive, has secured $7.5M in a pre-Series A funding round co-led by Hashed and Sui Foundation. Other investors in the round include Spartan, Neoclassic, Big Brain Holdings, and Krafton. After raising some fresh funding, Xociety is gearing up to launch on Sui later this year. A recent beta test for Xociety accrued over 3K users from 76 countries, who played for over 11K hours in total.
🔗 decrypt.co/234095/xociety-developer-raises-7-5-million-sui-shooter-game
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Robinhood is set to acquire Bitstamp exchange in a potential $200M deal
Robinhood is set to acquire Bitstamp in a potential $200M deal expected to close in the first half of 2025. The acquisition will bring Bitstamp’s crypto exchange — with retail and institutional customers in the EU, UK, U.S. and Asia — to Robinhood. Barclays Capital Inc. served as the exclusive financial advisor to Robinhood, and Galaxy Digital Partners LLC served as the exclusive financial advisor to Bitstamp. Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is the oldest running crypto exchange, with over 50 licenses and registrations globally.
🔗 theblock.co/post/298841/robinhood-bitstamp-deal
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Particle Network [PARTI] has introduced first wallet booster partners on Particle Pioneer
Particle Network $PARTI has unveiled UniSat, Bybit, and OKX Wallet as the first wallet booster partners on Particle Pioneer. Through this innovation, users can get two multiplying bonuses: one for signing up and another based on their wallets' assets and activity, including up to 150% in extra $PARTI points and POWER.
Particle Network is the intent-centric, modular access layer of Web3, built with modular smart WaaS, confidential zkStack, and omnichain account abstraction. Previously, it raised $8.8M in three funding rounds backed by ABCDE, Animoca Brands, HashKey Capital, GSR, and others.
🔗 x.com/ParticleNtwrk/status/1798339873876701243
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Param Labs [PARAM] has introduced its NFT Launchpad
Param Labs $PARAM has unveiled Param NFT Launchpad. Currently, users can now use $PARAM to mint exclusive gaming skin by Chronic. Other functionalities will be added to the platform soon. Previously, Param Labs has rolled out Gaming Points program.
Users are available to claim airdrop tokens here 👉 claim.paramgaming.com
iо.nеt [IO] farming will be launched on Binance Launchpool on June 7th
Farming of $IO tokens will be launched on Binance Launchpool. Users will be able to stake their BNB and FDUSD tokens into separate pools to farm $IO over 4 days, starting June 7th. 20M $IO (4% of total token supply) will be offered on Launchpool: 17M $IO in rewards (85%) will be offered to $BNB stakers, 3M $IO (15%) to $FDUSD.
Binance will list token on June 11th, at 12:00 UTC. Initial circulating supply is 95M $IO (19% of total supply).
Nubit has raised $8M in a Seed funding round led by Polychain Capital
Nubit has secured $8M in a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital. Other investors in the round include Nomad Capital, Spartan Group, L2IV, Big Brain Holdings, GCR, Protagonist, Gate Ventures, Animoca, Mask Network, and others. Nubit is a Bitcoin-native data availability layer designed to reduce transaction costs significantly.
In April, Nubit launched its pre-alpha testnet, engaging 155K users, deploying 5,294 modular services, and processing 561K transactions. The team will launch the Alpha Testnet in June, the final phase before the mainnet launch later this year.
Plume Network has opened Waitlist for Incentivized Testnet
Plume Network has rolled out a waitlist for its incentivized testnet. To register in the community waitlist, users need to fill out the form. During the incentivized testnet phase, users will be able to complete various tasks to earn $PLUME miles.
Plume is the first modular L2 blockchain dedicated for all RWAs that integrates asset tokenization and compliance providers directly into the chain. It has raised $10M in a seed funding round backed by Haun Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, Superscrypt, A Capital, SV Angel, Portal Ventures and Reciprocal Ventures.
🔗 x.com/plumenetwork/status/1798151422430822878
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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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