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Hedgehog Protocol has launched its Testnet on Sepolia
Hedgehog, a protocol providing tools for dealing with fluctuating crypto transaction fee prices, has launched testnet on Sepolia. To take part in testing the Hedgehog protocol, users must have Sepolia testnet $ETH and Lido Staked Wrapped Ethereum wstETH in their wallet.
The core goal of Hedgehog is to create an asset with a price that mirrors current transaction fee prices on Ethereum. Previously, Hedgehog raised $1.5M in a pre-seed round backed by Marshland Capital, Tenzor Capital, Prometeus, 3Commas Capital, ZBS Capital and Nothing Research.
🔗 medium.com/hedgehog-protocol/wen-testnet-now-8291b44c2ed5
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Sophon has launched new pools for SOPH token farming
Sophon $SOPH has announced the launch of new farming pools, including Aethir (stATH), DAI (sDAI), Pepe (PEPE) and $USDC. Previously, Zentry (stZENT), ether.fі (ETH, wETH, eETH, weETH), and Lido (ETH, wETH, stETH, wstETH) farming pools were launched. 10% of the total $SOPH supply will be designated as rewards for farming, with 6% for the farming period on Ethereum, and 4% on Sophon mainnet.
Sophon has collected over 20.8K $WETH (worth about $64.3M at current rate) via node sale on Impossible Finance, with 123.5K nodes (62%) sold. By running a node on Sophon, users will be eligible to earn a share of up to 20% of $SOPH token emissions over 3 years. Node holders may receive potential airdrops from ecosystem participants.
Worldcoin Foundation [WLD] has released a developer preview of its L2 - World Chain
Worldcoin Foundation $WLD has launched a developer preview of its own Layer 2 network - World Chain. The developer preview enables a limited number of developers to start exploring, building, testing and providing feedback on World Chain before its mainnet launch, expected later this summer.
World Chain is intended to be permissionless, open source and independently governed by its community. World Chain is currently supported by partners including Alchemy, Safe and Elliptic to provide tooling and infrastructure to developers building on the chain. Current $WLD price is $1.85. Fully diluted market cap is $18.4B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/304222/worldcoin-foundation-world-chain-developer-preview
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BounceBit [BB] will launch its liquid on-chain broker - Superfast
BounceBit $BB will roll out Superfast, it's liquid on-chain broker, in Q3 of 2024. Superfast is designed for quick and liquid trading of BounceBit assets, including $BB, $BBUSD, and $BBTC. Superfast leverages the concept of Liquid Custody Tokens (LCT) in combination with CEXs. Moreover, upon release, BounceBit will launch a campaign with plenty of $BB rewards.
BounceBit builds a $BTC restaking infrastructure that allows Bitcoin holders to earn yield through funding rate arbitrage, and provides a foundational layer for other restaking products. It has raised $6M in a seed funding round, backed by Blockchain Capital, Breyer Capital, CMS Holdings, Bankless Ventures, and received a strategic investment from Binance Labs. Current $BB price is $0.40. Current FDV is $842M.
🔗 x.com/bounce_bit/status/1810159689684160715
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Rome Protocol has raised $9M in a funding round backed by Hack VC and Hashkey
Rome, a crypto startup project aiming to use Solana as an auxiliary network to provide services to L2 blockchains built atop Ethereum, has secured $9M in a funding round. Investors in the round include Hack VC, P2 Ventures, HashKey, Portal Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Robot VC, LBank, Anagram, TRGC, and Perridon Ventures, as well as notable angels including Anatoly Yakovenko, Nick White, Santiago Santos, etc.
Rome aims to establish Solana as the network underpinning shared sequencers and data availability (DA). Rome's closed network will be open to developers starting this month, with plans for a testnet at the end of 2024 and a mainnet launch in mid-2025.
🔗 coindesk.com/tech/2024/07/09/blockchain-startup-rome-raises-9m-to-serve-ethereum-layer-2s-through-solana
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Top Ethereum Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in Ethereum $ETH is around $52B, 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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SocialFi project DeBank has opened the claim of XP Points Airdrop
DeBank has opened access for the claim of initial DeBank XP points airdrop. Users can claim XP points for wallet activity in 2024. The snapshot was taken on July 4th. Moreover, users can get an extra XP bonus by entering a referral code and completing quests launched by DeBank's official accounts.
DeBank is a Web3-native messenger and portfolio tracker that covers the majority of tokens, DeFi protocols and NFTs across all EVM chains. Moreover, DeBank introduced DeBank Chain, built on OP Stack. Previously, it has raised $25M in Series A funding at a $200M valuation, backed by Sequoia, Dragonfly, Coinbase Ventures and others.
🔗 x.com/DeBankDeFi/status/1810293775333474550
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Fuel Network has introduced its Points Program
Fuel Network has launched the Fuel Points Program. Users can earn points (1.5-3 points per day per $1 value deposited) to qualify for future incentives as Fuel moves toward the launch of its mainnet. The Points will run across all stages of network deployment from the public testnet.
Fuel Network builds the fastest execution layer for the modular blockchain stack that delivers maximum security and highest throughput for dApps and is written in Sway language. It raised $81.5M in two funding rounds backed by Blockchain Capital, Stratos Technologies, Spartan Group, CoinFund and others.
🔗 fuel.mirror.xyz/5fctdIeJ9Gnk-VTxjnBhHsvON2IsnYVfJCy4TNe0ysc
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Zesh [ZESH] has announced a partnership with RuneLink
Zesh $ZESH, an AI-powered SocialFi suite of tools, leveraging its zkML, has partnered with RuneLink, an AI-generated 3D metaverse protocol on Bitcoin based on the Rune protocol. Through this partnership, projects launched a giveaway of 63K RuneLink tokens in a prize pool.
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/1808097090905543102
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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 $WBT, $APT, $IMX, $ENS, $GMT, $ATH and $OAS according to CryptoRank.io.
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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 Pantera, Polychain Capital, Dragonfly, Framework, Spartan, Hashkey Capital, Animoca Brands and others.
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Binance Labs has invested in UniSat's Pre-Series A funding round
UniSat has disclosed that Binance Labs led its Pre-A funding that was completed back in May 2024. This strategic investment strengthens the ongoing technical and business partnership between companies. Other investors in the round include OKX Ventures, ABCDE and Vitalbridge Capital. The raised amount has not been disclosed yet.
Unisat is an open-source wallet for Bitcoin $BTC Ordinals and BRC-20. Previously, Binance launched its marketplace for inscription tokens using UniSat's API.
🔗 x.com/unisat_wallet/status/1808833170810540206
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JuicyPerp will launch Mainnet of its options protocol on July 6th
JuicyPerp has announced the launch of Mainnet on July 6th. At launch, users can start earning points immediately and maximize their rewards for a massive incentivized competition campaign. JuicyPerp is a decentralized hub for digital NFT options and perpetuals launching on Arbitrum.
Previously, JuicyPerp announced that active beta testers, collaborative partners and supportive new members will be whitelisted soon after. Other details about the whitelist will be announced soon.
🔗 x.com/JuicyPerp/status/1808931166986375393
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Zesh [ZESH] launches its Telegram Mini App - To The Moon
Zesh $ZESH, an AI-powered SocialFi suite of tools, leveraging its zkML, rolls out To The Moon, its Telegram Mini App. Users can access the To The Moon mini-application via Telegram, complete tasks, invite friends, and grab a share of the $ZESH airdrop.
Previously, Zesh partnered with Skale $SKL for choosing it as their blockchain for deploying Zesh Apps to provide users with a zero-gas fee model and enhanced security.
🔗 x.com/ZeshApps/status/1808830576108954001
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Symbiotic has crossed the milestone of $1B in TVL in less than a month
Restaking protocol Symbiotic has surpassed $1B in total value locked. The project hit its deposit limit of 210K wrapped stETH worth about $800M, in just four hours yesterday. This increase pushed user deposits to over $1.04B in less than a month. Like EigenLayer, Symbiotic aims to resolve network security challenges by reallocating existing staking capital and infrastructure.
Symbiotic is a shared security protocol that provides a flexible, permissionless coordination layer, allowing network builders to control and adapt their restaking and staking implementations. Previously, it has raised $5.8M in a seed funding round co-led by Paradigm and Cyber Fund.
🔗 theblock.co/post/303500/eigenlayer-competitor-symbiotic-crosses-1-billion-in-deposits-in-under-a-month
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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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Term Labs has raised $5.5M in a Strategic funding round led by Electric Capital
Term Labs has secured $5.5M in a Strategic funding round led by Electric Capital. Other investors include Blizzard Fund, Inception Capital, Maelstrom, Delta Blockchain Fund and Arete Capital. Term Labs is a blockchain research and development company dedicated to creating robust, transparent, and scalable fixed-rate lending solutions on-chain. In 2023, it raised $2.5M in a seed funding round backed by Coinbase Ventures, Circle, Robot Ventures and others.
🔗 x.com/term_labs/status/1810639142944145663
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Top 10 Protocols on zkSync Era by Total Value Locked
Let’s compare the top 10 DeFi-protocols on zkSync Era L2 by current TVL in USD, according to DefiLlama.com, in order to evaluate networks adoption scale. With over $35.7M in TVL, SyncSwap is the leader by locked liquidity, followed by Koi Finance, zkSwap and others.
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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 $1.95B 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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idOS Network has raised $4.5M in a funding round led by Fabric Ventures
idOS has secured $4.5M in a Consortium funding round led by Fabric Ventures. Other investors in the round include Arbitrum Foundation, Circle Ventures, Ripple, NEAR Foundation, Gnosis, Aleph Zero Foundation, Radix, and Tezos Foundation. idOS (Identity Operating System) is a decentralized storage and access management protocol designed to serve as the identity layer of Web3. It enables ecosystems to provide an identity layer for dApps to solve compliant user onboarding and significantly reduce friction.
🔗 x.com/idOS_network/status/1810584640098304416
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Metis co-founder's ZKM will launch its Bitcoin Layer 2 - GOAT Network
Interoperability protocol ZKM has unveiled its Bitcoin Layer 2 solution called GOAT Network, set to launch later in Q3. The project claims the solution will become the first decentralized Bitcoin Layer 2 to share network ownership. GOAT Network has secured 5K $BTC ($280M) in commitments from institutional node operators to date, with plans to open a Series A fundraising round soon.
GOAT Network is powered by ZKM’s Entangled Rollup technology, enabling native security from Bitcoin’s Layer 1. Moreover, it plans to become a Universal Layer 2, with Bitcoin being the first ecosystem it intends to integrate, followed by Ethereum, TON, Cosmos and others.
🔗 theblock.co/post/303937/metis-co-founder-zkm-bitcoin-layer-2-goat-network
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Aethir [ATH] has announced a partnership with Oasis [ROSE]
Aethir $ATH teams up with Oasis Protocol $ROSE, a provider of a privacy layer for Web3 and AI. Through this partnership, projects will explore enhanced TEEs powered by GPUs, privacy use-cases in AI, and more. Previously, Aethir announced the ecosystem funding in easeflow.
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 $126M via Node sale on Impossible Finance. Current $ATH price is $0.07. Current FDV is $2.94B.
🔗 x.com/OasisProtocol/status/1810285965354606685
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Binance-backed restaking protocol Puffer launches its Based Rollup - Puffer UniFi
Puffer Finance launches its based rollup designed to enhance value flow back to Layer 1 and ensure credibly neutral transaction sequencing. Puffer UniFi will generate native yield through pufETH and enable gasless transactions across app chains. Moreover, UniFi will empower dApps to launch their own based app-chains.
Puffer is a native liquid restaking protocol ($1.52B in TVL), which is a combination of ETH liquid staking and native restaking on EigenLayer. It has raised $24.27M in five funding rounds backed by Lemniscap, Faction, Animoca Brands and received a strategic investment from Binance Labs.
🔗 medium.com/puffer-fi/get-ready-for-puffer-unifi-charting-new-waters-for-ethereums-ecosystem-e95482708ebb
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Blocklords [LRDS] has launched its companion app on Base blockchain - Dynasty
Blocklords $LRDS has rolled out Dynasty, a companion app on Base, an Ethereum L2 blockchain, incubated by Coinbase and built on OP Stack. The app invites players to dive deeper into empire-building and strategic gameplay. Seamlessly integrated with the Blocklords Portal, Dynasty allows players to transfer assets across Polygon, Immutable X, and Base.
Blocklords is a player-driven MMO medieval grand strategy game with GameFi activities, developed by MetaKing Studios. Previously, 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.
🔗 venturebeat.com/games/blocklords-unveils-dynasty-companion-app-on-coinbases-base-blockchain
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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 1st - July 7th) among blockchain projects, including EthCC, Zircuit, EtherFi $ETHFI, Galxe $GAL $G, XAI $XAI, Optimism $OP, Aptos $APT, and Immutable $IMX. Stay tuned!
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Notcoin launches $50M Telegram Gaming Accelerator in partnership with Helika Gaming
Notcoin $NOT and Helika Gaming have unveiled a $50M Telegram Gaming Accelerator. The new initiative aims to capitalize on the recent significant traction of Mini Apps and blockchain technology to improve the user gaming experience on the messaging platform.
By teaming up with Helika Gaming, Notcoin plans to extend its accelerator program specifically for game developers. The first cohort for applications to the Telegram Gaming Accelerator program is set to open next week. Current $NOT price is $0.01. Current FDV is $1.07B.
🔗 cointelegraph.com/news/telegram-gaming-accelerator-notcoin-launch
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Particle Network [PARTI] has introduced Chain Abstraction Coalition with Arbitrum, Berachain, BNB Chain, and Linea
Particle Network $PARTI has unveiled Chain Abstraction Coalition with participating from Arbitrum, Berachain, Avalanche, BNB Chain, Linea, Botanix, and others. By joining the Coalition, these ecosystems showcase their commitment to offering superior interoperability features to their developers and end users.
Chain Abstraction Coalition brings together different L1 and L2 blockchains to offer developers and users a better experience that encourages innovation to flourish.
Top Exchanges by Liquidations in the last 24 hours - more than $680M liquidated
$BTC price suffered a pullback today, dropping over 8% in daily trading following Mt. Gox's move of $2.7B in Bitcoin to a new wallet address and announcement regarding repayments.
The vast majority of the casualties were long positions in last 24 hours, with more than $680M 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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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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Chainlink [LINK] has partnered with Fidelity and Sygnum to bring NAV data onchain
Chainlink $LINK, a provider of real-world data to blockchains, has teamed up with Fidelity International and crypto bank Sygnum on a project focusing on bringing net asset value data onchain. The partnership aims to provide transparency and accessibility for NAV data in tokenized assets, specifically, Sygnum’s recently issued onchain representation of $50M Matter Labs’ treasury reserves held in Fidelity's $6.9B Institutional Liquidity Fund.
Chainlink recently wrapped up its pilot with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation named Smart NAV which explored ways to standardize the distribution of NAV data across multiple blockchains. Current $LINK price is $13.2. Current FDV is $13.2B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/303274/fidelity-sygnum-partners-with-chainlink
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