Binance will list Bittensor [TAO] today, on April 11th
Bittensor $TAO will be listed on Binance with the seed tag applied today, April 11th, at 12:00 UTC. After the announcement, the price of $TAO increased by 7%. Current price is $690. Current FDV is $14.5B.
Bittensor bridges the distinct powers of AI and blockchain, by providing a decentralized platform for anyone to create, train, and share machine learning (ML) models. It is powered by native token $TAO, which is used as a means of payment to access AI applications and other models built on the Bittensor network. $TAO also acts as a governance token for participants to vote on proposals and future changes to the network.
🔗 binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-will-list-bittensor-tao-with-seed-tag-applied-dd856efc9c1a4a209eb48992e190e4d6
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ZeroLend has introduced ‘Zero to Zillion’ campaign with 10% ZERO of total supply in rewards
ZeroLend $ZERO has unveiled Zero Gravity Voyage 1 campaign called ‘Zero to Zillion’, with 10B $ZERO in total rewards (10% of total supply). Voyage 1 is divided into 3 chapters: Ignition, LiftOff and Boost. Chapter 1 Ignition goes live tomorrow, on April 11th, lasting till April 29th, distributing 5B $ZERO tokens. Users need to supply/borrow on ZeroLend, interact with ecosystem partners and invite referrals to share the airdrop.
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Bitcoin miner manufacturer Auradine raised $80M in a Series B funding round
Auradine, a web infrastructure startup that also manufactures Bitcoin miners, has secured $80M in a Series B funding round. Investors in the round include StepStone Group, Top Tier Capital Partners, MVP Ventures, Maverick Capital, Celesta Capital, Mayfield Fund and Marathon Digital. The round had brought Auradine's valuation to over $500M.
Bitcoin miners are Auradine's first product line, and they plan to launch more products for the blockchain and AI industries. Auradine's Series B round comes ahead of the Bitcoin halving event expected next week. Previously, Auradine raised $81M in a Series A funding round co-led by Celesta Capital and Mayfield.
🔗 theblock.co/post/287572/bitcoin-miner-manufacturer-auradine-series-b-halving
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STEPN is airdropping bonus points worth $30M of GMT tokens
STEPN $GMT, a major Web3 move-to-earn game created by Find Satoshi Lab, is distributing 100M FSL bonus points (worth around $30M of $GMT tokens at current rate) to users. FSL points can be swapped for GMT tokens via the Stepn marketplace in a 1-for-1 exchange. FSL points can also improve users’ chances of obtaining exclusive prizes.
Previously, Stepn has partnered with ASICS shoe company and Atletico Madrid football club. Current $GMT price is $0.29. Current market cap is $564M. Current FDV is $1.75B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/287470/solana-based-fitness-app-stepn-airdrops-points-worth-30-million-of-gmt-tokens
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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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Mystiko Network [XZK] has announced the launch of Airdrop Campaign
Mystiko Network launches airdrop campaign, focused on social and on-chain tasks. Users can now participate in the campaign by joining the project's Discord and claiming airdrop roles for completing social and on-chain tasks to receive royalty points (which will be converted into XZK tokens on TGE). Previously, Mystiko conducted $XZK token sale on CoinList. $11.25M was raised during CoinList sale. Sale price was $0.15, at a $150M valuation.
Mystiko has been selected to participate in Binance MVB, Chainlink Startup, Polygon Ecosystem and Coinlist Seed.
Top 10 Ethereum LSDs by Total Value Locked
Recently, for the first time, liquid staking derivatives have surpassed DEXes in total value locked, according to DefiLlama.com. Regarding $ETH LSDs, Lido (stETH) is still the top liquid staking protocol with $33.3 of TVL. Rocket Pool (rETH) is the second with $3.97B locked, and Binance staked ETH (bETH) is the third with $3.14B.
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EigenLayer launches its restaking protocol and EigenDA on Mainnet
EigenLayer rolls out its restaking protocol on mainnet alongside the launch of the EigenDA solution, the first Actively Validated Service (AVS) to launch, built by Eigen Labs. EigenLayer will be initially launched in a beta version with a restricted feature set. Moreover, Coinbase and Google Cloud, among several other firms, joined EigenLayer as operators shortly after the mainnet went live.
EigenLayer is a restaking protocol on Ethereum ($12.1B in TVL) that offers a protocol for users to deposit and re-stake $ETH from various liquid staking tokens, aiming to allocate those funds to secure third-party networks. Previously, it has raised $164.5M in three funding rounds backed by a16z, Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital and others.
🔗 blog.eigenlayer.xyz/mainnet-launch-eigenlayer-eigenda
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Plume Network has announced the integration with Sign Protocol
Plume has integrated with Sign Protocol, for more verifiable data sharing and credentialing across web3. With Sign Protocol, users can create custom attestation schemas to capture trusted claims about identity, achievements, certifications and more. These attestations will be securely anchored on the Plume Network, enabling permissionless verification.
Plume is the first modular L2 blockchain dedicated for all real world assets (RWAs) that integrates asset tokenization and compliance providers directly into the chain. Plume enables RWA composability through its thriving DeFi applications and provides access to high-quality buyers to increase liquidity for all tokenized RWAs.
🔗 twitter.com/plumenetwork/status/1777787438724698366
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 $55M in TVL, SyncSwap is the leader by locked liquidity, followed by ZeroLend, Koi Finance and others.
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Solana-based DEX Zeta Markets [Z] will airdrop 10% of total supply
Zeta Markets has introduced its $Z token and announced Airdrop. 10% of token supply (100M $Z) will be airdropped to active traders and community members of Zeta, determined by their Z-Score, for users of Zeta who are part of strategic communities in Solana and to $Z stakers.
Z token is expected to launch in May, and that's when airdrop claims will also start. The snapshot will be announced in the coming weeks.
Mezo has raised $21M in a Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital
Mezo has secured $21M in a Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital. Other investors in the round include Multicoin, Hack VC, Draper Associates, Parafi Capital and Primitive. Mezo is a Bitcoin $BTC L2 network by the Thesis venture studio. Moreover, Mezo launched the Proof of HODL points program, where the longer users' Bitcoin deposits are stored, the more a contributor’s HODL score multiplies.
🔗 fortune.com/crypto/2024/04/09/21-million-series-a-mezo-bitcoin-layer-2-hodl-hodlers
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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 $1.4B 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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ZeroLend has announced ZERO token launch on April 29th
ZeroLend will conduct $ZERO token generation event on April 29th. Other details about TGE will be announced soon. ZeroLend is a multi-chain lending protocol on zkSync, Manta, Blast, Linea and Ethereum (around $161M in TVL combined), that allows users to deposit supported tokens and earn yield on them.
ZeroLend has raised $3M in a seed funding round backed by GBV Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Genblock Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund and others.
Monad Labs has raised $225M in a funding round led by Paradigm
Monad Labs, a project co-founded by former Jump Trading developers, has raised $225M in a funding round at a $3B valuation. Investors in the round include Paradigm, Electric Capital and Greenoaks Capital.
Monad is building a high-performance Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain designed to improve the overall Ethereum ecosystem by offering 10,000 TPS of throughput, and introducing parallel execution and superscalar pipelining. In 2023, it raised $19M in a seed funding round backed by DragonFly, Shima Capital, Lemniscap and others.
🔗 fortune.com/crypto/2024/04/09/monad-paradigm-greenoaks-jump-crypto-funding-225-million
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Tomo has raised $3.5M in a Seed funding round led by Polychain Capital
Tomo has secured $3.5M in a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital. Other investors in the round include Consensys, Symbolic Capital, OKX Ventures, Nomad Capital, Story Protocol, dao5, KuCoin Ventures and HTX Ventures. Tomo is an all-in-one Web3 social wallet that transforms users' online presence into a universal hub, fostering genuine, spam-free interactions and financial incentives.
Alongside the funding announcement, the platform also unveiled TomoID - a social wallet for content creators and businesses, featuring a link-in-bio tool and an affiliate program for crypto commissions. Tomo is also set to revamp its points system in the coming weeks, incentivizing engagement with the app for early contributors and participants.
🔗 theblock.co/post/287553/socialfi-app-tomo-raises-3-5-million-usd-seed-funding-points-rewards
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Alpen Labs has raised $10.6M in a seed funding round led by Ribbit Capital
Alpen Labs, a Bitcoin $BTC Layer 2 developer, has raised $10.6M in a seed funding round led by Ribbit Capital. Other investors in the round include Castle Island Ventures, Robot Ventures, Paxos, Geometry, Village Global and Axiom Capital. Alpen Labs builds a scaling solution for Bitcoin using Zero Knowledge technology.
🔗 twitter.com/AlpenLabs/status/1778080721128599949
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Sapien has raised $5M in a seed funding round backed by Animoca Brands and others
Sapien, a data labeling company, has secured $5M in a seed funding round. Investors in the round include Primitive Ventures, Animoca Brands, Yield Guild Games and angel investor Naval Ravikant. Sapien uses rewards on the blockchain to essentially gamify data labeling, a process integral to advancing AI-powered language learning models like OpenAI’s Chat GPT.
🔗 theblock.co/post/287560/sapien-raises-5-million-for-data-labeling-with-ai-applications
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AIT Protocol [AIT] has released a Front-end Development update
AIT Protocol $AIT has introduced a front-end development update for Albert AIT Subnet. The upgrade includes an updated user profile, enhanced settings (like customizable personal AI interactions), new chat and social features, etc.
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 $0.46. Current FDV is $469M.
🔗 twitter.com/AITProtocol/status/1777711919106764840
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Humans AI-incubated Y8U [Y8U] has announced details of IDO on Ape Terminal
Y8U #Y8U revealed the details of its upcoming IDO on Ape Terminal. Subscription period for IDO is now live and will last till April 16th, at 7:00 UTC. IDO price is $0.02 ($20M valuation). IDO hardcap is $100K. Initial market cap is $491K.
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.
🔗 twitter.com/y8udotai/status/1777336026547028210
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Starship has unveiled growth fund for its NFT holders - Moonbase
Starship has introduced Moonbase, a growth fund for its NFT holders. Moonbase fund will build a strong treasury via buyback activities and an insurance fund to protect Starship NFT holders in unfavourable situations. The initial step is a dedicated PFP collection for the Starship community.
Starship is a community-driven fundraising platform powered by Ninety Eight $C98. Previously, it announced the first token sale on its launchpad - SA World $SAE.
🔗 blog.starship.network/introducing-moonbase-a-growth-initiative-for-starship-nft-holders-ztk3fmxd5w2b
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Cyber [CYBER] has introduced restaking and dual-stake model powered by EigenLayer
Cyber, a social Layer 2 with restaking developed by CyberConnect, utilizes EigenLayer's Actively Validated Services (AVS) to create essential decentralized infrastructures. Cyber will utilise EigenDA’s scalable and cost-effective DA solution to launch restaking and dual-stake model features.
Moreover, Cyber has partnered with Renzo, Puffer and ether.fі so users can deposit LRT assets including ezETH, pufETH and weETH to begin earning Cyber Restaking Points. Current $CYBER price is $13.6. Current FDV is $1.36B.
Cyber Restaking Points are designed to incentivize early stakers and communities that help bootstrap native liquidity. Cyber Restaking Yield including ETH Staking Yield, ETH Restaking Yield, EigenLayer Points, LRT Points and Cyber Restaking Points.
ZAP has launched its token launch protocol on Blast L2 Mainnet
Zap has rolled out its community-driven token launch protocol on Blast L2 Mainnet. The first launchpad project will be announced on April 23rd. Previously, Zap conducted a vault sale and sold over 11K vaults, worth more than $11M.
Zap builds a community-first launchpad on Blast, an Ethereum L2 with native yield and $2.7B in TVL. It will allow users to invest flexibly by choosing to pay later using Blast's native yield for charges, stake a range of tokens to earn additional rewards, and automatically invest in token launches using their future vested rewards.
🔗 twitter.com/zaponblast/status/1777730546069537021
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OpenTrade has raised $3.2M in a Seed funding round backed by a16z CSX and others
OpenTrade, an on-chain institutional lending and yield products platform, has secured $3.2M in seed funding round. Investors in the round include a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX), CMCC Global, Draper Dragon, Ryze Labs and Plassa Capital. OpenTrade is built on the payment and DeFi infrastructure from Circle. Previously, OpenTrade raised $1.5M in funding round backed by Sino Global Capital, Circle Ventures, Kronos Research, Kyber Ventures, Polygon Ventures and Outlier Ventures.
🔗 theblock.co/post/286996/a16z-crypto-startup-accelerator-joins-3-2-million-seed-round-for-opentrade
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Gunzilla Gamesʼ GUNZ blockchain is integrating into OpenSea
Gunzilla Games’ GUNZ blockchain is integrating into the OpenSea NFT marketplace. With the integration of GUNZ into OpenSea, players and users of the marketplace will gain access to a compliant and transparent platform for trading in-game NFT items.
Gunzilla Games is a game developer behind ‘Off The Grid’, a AAA Battle Royale and gaming-focused blockchain GUNZ. It has raised $76M in two funding rounds backed by CoinFund, Blizzard Fund, Morningstar Ventures, Republic Capital and others.
🔗 twitter.com/GUNbyGUNZ/status/1777690309788344622
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Mintlayer has announced ATOMIQ Airdrop for ML stakers
Mintlayer will conduct an exclusive $ATOMIQ Airdrop for $ML stakers. Atomiq DeFi is the first project to be incubated by Mintlayer. Moreover, Atomiq DeFi will be the first project to utilize Mintlayer Atomic swaps.
Mintlayer is a Bitcoin Layer 2 for digital assets, built to maximize interoperability with the Bitcoin blockchain. In 2021, it raised in a seed funding round backed by x21 Digital, ExNetwork Capital, Moonwhale Ventures and others. Current $ML price is $0.45. Current FDV is $182M.
🔗 twitter.com/mintlayer/status/1777634009788350891
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NATIX Network [NATIX] has launched an Airdrop Program campaign on Galxe
NATIX Network $NATIX rolled out the Airdrop Program, powered by Galxe. The project provides rewards for participants as they explore NATIX Network, use the Drive& app, and engage with the community. Previously, NATIX launched a campaign on CoinList with 1B $NATIX tokens as rewards.
NATIX Network is the AI-powered dynamic map supercharged by the DePIN and driver community. It has raised $3.5M in a seed funding round backed by Blockchange Ventures, TechStars, Plug and Play, Mulana Capital and others.
🔗 twitter.com/natixnetwork/status/1777365794034528432
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Sharpe AI [SAI] has announced details of IDO on AIT Launchpad [AIT]
Sharpe AI $SAI revealed the details of its upcoming IDO on AIT Launchpad $AIT. To be eligible for the sale, users need to stake $AIT in the 56-day public pool until April 10th. IDO date will be announced after snapshot on April 10th. IDO hardcap is $0.02. IDO hardcap is $100k. Initial market cap is $1.62M.
Sharpe AI is an institutional-grade crypto superApp, serving as a unified frontend for intelligence, tracking and investing in digital assets. Previously, it announced IDO on Ape Terminal.
🔗 twitter.com/aitprotocol/status/1777406408482336792
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Mystiko Network [XZK] has announced a partnership with Merlin Chain
Mystiko Network teams up with Merlin Chain, a Bitcoin $BTC L2 that integrates ZK-Rollup. Through this partnership, Merlin Chain will use Mystiko ZK SDK to make Bitcoin more scalable. Previously, Mystiko conducted $XZK token sale on CoinList. $11.25M was raised during CoinList sale. Sale price was $0.15, at a $150M valuation.
Mystiko has been selected to participate in Binance MVB, Chainlink Startup, Polygon Ecosystem and Coinlist Seed.
HashKey Group will launch its Ethereum Layer 2 network – HashKey Chain
HashKey Group, a major digital asset services provider, unveils its Ethereum Layer 2 chain. The network, named HashKey Chain, adopts zero knowledge-proof technology, and aims to expand HashKey's Web3 ecosystem by offering users low costs. HashKey Chain plans to utilize its native token $HSK to incentivize ecosystem contributors. The company said it would launch the network on testnet within the next six months, and on mainnet within a year.
🔗 theblock.co/post/287214/hashkey-ethereum-layer-2
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