​​Orion (ORN) perpetual contract was listed on the Bybit exchange today

The ORNUSDT perpetual contract with up to 25x leverage is now live on Bybit Futures! This listing comes up as part of 10 big announcements timed to the recent launch of Lumia, a robust liquidity infrastructure protocol interconnecting Layer 1’s and Layer 2’s with boundless liquidity from CEXs and DEXs. Earlier this month, Orion received a strategic investment from DWF Labs.

The project will also conduct the $ORN holder airdrop with the snapshot coming soon. Orion offers a suite of DeFi products with instant access to aggregated liquidity from both centralized and decentralized exchanges across multiple blockchains.

👉🏻 x.com/TradeOnOrion/status/1767143530009333840

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​​Top 10 dApps on zkSync Era by Users Activity (30d)

A decentralized application (dApp) is a program built on blockchain that combines a smart contract and a front-end user interface. We present the top dApps on zkSync Era by user activity in the last 30 days, according to the data from DappRadar.

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​​Eclipse has raised $50M in its Series A round led by Placeholder and Hack VC

Eclipse, a modular blockchain, secured $50M in a Series A funding round led by Placeholder and Hack VC, bringing its total funding to $65M. Other investors included Polychain Capital, Delphi Digital, Maven 11, DBA, and Fenbushi Capital.

The company noted that it will launch mainnet in Q2 2024. It has so far released a devnet and testnet version of its protocol, with several dapps already testing out its infrastructure. Eclipse Mainnet is Ethereum's fastest Layer 2, powered by the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM).

👉🏻 blockworks.co/news/eclipse-fundraise-mainnet-launch

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​​bitsCrunch (BCUT) has announced the partnership with Octavia (VIA)

bitsCrunch teams up with Octavia, the leading AI chatbot. Under this collaboration, bitsCrunch Foundation and Octavia Labs will explore opportunities to integrate and leverage each other's AI technologies. bitsCrunch is an AI-enhanced data network that delivers NFT analytics and forensic data. It has previously launched the bitsCrunch Foundation.

👉🏻 x.com/bitsCrunch/status/1767175264487035317

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​​MicroStrategy conducts an acquisition of an additional 12,000 BTC for ~$821.7M

MicroStrategy, an independent publicly traded analytics and business intelligence company, has reported about the acquisition of 12,000 bitcoins for ~$821.7M at an average price of ~$68,477 per $BTC. Following the previous acquisition, the company's current holdings reach 205,000 bitcoins.

👉🏻 x.com/saylor/status/1767158870294605904

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​​KIP Protocol and TinTinLand have announced a strategic partnership

KIP Protocol teams up with TinTinLand, a global Web3 developer community dedicated to nurturing and empowering Web3 developers worldwide. Through this collaboration, the projects will support AI and Web3 developers. Earlier in February this year, KIP Protocol closed its strategic funding round, backed by Animoca Brands, SkyVision Capital, Spicy Capital, Purechain Capital, and others. KIP Protocol is an open-source Web3 framework designed to facilitate the creation, management, and monetization of decentralized knowledge assets for AI applications.

👉🏻 blog.kip.pro/tintinland-partnership

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​​Bluwhale has announced the closure of its $7M seed round led by SBI Holdings

Bluwhale, a decentralized AI personalization protocol for blockchains, raised $7M in seed funding led by SBI Holdings, with participation from Momentum 6, NxGen, Cardano, Sygnum, Primal Capital, Gumi, MZ Crypto, Ghaf Capital Partners, Spyre Capital, Baselayer Capital, Haseeb Qureshi, Charles Huang, and Jack McCauley.

👉🏻 techfundingnews.com/silicon-valleys-ai-web3-startup-bluwhale-from-standford-berkeley-and-tiktok-alums-raise-s-7m-funding

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​​NFTfi has closed its $6M Series A1 funding round led by Placeholder VC

NFTfi, an NFT lending protocol, raises $6M in its latest Series A1 funding round led by Placeholder VC. Other participating investors included Maven 11, Launch Labs Inc, Kahuna Ventures, Brevan Howard, The LAO, Reciprocal, a capital Ventures, Hash, Bloccelerate, Cypher Capital, and Longhash Ventures. The project will use the fresh funds to improve its dApp by introducing support for manual peer-to-peer loans and to broaden its SDK’s features, aiming to enhance liquidity on the platform.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/281577/nft-lending-protocol-nftfi-raises-6-million-in-series-a1-funding

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​​Aethir will conduct its Initial Node Offering on Impossible Finance

Aethir has announced an upcoming Initial Node Offering on Impossible Finance. Starting from March 14th, whitelisted users will be able to submit their wallets while the public sale will go live on March 20th. Moreover, the third phase of Aethir's node sale is now live on Seedify and will start on the Solanium platform tomorrow. Backed by Merit Circle, Momentum 6, Maelstrom, Animoca Brands, Framework, and others, Aethir builds scalable decentralised cloud infrastructure for Gaming & AI.

👉🏻 x.com/AethirCloud/status/1765258435094827501

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​​Ponder (PNDR) announces an upcoming integration of Linea to Ponder's engine

Ponder will integrate the Linea chain into its engine at the product launch. Through this integration, Linea's fast transaction speeds, and low gas fees will unlock more efficient routes for Ponder users to benefit from and in return bring more TVL to Linea. Ponder has previously announced its upcoming IDOs on Ape Terminal and WePad. Ponder's solution unites EVM and non-EVM chains with a universal framework to tackle liquidity fragmentation.

👉🏻 x.com/Ponder_One/status/1767234046768079045

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​​Crypto News Digest: Key Updates You Need to Know

This digest provides a quick overview of the most significant cryptocurrency news, that's worth your attention.

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​​Starknet Foundation will allocate 50M $STRK tokens to its Gaming Committee

Starknet Foundation has announced the launch of the Gaming Committee with 50M $STRK tokens allocated for the initiative. Newly-launched committee, comprised of six experts, will promote the growth of gaming on Starknet. The Committee will also incentivize developers to build games on Starknet and incentivize players to use them. Starknet is a permissionless decentralized ZK-Rollup that operates as an L2 network over Ethereum, backed by Sequoia Capital, Paradigm, Pantera Capital, and others.

👉🏻 starknet.io/en/content/gaming-committee-launch-advancing-starknets-gaming-ecosystem

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​​Nibiru Chain (NIBI) goes live on Bybit, KuCoin, Gаtе.іо, and MEXC

Trading for the $NIBI token is now live on Bybit, KuCoin, Gаtе.іо, and MEXC! Moreover, Nibiru has announced the launch of its main network. Nibiru is an L1 blockchain powering a smart contract hub with DeFi, RWAs, and more, backed by Hashkey, NGC Ventures, ArkStream Capital, MV Global, and others. The project has previously conducted its token sale on Coinlist.

🔸 Token Sale Price: $0.05
🔸 Current Price: $0.51 (~x10)
🔸ATH Price: $2.13 (~x42.6)

👉🏻 x.com/NibiruChain/status/1767427266412511424

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​​Elixir has announced the closure of its $8M Series B funding round

The round was co-led by Mysten Labs and Maelstrom, with participation from GSR, Amber Group, Flowdesk, Manifold, and Arthur Hayes. It previously raised $9.6M across two rounds backed by Hack VC, NGC Ventures, MH Ventures, and others. Elixir is a modular DPoS network built to power liquidity on orderbook exchanges.

👉🏻 crypto.news/elixir-secures-8-million-in-series-b-funding

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​​TOP DeFi Projects by Social Activity

Posts. Posts measures the number of social posts across all social channels.

Interactions include socially-driven engagements and actions such as likes, comments, retweets, and upvotes.

Social Dominance. Social dominance calculates the "share of voice" across all social media data.

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​​StarHeroes has been listed on Bybit, SpartaDex, Gate.io, MEXC & Uniswap

Trading for the $STAR token is now live on Bybit, SpartaDex, Gate.io, MEXC, and Uniswap! StarHeroes has previously conducted its IDOs on Bybit Web3, Ape Terminal, and Moby. Moreover, StarHeroes has announced its upcoming Decentralized Tournament with a $1,628,675 prize pool and an airdrop of 28M $STAR (4% of the total supply). StarHeroes, backed by Microsoft grant and GameSwift, is a pioneering web3 gaming experience that transcends conventional space-shooters.

🔸 Token Sale Price: $0.02
🔸 Current Price: $1.06 (~x53)
🔸 ATH Price: $1.22 (~x61)

👉🏻 x.com/StarHeroes_game/status/1767492287066468783

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​​Sharpe AI announces its inclusion in the Google’s AI Startup Program

Sharpe Ai joins Google’s AI Startup Program to improve its AI models and deliver superior solutions for crypto-related generative AI and language processing tasks. Moreover, SharpeGPT will harness the power of Google’s advanced generative AI and the capabilities of Google’s Palm 2 to improve its performance. Moreover, Sharpe AI has recently announced the launch of the Season 1 Airdrop campaign. Sharpe is an AI-powered crypto super-app designed for professional traders, offering a unified platform for intelligence, investing, and automating digital assets.

👉🏻 sharpeai.medium.com/sharpe-ai-joins-google-ai-startup-program-7faea8026336

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​​Polyhedra (ZK) will be launched via OKX Jumpstart on March 15th

Users will be able to stake both $BTC and $ETH for 4 days to mine $ZK tokens in return, starting from March 15th, 6:00 AM. Some 6M $ZK tokens (0.6% of total supply) will be allocated to Jumpstart, divided equally between BTC and ETH pools (3M $ZK each). Polyhedra Network is a Web3 infrastructure startup, backed by Binance Labs, Polychain, Animoca Brands, and OKX Ventures among others, with a total amount raised of $25M.

👉🏻 okx.com/help/introducing-zk-polyhedra-network-on-okx-jumpstart

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​​MetaCene has announced the closure of its $10M Private A investment round

MetaCene raises $15M in Private A funding from Spartan Group, Animoca Brands, SevenX Ventures, Folius Ventures, Mantle, LongLing Capital, Comma3 Ventures and I Got Games. MetaCene has previously raised $5M in a seed round from SevenX Ventures, Hash Global, Emurgo, and others. Moreover, the project rolled out its MetaCene World in Alpha Test III with $1M in rewards. Incubated by Binance Labs, MetaCene is the first Web3-native MMORPG homeland game supporting easy access for mainstream gamers.

👉🏻 x.com/MetaCeneGame/status/1767438271737450804

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​​Aark Digital announces the launch of the Final Token Mining campaign

Aark Digital kicks off the Final Token Mining event that will be live for a month. Users can now trade in any market to earn $AARK rewards determined by the trading volume. The BTC/ETH market will have a prize pool of 80,000 $AARK while the altcoin markets' allocation will equal 200,000 $AARK. Aark Digital has recently partnered with the ether.fi restaking protocol. Aark Digital is the Leverage Everything Perpetual DEX for professional traders/LPs on Arbitrum, backed by Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, and Keyrock.

👉🏻 aarkdigital.medium.com/new-token-mining-final-chance-to-earn-aark-a8d52713eca8

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​​Top 10 dApps on Base by Users Activity (30d)

A decentralized application (dApp) is a program built on blockchain that combines a smart contract and a front-end user interface. We present the top dApps on #Base by users activity in the last 30 days, according to the data from DappRadar.

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