​​Binance has introduced Moonbix, its Telegram mini app for exchange’s users

Binance announces the launch of Moonbix, its official Telegram mini app. Only users from qualified regions who bound their Binance account and complete KYC will be eligible for any rewards. Moreover, users who passed the KYC verification and meet the requirements, will be eligible for the welcome reward. Through this move, Binance joins the Telegram mini app rush that draws hundred of millions of monthly active users.

👉🏻 binance.com/en/about-legal/tg-mini-app-tnc

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WalletConnect unveils an airdrop of 185M $WCT with native token launch

WalletConnect, a web3 communications protocol, has introduced the WalletConnect Foundation, the Connect Token $WCT, and the decentralization of the WalletConnect Network. The project will distribute 18.5% of the $WCT total supply via airdrop season 1 on October 11th. Among eligible users are Ethereum address owners, users who have actively engaged with WalletConnect or contributed to open-source projects.

With the launch of the WCT token, the WalletConnect Network will begin transitioning to a permissionless structure governed by the community. Backed by Coinbase Ventures, ConsenSys, 1kx, and others, WalletConnect connects crypto wallets to decentralized applications.

👉🏻 walletconnect.network/blog/introducing-the-walletconnect-foundation

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​​Coin of the Day by Market Sentiment - zkLink (ZKL)

zkLink is focused multi-chain L2 network with unified liquidity secured by ZK-Rollups.

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​​dYdX has disclosed its plans to list perpetual futures on prediction markets

Perpetuals-focused decentralized cryptocurrency exchange dYdX announces an upcoming launch of Perpetual Futures on Prediction Markets. The innovation aims to allow users to place leveraged bets on the outcome of binary events. Users will need to deposit a governance-determined amount of $USDC into the MegaVault, which will source liquidity from users, who will get a share of the vault's profits plus a share of the protocol's revenue determined by governance.

👉🏻 coindesk.com/business/2024/09/17/dydx-to-debut-perpetual-futures-on-prediction-markets-as-dex-seeks-to-raise-profile

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​​Fermah has raised $5.2M in funding led by a16z CSX fund and Lemniscap

Fermah, the universal proof generation layer developer, closes its $5.2M investment round led by the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) fund and Lemniscap. The funding was also joined by Bankless Ventures, Longhash Ventures, P-OPS team, Public Works, ZK Validator, Lambda Class, Daedalus, Zero DAO, Velocity Capital, Daemon Ventures and several angels. Fermah wil act as a marketplace for ZK proof generation, creating proofs for ZK rollups, ZK bridges and other use cases.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/316695/a16z-csx-fund-and-lemniscap-lead-5-2-million-seed-round-for-fermah

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​​Top Blockchains by Total Generated Fees (30d)

Let's take a look at the ranking of top blockchain networks by total fees paid by users in the past 30 days, according to the data from Tokenterminal.

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​​IoTeX teams up with Polygon Labs for the AggLayer integration

IoTeX and Polygon Labs partner to bring AggLayer to the IoTex 2.0 blockchain. Through this innovation, DePIN developers will be able to connect with the AggLayer and allow users to interact with DePIN applications across multiple blockchains. Introduced back in July, IoTex 2.0 will tap into AggLayer’s cross-chain communication and liquidity sharing.

IoTeX is DePIN infrastructure platform, backed by SNZ Capital, Foresight Ventures, Borderless Capital, Amber Group, and others in a $50M funding.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/316806/iotex-polygon-labs-agglayer-depin

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​​World Liberty Financial, promoted by Trump family, teases its $WLFI token

World Liberty Financial, a crypto project, promoted by the Trump family, to launch a governance token $WLFI. Some 63% of the token will be sold to the public, with 17% reserved for user rewards and 20% going to the team. The token will be sold only to accredited investors under what is known as a Regulation D exemption from the SEC.

👉🏻 coindesk.com/markets/2024/09/17/crypto-project-world-liberty-financial-promoted-by-trump-family-confirms-plan-for-token

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​​Dragonfly Capital is seeking to raise $500M for its fourth fund

Dragonfly Capital, a crypto venture capital, plans to raise another $500M to invest in early-stage startups. The firm has garnered $250M so far and aims to close the fundraising by Q1 2025. Dragonfly has invested in more than 100 digital-asset companies and projects including Ethena, Cosmos and Monad Labs.

The company's previous $650M fund was launched in April 2022. Dragonfly Capital is a crypto venture capital based in San Francisco.

👉🏻 bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-17/crypto-vc-fund-dragonfly-seeking-to-raise-a-500-million-fund

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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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​​Gaming & Metaverse Projects by Social Activity

Posts. Posts measure 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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​​Yellow Network has announced the closure of its $10M seed funding round

Yellow Network, a decentralized clearing network for digital assets, raises $10M in seed funding led by Ripple Co-Founder and Silicon Valley pioneer Chris Larsen. Additional round participants included Consensys, GSR, NxGen, MV Global, Gate Labs, ZBS Capital, Moonrock Capital, Math, Cobo, NOIA Capital, and LD Capital. Yellow Network develops an innovative decentralized clearing protocol that aims to address critical industry challenges, including liquidity fragmentation, scalability, and counterparty risks.

👉🏻 yellow.com/news/ripples-chris-larsen-backs-dollar10m-seed-round-in-yellow-network-to-address-crypto-trading-challenges

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​​TOP 10 Social-Fi dApps by Users Activity (30d)

Let's take a look at the top 10 social-fi dApps, based on users' activity over the past 30 days, according to the DappRadar. Social-Fi brings together the principles of social media and DeFi by offering a Web3 approach to creating, managing, and owning social media platforms and the content generated by its participants.

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​​Vana raises $25M in total funding from Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm & Polychain

Vana, a web3 startup that aims to build a network of user-owned data pools, raises $5M seed funding led by Coinbase Ventures, bringing its total funding to $25M. Previously, Vana had raised $18M in a Series A round led by Paradigm and $2M in seed funding led by Polychain. Additional round backers include Manifold, GSR, SCB 10X, Defiance Capital, Contango, Auros Ventures, MH Ventures, BoxGroup, and Will Manidis.

👉🏻 vana.org/posts/vana-raises-funding-to-build-user-owned-ai-and-overcome-the-data-wall

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​​Top Liquid Staking Projects by Developer Activity (30d)

Dev.Activity - the development activity of a project done in its public Github repositories. Development Activity metrics are measured in a number of Github events.

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​​Wintermute teases the launch of its OutcomeMarket predictions market

Wintermute has introduced OutcomeMarket, a permissionless smart contract for a new US presidential election prediction market. Supported by Chaos Labs’ Edge Proofs Oracle, the market will be accessible across Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum. OutcomeMarket will feature two ERC-20 compatible tokens, $TRUMP & $HARRIS, and will be launched on the Backpack, Bebop, and WOO X exchanges.

👉🏻 x.com/wintermute_t/status/1836049797540880779

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​​Top 10 Blockchain Games by Users Activity (30d)

With the spread of Web3 technologies, blockchain games became the industry trend and keep on attracting the attention of gaming & crypto communities. We have made a recap of top blockchain games by users activity in the last 30 days, so let's take a look!

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​​Bitget and Foresight Ventures have invested $30M in TON blockchain

Crypto exchange Bitget and Foresight Ventures announced a $30M investment into The Open Network blockchain. The funding will be allocated through the acquisition of $TON tokens and will be focused on Telegram tap-to-earn games development. Moreover, the investment will allow Bitget and Foresight Ventures to engage more deeply in the TON blockchain governance and future development plans.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/316975/bitget-foresight-ventures-invest-30-million-in-ton-blockchain

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​​Aleo will be initially listed on Gate, MEXC, and Hashkey on September 18th

Trading for $ALEO will start today on the Gate, MEXC, and Hashkey exchanges on September 18th, at or around 16:00 UTC. Earlier this month, Aleo unveiled its airdrop for the ambassador, testers, and incentive program participants. Aleo uses ZK proofs at the core blockchain level to support transactions and smart contract interactions that are private by default. The project was backed by a16z, Coinbase Ventures, SoftBank, SamsungNext, Polychain Capital, and Variant Fund among others, with a $298M total raise.

👉🏻 gate.io/announcements/article/39320

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​​Coin of the Day by Market Sentiment - The Dogs (DOGS)

Dogs is a community-driven initiative built on the TON Blockchain, designed to leverage Telegram's vast user base and native meme culture.

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Hemi Labs has announced the closure of its $15M strategic funding round

Hemi Labs raises $15M in funding led by Binance Labs, Breyer Capital, and Big Brain Holdings. The investment was also joined by Cryptо.соm, Web3 Ventures, HyperChain Capital, Alchemy, SALT Fund, Kelly Investments, Sunflower Capital, DNA Fund, Gate Ventures, Quantstamp, TRGC, BTC INC, Artichoke Capital, Cypher Capital, SNZ Holding, C6E, IBG Capital, Protein Capital, MON Ventures, SV5, and Impossible Finance, among others. The firm plans to use the fresh funding to launch Hemi Network, its modular blockchain network built on Bitcoin and Ethereum.

👉🏻 x.com/hemi_xyz/status/1836392405328638427

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