​​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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​​Aethir introduces the Batch 4 of its 100M Ecosystem Fund deployment

Aethir has unveiled five AI agents to join Batch 4 of Aethir's $100M Ecosystem Fund deployment. Among onboarded projects are HeyAnon, dFusion AI, Assisterr AI, Sentio, and Bloomsperg Terminal. The selected projects will receive GPU compute from Aethir and their Ecosystem Fund. Aethir builds scalable decentralized cloud infrastructure for Gaming & AI.

👉🏻 x.com/AethirCloud/status/1877015072276435357

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​​TOP MEME Tokens by Social Activity

Posts. Posts measure the number of unique social posts across all collected social channels over a rolling 24-hour timeframe.

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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​​BounceBit expands $BB to Ethereum via LayerZero’s OFT standard

BounceBit has announced the expansion of the $BB token to the Ethereum network. Through the integration of LayerZero's Omnichain Fungible Token standard, users will be able to bridge $BB between BounceBit Chain and Ethereum via dedicated portal. BounceBit is building a BTC restaking infrastructure that provides a foundational layer for different restaking products.

👉🏻 medium.com/@bouncebit/bb-token-expands-to-ethereum-a-new-chapter-in-cross-chain-accessibility-dd34e4c79df5

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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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​​Top Blockchains by Monthly Active Users

Monthly active users measure the number of distinct addresses interacting with blockchains' relevant contracts. According to the data from TokenTerminal, #Solana, #Base, #Tron, #BNBChain, and #Aptos have drawn the largest numbers of users lately.

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​​Phala Network has rolled out its L2 rollup in collaboration with Succinct Labs and Conduit

Phala Network, a Polkadot-based parachain and verifiable computation platform, announces the launch of its Ethereum Layer 2 rollup. Launched in collaboration with infrastructure providers Succinct Labs and Conduit, the rollup has both optimistic and zero-knowledge proofs. Moreover, Phala has recently partnered with the AI agent development platform ai16z to build Eliza’s TEE.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/333755/polkadot-based-phala-network-launches-ethereum-layer-2-rollup

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​​Clearpool’s L2 Ozean has integrated Lido Finance’s $wstETH to Oxygen

Ozean has announced the integration of Lido’s wstETH onto Oxygen, the innovative RWA liquidity layer on Ozean. This innovation aims to enhance the utility and userbase of Lido’s products via Ozean’s ecosystem. Ozean is a Layer 2 blockchain for RWA yield built by Clearpool.

👉🏻 clearpool.medium.com/ozean-integrates-lidos-wsteth-to-oxygen-908f01475ba6

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​​MANTRA to tokenize $1B worth of RWA for UAE-based property firm DAMAC

MANTRA will collaborate with DAMAC Group on a $1B deal to enable token-based financing for a diverse range of assets. The DAMAC Group assets will be available in early 2025, exclusively on MANTRA Chain. Earlier in July 2024, MANTRA partnered with another Dubai-based real estate developer MAG Group to tokenize $500M real estate assets. MANTRA Chain is the RWA Layer 1 Blockchain, capable of adherence and enforcement of real-world regulatory requirements.

👉🏻 mantrachain.io/resources/announcements/mantra-and-damac-group-revolutionize-tokenized-real-world-assets-with-us-1-billion-deal

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​​Push Chain (PUSH) has unveiled its partnership with Aptos (APT)

Push Chain joins forces with Aptos to unify web3 and enabling a shared universal app experience. Through this collaboration, Aptos users will be able to interact with any app on any other chain, without leaving Aptos. By eliminating the need for complex wallet setups and bridging, Push Chain brings universal experience within the Aptos ecosystem. Morever, the Push Communications Protocol solution will be expanded to Aptos. Announced back in December 2024, Push Chain is a network focused on chain abstraction and building web3 applications accessible across different networks.

👉🏻 push.org/blog/push-chain-joins-forces-with-aptos

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​​Rena Labs closes its $3.3M pre-seed funding round led by Paper Ventures

Rena Labs, the verifiable artificial intelligence firm, has announced the closure of its $3.3M pre-seed investment. The round was led by Paper Ventures, with additional participation from Lightspeed Faction, Eterna Capital, Lyrik Ventures, Mapleblock Capital, Selini Capital and Keyrock. The firm plans to use the fresh funds to expand its team with developers and industry experts and bolster its abstraction middleware.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/333676/web3-ai-firm-rena-labs-raises-3-3-million-in-pre-seed-funding

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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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​​TOP Crypto 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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​​Sol Strategies is raising $20M through debt financing from ParaFi Capital

Sol Strategies to raise C$27.5M (~$20M) via private placement from ParaFi Capital. The fresh capital will be used to buy more $SOL tokens and invest further in Solana staking infrastructure. Sol Strategies is one of the largest Solana stakers, having staked over 1.5M SOL tokens.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/333905/sol-strategies-is-raising-20-million-via-debt-financing-from-parafi-capital-to-expand-solana-staking-operations

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​​Binance will list aixbt (AIXBT), Cookie DAO (COOKIE), and ChainGPT (CGPT) on January 10th, at 13:00 UTC

Binance will list $AIXBT, $CGPT, and $COOKIE today, on January 10th, at 13:00 UTC. The exchange will open trading for the AIXBT/USDC, AIXBT/USDT, CGPT/USDC, CGPT/USDT, COOKIE/USDC, COOKIE/USDT trading pairs. AIXBT is a crypto market intelligence platform. ChainGPT a Web3-AI infrastructure. Cookie DAO is index & data layer for AI agents.

👉🏻 binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-will-list-aixbt-by-virtuals-aixbt-chaingpt-cgpt-cookie-dao-cookie-with-seed-tag-applied-6a15c90f03434e5a8ff710b07ec9519e

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​​Fetch.аі (FET) has rolled out its $10M accelerator for AI agent startups

Fetch.аі announces the launch of its new $10M accelerator program for AI agents strartups. The initiative aims to support startups developing solutions focused on AI agents, quantum computing and high-performance tech. Operating through Fetch.аі’s Innovation Lab, the accelerator will provide funding, mentorship and access to Fetch.аі’s agent-based technologies. The update follows last year launch of Fetch.аі's $10M Innovation Lab hub.

👉🏻 cointelegraph.com/news/fetch-ai-10m-accelerator-ai-agent-startups

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​​Top Crypto Exchange Apps by Downloads in December

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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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​​Solayer has unveiled its upcoming $LAYER token sale on Buidlpad

Solayer Foundation will conduct the first $LAYER public distribution exclusively to card holders. The sale participants will receive fully unvested $LAYER tokens upon TGE and become eligible for a Solayer Emerald Card. Users can already complete KYC verification, while the sale registration will start on January 13th, at 10:00 AM UTC and will be open till January 14th, 11:59 PM UTC. Solayer develops InfiniSVM, a blockchain architecture that can achieve unprecedented throughput, low latency, and robust composability.

🔸Public Sale Hardcap: $10,500,000
🔸Hardcap per User: $100 - $2,000
🔸Vesting: 100% at TGE
🔸 Initial Diluted Valuation: $350,000,000

👉🏻 buidlpad.com/solayer

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​​Top Blockchains by TVL Growth (30D)

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​​0G Labs has sold almost 85,000 nodes worth more than $30M

0G Labs raised more than $30M via the sale of almost 85,00 0 0G AI Alignment nodes. Node operators will receive up to 15% of the $0G token’s supply over the next three years. The fresh capital injection brings 0G’s total funds raised to around $400M, following the project's previous $290M seed and $35M pre-seed rounds. 0G Labs is the world's first Decentralized AI Operating System (dAIOS).

👉🏻 cointelegraph.com/news/0g-foundation-raises-30-million-selling-ai-nodes

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