​​Aethir (ATH) has rolled out a $50M Community Rewards Program

During the program, Aethir will distribute $50M worth of ATH tokens allocated for swap to active participants. Part of allocated tokens will be distributed to Checker License holders & ATH-AI pool stakers. Aethir is an enterprise-grade GPU-as-a-service provider.

👉 blog.aethir.com/blog-posts/aethirs-50-million-community-bonus-rewards-program

​​Sharpe AI (SAI) announced a partnership with Vanar (VANRY)

Сollaboration will enable Sharpe users to effortlessly track assets on Vanar chain and bring advanced analytics access by integrating the Vanar Chain into the Sharpe Terminal. Sharpe AI is a unified platform for investing, intelligence, and automating digital assets.

👉 x.com/SharpeLabs/status/1813603362648027271

​​Polygon scheduled MATIC to POL token migration on September 4th

Polygon set its Mainnet upgrade on September 4th, transitioning its native token MATIC to POL following community approval. Post-upgrade, POL will replace MATIC as the primary token for gas fees and staking within the network during the initial phase.

👉 theblock.co/post/306023/polygon-plans-to-migrate-matic-to-pol-token-on-sept-4

​​Chainbase raised $15 million in the Series A funding round

Tencent Investment Group and MPC co-led the Series A funding round. Among other investors are Folius VC, Hash Global, JSquare, Mask Network, and Bodl VC. Chainbase is an omnichain data network that consolidates all blockchain data into single platform.

👉 theblock.co/post/306140/blockchain-data-network-chainbase-funding

​​DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW

Total Market Capitalization: $2.46T (-1.64%)
BTC Price: $63,781 (-1.59%)
BTC Dominance: 51.2% (-0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 60 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $159B (-1.34%)

​​Banana Gun (BANANA) to be listed on Binance on July 20th, 9:00 AM UTC

Banana Gun is the 1st HODLer airdrop project launching on Binance. Users who subscribed their BNB to Simple Earn products from Jun 23 to Jul 5 will receive a share of 800,000 BANANA (9% of supply) airdrop.

Banana Gun is a trading tool that offers both automatic and manual trading options via a Telegram bot. It enables users to efficiently engage in on-chain trading, featuring multiple unique capabilities.

👉 binance.com/en/support/introducing-banana-gun

​​zkLink (ZKL) launches on the Bybit Launchpool on July 22

Users will be able to stake ZKL, MNT, or USDT to earn a share of 7,000,000 ZKL tokens. The staking period goes live concurrently with listing on July 22, 12:00 UTC. zkLink is building the first L3 multi-rollup to solve liquidity fragmentation on Ethereum L2 rollups.

👉 announcements.bybit.com/en/article/bybit-launchpool-stake-zkl-usdt-or-mnt-to-earn

​​XION unveiled the list of brands that used its Chain Abstraction

Uber, Baskin Robbins, Sunglass Hut, and The North Face used XION through the EarnOS platform achieving 200K verified users and 1.3M unique brand interactions. XION has previously launched a public testnet of its Layer 1, a purpose-built chain for consumer adoption.

👉 xion.burnt.com/blog/xion-chain-abstraction-drives-success-for-uber-and-prominent-brands-through-earnos-platform

​​Sanctum (CLOUD) conducted its listing on multiple exchanges

CLOUD is now listed on Bybit, Gate, Bitget, Kraken, Orca and Jupiter. CLOUD current price is $0.306. Current Diluted Valuation is $306M. Sanctum is a liquid-staking protocol for the Solana ecosystem.

👉 x.com/sanctumso/status/1813963589923062126

​​Top-15 Projects by average daily development activity growth on Github in the last 30 days

We took the data from Santiment.net. Projects are sorted by the average daily development activity growth during the last 30 days on the Github. The number of daily events is approximate.

Top 3 are Sei, LayerZero, and Spell.

​​Top 15 projects by positive market sentiment on Oriole Insights

Oriole Insights is a gamified prediction platform harnessing collective wisdom. The list of projects by Bullish expectations with a minimum of 50 predictions and 500 ORI pooled.

👉 app.orioleinsights.io/projects

​​Avail (AVAIL) to conduct its initial listing on Bybit on July 23

AVAIL trading will go live on July 23rd at 12:00 PM UTC. Deposits will open on July 22nd at 10:00 AM UTC via AVAIL Chain. Avail is available on the Bybit Pre-Market under 1 AVAIL = $0.27 token price. Avail is a modular blockchain focused on data availability.

👉 x.com/Bybit_Official/status/1814238756444016995

​​IoTeX (IOTX) launches V2.0, transitioning into an open modular infrastructure for DePINs

The V2.0 provides a complete tech stack including composable modules and a unified trust layer to accelerate DePIN adoption. IoTeX 2.0 brings a new tokenomics, modular DePIN infrastructure, modular security pool, universal embedded SDK, and more.

👉 x.com/iotex_io/status/1813605611663249598

​​Injective (INJ) introduced AINJ, a staking ETP launched by 21Shares

The AINJ, an Injective staking exchange-traded product (ETP) offers exposure to INJ via traditional finance exchange venues and brokerages, while also capturing staking rewards. AINJ is backed by INJ and is stored securely by an institutional-grade custodian, offering a direct TradFi gateway to the underlying asset.

👉 x.com/injective/status/1813923768731144336

​​Crypto Events Recap, July 17-19

👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-july-17-19-2024

​​MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN JULY!

A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events

​​Top Ecosystem Funds and Grants programs launched in 2024

These programs aim to accelerate the growth of innovative blockchain projects, fostering development and adoption within the industry. The biggest programs in 2024 were introduced by Optimism, Arbitrum, Fantom, Supra, Zignaly, Immutable, and Manta.