Aggregated Layer 3 zkEVM network zkLink (ZKL) will have a primary listing on July 22. Bybit, Bitget, KuCoin, MEXC, Gate, BitMart, CoinList, Hashkey Global will list ZKL around 12:00 PM (UTC). zkLink raised $4.7M at $150M fully diluted valuation on CoinList in January this year.
Avail (AVAIL) is having a primary listing on July 23. Bitget, Bybit, KuCoin, HTX, Gate, MEXC, BingX, Bithumb will enable AVAIL trading around 12:00 PM (UTC).
Web3 gaming startup Matr1x (MAX) will be available for farming on OKX Jumpstart as of July 29. Users will be able to stake their BTC or ETH on OKX App to farm MAX tokens till August 5. 2% (20M MAX) of the total token supply to be offered on the platform. MAX trading will go live on August 5.
Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. July 2024, part 2.
Bitcoin monthly returns: 2011-2024. BTC is up around 3% in July.
Enso Finance (ENSO) is having a token auction on CoinList from July 31 till Aug 7. 5M ENSO (5% of the total supply) to be offered at the min price $1.5 ($150M FDV) and the max price $8 ($800M FDV). Vesting: 15% at TGE + 6 months linear release. Min allocation: $100. Enso is building a layer-1 tendermint-based blockchain, storing state from EVM, SVM, and MVM blockchains to enable execution on all blockchain frameworks.
Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. July 2024, part 3.
Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Particle Network, the L1 solution for unifying all chains via Universal Accounts. Particle Network has raised $23M+ across several rounds during 2022-24.
Binance will list Toncoin (TON) on August 8. TON/BTC, TON/USDT, TON/FDUSD, and TON/TRY trading will go live at 10:00 AM (UTC).
Web traffic to crypto exchanges in July 2024. According to the data from SimilarWeb in July a cumulative web traffic to cryptocurrency exchanges has decreased by 4%.
Sahara AI, a startup integrating the blockchain and artificial intelligence, raised $43M in a funding round led by venture capital investors Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital.
Layer 1 blockchain XION introduced the XION Foundation and its token XION. Details on token distribution and release date TBA. The project has raised over $36M from top-tier investors including Animoca, Circle, Multicoin, Arrington Capital, Spartan, and more.
Binance is offering Toncoin (TON) farming on Binance Launchpool as of August 15. Users will be able to stake their BNB, FDUSD to farm TON tokens over 20 days. 0.15% (7.65M TON) of the total token supply to be offered on the platform (85% of the tokens for BNB stakers).
KuCoin is offering TNA Protocol (BN) farming via its new token launch program. Users will be able to stake their KCS, USDT, USDC to farm BN tokens over 3 days starting August 15. 8.3M BN (0.4% of the total supply) will be available for farming. TNA is developing a naming service for Bitcoin.
Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. August 2024, part 1.
Binance will offer Dogs (DOGS) farming on Binance Launchpool as of August 23. Users will be able to stake their BNB, FDUSD to farm DOGS tokens over 3 days. 4% (22B DOGS) of the total token supply to be offered on the platform (85% of the tokens for BNB stakers). Binance will list DOGS on August 26.
Aptos-based gamified perpetual DEX, Merkle Trade is having Liquidity Bootstrapping Auction from Aug 29 till September 5. 1% of the total MKL supply will be allocated to the LBA pool as LP Incentives. Post-LBA, the liquidity provided to the pool will be locked and vested over 120 days, with one-third unlocked after 60 days and the remainder vesting linearly over the next 60 days. Current MKL price: $0.37 (37M FDV). The project has raised $2.1M from Hashed, Arrington Capital and others.
Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. August 2024, part 2.
Bitcoin monthly returns: 2011-2024. BTC is down around 9% in August.
Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. August 2024, part 3.
