The Avalanche Foundation, the smart contracts platform, has launched Blizzard, an over $200M fund dedicated to accelerating development, growth, and innovation across the ecosystem of builders and users of the Avalanche public blockchain and beyond.

Blizzard is composed of contributions from the Avalanche Foundation, Ava Labs, Polychain Capital, Three Arrows Capital, Dragonfly Capital, CMS Holdings, Republic Capital, R/Crypto Fund, Collab+Currency, Lvna Capital, and Finality Capital Partners amongst others.

The fund is focused on four key areas of growth across the Avalanche ecosystem: DeFi, enterprise applications, NFTs and culture applications.

https://medium.com/avalancheavax/avalanche-foundation-launches-fund-worth-over-200m-dedicated-to-supporting-ecosystem-development-799b34304f0e

Huobi Global will be listing Immutable X (IMX) on their brand new token listing platform, Primelist.

Sale period: on November 5, 10:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC.
Trading: on November 5, 13:00 UTC.
Sale volume: 6,000,000 tokens ( 0,3% of total supply)
Price: 0,16$
Purchase limit: 200$

https://www.huobi.com/support/en-us/detail/44890071200655

Sfermion, an investment firm focused on the non-fungible token (NFTs) ecosystem, has raised $100M.

Strategic investors: Alan Howard, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Matthew Roszak, Digital Currency Group, CMT Digital, and Animoca Brands.

Sfermion’s mission is to accelerate the emergence of an open, decentralized metaverse.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211101005038/en/Sfermion-Raises-100M-NFT-Fund-Aimed-at-Accelerating-the-Emergence-of-the-Metaverse

Elrond has announced that the first Maiar launchpad startup will take place in November.

https://twitter.com/beniaminmincu/status/1455139605762740231?s=20

The Sandbox, a Hong Kong-based gaming platform that allows users to build a virtual world using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has raised $93 million from investors led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2.

https://www.reuters.com/article/the-sandbox-funding-softbank-group/softbank-leads-93-million-investment-in-nft-gaming-firm-the-sandbox-idUSKBN2HN06I

Project SEED, a gaming metaverse ecosystem, has raised $3.1M in the private funding round.

Investors: Huobi Ventures, Solar Eco Fund, Cipholio, Solana Capital, BlackEdge Capital, Basics Capital, UG Ventures, Exnetwork Capital, Minted Lab and others.

https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/project-seed-raises-31m-in-private-by-huobi-ventures-solana-capital

We're excited to announce two major updates to DropsTab!

1. Accumulation Phase Insights.
It features a selection of coins with an Accumulation Pattern. We've been testing various filters that show an increase in volume with a slight price change. The filters are in the testing stage. However, they successfully predicted price action in Qredo, Findora, and Dogelon Mars coins.

Note! This tool is not a financial recommendation. You should always check the fundamental data and make your own trading decisions. Our filters don't guarantee growth or drawdowns of coins. Also, note that trading bots can affect the selection of coins
https://dropstab.com/insights/accumulation-phase

2. Price Bounce and Dip.
This feature identifies the strength and volatility of a coin at different time intervals. It shows the intensity of a drawdown and recovery, which can indicate the presence of a buyer/seller.
https://dropstab.com/insights/price-bounce-and-dip

The Balancer Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (BLBP) for the Merit Circle DAO has started.

https://copperlaunch.com/auctions/0x4eEbC19E5F29DEC3deA07F66b9e707AFc8f28C06
https://medium.com/@meritcircle/merit-circle-mc-balancer-liquidity-bootstrapping-pool-blbp-fda4e901209a

Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company, has raised $150 million in a Series C extension round led by Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX.

SVB Capital reinvested in this extension round and other existing investors such as Deciens Capital, Ribbit Capital, Bezos Expeditions, One Way Ventures and Tribe Capital.

The company gets $2 billion valuation.

Chipper Cash has also partnered with FTX to “make money transfer as simple as a text message and accelerate the adoption of crypto within Africa and beyond.”

https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/01/chipper-cash-gets-2b-valuation-with-150m-extension-round-led-by-ftx/

Credefi, a hybrid of FinTech Solution and DeFi Protocol connecting crypto lenders with small & medium business borrowers from the traditional economy, has raised $1.8 million in a private funding round.

The round was led by Marshland Capital with strategic investments from Moonrock Capital, Varys Capital, X21 Digital, Magnus Capital, Skynet Trading, LucidBlue Ventures, AU21 Capital, Peech Capital, Metrix Capital, Maven Capital, RR2 Capital; and angel investors like Heslin Kim.

https://cryptopotato.com/credefi-announces-completion-of-a-1-8m-private-round-and-prepares-for-upcoming-ido/

CME Group will launch Micro Ether futures (MET) on December 6.

https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/cryptocurrencies/ether/micro-ether.html?redirect=/microether

Blockchain investment firm Sanctor Capital has raised $20 million for its inaugural fund, which will provide strategic capital and resources to blockchain-based online games (GameFi), decentralized finance (DeFi) and cross-chain infrastructure projects.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/02/crypto-investment-firm-sanctor-capital-raises-20m-for-first-fund/

The digital property trading platform Upland has completed an $18 million Series A funding round led by Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands.

Upland was valued at $300 million in the new round.

Investors: OneTeam Partners, Block.one, Alumni Ventures Blockchain Fund, Global Founders Capital, former SoftBank managing partner Michael Ronen, Vorhaus Advisors' Mike Vorhaus and Transform Group CEO Michael Terpin, Frankfurt, Germany-based C3 Management.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/122981/digital-property-trading-platform-upland-scores-18-million-series-a-led-by-animoca

The decentralized identity startup Spruce has raised $7.5 million in a funding round led by Ethereal Ventures and Electric Capital.

The seed round included participation by Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures, BITKRAFT, A. Capital Ventures, Protocol Labs and Gemini Frontier Fund.

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/11/02/decentralized-identity-startup-spruce-raises-75m/

Crypto.com Protocol (CRO) is launching on Coinbase Pro.

Trading will begin on or after 16:00 UTC Wednesday November 3, if liquidity conditions are met.

https://blog.coinbase.com/crypto-com-protocol-cro-is-launching-on-coinbase-pro-7db974c163bf

Kryll (KRL), LCX (LCX) and OriginTrail (TRAC) are launching on Coinbase.

https://blog.coinbase.com/kryll-krl-lcx-lcx-and-origintrail-trac-are-launching-on-coinbase-f3057747244a

Nike has filed seven trademark applications as it prepares to enter the metaverse.

The company intends to make and sell virtual Nike-branded sneakers and apparel.

In addition to the trademark requests, Nike also is looking to staff up in the space. According to a search of Nike jobs, the company recently posted openings for a virtual material designer of footwear and virtual design roles.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/02/nike-is-quietly-preparing-for-the-metaverse-.html
https://www.themetaversejobs.com/company/nike

Microsoft is adapting its signature software products to create a more corporate version of the metaverse.

The first offering, a version of Microsoft’s Teams chat and conferencing program that features digital avatars, is in testing now and will be available in the first half of 2022. Customers will be able to share Office files and features, like PowerPoint decks, in the virtual world.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-02/microsoft-s-own-metaverse-is-coming-and-it-will-have-powerpoint?sref=cus85deZ

Injective now supports Cosmos IBC, so users can transfer and trade any token from the Cosmos ecosystem on Injective.

https://twitter.com/InjectiveLabs/status/1455537765156802564?s=20

Elrond has announced that the XP Network NFT bridge is live on the Elrond Network.

NFTs can now flow freely to and from Elrond Network, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon and Fantom, with Tron, Algorand, Avalanche, Solana, Cardano and Tezos soon to follow.

https://elrond.com/blog/elrond-nft-bridge-xpnetwork/

Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced that it will become Australia’s first bank to offer customers the ability to buy, sell and hold crypto assets, directly through the CommBank app.

CBA has partnered with the regulated crypto exchange and custodian, Gemini, and the blockchain analysis firm, Chainalysis. Both partnerships have allowed the bank to design a crypto exchange and custody service that will be offered to customers through a new feature in the app.

The pilot will start in the coming weeks and CBA intends to progressively rollout more features to more customers in 2022.

CBA will provide customers with access to up to ten selected crypto assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.

https://www.commbank.com.au/articles/newsroom/2021/11/CBA-to-offer-crypto-services.html