Top 7 Crypto Fundraising Rounds of the Week
Let’s take a look at the top 7 biggest private crypto fundraising rounds completed in the previous week, backed by crypto venture investors including Paradigm, Variant, Gate.iо, Republic, Big Brain Holdings, Polychain Capital and others.
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Let’s take a look at the top 7 biggest private crypto fundraising rounds completed in the previous week, backed by crypto venture investors including Paradigm, Variant, Gate.iо, Republic, Big Brain Holdings, Polychain Capital and others.
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Top Upcoming Events of the Next Week
We compiled a list of top important upcoming events of the next week (Oct 14th - Oct 20th), including Puffer Finance $PUFFER, Axie Infinity $AXS, deBridge $DBR, Dusk Network $DUSK, EigenLayer $EIGEN, Starknet $STRK, Lumia $ORN → $LUMI, Guild of Guardians $GOG, bitSmiley $SMILE, Arbitrum $ARB, Apeiron $APRS, WalletConnect $WCT, and Polyhedra $ZKJ. Stay tuned!
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We compiled a list of top important upcoming events of the next week (Oct 14th - Oct 20th), including Puffer Finance $PUFFER, Axie Infinity $AXS, deBridge $DBR, Dusk Network $DUSK, EigenLayer $EIGEN, Starknet $STRK, Lumia $ORN → $LUMI, Guild of Guardians $GOG, bitSmiley $SMILE, Arbitrum $ARB, Apeiron $APRS, WalletConnect $WCT, and Polyhedra $ZKJ. Stay tuned!
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Top 7 Projects in Testnet Phase with a Potential Airdrop [Part 1]
There are active discussions about projects which have a high chance of launching their own token and rewarding testnet users through an airdrop, like EigenLayer, Aleo, BounceBit, Avail, Blast, Scroll, and others did. Here are seven projects which are currently in the testnet phase, that may allocate airdrops for early adopters: Berachain, Movement, Story, Fuel Network, Sonic, Hemi and Plume.
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There are active discussions about projects which have a high chance of launching their own token and rewarding testnet users through an airdrop, like EigenLayer, Aleo, BounceBit, Avail, Blast, Scroll, and others did. Here are seven projects which are currently in the testnet phase, that may allocate airdrops for early adopters: Berachain, Movement, Story, Fuel Network, Sonic, Hemi and Plume.
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KIP Protocol [KIP] has launched Genesis Pass NFT collection
KIP Protocol $KIP has rolled out the Genesis Pass collection with 3,888 NFTs in total supply. The collection is divided into 3 tiers: uncommon (2,350), rare (1,300), and legendary (238). Holders will be eligible for $KIP airdrop at TGE, partner airdrops, a booster for Uprising V2, including Staking and Yield Programs, and a standalone rewards program for Genesis Passes.
KIP Protocol is an open-source Web3 framework designed to facilitate the creation, management and monetization of decentralized knowledge assets for AI applications. It has raised $5M in a funding round backed by Animoca Ventures, Tribe Capital, GBV Capital, Morningstar Ventures, DWF Ventures, and ZBS Capital.
🔗 x.com/KIPprotocol/status/1845104734165926351
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KIP Protocol $KIP has rolled out the Genesis Pass collection with 3,888 NFTs in total supply. The collection is divided into 3 tiers: uncommon (2,350), rare (1,300), and legendary (238). Holders will be eligible for $KIP airdrop at TGE, partner airdrops, a booster for Uprising V2, including Staking and Yield Programs, and a standalone rewards program for Genesis Passes.
KIP Protocol is an open-source Web3 framework designed to facilitate the creation, management and monetization of decentralized knowledge assets for AI applications. It has raised $5M in a funding round backed by Animoca Ventures, Tribe Capital, GBV Capital, Morningstar Ventures, DWF Ventures, and ZBS Capital.
🔗 x.com/KIPprotocol/status/1845104734165926351
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Movement Labs in partnership with Gate Ventures and Boon Ventures to launch a $20M fund
Movement Labs has announced Gate Ventures and Boon Ventures are launching a $20M fund for Move-based blockchain innovation. The fund targets the development of Move-based protocols, especially projects bridging the Move network with Ethereum-compatible applications. Investments will go toward DeFi projects working on security, GameFi with in-game asset transactions and NFT management, as well as interoperability solutions for data and asset transfers between Move and EVM ecosystems.
Movement Labs is the first Move-based ecosystem to utilize the AggLayer and help bridge the gap between the Move and EVM ecosystems. It raised $41.4M in two funding rounds backed by Polychain Capital, Hack VC, Placeholder, Archetype, Maven 11, Robot Ventures, Figment Capital, and received a strategic investment from Binance Labs.
🔗 cointelegraph.com/news/gate-ventures-movement-labs-boon-ventures-launch-crypto-fund
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Movement Labs has announced Gate Ventures and Boon Ventures are launching a $20M fund for Move-based blockchain innovation. The fund targets the development of Move-based protocols, especially projects bridging the Move network with Ethereum-compatible applications. Investments will go toward DeFi projects working on security, GameFi with in-game asset transactions and NFT management, as well as interoperability solutions for data and asset transfers between Move and EVM ecosystems.
Previously, Movement Labs claimed the testnet has already attracted $160M in committed total value locked ahead of its mainnet deployment, scheduled for later this year.
Movement Labs is the first Move-based ecosystem to utilize the AggLayer and help bridge the gap between the Move and EVM ecosystems. It raised $41.4M in two funding rounds backed by Polychain Capital, Hack VC, Placeholder, Archetype, Maven 11, Robot Ventures, Figment Capital, and received a strategic investment from Binance Labs.
🔗 cointelegraph.com/news/gate-ventures-movement-labs-boon-ventures-launch-crypto-fund
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Puffer Finance will conduct initial listing on multiple exchanges today, on October 14th
Puffer Finance will be listed on KuCoin, Bybit, Bitget, MEXC, Gate, HTX, BingX, and Bitmart, today, on October 14th, at 12:00 UTC. The initial circulating supply is 102.3M $PUFFER (10.23% of total supply). A total of 75M $PUFFER, or 7.5% of total supply is allocated for season one airdrop. Another 5.5% of total supply is allocated for season two airdrop.
Puffer is a native liquid restaking protocol ($1.37B in TVL), which is a combination of ETH liquid staking and native restaking on EigenLayer. It has raised $24.27M in five funding rounds backed by Lemniscap, Faction, Animoca Brands and received a strategic investment from Binance Labs.
🔗 kucoin.com/de/announcement/en-puffer-puffer-gets-listed-on-kucoin-world-premiere
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Puffer Finance will be listed on KuCoin, Bybit, Bitget, MEXC, Gate, HTX, BingX, and Bitmart, today, on October 14th, at 12:00 UTC. The initial circulating supply is 102.3M $PUFFER (10.23% of total supply). A total of 75M $PUFFER, or 7.5% of total supply is allocated for season one airdrop. Another 5.5% of total supply is allocated for season two airdrop.
Users will be available to claim their tokens at 11:00 UTC here 👉 claims.puffer.fi
Puffer is a native liquid restaking protocol ($1.37B in TVL), which is a combination of ETH liquid staking and native restaking on EigenLayer. It has raised $24.27M in five funding rounds backed by Lemniscap, Faction, Animoca Brands and received a strategic investment from Binance Labs.
🔗 kucoin.com/de/announcement/en-puffer-puffer-gets-listed-on-kucoin-world-premiere
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Avalanche Foundation will repurchase 1.97M AVAX tokens sold to Terra's LFG in 2022 deal
Avalanche Foundation has reached a deal to repurchase 1.97M $AVAX tokens sold to the Luna Foundation Guard, an organization that supported the since-collapsed Terra ecosystem, in a $100M April 2022 deal. While the Foundation didn't include the financial terms of the deal in its announcement, the current value of 1.97M Avalanche tokens is about $56M at the list price.
The agreement will be enacted pending approval from the bankruptcy court in charge of Terraform Labs' estate. Current $AVAX price is $29.2. Current FDV is $21B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/320833/avalanche-foundation-to-repurchase-tokens-sold-to-terras-lfg-in-2022-deal-pending-court-approval
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Avalanche Foundation has reached a deal to repurchase 1.97M $AVAX tokens sold to the Luna Foundation Guard, an organization that supported the since-collapsed Terra ecosystem, in a $100M April 2022 deal. While the Foundation didn't include the financial terms of the deal in its announcement, the current value of 1.97M Avalanche tokens is about $56M at the list price.
The agreement will be enacted pending approval from the bankruptcy court in charge of Terraform Labs' estate. Current $AVAX price is $29.2. Current FDV is $21B.
🔗 theblock.co/post/320833/avalanche-foundation-to-repurchase-tokens-sold-to-terras-lfg-in-2022-deal-pending-court-approval
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Top 7 Biggest Token Unlocks in the Next 7 Days
Monitoring of vested tokens and future unlock events is an important step to make more cautious and, in the end, better trading decisions. Let’s take a look at this and some other biggest unlocks coming in the next 7 days, including $AXS, $ARB, $EIGEN, $STRK, $ZKJ, $APE and $KARRAT according to CryptoRank.io.
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Monitoring of vested tokens and future unlock events is an important step to make more cautious and, in the end, better trading decisions. Let’s take a look at this and some other biggest unlocks coming in the next 7 days, including $AXS, $ARB, $EIGEN, $STRK, $ZKJ, $APE and $KARRAT according to CryptoRank.io.
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Binance Labs-backed Solv Protocol has raised $11M in a funding round
Bitcoin $BTC staking platform Solv Protocol has secured $11M in a funding round at a $200M valuation. Investors in the round include Laser Digital, Blockchain Capital, Gumi Cryptos Capital, OKX Ventures, and CMT Digital.
Solv Protocol's SolvBTC product has more than 20K $BTC staked (worth $1.24B) deployed across 10 major blockchain networks. Previously, Solv Protocol raised $14M in several funding rounds backed by Binance Labs, Sfermion, Shima Capital, Spartan Group, Mirana Ventures and others.
🔗 x.com/SolvProtocol/status/1845799371318976853
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Bitcoin $BTC staking platform Solv Protocol has secured $11M in a funding round at a $200M valuation. Investors in the round include Laser Digital, Blockchain Capital, Gumi Cryptos Capital, OKX Ventures, and CMT Digital.
Solv Protocol's SolvBTC product has more than 20K $BTC staked (worth $1.24B) deployed across 10 major blockchain networks. Previously, Solv Protocol raised $14M in several funding rounds backed by Binance Labs, Sfermion, Shima Capital, Spartan Group, Mirana Ventures and others.
🔗 x.com/SolvProtocol/status/1845799371318976853
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QORPO World [QORPO] has announced a partnership with Me3
QORPO World $QORPO teams up with Me3, a rewards-driven gamification hub. Through this partnership, QORPO WORLD will support Gatcha Galaxy with Citizen Conflict loot boxes added to the campaign.
QORPO World is a Web3 gaming studio behind Citizen Conflict and AneeMate shooters. Current $QORPO price is $0.12. Current market cap is $10.5M. Current FDV is $89.6M.
🔗 x.com/QORPOworld/status/1845745411560018403
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QORPO World $QORPO teams up with Me3, a rewards-driven gamification hub. Through this partnership, QORPO WORLD will support Gatcha Galaxy with Citizen Conflict loot boxes added to the campaign.
QORPO World is a Web3 gaming studio behind Citizen Conflict and AneeMate shooters. Current $QORPO price is $0.12. Current market cap is $10.5M. Current FDV is $89.6M.
🔗 x.com/QORPOworld/status/1845745411560018403
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Hyperliquid has introduced HYPE token alongside with Genesis Airdrop Event
Hyperliquid has unveiled the native token HYPE for HyperBFT proof-of-stake consensus and HyperEVM. Users have until November 11th to sign up for the genesis distribution. Moreover, with the launch of HyperEVM, any application built on Hyperliquid will have access to this deep liquidity and other native financial primitives.
Hyperliquid is a decentralized perpetual exchange with a TVL of $743M built on its high-performance Layer 1 blockchain. It enables fast, low-cost trading of perpetual futures with full on-chain transparency and performance comparable to CEX.
🔗 x.com/HyperFND/status/1845851735363027270
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Hyperliquid has unveiled the native token HYPE for HyperBFT proof-of-stake consensus and HyperEVM. Users have until November 11th to sign up for the genesis distribution. Moreover, with the launch of HyperEVM, any application built on Hyperliquid will have access to this deep liquidity and other native financial primitives.
Hyperliquid is a decentralized perpetual exchange with a TVL of $743M built on its high-performance Layer 1 blockchain. It enables fast, low-cost trading of perpetual futures with full on-chain transparency and performance comparable to CEX.
🔗 x.com/HyperFND/status/1845851735363027270
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Base has become Ethereum’s largest L2 in terms of TVL, with $2.49B in total deposits
Base, a Layer 2 Ethereum network developed by Coinbase, has now become the largest rollup in terms of total value locked. Base has a TVL of $2.49B distributed across 366 protocols, slightly surpassing Arbitrum’s TVL of $2.39B. A large portion of Base’s TVL comes from Aerodrome, which accounts for over $1.3B in deposits.
Moreover, Base now ranks among the top five blockchain networks in terms of TVL, positioned just behind Layer 1 chains such as Ethereum $ETH, Tron $TRX, Solana $SOL, and BNB Chain $BNB.
🔗 theblock.co/post/321011/base-becomes-largest-ethereum-rollup-by-total-value-locked-surpassing-arbitrum
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Base, a Layer 2 Ethereum network developed by Coinbase, has now become the largest rollup in terms of total value locked. Base has a TVL of $2.49B distributed across 366 protocols, slightly surpassing Arbitrum’s TVL of $2.39B. A large portion of Base’s TVL comes from Aerodrome, which accounts for over $1.3B in deposits.
Moreover, Base now ranks among the top five blockchain networks in terms of TVL, positioned just behind Layer 1 chains such as Ethereum $ETH, Tron $TRX, Solana $SOL, and BNB Chain $BNB.
🔗 theblock.co/post/321011/base-becomes-largest-ethereum-rollup-by-total-value-locked-surpassing-arbitrum
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Top Exchanges by Liquidations in last 7 days
The vast majority of the casualties were long positions last days, with more than $1.03B liquidated in total. Let’s take a look at the top exchanges by liquidations of longs and shorts within last week, according to Coinglass.com.
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The vast majority of the casualties were long positions last days, with more than $1.03B liquidated in total. Let’s take a look at the top exchanges by liquidations of longs and shorts within last week, according to Coinglass.com.
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Blockstream has raised $210M to drive Layer 2 growth and expand its Bitcoin treasury
Blockstream has raised $210M in a convertible note financing round led by Fulgur Ventures. The firm will use the funding to accelerate market adoption of its Layer 2 technologies, expand its mining business and boost its Bitcoin $BTC treasury. Blockstream’s Layer 2 solutions include the Liquid Network, a federated Bitcoin sidechain that can deploy multiple types of tokenized assets, and Core Lightning, an implementation of the Lightning Network designed to enable faster and cheaper bitcoin transactions.
Last month, Blockstream also launched Series 3 of its own BMN2 security token, which provides direct exposure to the firm’s Bitcoin hash rate.
🔗 theblock.co/post/321074/blockstream-funding-layer-2-mining-bitcoin-treasury
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Blockstream has raised $210M in a convertible note financing round led by Fulgur Ventures. The firm will use the funding to accelerate market adoption of its Layer 2 technologies, expand its mining business and boost its Bitcoin $BTC treasury. Blockstream’s Layer 2 solutions include the Liquid Network, a federated Bitcoin sidechain that can deploy multiple types of tokenized assets, and Core Lightning, an implementation of the Lightning Network designed to enable faster and cheaper bitcoin transactions.
Last month, Blockstream also launched Series 3 of its own BMN2 security token, which provides direct exposure to the firm’s Bitcoin hash rate.
🔗 theblock.co/post/321074/blockstream-funding-layer-2-mining-bitcoin-treasury
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Azra Games has raised $42.7M in a funding round led by Pantera Capital
Azra Games has secured $42.7M in a funding round led by Pantera Capital. Other investors in the round include a16z crypto, a16z GAMES, and NFX. The funding will be instrumental in accelerating the growth of Azra Games and advancing its various projects that are currently in development, including its flagship ground-breaking game, currently code-named Project Legends.
Azra Games is a blockchain-based developer of collectable combat role-playing games. Previously, it raised $25.6M in two funding rounds backed by a16z, Franklin Templeton, Play Ventures and Coinbase Ventures.
🔗 venturebeat.com/games/azra-games-raises-42-7m-for-next-generation-mobile-rpg-with-web3-features
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Azra Games has secured $42.7M in a funding round led by Pantera Capital. Other investors in the round include a16z crypto, a16z GAMES, and NFX. The funding will be instrumental in accelerating the growth of Azra Games and advancing its various projects that are currently in development, including its flagship ground-breaking game, currently code-named Project Legends.
Azra Games is a blockchain-based developer of collectable combat role-playing games. Previously, it raised $25.6M in two funding rounds backed by a16z, Franklin Templeton, Play Ventures and Coinbase Ventures.
🔗 venturebeat.com/games/azra-games-raises-42-7m-for-next-generation-mobile-rpg-with-web3-features
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Top 10 Lending Protocols by Total Value Locked
The total value of assets locked in DeFi lending protocols is around $32B, according to DefiLlama.com. Let’s compare the Top lending protocols by current TVL in USD, in order to evaluate their adoption scale.
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The total value of assets locked in DeFi lending protocols is around $32B, according to DefiLlama.com. Let’s compare the Top lending protocols by current TVL in USD, in order to evaluate their adoption scale.
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Opacity Labs has raised $12M in a Seed funding round backed by a16z CSX
Opacity has secured $12M in a seed funding round co-led by Archetype and Breyer Capital. Other investors in the round include a16z CSX, Finality Capital Partners, Bodhi Ventures and EV3. Opacity is a data verification network that utilizes zero-knowledge proofs, allowing users to prove information without disclosing the underlying details.
🔗 theblock.co/post/321160/opacity-network-funding-zk-data-verification
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Opacity has secured $12M in a seed funding round co-led by Archetype and Breyer Capital. Other investors in the round include a16z CSX, Finality Capital Partners, Bodhi Ventures and EV3. Opacity is a data verification network that utilizes zero-knowledge proofs, allowing users to prove information without disclosing the underlying details.
🔗 theblock.co/post/321160/opacity-network-funding-zk-data-verification
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Predicate has raised $7M in a funding round backed by Consensys
Predicate, a new startup founded by two alumni of the blockchain Celo, has secured $7M in a funding round. Investors in the round include 1kx, Consensys, Hashkey, Tribe Capital, Figment Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, Everstake, Cyber Fund, Near Foundation, White Star Capital, GSR and others.
Predicate allows developers and communities to define and own transaction prerequisites without compromising decentralization. it will offer a white glove service integration with new clients that it onboards, charging a transaction fee.
🔗 x.com/0xPredicate/status/1846206666695491994
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Predicate, a new startup founded by two alumni of the blockchain Celo, has secured $7M in a funding round. Investors in the round include 1kx, Consensys, Hashkey, Tribe Capital, Figment Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, Everstake, Cyber Fund, Near Foundation, White Star Capital, GSR and others.
Predicate allows developers and communities to define and own transaction prerequisites without compromising decentralization. it will offer a white glove service integration with new clients that it onboards, charging a transaction fee.
🔗 x.com/0xPredicate/status/1846206666695491994
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Bitnomial has raised $25M in a Series C funding round led by Ripple Labs
Bitnomial, a crypto derivatives exchange, has raised $25M in a funding round led by Ripple Labs and also launched a perpetual futures trading platform in the United States. The new platform, dubbed Botanical and currently in a closed beta, will give investors a way to trade perpetual futures, traditional futures and options. The crypto derivatives firm will "leverage" Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin for the settlement of the perpetual futures.
🔗 theblock.co/post/321189/ripple-leads-25-million-round-in-bitnomial-as-the-derivatives-exchange-launches-futures-trading-platform-in-us
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Bitnomial, a crypto derivatives exchange, has raised $25M in a funding round led by Ripple Labs and also launched a perpetual futures trading platform in the United States. The new platform, dubbed Botanical and currently in a closed beta, will give investors a way to trade perpetual futures, traditional futures and options. The crypto derivatives firm will "leverage" Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin for the settlement of the perpetual futures.
🔗 theblock.co/post/321189/ripple-leads-25-million-round-in-bitnomial-as-the-derivatives-exchange-launches-futures-trading-platform-in-us
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Top Blockchains by Commits and Development Activity in last 7 days
Let’s compare the top blockchains by GitHub commits and active developers in last 7 days, according to artemis.xyz, in order to evaluate their current development activity.
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Let’s compare the top blockchains by GitHub commits and active developers in last 7 days, according to artemis.xyz, in order to evaluate their current development activity.
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Sophon [SOPH] has announced a partnership with CARV [CARV]
Sophon has partnered with CARV $CARV, a data layer platform allowing Web3 gaming and AI companies to control and monetize their data. Through this partnership, CARV’s advanced identity solutions will be integrated into Sophon’s high-throughput platform. Recently, Sophon announced the launch of the mainnet in November.
Sophon is an ecosystem for entertainment applications in gaming, social, AI, prediction markets, and beyond built atop a modular rollup stack leveraging zkSync's Hyperchain technology. It raised $10M in a seed funding round led by Paper Ventures, with other investors including Maven 11, Spartan, SevenX, OKX Ventures, and HTX Ventures. Sophon has also received investments from Binance Labs and Matter Labs.
🔗 blog.sophon.xyz/carv-sophon-partnership
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Sophon has partnered with CARV $CARV, a data layer platform allowing Web3 gaming and AI companies to control and monetize their data. Through this partnership, CARV’s advanced identity solutions will be integrated into Sophon’s high-throughput platform. Recently, Sophon announced the launch of the mainnet in November.
Sophon has collected over 20.8K $WETH (worth about $54.8M at current rate) via node sale on Impossible Finance, with 123.5K nodes (62%) sold. By running a node on Sophon, users will be eligible to earn a share of up to 20% of $SOPH token emissions over 3 years. Node holders may receive potential airdrops from ecosystem participants.
Sophon is an ecosystem for entertainment applications in gaming, social, AI, prediction markets, and beyond built atop a modular rollup stack leveraging zkSync's Hyperchain technology. It raised $10M in a seed funding round led by Paper Ventures, with other investors including Maven 11, Spartan, SevenX, OKX Ventures, and HTX Ventures. Sophon has also received investments from Binance Labs and Matter Labs.
🔗 blog.sophon.xyz/carv-sophon-partnership
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