​​Upcoming Token Unlocks
20 November 2023

Let's take a look at the compilation of major upcoming token unlocks, diving into details such as dates, amounts, and projects related to tokens that are currently locked up, but will soon be released to the market. During this week, $AVAX, $FLIP, $GT, $1INCH, and $AXL will have the biggest unlocks.

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​​Coin of the day by social activity - Injective (INJ).

Injective $INJ is an open, interoperable layer 1 blockchain for building powerful DeFi applications.

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Panoptic has closed a $7M seed round to build perpetual options platform for DeFi

Panoptic, a Uniswap-based DeFi protocol, raised $7M in a seed funding round led by Greenfield Capital, with participation from HashKey, gumi Cryptos Capital, L1D, Heartcore Capital, Comma3 and Zee Prime Capital. The round brings the project's total raise to $11.5M, following a $4.5M round in December 2022 backed by Uniswap Labs Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Jane Street, Blizzard fund and others.

👉 theblock.co/post/263771/panoptic-raises-7-million-to-build-perpetual-options-platform-for-defi

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​​TOP 10 dApps on BNB Chain by Users (30d)
20 November 2023

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 #BNBChain by volume in the last 30 days, according to the data from DappRadar.

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​​Fidelity files for a spot Ethereum ETF, shortly after its Bitcoin ETF application

Fidelity, an asset giant that has $4.5T under management, has filed for a spot Ethereum $ETH ETF, in the footsteps of its spot bitcoin ETF application. Earlier in June, Fidelity filed for a spot Bitcoin $BTC ETF, joining the ETF race.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/263626/fidelity-files-for-spot-ethereum-etf-says-approval-would-be-major-win-for-us-investors

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​​Crypto exchange Bullish acquires 100% of CoinDesk from Digital Currency Group

Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish has purchased 100% of CoinDesk from crypto-focused investor Digital Currency Group (DCG) in an all-cash deal. After the deal, CoinDesk will operate as an independent subsidiary of Bullish. Last week, Foresight Ventures bought a majority stake in The Block for a ~$60M deal.

👉🏻 coindesk.com/business/2023/11/20/crypto-exchange-bullish-completes-purchase-of-coindesk-wsj

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​​Saga has announced the closure of its $5M seed extension round

Saga raised $5M in a funding round led by Placeholder. Additional investors include Longhash Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Red Beard Ventures, Tykhe Ventures and Com2uS. The investment brings Saga's total funding to $13.5M and comes just months before Saga launches its mainnet in January. Saga is a Web3 scalability protocol for the automated deployment of dedicated blockspace.

👉🏻 decrypt.co/206660/saga-protocol-raises-5-million-ahead-of-theoretically-infinite-blockspace-mainnet-launch

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​​OMTrade closes a $6M round led by Find Satoshi Lab & Folius Ventures

OMTrade, a crypto exchange for social trading, raised $6M in a seed funding round led by Find Satoshi Lab (developer of STEPN), and Folius Ventures. Additional round investors include Meteorite Labs, Incuba Alpha and KSK Fund.

👉🏻 finance.yahoo.com/news/omtrade-announces-seed-round-funding-180000122.html

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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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​​US Justice Department seeks more than $4B from Binance to end criminal investigation

The U.S. Department of Justice demands $4B from the Binance crypto exchange to end an ongoing criminal investigation. The deal is expected to allow the crypto exchange to continue operating, winding down the investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Earlier this year, the Justice Department began an investigation over Binance whether it allowed its Russian users to evade sanctions following the Russian war against Ukraine.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/263851/us-justice-department-seeks-4-billion-from-binance-to-end-criminal-case-bloomberg

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​​Blast has announced the closure of its $20M investment round

Blast, an L2 with native yield for ETH and stablecoins, goes live in the early access stage with $20M raised from Paradigm and Standard Crypto. Additional round participants included eGirl Capital, Santiago R. Santos, and many other individual investors. Blast was built by the developer of Blur and a team with experience across MakerDAO, MIT, Yale, Seoul National University. The project has also kicked off its early access, allowing users to bridge & earn yield (4% for ETH + 5% for stablecoins) and Blast Points ahead of the Mainnet launch in February 2024.

👉🏻 twitter.com/Blast_L2/status/1726747087906464024

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​​Trending Searches by CoinGecko

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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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​​De.Fi has announced the closure of its $5M investment round

Dе.Fі, a DeFi dashboard with asset and risk tools, has raised $5M in the funding round. Among investors are HOF Capital, OKX Ventures, HTX Ventures, MEXC, and Directors from Coinbase and Binance. De.Fi strives to bring DeFi to all, ensuring anyone can make the most out of the Web3 financial revolution, while investing confidently without the fear of getting rekt.

👉🏻 chainwire.org/2023/11/20/de-fi-sold-out-5m-round-okx-binance-coinbase-directors-among-investors-the-sale-is-still-open

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​​Top Projects with Market Capitalization under $200M

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​​Aptos Foundation and Alibaba Cloud have announced a partnership to boost Web3

Aptos Foundation teams up with Alibaba Cloud to bolster Web3 talent and accessibility in the APAC region. Through this partnership, Alibaba Cloud will become Aptos Foundation's leading blockchain sponsor for all Web3-related projects enrolled in the Alibaba Cloud Singapore Innovation Accelerator program. Furthermore, Aptos Foundation will provide builder resources and ecosystem fund support to promising Aptos-built projects.

👉🏻 aptosfoundation.org/currents/aptos-foundation-and-alibaba-cloud-accelerating-web3-development-in-apac

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​​Coin of the day by social activity - Bitcoin (BTC).

Bitcoin $BTC is the world's first widely adopted cryptocurrency that allows for secure and seamless peer-to-peer transactions on the internet.

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​​Privy raises $18M in the Series A funding round led by Paradigm

Privy, a developer tools platform aimed at securely collecting data, has closed its $18M Series A funding round that was led by Paradigm. Additional round participants included Sequoia Capital, Archetype Ventures, and BlueYard Capital. The project will use the fresh funding to grow its team and continue to build out its library so developers can craft engaging on-chain apps, accessible to anyone. Privy offers application programming interfaces (APIs) that developers can use to manage and integrate user data.

👉🏻 twitter.com/privy_io/status/1726967584472576157

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​​Citizen Conflict announces the launch of its Alpha 4.0 on the Epic Games Store

Citizen Conflict, a team-based hero shooter developed by QORPO World, goes live on the Epic Games Store. The Alpha 4.0 features brand-new maps, heroes, and exciting daily challenges. Cyberpunk-themed F2P hero shooter Citizen Conflict introduces players to a dystopian on the brink of extinction.

👉🏻 twitter.com/CitizenConflict/status/1726880941983883689

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​​Top Ethereum Layer 2 Projects by Total Value Locked (TVL)

The overall TVL among all projects now equals $13.8B with Arbitrum $ARB, Optimism $OP, zkSync Era, Base and dYdX $DYDX making the top leaders.

Notably, Blast, an L2 with a native yield for ETH and stablecoins, built by the developer of Blur, has exceeded the TVL of $69M, only 17 hours after the launch.

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​​The CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao plans to step down and agree to pay $4.3B in fines

According to WSJ, Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive of Binance, has announced his plans to step down and pay $4.3B in fines. CZ has also reportedly pleaded guilty to violating criminal U.S. anti-money laundering requirements, in a deal that may preserve the company’s ability to continue operating. However, CZ will still retain majority ownership of Binance. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice demanded $4B from the Binance crypto exchange to end an ongoing criminal investigation.

👉🏻 wsj.com/finance/currencies/binance-ceo-changpeng-zhao-step-down-plead-guilty-01f72a40

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