​​Orbiter Finance has announced the launch of its Layer-2 rollup network

Orbiter Finance, a cross-chain bridge with over 3 million total users, has disclosed its plans to launch Orbiter Rollup, a new zero-knowledge proof powered meta-layer. Through the Orbiter Rollup innovation, the protocol hopes to become the layer through which all other L2s are accessed. The protocol recently announced a strategic investment of an undisclosed sum from OKX Ventures.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/274752/newly-okx-backed-layer-2-bridge-orbiter-finance-announces-its-own-l2-network

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​​Upcoming Token Unlocks

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, $SUI, $DYDX, $OP, $GAL, and $MC will have the biggest unlocks.

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​​Forward Protocol (FORWARD) to conduct its IDO on Poolz Finance, on February 1st

The $FORWARD IDO will follow the refund model and will go live on February 1st. The registration for the sale is now live, users need to buy & lock $POOLX and complete the whitelist requirement. Forward Protocol is an AI-driven, no-code, cost-effective tool to create blockchains, subnets, and dApps.

🔸IDO Price: $0.012
🔸IDO Hardcap: $100,000
🔸Initial Market Cap: $1,300,000
🔸Fully Diluted Market Cap: $60,000,000
🔸Vesting: 15% TGE, 3 months cliff, followed by 3 months linear

👉🏻 poolz.finance/project-details/about/202

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​​LayerZero rolls out the V2 of its cross-chain messaging protocol

LayerZero V2 is now live bringing permissionless and censorship-resistant interoperability to 20+ chains. The V2 innovation empowers the protocol with new features, including universal messaging, modular security, permissionless execution, unified semantics, and V1 compatibility. Previously in December 2023, LayerZero disclosed its plans to conduct the distribution of its $ZRO token in the first half of 2024. LayerZero has raised $263M from investors including a16z, Sequoia, Binance Labs, and Circle Ventures.

👉🏻 medium.com/layerzero-official/layerzero-v2-is-live-740290f2dbe6

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​​Gevulot has announced the closure of its $6M seed round led by Variant Fund

Gevulot, a blockchain focused on zero-knowledge proofs, has raised $6M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Variant with participation from RockawayX, Volt Capital, and Staking Facilities, as well as individual backers, such as Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron and Manta Network founder Shumo Chu. Gevulot plans to allocate the capital toward the rollout of its Layer 1 blockchain.

👉🏻 x.com/gevulot_network/status/1751982311652893068

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​​Citizen Conflict will conduct the Free Mint of the Citizen Zerø collection on February 5th

Free Mint of the Ethereum-based Citizen Zerø NFT collection will take place on February 5th, ushering in a new era of governance, ownership, and gameplay. These NFTs will give users access to exclusive rights, DAO governance, voting power, and future airdrops. Moreover, Citizen Zerø will unlock the $QORPO token, a native token of the QORPO World game studio and its games. Citizen Conflict is a hero shooter game that combines the intensity of esports with the expansive play of an MMO open-world map.

👉🏻 twitter.com/CitizenConflict/status/1751944088096481768

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​​Forgotten Playland has announced the closure of its $7M seed round

Forgotten Playland raised $7M in a seed funding round to build a next generation social party game. Investors in the round include Merit Circle, Spartan Group, C2 Ventures, Paper Ventures and others. Forgotten Playland, developed by Vermilion Studios, is a free-to-play social party game set in an abandoned attic where players can explore, socialize, and engage in imaginative and competitive mini-games with their customizable Plushies.

👉🏻 mirror.xyz/0x1d47D4A8905b96282a9ce57BC79D7264a31E7A60/r44dMGtFscVdPHW7fXRg_nIOF4bRorPOP69xhfiaZT8

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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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​​Nibiru (NIBI) discloses the details of the Gamified Engagement Airdrop campaign

Nibiru will kick off the Gamified Engagement Airdrop campaign on February 7th. The project has allocated 18.5% of the total $NIBI supply to campaign participants. Users can now take part in the campaign by interacting with Nibiru socials, making content about $NIBI, and earning Nibi points.

Nibiru will have a $NIBI token sale on the Coinlist platform on February 1st. Nibiru Chain is a breakthrough L1 blockchain and smart contract ecosystem providing superior throughput and unparalleled security.

👉🏻 nibiru.fi/blog/posts/035-gamified-engagement.html

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​​Apeiron (APRS) has announced a partnership with Talon Esports

Apeiron joins forces with Talon Esports, an esports, cultural, and lifestyle brand based in Asia Pacific. Through this partnership, Talon Esports will provide gaming and esports advice to Apeiron. Moreover, Apeiron and Talon will co-host tournaments extending Apeiron’s reach into esports communities worldwide. Earlier this month, Apeiron announced the launch of the $ANIMA airdrop campaign. Apeiron is the NFT-based play-and-earn god game, backed by Hashed, Morningstar Ventures, Spartan, GuildFi, Infinity Ventures Crypto, SkyVision Capital, and more.

👉🏻 twitter.com/ApeironNFT/status/1751908301632373040

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​​Forward Protocol (FORWARD) will hold its IDO on multiple launchpads

Forward Protocol has disclosed the details of its upcoming $FORWARD IDOs. The first IDO on ChainGPT is already live, while the token sales on Go Forward, BullPerks, and Launchblock will start tomorrow, on January 31st. The final sale on Poolz Finance will take place on February 1st. Forward Protocol is an AI-driven, no-code, cost-effective tool to create blockchains, subnets, and dApps.

🔸IDO Price: $0.012
🔸Total IDO Hardcap: $700,000
🔸Initial Market Cap: $1,300,000
🔸Fully Diluted Market Cap: $60,000,000
🔸Vesting: 15% TGE, 3 months cliff, followed by 3 months linear

👉🏻 twitter.com/ForwardProtocol/status/1752046211761086637

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​​Portal has announced the closure of its $34M seed funding round

Portal, a startup building a Bitcoin-based cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) and wallet, has raised $34M in a seed funding round. Investors in the round included Coinbase Ventures, Arrington Capital, OKX Ventures, and Gate.іо. Previously, it raised $8M in a round backed by Shima Capital, LD Capital, Genblock Capital, Krypital Group, and others.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/275033/bitcoin-dex-portal-seed-funding-coinbase

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​​Binance Labs makes an investment in the Puffer Finance liquid restaking protocol

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has made an investment in Puffer Finance, an Ethereum liquid restaking protocol built on EigenLayer. Puffer will utilize the funds to develop its Layer 2 network and introduce Puffer's native liquid restaking token, pufETH, to BNB Chain users.

👉🏻 binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-invests-in-puffer-to-support--the-next-generation-of-decentralized-liquid-restaking-5382326849903026647

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​​The Biggest NFT Sales of the Past 30 Days

In this post, we highlight the largest Non-Fungible Token (NFT) sales that have occurred over the past month, delving into the details of each sale, including the specific NFT that was sold, and the price it fetched. Data from DappRadar.

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​​Starknet and Celestia have partnered on data availability for Layer 3 ecosystem

Starknet joins forces with Celestia to improve data availability for Layer 3 chains. Through this collaboration, Starknet will use Celestia for data storage, aiming to minimize gas costs. Starknet developers plan to use the Blobstream data availability (DA) layer, a key component of the Celestia ecosystem. In 2023, Starknet announced its plans to allocate over 1.8B $STRK tokens to the foundation’s Provisions Committee, and user rebates.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/275052/starknet-celestia-data-availability-layer-3

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​​bitsCrunch (BCUT) has partnered with LiveArt

bitsCrunch partners with LiveArt, the Web3 platform for art, backed by Binance Labs. The partnership aims to shape the NFT market by providing IP protection and advanced blockchain analytics to help brands protect their IP. To celebrate this, 20 NFTs of LiveArt upcoming Limited Edition NFT Offering ‘Icons’ will be giving away.

bitsCrunch is an AI-enhanced data network that delivers NFT analytics and forensic data, backed by Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Brands, Morningstar Ventures, Polygon Ventures, and Chainlink. bitsCrunch previously conducted token sale on Coinlist and announced the launch of $BCUT token on February 20th.

👉🏻 x.com/bitsCrunch/status/1752279772514971669

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​​Top Crypto Projects by Developer Activity in January

Dev.Activity - the development activity of a project done in its public Github repositories. Development Activity metrics are measured in a number of Github events.

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​​MixMob (MXM) will be listed on the KuCoin exchange, on February 1st

Trading for the MXM/USDT trading pair will be live on KuCoin, on February 1st, at 15:00 UTC. Deposits are now open and withdrawals will open on February 2nd, at 10:00 AM UTC. Moreover, the project will give out 63M $MXM tokens via an airdrop, including buyers of MixBot NFTs and players of the game’s incentivized beta. MixMob is a Solana-powered card strategy battle racing game, backed by Morningstar Ventures, Solana Ventures, Arthur Hayes, Maven Capital, IOSG Ventures, Genblock Capital, Merit Circle, and others.

👉🏻 kucoin.com/announcement/en-mixmob-mxm-gets-listed-on-kucoin-world-premiere

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​​SatoshiVM (SAVM) introduces its roadmap for 2024-2025 and beyond

SatoshiVM has released its roadmap for 2024-25 with plans to launch its alpha mainnet and start partner dApps deployment scheduled for Q1 2024. Throughout 2024, SatoshiVM plans to conduct the second phase distribution of tokenized NFTs, develop a rollup model and rollup contracts, and collaborate with cross-chain protocols, among other objectives. SatoshiVM is a decentralized Bitcoin ZK Rollup Layer2 compatible with the EVM ecosystem and uses native BTC as gas.

👉🏻 twitter.com/satoshivm/status/1752005443965317251

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​​Uncorrelated Ventures raises $315M for crypto and software-focused fund

Bain Capital-backed VC firm Uncorrelated Ventures has raised $315M for a new fund focusing on software and crypto. The firm will allocate around 80% of the new fund to early-stage traditional software investments and 20% to crypto startups. It has previously backed crypto projects including Compound, Cosmos, dYdX, Helium and Uniswap.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/275150/uncorrelated-ventures-315-million-crypto-software-fund

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​​Crypto News Digest: Key Updates You Need to Know

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