​​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) has announced a partnership with Eclipse Fi (ECLIP)

Nibiru Chain collaborates with Eclipse Fi, a hub for interchain token launches. The partnership aims to grow the Nibiru ecosystem by bringing Nibiru-based projects to Eclipse Fi. Nibiru is an L1 blockchain powering a smart contract hub with DeFi, RWAs, and more. It has previously conducted the $NIBI token sale on Coinlist.

👉🏻 x.com/NibiruChain/status/1759967737168703549

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​​Binance announces the 47th project on the Binance Launchpool – Portal (PORTAL)

Users will be able to stake their BNB and FDUSD into separate pools to farm PORTAL tokens over seven days, with farming starting from February 22nd, at 00:00 UTC. Binance will then list PORTAL on February 29th, at 10:00 AM UTC, and open trading for the PORTAL/BTC, PORTAL/USDT, PORTAL/BNB, PORTAL/FDUSD and PORTAL/TRY trading pairs. Portal is a cross-chain gaming platform, with a mission to onboard more players to web3.0.

🔸 Total Token Supply: 1,000,000,000 PORTAL
🔸 Launchpool Token Rewards: 50,000,000 PORTAL
🔸 Initial Circulating Supply: 167,134,615 PORTAL

👉🏻 binance.com/en/support/announcement/introducing-portal-portal-on-binance-launchpool-farm-portal-by-staking-bnb-and-fdusd-0620f90f55f2420b89158808380b6c9d

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​​Masa (MASA) will hold a token sale on the Coinlist platform on March 4th

Masa $MASA token sale will occur on the Coinlist on March 4th, 12:00 UTC, with the registration for the sale being live! Masa is the Soulbound Token (SBT) Identity Protocol that uses SBTs to represent users' attributes in web3 and in the real world. The project is backed by Anagram Crypto, DCG, Blizzard Fund, and others with a total raise of $8.9M.

🔸 Token Sale Price: $0.079
🔸 Total Sale Allocation: 63,554,660 MASA
🔸 Total Token Supply: 1,588,866,523 MASA

👉🏻 coinlist.co/masa

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​​Optimism has announced its fourth airdrop of 10M $OP worth nearly $41M

Optimism has unveiled its fourth airdrop, rewarding NFT creators 10M $OP tokens worth around $41M. Some 23K users who created NFT art from January 10th, 2023 to January 10th, 2024 were eligible for the airdrop. The airdrop rewarded NFT creators based on how much gas other users spent while minting or trading their NFTs. The previous Optimism's airdrop rewarded 31,870 addresses of governance members with 19.4M OP tokens ($26M).

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/278251/optimism-distributes-over-10-million-op-worth-nearly-41-million-in-fourth-airdrop

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​​Synthr (SYNTH) has announced the launch of its public testnet on Feb 23rd

Synthr, an interoperable omnichain liquidity protocol, will kick off its testnet on February 23rd. Previously, Synthr attracted 13K users and 2M transactions and released its updated website and gitbook 2.0. The project is backed by Outlier Ventures, Oriole Ventures, Morningstar Ventures, Waterdrip Capital, ZBS Capital, NGC Ventures, and others.

👉🏻 twitter.com/synthr_defi/status/1760002209767366811

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​​Ta-da (TADA) will be listed on the KuCoin exchange, on February 22nd

Trading for the TADA/USDT trading pair will be live on KuCoin, on February 22nd, at 10:00 AM UTC. Deposits are now open and withdrawals will open on February 23rd, at 10:00 AM UTC. Ta-da, incubated by Morningstar Ventures, is a "talk-to-earn" Web3 app, that connects businesses that need datasets for AI training with individuals who could earn tokens by recording and checking voice data.

👉🏻 kucoin.com/nl/announcement/en-ta-da-tada-gets-listed-on-kucoin

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​​Top 10 dApps on NEAR Protocol by Users Activity (30d)

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 #NEAR by users activity in the last 30 days, according to the data from DappRadar.

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​​Hack VC has raised $150M for its first venture fund called Venture Fund 1

Hack VC, a Web3 venture firm, closes its $150 funding to launch its first venture fund, aptly called Venture Fund 1. The closed funding brings the firm's total assets under management to $425M. The newly-backed fund will be focused on early-stage startups developing infrastructure in security, capital-efficient decentralized finance, and the intersection of web3 and artificial intelligence.

👉🏻 theblock.co/post/278231/hack-vc-closes-150-million-for-new-venture-fund-eyes-web3-ai-startups

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​​Gaming & Metaverse Projects by Social Activity

Posts. Posts measure the number of social posts across all social channels.

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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​​QORPO (QORPO) will conduct its token sale on the Bybit Web3 IDO platform

The subscription period for the sale is now live and will last till February 26th, 10:00 AM UTC! The sale will follow the lottery system, enabling holders of winning tickets to redeem their allocations of IDO tokens with USDC from their Bybit Wallets. QORPO World, a developer of the Citizen Conflict game, brings accessible Web3 innovations to Web2 gamers and simplifies blockchain for everyday players. Recently, the project has also kicked off the $QORPO airdrop farming campaign.

🔸Public Sale Price: $0.033
🔸Public Sale Hardcap: $40K

👉🏻 bybit.com/en/web3/ido/detail/30032

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​​ZeroLend has announced the closure of its $3M seed round at a $25M valuation

ZeroLend, a lending protocol on zkSync and Manta Network, has raised a $3M seed funding. The seed and private round participants included Morningstar Ventures, Momentum 6, GBV Capital, Genblock Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, Asteroid Capital, Krypital Group, Cypher Capital, Newman Capital, Banter Capital, and ViaBTC Capital. Moreover, the project has announced the launch of its native governance token $ZERO in Q1 2024.

👉🏻 x.com/zerolendxyz/status/1760181607137505736

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​​Top Binance Launchpool Projects by Market Capitalization

As it was announced today, Portal $PORTAL will become the 47th project on the Binance Launchpool. Let's analyze the current state of top projects that have been launched via the Binance Launchpool.

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​​Monkey Tilt has announced the closure of its $21M investment round

Monkey Tilt raises $21M from Polychain Capital, Hack VC, Paper Ventures, Folius Ventures, Accomplice Blockchain, and PokerGo among others. Monkey Tilt is an online gambling platform focused on the convergence of cryptocurrencies and online gambling. The project has also opened its gambling platform for early adopters.

👉🏻 twitter.com/MonkeyTiltPlay/status/1760064687054696868

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​​Smart Layer (SLN) will be listed on the OKX exchange on February 23rd

Trading for the SLN/USDT trading pair will go live on OKX, on February 23rd, at 8:00 AM UTC. Deposits are now open and withdrawals will open on February 24th, at 8:00 AM UTC. Smart Layer has created a new digital asset paradigm through its innovative token standard ERC-5169 & TokenScript. Backed by Haskey Capital, Mechanism Capital, MH Ventures, LongHash Ventures, Framework Ventures, OKX Ventures, HTX Ventures, Crypto.соm capital, and others, Smart Layer announced an airdrop of 2% of total $SLN token supply.

👉🏻 okx.com/cn/help/okx-to-list-smart-layer-network-sln-for-spot-trading

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​​Top Liquid Restaking Protocols by TVL

Liquid restaking allows liquid-staking token holders to stake their tokens on EigenLayer. The total value locked in liquid restaking tokens has exceeded $3.5B. Let's explore the current leaders of the market by TVL.

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​​AIT Protocol conducts a burning event of 16% of the $AIT supply

AIT Protocol burns ~16% of the total supply worth $90M in USD, equating to a burn of 150M $AIT today. After its recent transition to a new model deploying on Bittensor, AIT Protocol has decided to burn almost half of the $AIT tokens allocated to the old train-to-earn model (16% of total supply). Moreover, the project plans to continue with a weekly burn of 2.5M $AIT for the next 15 months.

👉🏻 x.com/AITProtocol/status/1760309109608288607

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​​bitsCrunch (BCUT) has announced the official launch of its mainnet

The bitsCrunch network mainnet is officially live! Token holders are now invited to delegate to operators, aiding in network security while earning rewards. All rewards will be automatically staked, offering compounding benefits. The expected APY ranges between 15% to 20% annually.

bitsCrunch is an AI-enhanced data network that delivers NFT analytics and forensic data. It has previously conducted a $BCUT public sale on Coinlist and initial listing on KuCoin, Bybit, Gate, Uniswap, Crypto.соm, and more.

👉🏻 x.com/bitsCrunch/status/1760320218704822591

​​BounceBit has announced the launch of the Red Pocket Airdrop for $BTCB holders

BounceBit, a native BTC staking chain, has kicked off the Red Pocket Airdrop 2 with 100K BounceBit allocated for $BTCB holders. To be eligible for the airdrop, users need to deposit at least $100 in $BTCB on BounceBit and engage on BounceBit's socials. The project will randomly select 100 participants who complete all the requirements and will reward them with 1000 BounceBit Points. Backed by Blockchain Capital (a lead investor in EigenLayer Series A round), Breyer Capital, Ceffu and Mainnet Digital, BounceBit has reached over $450M in TVL.

👉🏻 twitter.com/bounce_bit/status/1759507831517249980

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​​Starknet (STRK) will be listed on Coinbase today on February 21st

Trading for Starknet $STRK tokens on Coinbase and Coinbase Exchange will begin today on February 21st, once liquidity conditions are met. Starknet is a permissionless decentralized ZK-Rollup that operates as an L2 network over Ethereum, backed by Sequoia Capital, Paradigm, Pantera Capital, and others.

👉🏻 x.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1760346171845775651

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​​Aether Games (AEG) will conduct its IDO on ChainGPT on February 28th

Aether Games will hold the $AEG token IDO on ChainGPT Pad on February 28th. IDO will be available for Diamond Tier only. Previously, Aether Games conducted its strategic sale on Avalaunch and announced an IDO on Polkastarter and Ignition. Aether Games is a game development studio that creates games within the crypto and NFT realm, backed by Polygon Ventures, Mysten Labs, Master Ventures, Polkastarter, Cogitent Ventures, and others.

🔸 IDO Price: $0.045
🔸 IDO Hardcap: $130,000
🔸 Initial MarketCap: $1,240,000
🔸 Vesting: 25% on TGE, no cliff, 5 months linear vesting

👉🏻 x.com/ChainGPT_Pad/status/1760291367996244085