Espresso Systems closes its $28M Series B round led by a16z crypto
Espresso Systems has raised $28M in a funding round led by a16z crypto, with participation from Polygon, Taiko, o1Labs, StarkWare, Offchain Labs, and contributors from Injective, EigenLayer, Altlayer, Caldera, Frax, and more. Previously, it raised $32M across two rounds backed by Sequoia Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Electric Capital, and others.
Espresso is building a marketplace for shared sequencing, enhancing interoperability among Layer 2 rollups. In April, Espresso will be releasing its fifth testnet called Cappuccino.
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Espresso Systems has raised $28M in a funding round led by a16z crypto, with participation from Polygon, Taiko, o1Labs, StarkWare, Offchain Labs, and contributors from Injective, EigenLayer, Altlayer, Caldera, Frax, and more. Previously, it raised $32M across two rounds backed by Sequoia Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Electric Capital, and others.
Espresso is building a marketplace for shared sequencing, enhancing interoperability among Layer 2 rollups. In April, Espresso will be releasing its fifth testnet called Cappuccino.
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Gaimin (GMRX) will conduct its IDOs on the Seedify and ChainGPT platforms
Gaimin, a full-featured Web3 gaming platform and game launcher, has announced its upcoming IDOs on Seedify and ChainGPT. Registration for the sale on Seedify is now live and the sale itself will start on March 23rd, at 13:00 UTC. Meanwhile, ChainGPT will launch the token swap phase on March 23rd, at 12:00 AM UTC.
Moreover, users can participate in the $GMRX Airdrop Farming Pre-TGE campaign, by engaging with all of Gaimin's power posts and creating their own posts tagging Gaimin & getting more ELO for engagements. Backed by CoinMarketCap, Morningstar ventures, Shima Capital, and others, Gaimin is a base layer for game developers to build NFTs, blockchain functionality, and white-label gaming tokens into their games.
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Gaimin, a full-featured Web3 gaming platform and game launcher, has announced its upcoming IDOs on Seedify and ChainGPT. Registration for the sale on Seedify is now live and the sale itself will start on March 23rd, at 13:00 UTC. Meanwhile, ChainGPT will launch the token swap phase on March 23rd, at 12:00 AM UTC.
Moreover, users can participate in the $GMRX Airdrop Farming Pre-TGE campaign, by engaging with all of Gaimin's power posts and creating their own posts tagging Gaimin & getting more ELO for engagements. Backed by CoinMarketCap, Morningstar ventures, Shima Capital, and others, Gaimin is a base layer for game developers to build NFTs, blockchain functionality, and white-label gaming tokens into their games.
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Immutable introduces a new GameFi launchpad in partnership with OKX
Immutable and OKX have announced a strategic partnership, which includes the introduction of a GameFi NFT launchpad. Under this collaboration, Immutable's gaming-focused zkEVM chain will be integrated into OKX Marketplace and OKX Wallet. Furthermore, the integration will bring OKX’s Web3 Wallet into Immutable Passport as well as OKX NFT Marketplace in Immutable’s Orderbook and Marketplace Network. Immutable has previously announced the launch of a $100M Web3 gaming fund jointly with Polygon Labs.
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Immutable and OKX have announced a strategic partnership, which includes the introduction of a GameFi NFT launchpad. Under this collaboration, Immutable's gaming-focused zkEVM chain will be integrated into OKX Marketplace and OKX Wallet. Furthermore, the integration will bring OKX’s Web3 Wallet into Immutable Passport as well as OKX NFT Marketplace in Immutable’s Orderbook and Marketplace Network. Immutable has previously announced the launch of a $100M Web3 gaming fund jointly with Polygon Labs.
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ZKasino (ZKAS) will become the third IDO on the AIT Launchpad
AIT Launchpad will hold an IDO of ZKasino, the world's first dedicated GambleFi chain built upon the ZK Stack with Eigen Layer data availability on Ethereum. Users can now stake $AIT tokens to join the $ZKAS IDO. AIT Protocol has recently introduced new staking tiers for the AIT Launchpad. ZKasino is a decentralized blockchain casino backed by MEXC, Big Brain Holdings, 0xSisyphus, Trading axe, and Pentoshi.
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AIT Launchpad will hold an IDO of ZKasino, the world's first dedicated GambleFi chain built upon the ZK Stack with Eigen Layer data availability on Ethereum. Users can now stake $AIT tokens to join the $ZKAS IDO. AIT Protocol has recently introduced new staking tiers for the AIT Launchpad. ZKasino is a decentralized blockchain casino backed by MEXC, Big Brain Holdings, 0xSisyphus, Trading axe, and Pentoshi.
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Succinct has announced the closure of $55M Seed and Series A rounds
Succinct, a zero-knowledge proofs startup, secured $55M in seed and Series A funding rounds led by Paradigm. Among other investors are Robot Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Geometry, ZK Validator and angels including Sreeram Kannan from Eigenlayer, Sandeep Nailwal and Daniel Lubarov from Polygon and Elad Gil.
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Succinct, a zero-knowledge proofs startup, secured $55M in seed and Series A funding rounds led by Paradigm. Among other investors are Robot Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Geometry, ZK Validator and angels including Sreeram Kannan from Eigenlayer, Sandeep Nailwal and Daniel Lubarov from Polygon and Elad Gil.
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Mystiko.Network kicks off the third phase of its airdrop campaign
Mystiko.Network, the ZK layer of Web3, has announced the launch of the third phase of the Mystiko community program that will reward users on Mystiko V1 mainnets at an early stage. To take part in the initiative, users can now explore Mystiko V1, gather points, and earn potential airdrops. Furthermore, users interacting with Mystiko on Ethereum will be eligible for receving a whitelist priority of Mystiko public sale.
Mystiko SDK, the universal ZK SDK, features scalability, interoperability, privacy, and AI for every blockchain/dapp all at once. The project has previously raised $18M in seed funding round backed by Sequoia Capital, Samsung Next, Hashkey, Mirana, Coinlist, Morningstar Ventures, and others.
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Mystiko.Network, the ZK layer of Web3, has announced the launch of the third phase of the Mystiko community program that will reward users on Mystiko V1 mainnets at an early stage. To take part in the initiative, users can now explore Mystiko V1, gather points, and earn potential airdrops. Furthermore, users interacting with Mystiko on Ethereum will be eligible for receving a whitelist priority of Mystiko public sale.
Mystiko SDK, the universal ZK SDK, features scalability, interoperability, privacy, and AI for every blockchain/dapp all at once. The project has previously raised $18M in seed funding round backed by Sequoia Capital, Samsung Next, Hashkey, Mirana, Coinlist, Morningstar Ventures, and others.
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Nyan Heroes will launch early access to its game via Epic Games on March 26th
Nyan Heroes has announced the launch of early access to its game through Epic Games which will take place on March 26th. Moreover, users can also participate in the second stage of the $NYAN airdrop mission campaign. Nyan Heroes is a play-to-earn NFT shooter game built on the Solana blockchain, backed by Morningstar Ventures, Momentum 6, Delphi Ventures, CSP DAO, and others.
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Nyan Heroes has announced the launch of early access to its game through Epic Games which will take place on March 26th. Moreover, users can also participate in the second stage of the $NYAN airdrop mission campaign. Nyan Heroes is a play-to-earn NFT shooter game built on the Solana blockchain, backed by Morningstar Ventures, Momentum 6, Delphi Ventures, CSP DAO, and others.
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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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Bondex (BDXN) will hold a token sale on the Coinlist platform on March 22nd
The purchase period for the $BDXN token sale is now live and will end on March 28, at 17:00 UTC. The sale will follow an updated Coinlist sale model, providing users with an opportunity to submit a purchase request at any time within the 7-day purchase window. Bondex is revolutionizing professional networking with its innovative gamified Mobile App and Job Portal, offering opportunities in Web3, crypto, blockchain, NFTs, metaverse, and gaming.
🔸 Token Sale Price: $0.08
🔸 Total Sale Allocation: 50,000,000 BDXN
🔸 Total Token Supply: 1,000,000,000 BDXN
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The purchase period for the $BDXN token sale is now live and will end on March 28, at 17:00 UTC. The sale will follow an updated Coinlist sale model, providing users with an opportunity to submit a purchase request at any time within the 7-day purchase window. Bondex is revolutionizing professional networking with its innovative gamified Mobile App and Job Portal, offering opportunities in Web3, crypto, blockchain, NFTs, metaverse, and gaming.
🔸 Token Sale Price: $0.08
🔸 Total Sale Allocation: 50,000,000 BDXN
🔸 Total Token Supply: 1,000,000,000 BDXN
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XSwap (XSWAP) has announced a partnership with DexCheck (DCK)
XSwap, a cross-chain swaps protocol on Chainlink CCIP, joins forces with DexCheck, AI-boosted analytics for crypto and NFT trading. Earlier this month, Xswap introduced the $XSWAP airdrop points system. XSwap leverages Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol to provide cross-chain messages and token transfers, offering defense-in-depth security and a unified developer interface for seamless and scalable execution across blockchains.
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XSwap, a cross-chain swaps protocol on Chainlink CCIP, joins forces with DexCheck, AI-boosted analytics for crypto and NFT trading. Earlier this month, Xswap introduced the $XSWAP airdrop points system. XSwap leverages Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol to provide cross-chain messages and token transfers, offering defense-in-depth security and a unified developer interface for seamless and scalable execution across blockchains.
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Scallop (SCLP) rolls out E Money Network, its modular RWA blockchain
Scallop has announced its transformation into the E Money Network, a pioneering modular RWA Chain with compliance blocks. E Money Network aims to meet the growing demand for RWAs and facilitate building sustainable projects that will enable creation of RWAs, build RWAs-enabled businesses, and more. The existing $SCLP token will transition to $EMYC, the native token for the E Money Network that will maintain its crucial role in ensuring and governing the network's security.
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Scallop has announced its transformation into the E Money Network, a pioneering modular RWA Chain with compliance blocks. E Money Network aims to meet the growing demand for RWAs and facilitate building sustainable projects that will enable creation of RWAs, build RWAs-enabled businesses, and more. The existing $SCLP token will transition to $EMYC, the native token for the E Money Network that will maintain its crucial role in ensuring and governing the network's security.
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TOP Crypto Projects by Social Activity
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Posts. Posts measures 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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Gaimin (GMRX) will be initially listed on KuCoin and Bybit on March 26th
Gaimin will be launched on KuCoin and Bybit via the BurningDrop and Bybit Web3 IDO campaigns respectively, while listing for $GMRX is scheduled for March 26th, 10:00 AM UTC. Moreover, another two $GMRX IDOs are already live on Seedify and ChainGPT Pad.
Users can also participate in the $GMRX Airdrop Farming Pre-TGE campaign. Backed by CoinMarketCap, Morningstar ventures, Shima Capital, and others, Gaimin is a base layer for game developers to build NFTs, blockchain functionality, and white-label gaming tokens into their games.
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Gaimin will be launched on KuCoin and Bybit via the BurningDrop and Bybit Web3 IDO campaigns respectively, while listing for $GMRX is scheduled for March 26th, 10:00 AM UTC. Moreover, another two $GMRX IDOs are already live on Seedify and ChainGPT Pad.
Users can also participate in the $GMRX Airdrop Farming Pre-TGE campaign. Backed by CoinMarketCap, Morningstar ventures, Shima Capital, and others, Gaimin is a base layer for game developers to build NFTs, blockchain functionality, and white-label gaming tokens into their games.
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Top 10 dApps on zkSync Era by Volume (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 zkSync Era by volume in the last 30 days, according to the data from DappRadar.
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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 zkSync Era by volume in the last 30 days, according to the data from DappRadar.
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Apeiron (APRS) will go live on Bybit Launchpool on March 26th
Users will be able to stake their $APRS, $USDT, and $BTC into separate pools to farm $APRS and grab a share of the 2M $APRS reward pool. Registration for the event on Bybit is already live. Apeiron has previously conducted its IDO on Impossible Finance and Ronin Launchpad, and launched social campaigns on Galxe and Carv. Apeiron is the NFT-based play-and-earn god game that has raised $13.5M in a seed funding round led by Hashed with the participation of Morningstar Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Spartan Group, and others.
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Users will be able to stake their $APRS, $USDT, and $BTC into separate pools to farm $APRS and grab a share of the 2M $APRS reward pool. Registration for the event on Bybit is already live. Apeiron has previously conducted its IDO on Impossible Finance and Ronin Launchpad, and launched social campaigns on Galxe and Carv. Apeiron is the NFT-based play-and-earn god game that has raised $13.5M in a seed funding round led by Hashed with the participation of Morningstar Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Spartan Group, and others.
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Linear Finance (LINA) rolls out the Linear 2.0 evolution of its products
Linear Finance has introduced the Linear 2.0 upgrade, bringing a new website, branding, and ultimately a suite of new dApps. The list of innovations includes the multi-collateral upgrade, staking and ℓUSD creation, impact on platform TVL and ℓUSD stability, and much more. Furthermore, the project has unveiled the Linear 2.0 roadmap that features the integration of ChainLink’s CCIP technology, new synthetic listings, and a new marketplace dApp among other plans. Linear Finance builds out a decentralized application for staking and building LUSD.
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Linear Finance has introduced the Linear 2.0 upgrade, bringing a new website, branding, and ultimately a suite of new dApps. The list of innovations includes the multi-collateral upgrade, staking and ℓUSD creation, impact on platform TVL and ℓUSD stability, and much more. Furthermore, the project has unveiled the Linear 2.0 roadmap that features the integration of ChainLink’s CCIP technology, new synthetic listings, and a new marketplace dApp among other plans. Linear Finance builds out a decentralized application for staking and building LUSD.
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MixMob has announced the launch of the second round of $MXM staking
MixMob will launch round 2 of $MXM staking on March 30th, with a triple rewards amount and 80% arena fees. Users need to unstake their $MXM tokens by March 29th or roll over into MixMob's locked staking period. The project has previously conducted the first $MXM staking round with over 24M $MXM staked (16% of the circulating supply). MixMob is a Solana-powered card strategy battle racing game backed by Morningstar Ventures, Solana Ventures, Arthur Hayes, Merit Circle, DeFiance Capital, and others.
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MixMob will launch round 2 of $MXM staking on March 30th, with a triple rewards amount and 80% arena fees. Users need to unstake their $MXM tokens by March 29th or roll over into MixMob's locked staking period. The project has previously conducted the first $MXM staking round with over 24M $MXM staked (16% of the circulating supply). MixMob is a Solana-powered card strategy battle racing game backed by Morningstar Ventures, Solana Ventures, Arthur Hayes, Merit Circle, DeFiance Capital, and others.
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Top RWA Projects by Total Value Locked
Real World Assets (RWAs) became one of the most hyped narratives of current market momentum. Let's explore the leading RWA projects ranged by TVL.
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Real World Assets (RWAs) became one of the most hyped narratives of current market momentum. Let's explore the leading RWA projects ranged by TVL.
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AIT Protocol (AIT) has announced the partnership with Inspect (INSP)
AIT Protocol collaborates with Inspect, the layer 2 built for X. Through the partnership, Inspect will mine and validate in the Einstein-AIT Subnet $TAO. AIT Protocol is the inaugural data infrastructure dedicated to data annotations and the training of AI models, incubated by PAAL AI and Metabros.
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AIT Protocol collaborates with Inspect, the layer 2 built for X. Through the partnership, Inspect will mine and validate in the Einstein-AIT Subnet $TAO. AIT Protocol is the inaugural data infrastructure dedicated to data annotations and the training of AI models, incubated by PAAL AI and Metabros.
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Top Projects by Total Staked Value
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Sharpe AI (SAI) has announced the integration with Paradigm
Sharpe AI integrates with Paradigm, an institutional grade liquidity network for crypto derivatives. Through the integration, Sharpe users will access real-time insights into institutional trading activities directly through the Sharpe Terminal under the new "Block Trades" feature.
Sharpe is an institutional-grade crypto superApp, serving as a unified frontend for intelligence, tracking and investing in digital assets. It has previously joined the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub initiative.
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Sharpe AI integrates with Paradigm, an institutional grade liquidity network for crypto derivatives. Through the integration, Sharpe users will access real-time insights into institutional trading activities directly through the Sharpe Terminal under the new "Block Trades" feature.
Sharpe is an institutional-grade crypto superApp, serving as a unified frontend for intelligence, tracking and investing in digital assets. It has previously joined the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub initiative.
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