​​Ethereum Layer 2 Optimism released details of its governance token OP. 19% of 4.3B genesis OP supply to be distributed in a series of airdrops. The details of the first airdrop (5%) are already out. The total token supply will inflate at a rate of 2% per year. Optimism has raised $150M last month at a $1.65B valuation from Paradigm and a16z among others. Token release date TBA.

​​BreederDAO has started its public token auction. The sale is live from April 26th till April 29th. 45M BREED (4.5% of 1B total BREED supply) to be offered on Alchemist’s Copper platform. Current token price: $0.8. The price of the token in Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (LBP) can go up and down depending on the demand. In LBP users will need to find the best entry time and price during the sale period.

​​Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. Apr 2022, part 5.
Data source: @crypto_fundraising

​​Coinbase & Coinbase Pro will list Stepn (GMT) & (GST) on April 28th. Trading will begin on or after 9AM PT on Thursday, April 28, if liquidity conditions are met.

​​Binance will offer Project Galaxy (GAL) farming on Binance Launchpool as of April 29th. Users will be able to stake their BNB, BUSD & CAKE into separate pools to farm GAL tokens over 30 days, starting Apr 29. 1.5% of the total supply to be available for this activity.

​​KuCoin Spotlight will host Aurigami (PLY) public sale starting April 29th. 200M PLY (2% of the total supply) to be sold at $0.005 per token ($50M FDV). Subscription period: Apr 29-May 5. Users are required to hold 100+ KCS in order to participate. Sale format: proportional. Allocation available for sale: $1M. Aurigami is a decentralized money market on Aurora.

​​Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. Apr 2022, part 6.
Data source: @crypto_fundraising

​​Ondo Finance will have a token sale on CoinList on May 12th. Registration deadline: May 9th. 400M ONDO (4% of the total supply) to be offered at $0.055 per token at $550M valuation. Vesting: 12-month lock + 6-month vesting. Fundraising goal: $22M. Purchase limits: $100- $2K. ​​Ondo Finance is building a decentralized investment banking.

​​Binance will list MobileCoin (MOB) and Nexo (NEXO) on April 29th. Trading will open for MOB/BTC, MOB/BUSD, MOB/USDT, NEXO/BTC, NEXO/BUSD, and NEXO/USDT at 10:00 AM (UTC).

​​BreederDAO (BREED) will have a primary listing on Huobi on April 30. BREED/USDT trading will go live once liquidity conditions are met. BreederDAO is having a final day of the public auction today. The current BREED price: $0.55. Total supply: 1B BREED.

​​YGG SEA will have a public token auction from May 9th till May 14th. 75M SEA (7.5% of 1B total SEA supply) to be offered on Copper platform. Starting price: $0.5 per token.
The price of the token in Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (LBP) can go up and down depending on the demand. In LBP users will need to find the best entry time and price during the sale period.
YGG SEA is Southeast Asia focused subDAO of Yield Guild Games. YGG SEA had raised $15M from CryptoCom Capital, Animoca Brands, Solana Ventures, Polygon, and invested in 76 projects since November 2021.

​​Top 20 most discussed cryptocurrencies on Twitter in April 2022. In the chart below you can find a share of mentions of each coin among top 150 coins by market cap.

​​Project Galaxy (GAL) will get listed on Binance, KuCoin, FTX, Huobi on May 5th. Trading on Binance will go live at 12:00 PM (UTC). KuCoin will enable GAL trading at 13:00 PM (UTC). Trading start on FTX and Huobi to be announced. Project Galaxy has closed its public sale on CoinList in February this year. ICO price: $1.5.

​​Aurigami (PLY) will get listed on KuCoin & Huobi on May 5th. PLY/USDT trading on KuCoin will go live at 12:00 PM (UTC). PLY/USDT trading pair on Huobi will go live once liquidity conditions are met. Aurigami has closed its public sale recently. ICO price: $0.005.

​​Project Galaxy (GAL) will get listed on Coinbase & Coinbase Pro on May 5th. Trading will go live once liquidity conditions are met.

​​Blockchain gaming platform LootRush closes $12M seed round. The round was led by Paradigm with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Y Combinator and a group of angel investors, including the founders of Axie Infinity, Plaid, Wildlife Studios, Dapper Labs, The Chainsmokers, and Vivi Nevo are among investors.

​​Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. May 2022, part 1.
Data source: @crypto_fundraising

​​Binance will list Lido DAO (LDO) on May 9th. Trading will open for LDO/BTC, LDO/BUSD, and LDO/USDT trading pairs at 11:00 (UTC).

​​Web traffic to crypto exchanges in April 2022. According to the data from SimilarWeb in April a cumulative web traffic to cryptocurrency exchanges has decreased by 11%.

​​BOBA token can now be used for gas fees on Boba Network. According to the blog post ETH can still be used for this purpose while paying the fees in BOBA will result in a 25% gas fee discount.

​​Solana-based P2E game Nyan Heroes has closed $7.5M strategic round at $100M valuation. Kosmos Ventures, Sino Global Capital, Shima Capital, Petrock Capital, Morningstar Ventures, 32-bit Ventures, CryptoCom, Tess Ventures, Master Ventures, Wave7, Ancient8, Drops Ventures, Andromeda Capital, Salad Ventures, Moonchain Capital and Snackclub are among investors.