EigenLayer is expected to remove EIGEN transfer restrictions on September 30th
With the upcoming activation of token transferability, stakeholders will be able to trade and transfer their share of EIGEN tokens, including the airdropped rewards. EigenLayer offers a protocol for users to deposit and re-stake ETH from various LSTs.
👉 x.com/eigenfoundation/status/1838270195246170553
Gaming dApps by the number of users in the last 30D
The infographic depicts the Top-12 Gaming dApps sorted by the number of Unique Active Wallets interacting or performing a transaction with a dApp's smart contracts in the last 30 days.
Celestia (TIA) raised $100M in a new funding round
The funding, led by Bain Capital Crypto with Syncracy Capital, Robot Ventures, 1kx, and Placeholder participating, brings total amount raised to $155M. Celestia is a modular network that functions as a data availability and consensus layer for other blockchains.
👉 blog.celestia.org/celestia-foundation-raise/
Crypto Events Recap, September 21-23
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-september-21-23-2024
Velvet.Capital launches its updated DeFi app built on Base
The Velvet allows users to manage, trade, and create portfolios in a one-singe app. Among the features are also personal, private, and public vault creation, with shared yield for community members. Velvet is a DeFi management platform, backed by Binance Labs.
👉 x.com/Velvet_Capital/status/1837126898372985316
Cross The Ages (CTA) unveiled its second game, dubbed Arise
Arise is a multiplayer action RPG developed on Unreal Engine 5. The game page is now available on the Epic Game Store with an official release coming soon. The whitelist for early access is now available to the public.
👉 x.com/crosstheages/status/1837226906858467767
LogX (LOGX) has launched mainnet of its network
The network enables users to trade Prediction Markets and Exotic Perps at a 20x leverage. LOGX, its native gas fee token, will be initially listed on September 24. LogX Network is designed to provide high-performance, low-cost modular trading infrastructure.
👉 x.com/LogX_trade/status/1837143114957705256
Grass has closed a Series A round led by Hack VC
Other funding participants included Polychain, Delphi, Lattice and Brevan Howard. The team didn’t disclose the amount raised but unveiled a $3.5M raise in a seed round. Grass is a DePIN project focused on verifying internet data.
👉 x.com/getgrass_io/status/1837497207798616248
Folks Finance launches the xChain Mainnet on September 24
Users will be able to lend and borrow using Folks’s cross-chain lending protocol on Avalanche, Base & Ethereum, with Arbitrum, Optimism, and BNB Chain added shortly after. Folks Finance is the cross-chain DeFi app offering a full suite of DeFi tools.
👉 x.com/FolksFinance/status/1837532237237002494
MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER!
A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events
Performance of the recent Binance Launchpool projects
Catizen (CATI) trading went live on the Binance exchange following the Launchpool event. Let's have a look and compare the token metrics of the latest projects launched via Binance Launchpool.
Top 15 projects by positive market sentiment on Oriole Insights
Oriole Insights is a gamified prediction platform harnessing collective wisdom. The list of projects by Bullish expectations with a minimum of 50 predictions and 500 ORI pooled.
👉 https://app.orioleinsights.io/projects
Top-15 Projects by Daily Active Addresses (DAA) growth in the last 30 days
Daily Active Addresses is the number of distinct addresses that participated in a transfer for the given asset on any given day. Each address is counted only once for the day.
CertiK has launched a $45M venture arm, CertiK Ventures
Venture arm plans to invest funds in a new suite of products built in-house. CertiK also unveiled a range of free security tools, starting with Token Scan and Wallet Scan. CertiK is currently valued at $2B, making it the highest-valued web3 security company in operation.
👉 x.com/CertiK/status/1836724497178591302
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.31T (+2.08%)
BTC Price: $63,543 (+2.31%)
BTC Dominance: 54.3% (-0.40%)
Fear & Greed Index: 54 (Neutral)
Total Value Locked: $136B (+4.37%)
Sharpe AI (SAI) released its own token sale platform, dubbed Sharpe Launchpad
Users need to stake SAI to access the launchpad while enjoying up to 50% APR. The more SAI ones stake, the better their chances of participating in each sale. Sharpe AI is a unified platform for investing, intelligence, and automating digital assets.
👉 x.com/SharpeLabs/status/1837091906045759674
Ethernity (ERN) has launched a $10 million grant program
Its goal is to empower developers, startups and creators with grants, ranging from $15K to $150K, focused on games entertainment and blockchain infrastructure. Ethernity Chain is an entertainment-focused Layer 2 chain built on Optimism's OP stack.
👉 x.com/EthernityChain/status/1833544957275038149
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.33T (-0.08%)
BTC Price: $63,667 (+0.26%)
BTC Dominance: 53.9% (-0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 54 (Neutral)
Total Value Locked: $139B (-0.69%)
The biggest Fundraising Rounds conducted in the last 7 days
Projects that received the most funding are TON Blockchain ($38M), a Layer 1 blockchain designed by Telegram, Drift Protocol ($25M), a perpetual DEX on Solana, and Helius ($21.75M), a Solana-based developer platform.
deBridge scheduled the DBR launch on Jupiter Launchpad on October 15
The DBR is scheduled to launch on Jupiter LFG on October 15 with more details to be released later. Previously, deBridge dropped the direct-to-CEX airdrop claim page to Kucoin, Gate, Bitget, and MEXC. deBridge is a liquidity unlocking and cross-chain bridging dApp.
👉 https://x.com/deBridgeFdn/status/1837416027271188597
Top 15 projects by positive market sentiment on Oriole Insights
Oriole Insights is a gamified prediction platform harnessing collective wisdom. The list of projects by Bullish expectations with a minimum of 50 predictions and 500 ORI pooled.
👉 app.orioleinsights.io/projects
Plume Network unveiled plans to tokenize ~$1.25B of RWAs by Q4
Plume intends to tokenize $500M worth of private credit fund Credbull, $300M of Plural Energy solar farms, some oil and gas mineral rights and $120M worth of Medicaid claims. Plume is a modular Layer 2 blockchain dedicated for all real world assets.
👉 x.com/plumenetwork/status/1837628925738209431
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.33T (-0.38%)
BTC Price: $63,591 (+0.96%)
BTC Dominance: 54.0% (-0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 50 (Neutral)
Total Value Locked: $140B (+2.19%)
Crypto Events Recap, September 19-20
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-september-19-20-2024
STATE OF THE STAKING
According to StakingRewards, the Staking Market Cap (the valuation of all projects with a staking mechanism) is currently at 488.2 billion USD. An overview includes all staking assets, including PoS, Liquid Staking, Restaking, and DeFi Staking.
We have prepared the list of projects sorted by the USD value of the staked tokens. The list shows the Top 5: Ethereum, Solana, Lido Staked Ether, Wrapped stETH, and Sui.
Linear (LINA) has introduced its roadmap for 2024-2025
In the coming months, Linear’s roadmap focuses on expanding its decentralized trading, with a focus on perp markets, cross-chain solutions, and community empowerment. Linear Finance is a cross-chain delta-one asset protocol.
👉 linear-finance.medium.com/unveiling-linear-finances-vision-for-2024-25-a-game-changing-roadmap-ba494ceefcf7
DEX aggregator Jupiter (JUP) acquired SolanaFM and Coinhall
The team did not reveal the exact deal terms of the deals. SolanaFM is a blockchain explorer while Coinhall is a trading terminal for Solana and Cosmos chains. Jupiter is also launching its own API platform, Metropolis, to provide more comprehensive liquidity APIs for devs.
👉 theblock.co/post/317465/solana-dex-aggregator-jupiter-acquires-solanafm-coinhall
Singapore-based exchange BingX experienced a hack
On-chain data suggests nearly $43M was stolen from the exchange in multiple tranches, with $13.25M ether, $2.3M BNB, $4.4M USDT, among other being drained. The firms' CPO said that the assets stolen were minor and any customer losses would be compensated.
👉 coindesk.com/tech/2024/09/20/crypto-exchange-bingx-hacked-onchain-data-shows-over-43m-drained/
MANTRA announced the launch of its Mainnet scheduled for October
The Mainnet will offer several key features, including global access to tokenized assets, an institutional-grade platform to deploy capital on-chain, and enhanced network resilience and stability. MANTRA is an RWA & tokenized assets L1 blockchain.
👉 x.com/mantra_chain/status/1836393641863946632