Bitlayer has raised $9M in a Series A extension round
The funding round at a $300M valuation was co-led by Polychain Capital & Franklin Templeton. Other investors include SCB Limited, Selini Capital, and G-20 Group. Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin security-equivalent Layer 2 based on BitVM.
👉 x.com/BitlayerLabs/status/1843704169645097291
Starknet launches STRK staking on Sepolia Testnet
During the Testnet Phase, the staking requirements allow participants to stress-test staking contracts with a minimum 1 STRK staking amount and a 5-minute staking lock-up. Users can claim test tokens via Starknet Faucet Sepolia web page.
👉 x.com/Starknet/status/1843618593264877635
deBridge (DBR) introduced Hooks, enabling real-time data transfers between blockchains
Hooks are designed to allow developers and protocols to integrate advanced cross-chain functionalities into their applications. Solflare Wallet and Solana-based decentralized exchange Zeta Markets are among the new feature’s launch partners.
👉 x.com/deBridgeFinance/status/1843631377788612624
Zyfi (ZFI) will kick off its community sale on Tokensoft on Oct 21st
Registration is now live and will last until October 21st. Public sale price is 1 ZFI = $0.04. Sale Hard Cap is $2,200,000, with a 25% unlock at TGE followed by 6 months linear vesting. Zyfi is building the best on-chain user experiences leveraging Paymasters and Intents.
👉 zyfi.org/sales
Top Linea Layer 2 dApps by the number of users in the last 30D
The infographic depicts the Top-12 Linea Layer 2 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.
Scroll (SCR) will be the 60th project on Binance Launchpool!
Users will be able to stake BNB and FDUSD tokens into separate pools to farm SCR tokens over 2 days, with farming starting on Oct 9th at 00:00 UTC. Launchpool Hard Cap is 55M SCR (5.5% of supply). Scroll is a zkEVM-based zkRollup on Ethereum.
👉 binance.com/en/support/announcement/introducing-catizen-scr-on-binance-launchpool
Crypto Events Recap, October 4-7
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-october-4-7-2024
NAVI Protocol (NAVX) farming is now live on Bybit Launchpool
The Launchpool is now live and will last till October 14. During this period, users will be able to stake NAVX, SUI, or USDC to obtain a share of 2,500,000 NAVX. NAVX reward pool - 500K NAVX. SUI reward pool - 750K NAVX. USDC reward pool - 1.25M NAVX.
👉 announcements.bybit.com/article/bybit-launchpool-stake-navx-sui-or-usdc-to-earn-a-share-of-2-500-000-navx
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
XION (XION) announced an integration with Mercle
This integration introduces a self-sovereign identity management system, allowing users to manage their identities seamlessly across various blockchains and apps. XION is the L1 purpose-built for mainstream adoption through Generalized Abstraction.
👉 xion.burnt.com/blog/xion-ecosystem-mercle-launch
CARV (CARV) teases its token initial listing on October 10th
Previously, CARV announced an Airdrop Season 1 with $40M CARV rewards. It will reward NFT & SBT holders, campaign participants, contributors with Guardian EXP. Carv is a data layer allowing Web3 gaming and AI companies to control and monetize their data.
👉 x.com/carv_official/status/1843201762314047555
MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN OCTOBER!
A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events
Sonic Labs unveiled a 200M worth of S token airdrop for early adopters
The deflationary mechanism reduces the total supply of S tokens, incorporating a token burn factor at its core. As part of the initial distribution, recipients receive 25% upon claim date and remaining 75% with 9-month vesting in form of ERC-1155 (fungible NFTs).
👉 blog.soniclabs.com/designing-a-deflationary-airdrop
STATE OF THE DAOs
According to DееpDАО.iо, 50873 organizations are accounting for 24.5B total treasury with 20.9B of liquid and 3.6B of vested assets. During the last month, total DAOs treasury has increased by 4.5B, marking a 22.5% growth.
The most common treasury stablecoins are USDT, USDC, and DAI. Organizations with the most significant lifetime participants are Arbitrum (324K), Optimism (149K), and ENS (89.0K). The most significant number of proposals are in Lido DAO (654), Arbitrum (400), and Gnosis Chain (229).
Ta-da (TADA) announced the launch of its second phase
Key milestones in this phase include Telegram integration, new tasks, enhanced reward models, updated dashboard, interoperability and tokenomics upgrade. Ta-da is a data-sharing platform where users can earn rewards by completing tasks.
👉 medium.com/@ta-da/announcing-ta-da-phase-2-a-path-towards-mass-adoption-4cf729e6da91
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.26T (-0.23%)
BTC Price: $62,237 (-2.08%)
BTC Dominance: 54.2% (-0.20%)
Fear & Greed Index: 49 (Neutral)
Total Value Locked: $131B (-0.96%)
Solv Protocol has unveiled the Staking Abstraction Layer (SAL)
The SAL is a framework designed to simplify and standardize BTC staking across blockchains. The key partners powering SAL include BNB Chain, Ceffu, and Chainlink. Solv Protocol enables BTC holders to utilize assets & earn yield through Decentralized Bitcoin Reserve.
👉 x.com/SolvProtocol/status/1843607388181672008
Gunzilla has rolled out the Off the Grid early access on PC, PS5, and Xbox
Off The Grid brings next-gen cyberpunk F2P battle royale on major platforms. Users can now download, play, and stream the game in early access mode. Phase 1 includes the first wave of locations (Teardrop Island), weapons, and game modes (PVP and PVE).
👉 gameoffthegrid.com
Web Traffic Spotlight in September: Centralized Exchanges
Web traffic info shows how many users visited a website. The website viewership helps understand the popularity of the website, website audience geography, and other valuable details.
Data provided by similarweb.com
❗️Dear community, CryptoDiffer will hold an AMA with Zyfi on October 9th at 3:00 PM UTC in the CryptoDiffer Telegram Chat!
The reward pool for the best questions is $500 in ZK + $500 in ZFI (fully unlocked at TGE).
(Questions from previous AMAs are strictly forbidden and people will be disqualified from participating in the reward distribution.)
CHAT 🗣 https://t.me/joinchat/Brbs51k5cWoRBKtsgmb6Ew
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.26T (-3.38%)
BTC Price: $62,275 (-2.08%)
BTC Dominance: 54.4% (+0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 49 (Neutral)
Total Value Locked: $132B (-2.33%)
Fundraising Rounds conducted in the last 7 Days
Projects that received the most funding are SecondLive ($12M), an AI & XR Social Metaverse platform, RD Technologies ($7.8M), a Financial platform that bridges Web2 and Web3, and OpenAI ($6.6M), an AI research company.
COTI (COTI) unveiled its integration with Carbon Browser (CSIX)
Carbon Browser will integrate the COTI privacy layer within its native wallet, which will open up programmable privacy features to its 1 million monthly active users. COTI is a blockchain-based payments infrastructure company.
👉 medium.com/cotinetwork/coti-and-carbon-browser-partner-to-bring-fast-secure-and-private-browsing-to-web3-5e735ffbabe2
Coinbase to delist unauthorized stablecoins in the European Union by the end of 2024
Coinbase will delist stablecoins that are not compliant with the EU’s MiCA guidelines. Tether, the largest stablecoins issuer, doesn't have the necessary license in the EU yet. Coinbase plans to share further details of its plan in November with options for affected customers.
👉 theblock.co/post/319580/coinbase-to-delist-non-compliant-stablecoins-in-eu-following-implementation-of-mica-guidelines
Top-15 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coins by Market Capitalization
These digital assets are in the front row of revolutionizing the crypto market by ushering in an era where transactions aren't just secure but smart, thanks to AI-driven smart contracts.
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.32T (+1.58%)
BTC Price: $63,598 (+2.74%)
BTC Dominance: 54.3% (-0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 50 (Neutral)
Total Value Locked: $135B (+2.44%)
Crypto Events Recap, October 3-4
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-october-3-4-2024
OKX joined forces with Axelar to launch new tech development stacks
OKX OS is an open-source infrastructure suite of tools, SDKs, and APIs to build applications across multiple blockchains. The new stack allows developers to leverage the OKX Wallet technology and aims to simplify and scale development for 100+ chains.
👉 blockworks.co/news/0xresearch-newsletter-cross-chain-interoperability
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
Top 15 Gainers by Total Fees Generated in the last 30 days
In DeFi, protocols charge fees for using services like swaps or lending. These fees, often small, are paid to liquidity providers or directed to a protocol's treasury. With high trading volumes, fees can add up significantly making the projects financially healthy and profitable.