Sahara AI has introduced its roadmap for the next year
The roadmap is focused on creating tools and infrastructure that advance decentralized AI while empowering everyone to participate in and benefit from AI’s advancements. Sahara is a decentralized AI network that enables everyone to deploy autonomous AI.
👉 saharalabs.ai/blog/2024-2025-roadmap
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $3.58T (+2.39%)
BTC Price: $97,893 (+3.65%)
BTC Dominance: 54.3% (-0.60%)
Fear & Greed Index: 73 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $200B (+3.12%)
Binance will support the Fantom (FTM) token swap and rebranding to Sonic Labs (S)
Binance will delist and cease trading on all spot trading pairs for FTM on January 13 and then open trading for S token on January 16 at 8:00 AM UTC. All FTM tokens will be swapped to S at a 1:1 ratio.
👉 binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-will-support-the-fantom-ftm-token-swap-and-rebranding-to-sonic-s
Top-15 Price Gainers in 2024
Among the top performers are Popcat, a memecoin on the Solana blockchain, MANTRA, a Layer 1 blockchain focused on real-world assets, and MOG Coin, a cat-themed memecoin on Ethereum.
Crypto Events Recap, December 21-23
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-december-21-23-2024
Top Fundraising Rounds conducted in the last 7 days
Projects that received the most funding are BVNK ($50M), a stablecoin payment infrastructure provider, Lens Protocol ($31M), a high-perfomance blockchain for social apps, and Plume Network ($20M), an L1 blockchain for scaling RWAs.
Uniswap Labs announced the launch of Unichain in early 2025
Unichain is a L2 purpose-built for DeFi, exclusively on the OP Stack. As the mainnet goes live, Unichain will become part of Optimism’s Superchain ecosystem. Uniswap Labs says adding its own network will bring faster, cheaper transactions with more liquidity.
👉 theblock.co/post/332126/unichains-public-mainnet-expected-to-launch-in-early-2025-uniswap-says
Bio Protocol (BIO) will be the 63rd project on Binance Launchpool!
Users will be able to stake BNB and FDUSD tokens into separate pools to farm BIO tokens over 10 days, with farming starting on Dec 24th at 00:00 UTC. Launchpool Hard Cap is 99.6M BIO (3% of supply). BIO is a curation and liquidity protocol for Decentralized Science.
👉 binance.com/en/support/announcement/introducing-bio
MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN DECEMBER!
A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events
Top-15 tokens by Price Bounce in the last 24 hours
Presenting the list of cryptocurrencies that have experienced significant price rebounds following recent market declines.
Injective joined forces with Sonic to launch a cross-chain AI agent platform
The Smart Agent Hub will leverage Sonic's HyperGrid and Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC) to integrate AI Agents built on Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) into the Injective ecosystem. Initial Testnet deployment on Injective is expected in Q1 2025.
👉 blog.injective.com/en/sonic-and-injective-build-industrys-first-cross-chain-smart-agent-hub
Sharpe Labs (SAI) acquires Hive Intelligence to expand its AI ecosystem
Hive provides an infrastructure allowing AI agents to interact with real-time blockchain data through a unified API. Hive’s API will be integrated into existing tools like Sharpe Search to strengthen Sharpe’s product suite.
👉 vxtwitter.com/sharpelabs/status/1869747706295394341
BitLayer (BTR) DeFi Ecosystem Overview
The BitLayer ecosystem reached a total TVL of $847M, with a 17.2% growth in the last 30 days. Leading the ecosystem are DeSyn Protocol ($367M), Avalon Finance ($282M), Pell Network ($55.1M).
MooMoo conducted MOOMOO initial listing on MEXC & LBank
MOOMOO trading is now live on exchanges under USDT markets. Current price is $0.03932. Diluted Valuation is $39.3M. 100% of tokens are currently in circulation. MOOMOO represents the inaugural cow-themed memecoin within the Aptos ecosystem.
👉 x.com/MooMooAPT/status/1869679657878180000
PancakeSwap (CAKE) has launched cross-chain bridge
Users can now easily transfer assets between 8 major chains, including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base, Linea, opBNB, Arbitrum One, zkSync Era, and Polygon zkEVM. PancakeSwap is the largest peer-to-peer DEX running on the BNB Chain and multiple other network.
👉 x.com/PancakeSwap/status/1869367179701014763
Elon Musk-backed xAI raised $6 billion in Series C funding
Funding participants included a16z, Blackrock, Fidelity Management, MGX, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, Morgan Stanley, QIA, Sequoia and others. In November 2023, xAI introduced its AI chatbot, Grok, designed to compete with models like OpenAI's ChatGPT.
👉 x.ai/blog/series-c
Top-15 Weekly Total Value Locked (TVL) Gainers
Among the top performers are Ostium, a decentralized exchange on Arbitrum, Metropolis, a liquidity book DLMM DEX on Sonic, and Tempest Finance, an omnichain liquidity network.
DeXe Protocol (DEXE) has been listed on Binance Futures
Users can now trade DEXE tokens on Binance Futures with up to 75x leverage. Last week, DeXe and Binance Academy have launched Learn&Earn campaign. DeXe Protocol is a next-generation infrastructure for crafting and steering DAOs.
👉 x.com/DexeNetwork/status/1871494793932779876
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $3.44T (-0.27%)
BTC Price: $95,885 (-1.14%)
BTC Dominance: 54.9% (-0.20%)
Fear & Greed Index: 73 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $194B (+3.63%)
Usual closed a $10M Series A funding led by Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures
Other participants include Ethena, Coinbase Ventures, Galaxy, M0, Ondo Finance, X Ventures, Amber, IOSG, GSR, Wintermute, Symbolic Capital, Echo, among others. Usual is an RWA-backed stablecoin issuer, previously launched on Binance Launchpool.
👉 x.com/usualmoney/status/1871213374547370328
MicroStrategy has acquired 5,262 BTC for ~$561 million
The average purchase price per one BTC is $106,662. The total Bitcoin holding is 444,262 BTC acquired for ~$27.7 billion at ~$62,257 per bitcoin.
👉 x.com/saylor/status/1871179886036910278
Big Time Studios has launched a $150M Open Loot Fund
The fund will offer support, advisory, strategic guidance in-game economy design, sales strategy, marketplace optimization, marketing & community building. Open Loot is a gaming distribution platform created to tackle the challenges of crypto gaming scene.
👉 venturebeat.com/games/big-time-studios-launches-150m-open-loot-fund-for-web3-gaming
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $3.46T (-1.89%)
BTC Price: $95,885 (-1.14%)
BTC Dominance: 54.9% (-0.20%)
Fear & Greed Index: 70 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $198B (-2.87%)
Crypto Events Recap, December 19-20
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-december-19-20-2024
Covalent (CXT) goes live on Kraken Ink Layer 2 Mainnet
Developers can now access cross-chain data to unlock new possibilities for decentralized innovation. Ink's ecosystem builders can also leverage the GoldRush toolkit to build DeFi applications and access detailed data from over 100 networks.
👉 x.com/Covalent_HQ/status/1869804905629954527
Swell (SWELL) introduced the Swellchain, powered by Proof of Restake
Swellchain operates as a restaking-powered Layer 2 network built on the OP Stack. Users can now bridge and hold tokens before December 31 to collect a share of 31.25M SWELL. Swell is a non-custodial staking protocol.
👉 x.com/swellnetworkio/status/1869621024230445494
Kraken-backed Layer 2 Ink has launched its mainnet
Initially planned for Q1 2025, Ink has launched ahead of schedule. Ink is offering permissionless access to DeFi apps, such as trading, lending & borrowing services. Ink prioritizes interoperability, enabling users to transfer assets seamlessly between chains.
👉 blog.kraken.com/news/ink-mainnet-launch
Kernel DAO has introduced KERNEL tokenomics details
KERNEL will be airdropped to users and supporters across multiple seasons with 20% dedicated to airdrops. Kernel DAO is a multi-utility and highly user-centric protocol that governs an ecosystem of products across Kernel Restaking, Kelp LRT and Gain.
👉 x.com/kernel_dao/status/1869427520044707885
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $3.69T (-4.74%)
BTC Price: $101,891 (-1.88%)
BTC Dominance: 54.5% (+0.60%)
Fear & Greed Index: 75 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $210B (-4.09%)