The onchain UX platform Reown raised $13 million in Series B funding
The round was led by Union Square Ventures and 1kx, with participation from Kraken, Shopify, Global Digital Asset Holdings, Cryptо.cоm, Figment, Kiln, Everstake, BitGo Ventures, Fenbushi.
👉 x.com/reown_/status/1879534370278781186
Plume Network unveiled PLUME token and Airdrop Season 1
Season 1 airdrop is designed to reward early adopters, testnet users with miles, active community members, pre-deposit stakers and global community members. Plume is the first fully integrated and modular chain focused on RWAfi.
👉 plumenetwork.xyz/blog/airdrop
Top BNB Chain dApps by the number of users in the last 30D
The infographic depicts the Top BNB Chain 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.
Crypto wallet startup Dfns raised $16 million in a Series A funding
Series A round was led by Further Ventures with partisipation from Wintermute, Hashed, Motive Partners, Motier Ventures, White Star Capital, Semantic, and Techstars. Dfns is a Wallets-as-a-Service (WaaS) platform.
👉 x.com/business/status/1879172602595266780
Sony launched mainnet of its blockchain platform Soneium
The Layer 2 network, developed by leveraging OP Stack, aims to bridge the gap between Web2 & Web3 and create more inclusive, accessible and creative platform. Soneium targets content creators, fans and communities as its main audience.
👉 x.com/soneium/status/1878988222866350348
Chainalysis announced the acquisition of Alterya for $150M
With this acquisition of Alterya, an AI-powered fraud detection solution, Chainalysis can now provide real-time fraud prevention for payments and detection during KYC for exchanges, blockchains, and wallet providers. Chainalysis is a blockchain data platform.
👉 chainalysis.com/blog/chainalysis-alterya-announcement/
MoonPay acquired crypto payment processor Helio for $175M
Helio enables businesses to process payments via digital currencies such as USDC, SOL, BTC and ETH, among others. Helio has already processed over $1.5 billion in transactions and has integrated with platforms including Discord, WooCommerce, and Shopify.
👉 coindesk.com/business/2025/01/13/moon-pay-buys-crypto-payment-processor-helio-for-175-m
Top Fundraising Rounds conducted in the last 7 days
Projects that received the most funding are 0G Labs ($32.24M), a decentralized AI Operating System (dAIOS), SoSoValue ($15M), an AI-powered crypto investment research platform, and Nakamoto Games ($10M), a P2E infrastructure that offers access to blockchain games.
World Mobile Chain (WMC) has announced the launch of its Public Testnet
WMC is built specifically to support a range of telecom products, including eSIMs, VPNs, storage, DiDs, and telco-specific DePIN nodes. WMTx is used as gas for transactions powering everything from staking to governance and node operations.
👉 x.com/wmtoken/status/1877437760014881226
QORPO WORLD (QORPO) has introduced its 2025 roadmap
QORPO's roadmap emphasizes AI integration, advancing its gaming platform, launching the AI Agent, expanding the TOY chain, releasing a mobile game version and much more. QORPO WORLD is a developer of a Citizen Conflict and AneeMate shooters.
👉 x.com/QORPOworld/status/1878541281183318131
Projects that will hold its initial listing next week
Presenting the list of the projects that have already announced their initial listing and plan to enter the crypto market within the next 7 days. The list includes Koii Network, XYRO, Treat, SYNTHR, DuckChain, and Solv Protocol.
MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN JANUARY!
A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events
Solayer (LAYER) will hold its token sale on Buildpad
The subscription period will start on Jan 13, 10:00 AM UTC. Hard Cap - $10.5M. Vesting - 100% TGE. Diluted Valuation - $350M. Users must complete KYC starting on Jan 9 and commit funds. Solayer is developing InfiniSVM, a next-generation blockchain architecture.
👉 buidlpad.com/solayer
DeXe Protocol (DEXE) launches multi-chain staking with $8.5 million in rewards
The staking program is now available for all DEXE holders on BNB Chain and Ethereum. The program allocates 526,250 DEXE tokens, valued at over $8.5 million at the current rate. Previously, DeXe was deployed on Ethereum and surpassed $1 billion in TVL.
👉 dexenetwork.medium.com/dexe-dao-multi-chain-staking-program-is-live-with-over-8-5m-pool
Solv Protocol has unveiled the details of SOLV tokenomics
Max token supply: 9,66B. Circulating supply upon Binance listing: 1,48B (15.3% of max token supply). Solv is the 3rd project that launches via Binance Megadrop, a platform with airdrops and Web3 quests. SOLV listing on Binance will occur on January 17th, 10:00 UTC.
👉 solvprotocol.medium.com/solv-token-launch-a-step-towards-the-future-of-bitcoin-finance-5fb64a69220b
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $3.53T (+0.91%)
BTC Price: $96,997 (+0.24%)
BTC Dominance: 54.5% (-0.40%)
Fear & Greed Index: 70 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $188B (+3.34%)
Mira Network (MIRA) has announced the launch of Voyager Testnet
The Testnet brings the Generate API with access to GPT-4o, Llama 3.1 405B, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet available via unified interface. Moreover, Mira is building its developer platform, Node Delegator program, and application marketplace.
👉 x.com/Mira_Network/status/1879212014561841448
Sigma Capital to launch a $100 million fund focused on Web3 startups
The fund will focus on decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenization, and blockchain infrastructure by managing a portfolio of liquid tokens. Sigma Capital is a UAE-based early-stage venture fund.
👉 decrypt.co/300934/uae-sigma-capital-100-million-blockchain-fund
Top 15 Projects by Network Growth over the past 30 days
Network growth shows the percentage increase in new addresses that transferred a given token for the first time in the selected period compared to the previous one.
Primex (PMX) will hold its multi-IDO starting on January 20th
PMX IDO will take place on ChainGPT Pad, Eesee, Magic Launchpad, Finceptor and CV Pad. Sale price is 1 PMX = 0.04. Total IDOs Hard Cap is $650,000. Fully Diluted Valuation is $40M.
Primex is a DeFi protocol enabling margin trading across various DEXs. It allows traders to trade with leverage by borrowing funds from liquidity pools provided by lenders.
👉 x.com/primex_official/status/1878782739903549883
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $3.49T (+2.49%)
BTC Price: $96,754 (+4.23%)
BTC Dominance: 54.9% (0.00%)
Fear & Greed Index: 63 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $183B (-0.21%)
Synthr (SYNTH) to conduct its initial listing on January 14
SYNTH trading goes live on KuCoin, Gate, and MEXC on Jan 14, 12:00 UTC. Previously, Synthr launched an IDO on Ape Terminal. Initial Market Cap - $2,272,511. Synthr is an interoperable omnichain liquidity protocol that enables slippage-free cross-chain transfers.
👉 x.com/kucoincom/status/1876528190052835359
Top Projects by TVL Launched Each Month of the 2024
Let's discover the top projects by Total Value Locked launched each month of 2024. Among the top 3 are Babylon, a Bitcoin staking protocol; Jupiter, a DEX aggregator for the Solana ecosystem; and Symbiotic, an asset-agnostic restaking platform.
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $3.36T (-3.69%)
BTC Price: $92,902 (-0.98%)
BTC Dominance: 54.9% (+0.30%)
Fear & Greed Index: 61 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $183B (-1.99%)
Projects by Diluted Valuation launched this week
Let's discover the latest projects making waves in the space. Leading the list are Sonic SVM, an atomic SVM Layer 2 for gaming, Xterio, a full-service solution for publishing games, and Seraph, an action RPG in a richly detailed medieval fantasy world.
Crypto Events Recap, January 9-10
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-january-9-10-2025
Avalanche AI (AVAXAI) to conduct its IDO on Ape Terminal, Avalaunch, and Polkastarter
IDO price - $0.0026. Hard Cap - $150,000. Initial Market Cap - $498,550. Vesting - 35% TGE, 1-month cliff, 3 months linear vesting. AvalancheAI is the first AI Hub offering a wide suite of AI products on Avalanche, backed by Blizzard Fund, Avalaunch, and others.
👉 x.com/ai_avalanche/status/1876275103371301257
0G Foundation (0G) raised $30 million via the AI Node Sale
The Web3 AI platform sold almost 85,000 nodes to approximately 8,500 operators, equating to roughly $360 per node. Over the next three years, node operators will receive up to 15% of the 0G token’s supply. 0G is a decentralized AI Operating System (dAIOS).
👉 cointelegraph.com/news/0g-foundation-raises-30-million-selling-ai-nodes