GaiaNet has closed a $10M Seed funding round
The funding round saw the participation of EVM Capital, Mirana Ventures, Mantle EcoFund, and ByteTrade. GaiaNet is a decentralized computing infrastructure enabling everyone to create, deploy, scale, and monetize their AI agents.
👉 x.com/Gaianet_AI/status/1795466736097268050
STATE OF THE DEFI
Total Value Locked in DeFi: ~$176B USD
DeFi TVL has increased by 16.1% in the last 30 days. 35 projects have TVL over $1B compared to 31 projects a month ago.
Top-15 Spring Total Value Locked (TVL) gainers
Among top performers are Streamflow, an on-chain product suite for DAOs, Alien Base AMM, a Base-native DEX for degens, and Storm Trade, the first DEX on the TON blockchain.
Lista (LISTA) launches on Binance Megadrop on May 30th
Users will be able to join the campaign by locking their BNB in the BNB Locked Products and completing Web3 Quest (Stake 0.01 BNB in the ListaDAO DApp). Megadrop Hard Cap is 100M LISTA (10% of supply). The initial Circ. Supply is 230M LISTA (23% of supply).
👉 binance.com/en/support/announcement/lista-megadrop
KIP Protocol (KIP) unveiled the incentivized campaign - The Uprising
Users can earn points for completing Twitter quests, creating content and engaging with other users' tweets about KIP. The program will end with the KIP token launch. Previously, KIP has opened Checker Nodes whitelist registration via Google Form.
👉 x.com/KIPprotocol/status/1795108478911988141
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.69T (-1.14%)
BTC Price: $67,870 (-1.20%)
BTC Dominance: 49.7% (-0.10%)
Fear & Greed Index: 72 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $175B (-0.87%)
The biggest Fundraising Rounds conducted in the last 7 Days
Projects that received the most funding are Farcaster ($150M), a decentralized social network, Cysic ($12M), a ZK-proof generation layer, and Plume Network ($10M), an EVM-compatible L2 focused on RWA.
AutoLayer (LAY3R) has kicked off the Road-to-IDO campaign, powered by Magic Square
The Road-to-IDO campaign is now live on Zealy with a $200K rewards pool in LAY3R. Top performers will get exclusive whitelist spots for the AutoLayer IDO on the Magic Square Launchpad. AutoLayer is the premier LRTfi hub on Arbitrum.
👉 x.com/MagicSquareio/status/1793612848687391183
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
Hatom (HTM) unveiled a cross-chain lending infrastructure - Soul
Soul enables the lending and borrowing of native assets across platforms like Aave and Compound and leverages LayerZero for seamless cross-chain communication. Hatom is an algorithmic protocol for lending, borrowing, and staking assets on MultiversX.
👉 x.com/HatomProtocol/status/1793957990262817014
ZAP teamed up with 20+ projects to launch Blast Gigadrops
Blast Gigadrops is a massive campaign with a collective prize pool of over $500,000. Users can complete various missions and quests directly through ZAP Drops to qualify for different reward pools.
👉 x.com/zaponblast/status/1794067708524261816
MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN MAY-JUNE!
A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events
GUNZ (GUN) has announced an integration with Fireblocks for blockchain operations
Institutional holders of GUN and GUNZ Validator NFTs will have the ability to hold and manage their assets via the Fireblocks platform. In addition, Fireblocks’ non-custodial wallets will integrate with GUNZ, offering a non-custodial solution for GUNZ wallet users.
👉 x.com/GUNbyGUNZ/status/1793649855245525179
Overlay Protocol (OV) partners with Pyth Network (PYTH)
Through this partnership, Pyth's data confidence intervals will provide insights into market uncertainties aiming to enhance decision-making for better trade strategies on Overlay, a decentralized perpetual futures protocol built on Arbitrum.
👉 x.com/OverlayProtocol/status/1793684993363112444
Cysic has raised $12 million in a Pre-A funding round
The funding round was led by HashKey Capital and OKX Ventures. Other investors include ABCDE, Polychain, IDG, Bit Digital, Coinswitch, Matrix Partners, SNZ Holding, and Wеb3.cоm Ventures. Cysic is a ZK-proof generation Layer.
👉 x.com/cysic_xyz/status/1793885636296110083
People's Launchpad listed the batch of new projects from the BitLayer ecosystem
The People’s Launchpad joined the BitLayer Mining Gala Event with four projects – Lorenzo, bitCow, Avalon, and Pell offering extra reward opportunities by performing various tasks until June 10th. Each project will reward users with 1% of their Total Token Supply.
👉 x.com/ParticleNtwrk/status/1795077780524372414
Mocaverse has introduced the Realm Network, its infrastructure layer
Realm Network represents the infrastructure layer of accounts, identity, reputation, and points to bootstrap consumer growth and co-build the interoperable consumer network. MOCA will be native currency for transaction fees & payments for Realm Network.
👉 x.com/MocaverseNFT/status/1795273839150289127
Nakamoto Games (NAKA) integrates AIOZ W3IPFS solution (AIOZ)
The AIOZ W3IPFS integration enables Nakamoto to leverage DePIN storage for enhanced NFT security and management, providing players with best gaming experience. Nakamoto is a P2E gaming infrastructure that offers access to blockchain-based games.
👉 x.com/NakamotoGames/status/1795365038620131516
Bitlayer (BTR) launched Mining Gala with $24.35M in rewards that will last till June 10th
Airdrop is divided as follows: BitSmiley ($6M), Lorenzo Protocol ($4.8M), Pell Network ($3.75), Avalon Finance ($3.3M), Enzo Finance ($3M), BitParty ($2M), bitCow ($1.5M). To join the mining users have to complete unique tasks related to eaсh projects.
👉 bitlayer.org/mining-gala
AIT Protocol (AIT) got registered on Bittensor Subnet #35
Einstein-AIT provides the Bittensor ecosystem with a robust and reliable subnet dedicated to the computation of complex math operations and logical reasoning. AIT Protocol is a Web3 data platform specializing in data annotations and AI model training.
👉 x.com/AITProtocol/status/1794813204197183804
Crypto Events Recap, May 25-27
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-may-25-27-2024
Mirada AI (MIRX) to be launched via Carbon Launchpad
To participate in Mirada AI IDO, users must stake at least 1,000 CSIX tokens on the Carbon dApp before May 31st. Diluted Valuation - $10M. Vesting - 15% at TGE. Mirada AI is a platform for image generation, LLM chat, and AI-driven creative processes.
👉 x.com/CarbonLaunchpad/status/1794085667619676642
Aark (AARK) launches its trading competition with up to $500K in rewards
The event is now live and will last until June 10th. There will be two competition categories: Volume and PnL. The prize will be distributed to the top 10 winners of each category. Aark is a 1000x Perpetual DEX, powered by LST and LRT liquidity.
👉 aarkdigital.medium.com/aark-classic-trading-competition-win-from-500-000-prize
Polyhedra (ZK) will be the 1st project on HashKey Launchpool
Users will be able to stake USDT to earn a share of 325,000 ZK rewards pool. The staking period starts will start concurrently with the listing on May 30th at 10:00 AM UTC. Polyhedra is developing the next-generation Web3 infrastructure.
👉 x.com/HashKey_Global/status/1794943771530158164
Sharpe AI (SAI) launched a cross-chain swap platform dubbed Sharpe Bridge
Sharpe Bridge grants users access to 30+ DEXs, chains, advanced swap routing and unified liquidity via LІ.FІ Protocol, among other features. Sharpe is an institutional-grade crypto App, serving as a unified frontend for intelligence, tracking and investing.
👉 x.com/sharpelabs/status/1794365072493461907
DAILY CRYPTOMARKET REVIEW
Total Market Capitalization: $2.72T (+0.43%)
BTC Price: $68,635 (-0.96%)
BTC Dominance: 49.8% (-0.30%)
Fear & Greed Index: 74 (Greed)
Total Value Locked: $176B (+2.32%)
Crypto Events Recap, May 23-24
👉 cryptodiffer.com/feed/project-updates/crypto-events-recap-may-23-24-2024
Top 15 Staking Providers by Total Assets Under Management
The ranking shows the cumulative worth of all the assets entrusted to the provider's management, encompassing various forms of staking and delegation activities. A higher AUM (Assets Under Management) suggests substantial user trust, while a lover AUM might indicate a more specialized or selective approach.
STATE OF THE STAKING
According to the StakingRewards, the Staking Market Cap (valuation of all projects with a staking mechanism) is currently at $309.98B.
We have prepared the list of projects sorted by the USD value of the staked tokens. The list shows the Top 5: Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, Avalanche, and Sui.
Self Chain will hold its mainnet launch on June 6
Self Chain is the modular intent-centric access Layer 1 chain and keyless wallet infrastructure service leveraging MPC-TSS/AA for superior multi-chain access. The Self Chain blockchain uses a proof-of-stake system powered by the Cosmos SDK.
👉 blog.selfchain.xyz/self-chain-cosmos-sdk-empowered-layer1/