Beam Foundation has introduced Beam Nodes
With the Horizon upgrade, the Beam Network transitions to a permissionless, proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
Node Token Mint opens next week.
Initial Node Token Mint
▫️Mint fee: $1,250 during week 1, then $3,750.
▫️Payment in BEAM, USDC, ETH, or AVAX (week 1).
▫️After week 1, BEAM only.
▫️Mint fees paid in BEAM will be autonomously burned. USDC ETH, and AVAX will be autonomously swapped to BEAM and burned.
Validators and delegators earn two types of rewards:
1. Primary Rewards: Gas fees paid in BEAM.
2. Secondary Rewards: Protocol fees from BeamSwap, Beam Bridge & Sphere. Validator incentive grant tokens like ATH, SAGA, ZENT and many more.
After the Horizon upgrade (targeted by the end of January 2025), you’ll need at least the following to run a validator node:
1. 20,000 BEAM.
2. 1 Node Token.
3. Hardware requirements (More on Medium).
4. Fee paid to the Avalanche P-Chain (approx. 1.33 AVAX a month).
Beam Node Delegation
▫️No minimum stake - 1 BEAM or 1 Node Token is enough.
▫️Maximum 50,000,000 BEAM and 1,000 Node Tokens.
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https://x.com/BeamFDN/status/1867585772599357575
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ZkSync has introduced its Roadmap 2025
https://zksync.mirror.xyz/QG2Xr4lQdJTbyjeKftPVc6-pj2t9-H9WEGnvCcnusck
Bithumb will list Scroll (SCR) and Ronin (RON)
https://feed.bithumb.com/notice/1645315
The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 54.34%
Market Cap - $3.63T
BTC - $99,601.16 (-1.55%)
ETH - $3,908.99 (-0.84%)
XRP - $2.33 (-3.61%)
SOL - $226.72 (-1.86%)
BNB - $707.04 (-1.57%)
INJ - $29.23 (-3.14%)
TON - $6.35 (-1.18%)
SUI - $4.64 (-2.68%)
ME - $4.25 (-17.43%)
IO - $4.25 (-1.98%)
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CZ tweeted about Travala (AVA)
After his tweet the AVA price has increased by 300%.
Binance invested in this crypto travel platform pre-COVID.
https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1867235258615074863
BlackRock recommends bitcoin allocation of up to 2% in multi-asset portfolios
https://www.theblock.co/post/330590/blackrock-recommends-bitcoin-allocation-of-up-to-2-in-multi-asset-portfolios
Coinbase will remove stablecoins that don’t meet the EU’s new MiCA regulations: USDT, PAX, PYUSD, GUSD, GYEN, DAI.
https://x.com/AlgoFoundation/status/1866864413858234730
Web3 notifications protocol Push to launch its own Layer 1 chain in Q1, 2025.
https://www.theblock.co/post/330507/protocol-push-layer-1
Next week, Stacks will launch sBTC and the sBTC Rewards Program with an initial deposit cap of 1,000 BTC.
https://x.com/Stacks/status/1866969459254030439
The crypto market is growing
BTC Dominance - 54.44%
Market Cap - $3.67T
BTC - $101,173.77 (+4%)
ETH - $3,943.35 (+7.69%)
XRP - $2.41 (+5.11%)
BNB - $720.29 (+6.14%)
SOL - $230.96 (+5.65%)
INJ - $30.13 (+11.12%)
TON - $6.41 (+7.52%)
ME - $5.16 (-6.62%)
IO - $4.29(+23.54%)
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Blockchain Capital’s Tokenized Fund Upgrades to ZKsync
Blockchain Capital (BCAP) announced upgrades to its innovative tokenized venture fund, which underscores its commitment to decentralization and efficiency in venture capital investing. As part of the upgrades, the fund will be offering dividend payments to investors and will be migrating fully to ZKsync.
Blockchain Capital will distribute to the fund’s token holders $0.25 per token in USDC. The dividend payout is expected on January 28, 2025. This dividend represents a return of 25% of the original purchase price of $1 per fund token in the initial token offering in April 2017.
https://zksync.mirror.xyz/u4gbIGhF3tCS2qxiqgcuQoGib11bF8MwDUJ4mnNFV-g
The crypto market is growing
BTC - $100,294 (+6.14%)
ETH - $3,782 (+7.16%)
SOL - $229 (+11.36%)
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Ethereum Name Service has partnered with Ubisoft to integrate ENS subnames into Captain Laserhawk Universe's unique ID card system.
https://x.com/ensdomains/status/1867570476073337048
Binance has announced the 62nd project on Binance Launchpool - Vana (VANA)
Users will be able to lock their BNB and FDUSD to receive VANA Airdrops over two days, with farming starting from 2024-12-14 00:00 UTC.
Binance will then list VANA at 2024-12-16 10:00 UTC and open trading with VANA/USDT, VANA/BNB, VANA/FDUSD and VANA/TRY trading pairs.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/f6c4a4567f5c42d2b0f632bfcdf89093
Ethena will make an announcement on December 16
https://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1867131201817125143
Republicans voted to pick crypto-friendly French Hill as chair of the pivotal U.S. House Financial Services Committee, which is likely to be the starting line for digital asset bills in the new year.
https://www.theblock.co/post/330705/rep-french-hill-secures-chairmanship-to-lead-the-house-financial-services-committee-reports
📣The Bootstrap Round for Script Networks Lightning Node Sale is live!
Script Network is a layer 1 open source live tv platform, protocol and storage network. With over 25 projects using Script infrastructure, and the leading entertainment dApp, Script TV, now live on over 500m devices worldwide, this is the number 1 opportunity to be part of the the future of streaming by helping scale and secure the ecosystem with a node.
Before opening its public sale, users have a chance to buy, delegate and run a node with zero technical experience or time spent.
Head to ➡️ https://console.nodeops.xyz/bootstrap-event/scripttv
💰Price is $199 per node, and available for a limited time.
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DeFi platform Step Finance has acquired early-stage startup Moose Capital, which specializes in tokenizing traditional stocks — aiming to allow users to buy and sell shares of companies like Nvidia and Tesla directly on the Solana blockchain.
In addition to acquiring the Moose Capital product, which it plans to rebrand to Remora Markets, Step Finance has also onboarded the startup’s team and its regulatory licenses in preparation for a Q1 2025 launch.
https://www.theblock.co/post/330548/step-finance-tokenized-stocks-nvidia-tesla-solana
Clearpool announces Ozean’s Poseidon Testnet is live
https://x.com/clearpoolfin/status/1867193475974025681
Layer 1 blockchain project Avalanche has announced the raise of $250 million via a locked token sale led by Galaxy Digital, Dragonfly and ParaFi Capital, indicating the tokens sold have certain vesting or lock-up periods.
SkyBridge, SCB Limited, Hivemind, Big Brain Holdings, Hypersphere, Lvna Capital, Republic Capital, Morgan Creek Digital, FinTech Collective, CMCC Global, Superscrypt, Cadenza, Chorus One and Tané Labs also participated, among others.
https://www.theblock.co/post/330570/avalanche-raises-250-million-usd-locked-token-sale
Spot ETF Flow on 11.12: BTC-ETF +$223.03M, ETH-ETF +$102.03M
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
Vana has introduced its tokenomics
Total Supply: 120,000,000 VANA
Float at TGE: 28.5%
https://x.com/withvana/status/1867038751979081923
Helix announces that the protocol’s official points program will begin today.
https://x.com/helixapp_/status/1866891304224936284
Coinbase has added Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) to its roadmap
https://x.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1866868347331088852
$1,000,000,000 USDT minted at Tether Treasury on Ethereum.
https://x.com/watcherguru/status/1866844182565777877
Clearpool Enters Strategic Partnership with IX Swap
https://x.com/clearpoolfin/status/1866804099863416898