This Week on web3 5min recap
Market information, major news, and fundraising status for 7/13~19.
Good morning.
Mitsui from web3 researcher.
Every Monday will be a summary article about the web3 market for the past week.Please use it to catch up on information and trends!
①Market information and major news
②25 projects that have raised funds
③Articles and recap updated in the last week
①Market Information and Major News
⛓️Blockchain
L1
Token prices have picked up this week.
Telegram's "TON" Announces TON Teleport BTC, a Token Bridge Service Between Bitcoins
Solana activity soars thanks to meme coins, but market cap remains low
L2
L2 TVLs are also increasing across the board.
Polygon Labs releases ZK proof system "Plonky3" to open source.
Polygon plans to migrate MATIC to POL tokens on September 4.
Polygon Teams with Google Cloud and Accenture to Lead Next Generation Loyalty Program
DeFi
DeFi TVL is also back.
Compound and Celer Websites Suffer Hacking, DNS Domain Attack
USDh, a BTC-backed USD stabled coin, launches with the Runes BTC token standard.
🖼️NFT
There are some things that are raised by the chain.
🎮GameFi
Pixels in particular, but GameFi is also getting a boost.
Coroplast's Brilliantcrypto surpasses 10,000 user transactions of in-game digital gems.
"Hamster Combat" players buy massage guns and get rewarded with turbo taps
Delabs Games Releases Telegram's Tap to Win Baseball Video Game
👀Other
Dapps related
Mocaverse Announces Mario Kart-Style "Cosmic Royale" Following Release of MOCA Token
Coinbase launches website for bulk management of on-chain assets, with multiple wallet connections.
Helium Mobile, aiming to become a decentralized 5G carrier, exceeds 100,000 registered users.
OKX Wallet Adds TON Blockchain Support, Celebrates 100th MainNet Integration
VeWorld Wallet Introduces Apple Pay Through Transak Integration
National, Legal & Regulatory
FTX Agrees to $12.7 Billion Settlement with CFTC Over Collapse
Taiwan passes AML law, jails illegal traders for up to two years.
Exiled Chinese Businessman Convicted in U.S. of Billion Dollar Fraud Scheme
Other
US SEC Ends Paxos Investigation of BUSD.No enforcement action taken.
Fireblocks Joins "Global Custodian Partners" Including SBI-Backed Zodia and Nomura's Comaine
President Trump Nominates Virtual Currency Friendly Senator Vance for Vice President
Japan's Metaplanet Purchases Additional $1.2 Million Worth of Bitcoin, Shares Up 26%
DeCallet DCP releases network of digital currency DCJPY.Trading is scheduled to begin in August.
North Korean hacker group laundered stolen crypto assets through Cambodian payment company
Investment in Pluto Studios, developer of Catizen, an open platform for supporting TON development.
DMM Bitcoin Fraud Leak Involves North Korean Hacker Group "Lazarus"
Standard Chartered Bank-backed Zodia Markets to acquire Elwood's crypto asset OTC business
Mount Gox Reports Creditor Payments, 48,641 BTC Transfer to Kraken
Messali CEO Ryan Serkis resigns after controversial social media post
(2) 25 funded projects.
💥Top 5 projects
1,Allium
Overview:Enterprise blockchain data providing accurate, fast and simple access to blockchain data from over 40 blockchainsplatform.
Category: Infrastructure
Procurement amount:$16.50M
Investment Round:Series A
Investors: ★Theory VC, Kleiner Perkins, Amplify Partners
2、Tabi
Overview: EVM compatible gaming blockchain, offering features such as NFT transactions, launchpad, gaming platform and more, as well as the ability to convert useron-chain activity into experience values for future rewards.
Category: NFT, L1
Procurement amount:$16.08M
Investment Round:Public Sale
Investors：Individual investors
Overview: A comprehensive Web3 data infrastructure that provides seamless access to on-chain and off-chain data through a set of APIsplatform that provides seamless access to on- and off-chain data through a series of APIs.
Category: Data Services
調達額：$15M
Investment Round：Series A
Investors：★Tencent Holdings、★Matrix Partners China、Folius Ventures、Hash Global、etc.
4、Mira
Overview: A distributed infrastructure platform designed to universalize AI, providing a trusted blockchain layer for sovereign ownership and value attribution of AI resources.Provides a trusted blockchain layer for sovereign ownership and value attribution of AI resources.
Category: AI
Procurement amount:$9M
Investment Round:Seed
Investors:★BITKRAFT Ventures, ★Framework Ventures, Accel, Mechanism Capital, etc.
5,Caliza
Overview: Offers businesses instant cross-border payments and US digital dollar accounts through a secure, developer-friendly API.Simplify financial operations by offering real-time payments, digital dollar accounts, and competitive FX rates.
Category:Payment
Procurement:$8.50M
Investment Round:TBD
Investors:*Initialized Capital, Abstract Ventures, Digital Currency Group (DCG),Kraynos Capital, etc.
👀Other, 20 projects
Zivoe[$8.35M/TBD]: HighReal World Asset Protocol, which aims to transform the interest rate consumer lending market.
Ready Games Network[$6.40M/Public Sale]:Develop mobile-first web3 tools to build a social gaming infrastructure for the web3 creator economy and democratize game creation.
Haruko[$6M/Series A]:Provides integrated CeFi and DeFi portfolio management platforms.Designed for institutional digital asset investors, offering advanced tools for portfolio management, risk management, and data analytics.
PEXX[$4.50M/Seed]A global money transfer tool that integrates stablecoin transfers directly into the banking system, allowing you to send USDT and USDC to any bank account worldwide in minutes.
Nirvana Labs[$4M/Seed]: a web3 infrastructure provider offering high-performance blockchain infrastructure to developers and businesses.
Truvius[$3.20M/Pre Seed]: a platform to facilitate systematic investment in digital assets.Offers customized, quant-driven active and passive crypto investment strategies for individuals, family offices and institutions.
Beoble[$3M/Strategic]: a web3 messaging and social platform that emphasizes end-to-end encryption and distributed connectivity to facilitate secure communication between wallets.
Oh Gamers[$3M/Seed]A gamer community platform that seeks to reshape the distribution of value in the gaming ecosystem by delivering player-centric value through expertly selected on-chain gaming opportunities.
Liquidium[$2.75M/Seed]: an ordinal lending platform on the Bitcoin blockchain that enables peer-to-peer lending protected by a digital imprint called an ordinal number.
ZKEX[$2.50M/Seed]DEX that leverages Zero Knowledge (ZK) technology to provide secure, private and scalable trading solutions."[$2.50M/Seed
Bima Labs[$2.25M/Seed]:Aiming to bridge the gap between traditional finance and decentralized systems, Babylon staked bitcoin-backed stablecoin USBD.
CryptoManufaktur[TBD/M&A]:Offers blockchain infrastructure and technical consulting services specializing in Chainlink node operations that bring off-chain data securely on-chain.
Akedo Games[TBD/TBD]:A game studio that builds Telegram games on the TON blockchain ecosystem.
Owlto Finance[TBD/TBD]: universal cross-rollup bridge solution that allows seamless asset transfers between different blockchains without the need for intermediate assets.
ZkLink[TBD/TBD]A decentralized multi-chain trading infrastructure that provides a seamless and secure trading experience across different blockchains.
RateX[/TBD]: the world's firstLeveraged Synthetic Yield Exchange, providing users with a platform to trade leveraged synthetic assets to enhance yield opportunities.
Privy[/TBD]:On web3Waas a versatile toolkit for progressive authentication, allowing users to sign in with a variety of methods, including crypto wallets, email, phone numbers, social profiles, etc.
SkyTrade[/TBD]:Real EstateEnables owners to monetize and manage their airspace rights through a decentralized platform.
Dill[/TBD]: A scalabilityand security designed for sharding-based data availability networks.
JOJO Exchange[/TBD]Base Largest decentralized permanent exchange offering up to 1000x leverage, zero slippage and low trading commissions.
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