📬 Inbox Dump #94
Sometimes announcements here didn’t meet the bar to become a news story, sometimes they may have slipped through the cracks, or they came late and we haven’t had a chance to cover.
At The Defiant we cover the most important DeFi-related news and developments but we know many of you are hunting for projects before they are fully developed and before they are newsworthy. Our goal with this installment of the newsletter is to help you find them. Look at this as the starting point to DYOR.
We also include a compilation of DeFi and crypto funding rounds in the past week so you have these in one handy place.
Keep in mind these have been unedited. With that—here we go!
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BitKeep and Bitget Join Forces to host the Sui Futures Airdrop; Get Ready for the Sui Mainnet!
NEW YORK CITY, March 17 — Sui and Aptos are both highly anticipated layer 1 blockchains that utilize the Move programming language, which originated from Facebook’s Diem project. With Move, Sui has positioned itself as the first fully permissionless layer 1 blockchain.
Gibraltar’s Xapo Bank Enables GBP Payments, Prepares USDC Option Amid U.S. Crypto Banking Crisis
Amid the collapse of three of crypto’s preferred banks in the U.S. within the last week, companies are scrambling for alternatives. Many of them are looking to offshore crypto-friendly banks like Xapo.
OKX Hackathon offers $600K+ in prizes for innovative DApps on OKX Chain
Seychelles, March 15 – OKX, the second largest crypto exchange by trading volume announced the OKX Hackathon, which will challenge developers to build dApps on OKX Chain, a leading EVM, and IBC-compatible blockchain. Co-hosted by Google Cloud, it will be held on March 24-26 in California.
DeltaDAO, Membrane Finance and Polygon Labs Bring EUROe to the Gaia-X Web3 Ecosystem as Main Settlement Token
Membrane Finance and Gaia-X integrator deltaDAO have partnered to make EUROe, the first and only EU-regulated full-reserve stablecoin, the main settlement token for the GEN-X network – a Web3 ecosystem built with Polygon Supernets specifically designed for the European AI and data infrastructure initiative Gaia-X.
ATPBot Launches Powerful AI-Quantitative Trading Bot
Singapore, 16th March — ATPBot has launched an AI bot dubbed the ChatGPT of quantitative trading. Similar to ChatGPT’s ability to understand and process natural language, ATPBot provides investors with a scientific, standardized, and effective way to invest in quantitative trading.
Great news for strategic traders — Earn easily with CoinEx’s spot grid feature!
Based on the estimated price movements in spot markets, spot grid implements users’ trading strategies to place orders automatically. With the feature, users can allocate funds to multiple price levels and set buy and sell triggers at each level.
Ledger and Rosaluna Mezcal to Present Rothschild-Butcher NFT party
Attendees will discover the latest NFT creations from Rothschild and Butcher. Besides, they will have a chance to interact with the artists and their communities. Furthermore, Ledger will unveil their joint project with Rothschild and Gasoline.
RockX Launches Non-Custodial, KYC/AML Compliant, Institutional-Grade Liquid Staking Platform
RockX, a leading blockchain node network headquartered in Singapore, today announces the launch of Bedrock — the world’s first AML and KYC compliant, institutional–grade Ethereum liquid staking platform to have gone live to the public.
Translucia Pioneers First-Of-Its-Kind ‘Multiverse Convergence’ Solution; ‘Metaverse Built for Good’ to Reimagine the Future Of Human Experiences
BANGKOK, March 15, Translucia Metaverse (Translucia), a joint venture between MQDC and T&B Media Global, two of Thailand’s most eminent real estate and entertainment conglomerates, launched a ‘Multiverse Convergence’ solution, its proprietary LightLink Protocol (LightLink).
YOM brings Metaverse Mining to the Masses with MEXC Listing
YOM (Your Open Metaverse) is excited to announce its initial token listing on MEXC, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges. The listing will take place on March 15th at 10 am UTC, coinciding with the project’s soft launch and providing it with exposure and liquidity.
Blockchaincon Latam 2023: The blockchain and crypto meeting of Latin America
We will be together with the minds and leaders who are building the Latam web3 ecosystem. A unique 3-day experience of learning, inspiration, and networking that will allow you to enhance your knowledge and understand the regional and global scenario.
Nexo Pro Brings Institutional Market Analytics Tools to All Clients in Partnership with The Tie
March 16 – Nexo, announces the integration of institutional market analytics tools by The Tie into its global liquidity aggregator and advanced trading platform, Nexo Pro.
Pendulum Token Lists on MEXC Exchange
Berlin, Germany, 14th March — MEXC, the tier-one digital asset exchange, has listed PEN. The native asset of Pendulum’s interoperable blockchain, PEN opened for trading at 10:00 UTC on March 13.
Funding
AirDAO secures $25M in committed capital from GEM Digital
AirDAO, a community-governed layer-1 blockchain, and ecosystem of Web3 decentralized applications (DApps), has secured $25 million in committed financing over the next two years from GEM Digital, a Bahamas-based, long-only digital asset investment firm.
DRESSX $15M Series A To Be Deployed Towards Interoperability Of Digital Assets
Fashion-driven tech outfit DRESSX has announced a Series A raise of $15 million led by Greenfield with participants including Slow Ventures, Warner Music, The Artemis Fund, Red Dao.
Metacade Raises Over $10 Million in Presale as Play-to-Earn GameFi Trend Continues to Thrive
Blockchain gaming platform Metacade has raised over $10 million in its presale and is set to list on Bitmart and Uniswap after the presale ends on March 30.
Paradigm funds auditing DAO Code4rena with $6 million token purchase
Crypto VC firm Paradigm is funding the Code4rena DAO that is creating incentives for independent auditors hunting for bugs with a $6 million token purchase.
Backed with $3M, Soul Wallet aims to bring self-hosted crypto wallets to the next billion
Jiajun Zeng, a former product manager at TikTok’s parent firm ByteDance and Chinese on-demand services giant Meituan, was amongst the first to leverage the new standard. His startup Soul Wallet just raised $3 million in a seed funding round to offer an online, self-custodial Ethereum wallet built on top of ERC-4337.
A16z Crypto Startup School invests in crypto wallet infrastructure startup Capsule
Capsule emerged from stealth with funding from a16z CSS, Geometry and others.
The startup is building interoperable crypto wallet infrastructure.
