Alpha V50
Defi
Securitize backed by BlackRock submitted a proposal to deploy tokenized securities on Arbitrum
Injective will launch its L3 using Arbitrum Orbit toolkit
Bybit will integrate $Usde as collateral to trade preps and spot pairs with zero trading fees
Hyperbolic focused on decentralized AI computing introduced Proof of Sampling (PoSP) claims it’s the First Practical Solution to Verification in Decentralized AI
Polygon Miden Alpha testnet is live
Phaver $Social airdrop, requirements— A Lens profile, Farcaster profile and at least one Cred item connected on Phaver.
Omni foundation launched Omni Octane an open-source EVM framework optimized for high performance which can be used to build customized blockchain infrastructure
Ethernity is switching from an ETH NFT marketplace to an ETH L2 solution designed specifically for entertainment brands, using OP stack
M£taMǎ$ķ to rollout new feature— Smart Transactions, next week which helps users avoid MEV by allowing users submit txns to a virtual mempool before sent onchain
Zero1 partners with Aethir cloud for decentralized computing
Arcium, the first parallelized confidential computing network bringing this AI, Defi, Depin raises $5.5M strategic funding round led by Greenfield Capital bringing the total capital raised to $9 million
Telos accepts $1M from Asia VC, Presto Labs, to develop a new SNARKtor-powered ETH L2 zkEVM network
zk coprocessor, Lagrange Raises $13M led by FoundersFund. They’re the first zk AVS on EigenLayer
LocalMonero to shutdown p2p service after 7 years in operation
Crypto trading firm Arbelos Markets, founded by Joshua Lim and Shiliang Tang, $28M led by Dragonfly Capital
BTC EVM chain Botanix Labs has raised $11.5M led by Polychain Capital and Placeholder Capital
As Lava gears towards mainnet, they’ve recently raised $11m to fund ecosystem growth and protocol development for its decentralized RPC tech
Wormhole lists Scroll
Ton’s Notcoin to list on Binance as it debuts on Binance Launchpool
Inco, confidential computing L1 for ETH, etc, partner w/ Privy to launch non-custodial Web3 apps & games in Telegram. Devs can create dapps & mini-games like card games etc as Telegram Mini Apps using FHE tech for new gameplay experiences with confidential elements.
NGL stakers will receive BORPA airdrop
Bubble to list on Bybit
Solana RWA marketplace, AgriDex Raises $5M to Tokenize Agricultural Industry
Gnosis partners with Zeal creators of a comprehensive digital wallet, to improve crypto use by exploring easy self-custodied transactions. Gnosis invests $2 million in Zeal, raising its total funding to $9 M
Eigen claim window opens
Layer3 to launch its token this summer with an initial 5% drop
Bubble maps now live on SOL
Azuro partners with Chiliz to launch grants program to boost sports betting adoption
State of the Market
SEC issues Wells Notice to Robin hood
Grayscale reports $229M revenue in Q1
Trump is pro crypto and will accept crypto donations for campaign
Canada’s FINTRAC fines Binance $4.38M for money laundering violations laundering
Eclipse founder Neel Somani, steps down on sexual assault allegations
Binance fired its Head of surveillance for whistleblowing DWF labs on market manipulation
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