Alpha V56
Defi
Ronin Chain to launch zkEVM L2 built on Polygon CDK
RiscZero launch general-purpose and production ready zkVM
US Representative Mike Collins disclosed he bought Velo
Mysten Labs, dev behind SUI chain unveiled a preview of Walrus, a new decentralized data storage and DA platform.
Polyhedra rolls out D-Expander— solves the problems of cost and zk computational power by enhancing memory performance, allows for less memory used per zkp execution, makes processes cheaper and easier for networks to execute
Kroma goes superchain, gaming L2 built on the OP Stack
Fantom commits 200M FTM for Sonic Labs Investor Fund to to accelerate partner migration for their Sonic launch.
Azur token prediction marketplace goes live
Ethena partners with Symbiotic Introducing universal re-staking functionality for ENA built with LayerZero, you can now stake ENA on Symbiotic
Etherfi partners with Symbiotic. You can now deposit wETH, eETH, weETH, wstETH on Symbiotic
Yield-bearing USDY is now live Mantra
Chiliz Chain's Dragon8 hard fork is live. It’ll introduce staking rewards and a transaction fee burn mechanism, and substantial developer-oriented advancements.
Zero1 proposal to extend vesting schedule for contributors, advisors, team, validators has passed
Dydx v5.0.0 upgrade comes with brand new Isolated Markets, Isolated Margin, LP vaults, and 800+ new listable markets.
Any DA layer can now build their own DA server to integrate into the OP Stack in Beta
The Graph now supports Injective data indexing, enabling robust on-chain data access. INJ Devs can scale dApps using powerful indexing solutions like substreams and subgraphs from Graph.
Renzo announced a $17M fundraise led by Nova Fund – Brevan Howard Digital and galaxyhq
BOB, hybrid L2 (BTC settlement and ETH liquidity) built with OP Stack, launched BOB Gateway, that allows users to swap BTC into wrapped BTC and L2 BTC via a single, unified interface
EtherFi DAO proposes ~50% of protocol revenue for ETHFI buyback.
Blast to airdrop next week June 25th
Dyad now supports BTC. Use your BTC to yield
Jupiter proposal to reduce supply by 30% and team will be staking 100% of their 1st year cliff for 2 more years
Maga partnered with DWF labs
Mother partnered with Wintermute
Solana gaming L2, Sonic, developed by Mirror World, has completed a $12M Series A funding round led by BITKRAFT venture
Verifiable Credentials went live on ICP, enabling users have control over their digital identity
Particle raises $15M in latest funding round led by Spartan Capital, bringing total tugging to $25M
Binance announced the launch of HODLer Airdrops, a program to reward BNB holders with early access to tokens
State of the Market
Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobil to start BTC mining soon
Tether launched a aUSDT, new synthetic dollar backed by Swiss stored gold
SEC ends probe into Consensys over ETH 2.0
German Govt transferred ~6.5k BTC to exchanges. These were seized from piracy website Movie2k[.]to
Canadian investment fund 3iQ files to launch Solana ETF in North America
MicroStrategy acquired 11,931 BTC for ~$786.0M using proceeds from convertible notes & excess cash
ETH ETF
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