Daily Alpha and Summary. September 17, 2024

DeFi

Native USDC to go live on SUI

Lens choose Avail for DA

Blackrock and Microsoft to launch $30B AI fund

Zk proof generation layer, Fermah announce $5.2 million seed round, co-led by the a16z CSX fund and Lemniscap

Threshold tBTC becomes first BTC restaking asset on EigenLayer

Hope you’ve claimed yo Eigen S2

IoTeX integrated into Polygon Agglayer

Wallet connect rebrands to Reown to scale onchain UX further

Euler announce a new stablecoin— Maxi, which will be yield-bearing and backed by a diverse mix of assets such as treasury bills and other fiat-backed stablecoins.

AI protocol, Vana announce $25M total funding led by Coinbase, Polychain and Paradigm

Stacks announce plan to integrate into Aptos

Private messaging platform, Prism introduces itself as far more private messaging than Signal with Celestia underneath

Phantom introduce usernames to their wallet

State of the Market

Circle USDC now supports real-time conversions for Brazilian Reals and Mexican Pesos.

Coinbase cbBTC concerns