Defi
Projects building Rollups on Arbitrum, Polygon, Optimism, Starkware, zksync can now integrate Avail DA layer
Immutable launches $50M rewards program for games like Illuvium and Metal Core.
Polychain leads $38M Series A round for movementlabsxyz
Apechain Vanilla Testnet is coming on April 26
Offchain labs, alerted Optimism on a security flaw on its testnet which would’ve allowed bad actors to manipulate the chain's history and execute attacks
Lava launching token soon, a modular network building solution for chains to bootstrap reliable RPC/API infrastructure
ENS and @boxdomains enabling users to access email, host websites, and interact on ETH with a single domain name, compatible with Google Chrome, Safari, etc
Inj 3.0 proposal is live on mainnet decreases Inj deflation by 400%
Jupiter acquires self-custody wallet firm @UltimateApp . Mobile beta coming in May.
Tevaera, a web3 gaming protocol on zkSync Era, raised $5M to grow the team and launch a L3 gaming chain.
Natix Depin on Solana, raise $4.6M led by Borderless Capital ahead of token launch
Reya labs XP similar to points system is live. Stake USDC for XPs. Reya is a modular prep dex
Stacks is implementing Nakamoto upgrade which is rolling out in two phases. This upgrade aims to enhance the network's functionality and efficiency scheduled in May
Seamless protocol launch an alt coin-specific lending market on Base
GatlingX developed GPU-EVM, the most performant EVM, leveraging GPU chips for parallel EVM operations to enhance txn throughput.
PayPal and @energywebx collaborate on a solution to reward bitcoin miners using low-carbon energy.
Io[.]net and AethirCloud have partnered to create the Airbnb of GPUs, merging over 640k computing units to democratize supercomputing. Their goal is to make high-powered computing globally accessible, breaking down cost and geographic barriers.
You can sign up to Aethir here: https://airdrop.aethir.com/home?referralCode=JMfTUcjSMONQn2760ozx
Neura, has launched its public testnet. Their Road To Mainnet program includes a dev competition with $100k in grants and rewards for $ANKR holders
Plume to integrate @truflation oracles to power its RWA ecosystem with the ability to offer users access to a wider range of products
EchelonMarket points go live. A money market on Aptos. Loop and borrow $sthAPT
Opendelta BTC stable coin protocol using BTC to hedge $USDO raises $2.15M in pre-seed round led by by 6th Man Ventures
Entangle omnichain goes live on mainnet
Mina to mainnet in June
Mina collab with @o1_labs to integrate Celestia DA with Mina ahead of mainnet
Metis launched phase 2 of its decentralized sequencer, with new features introducing Sequencer Mining for users. Sequencer nodes will earn Metis
Maverick teases V2 coming soon
Treasure DAO launch Ruby testnet V1. Completing quests will earn you Shards.
Expect airdrop with mainnet scheduled for Q3 2024
Galxe launch $GAL staking Genesis Rewards Pool to reward stakers with $arb, $ZK, and $Merl
EOS founder propose 80% burn of total supply
Chainlink CCIP is now in general availability, devs can permissionlessly use it to transfer tokens cross-chain, send messages to smart contracts on different blockchains
Seda is a computation network enabling a permissionless environment for devs to deploy data feeds announced its mainnet genesis event
Shiba Inu announce Shibarium hard fork set for May 2
Details on Renzo $ezETH depeg
Renzo acknowledges community fud by increasing airdrop allocation from from 5% to 7% in response to prior community fud. Airdrop will be distributed in two phases: 7% in the szn 1 and 5% in a subsequent szn.
Alignedlayer raise $20M in Series A led by Hack VC round to develop. Aligned Layer is designed to serve as a verification layer for validity & zkp
Alchemy launched Pipelines, a tool that streamlines data extraction and transfer. With Pipelines, engineers can set up data pipelines in minutes instead of days, saving time and costs for projects.
NFT
Crypto Punk #635 sells for 4k $ETH $12.4M, 6th most expensive sale
State of the market
NYSE is considering making the US stock market 24/7. 24 Exchange, backed by Steve Cohen, awaits SEC approval to launch the first 24/7 exchange.
Two SEC lawyers resign after a federal judge sanctions the agency for gross abuse of power in a case against crypto company Debt Box.
Hong Kong regulators approved ETFs from Harvest Global Investments, China Asset Management, and a joint product from Bosera Asset Management and HashKey Capital. These ETFs could begin trading on April 30
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