January 29 (Protocol Village exclusively): ZkLink Multi-chain and layer-3 protocol ZK Rollup successfully completed a $4.68 million sale on CoinList in its latest community token sale. According to the team, “The 31,250,000 million tokens on offer represent just over 3% of the total supply at a valuation of $150 million.”
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Banxa, a payments infrastructure provider, is adding a special user interface (SUI) to the platform
January 29: butThe top-tier blockchain company announced that Banxa, a leading payments infrastructure provider for the cryptocurrency economy, will add the SUI token to its platform. According to the team: “The integration will increase access to the Sui blockchain for users around the world, thanks to Banxa’s combination of global and local payment methods, which has processed more than $3 billion in transactions since its launch in 2014. Additionally, Mysten Labs’ Sui Wallet will provide users the opportunity to purchase SUI tokens through Banxa’s fiat solution and, once fully integrated, to leverage its off-ramp solution.”
Centrifugation, the RWAs protocol, integrates with Celo through Axelar
25 January: Centrifuge, A protocol for fetching real-world assets (RWAs) has been integrated with the Celo blockchain through the cross-chain interoperability project Axelar. “Following the integration, Centrifuge will offer new assets to the Celo ecosystem, such as tokenized treasuries and carbon credit pools,” according to the team: “Centrifuge joins Celo’s powerful network of real-world financial solutions such as Jia, Huma Finance, untangled financing, crowdcredit, and more.”
Powerloom maintains the first ever Mint node on the Polygon network
25 January: PowerlumComposable Data Network has announced a partnership with Polygon Network to launch a Mint node, according to the team: “To democratize access to Web3 data, Powerloom aims to create 10,000 autonomously operating nodes. This will be facilitated by a scheduled Mint node that will It will be held on February 7. Participants who have minted the Soul-Bound Token (SBT) will be granted the right to run a Powerloom Snapshotter Lite node.”
Chainlink Jobs Gets Mainnet Beta on Arbitrum One
25 January: Chainlink and Arbitrum Announced the mainnet beta for Chainlink jobs Regarding the first decision.
Colosseum is exiting Solana as an independent hackathon startup and accelerator
January 25 (Protocol Village exclusively): Colosseum Spun out of the Solana Foundation as a new, independent organization that will run future online hackathons for the Solana Foundation, an accelerator program and venture fund to invest in Solana builders, according to the team: “Founded by Matt Taylor, Clay Robbins, and Nate Levin,” the Colosseum will be a new arena for the next wave of Solana projects. Hackathon winners who are accepted into the Colosseum Accelerator program will receive $250,000 in seed capital. The inaugural event begins on March 4, 2024 and interested builders can register here.”
DePINscan 1.0, powered by IoTeX, launched in partnership with Helium, Akash, and Theta
January 25: Powered by iotexthe upgraded DePINscan 1.0 will be launched in partnership with top DePIN projects in the industry like Helium, Akash, Theta, and more, “to bring data and visualizations to a public dashboard that enables anyone to view data on these networks,” according to the team: “DePINscan highlights Market DePIN to the public by providing a comprehensive overview of the sector and displaying the number of devices/profits, upcoming projects, mining opportunities, and market capitalization.”
The routing protocol announces the launch of the Nitro mainnet, redefining cross-chain asset transfers
25 January: Router protocola Tier 1 series Built using the Cosmos SDK and designed to be an interoperable layer, it announced the mainnet launch of its latest cross-chain solution, Nitro. It is a “cross-chain intent-based bridge built on top of the router chain,” according to a press release, with “broad support for EVM, non-EVM and zkEVM chains,” “an additional security module (ASM) with community monitoring” and a security oracle,” according to the team. Nitro “promises a new era of secure, fast, and cost-effective cross-chain transactions.”
Flipside's Onchain Crypto User Report Says Ethereum and Polygon Lead Industry in 2023 in User Acquisition
25 January: The other side of encryptionOnchain, a leading on-chain data analytics and business intelligence platform, has published the “Onchain Crypto User Report,” which examines user acquisition, onchain activity and trends across eight major blockchain networks, including the popular EVM chains as well as Solana and Bitcoin. According to the report, Ethereum and Polygon led the industry by each gaining more than 15 million new users in 2023.
Warner Music has selected MITH and Muus Collective as winners of its Accelerator program with Polygon
25 January: Warner Music Groupthe global music and entertainment company, “is preparing to announce the winners of its inaugural accelerator program, celebrating startups reshaping the music industry using blockchain technology,” according to the Polygon Labs team: “The accelerator program is the result of a new partnership project between WMG and Polygon to enable the next generation of… “Developers and innovators at the intersection of web3 and music. Polygon Labs, WMG have selected MITH and Muus Collective for the Accelerator, two projects that are helping build the future of the music x Web3 ecosystem on Polygon Network.”
Space & Time launches open source GPU acceleration framework 'Blitzar'
25 January: place and time Provides an open source GPU acceleration framework, Blitzar, for SQL proof, According to the team: “Created to promote zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs in the Web3 community, Blitzar resulted from the Space and Time collaboration with NVIDIA, filling the need for open source GPU acceleration frameworks. SQL Proof, which was introduced in alpha in August, enables Intelligence contracts to verify data queries across diverse sources.”
Aptos Foundation signs partnerships with data providers including Dune and Nansen
25 January: Aptos Foundation It launches partnerships with data providers Dune, Nansen, Space x Time, Token Terminal, DappRadar, The Tie, Flipside Crypto, and Elliptic. According to the team. The goal is to ensure they “get the most out of building on Aptos; are able to offer a full suite of data integration services to everyone in the Aptos ecosystem and community; and mobilize the Move on Aptos programming language for integration quickly and securely. These partnerships will also make everything From data consolidation to searchability in decentralized applications is simpler on Aptos.”
VeChain, a Tier 1 Enterprise Public Blockchain Company, Announces New “Grant 2.0” Developer Program
25 January: VeChain,Enterprise-level public L1 blockchain, Announce Launch of Grant 2.0, an upgrade to the existing developer grant program, according to the team: “The new version of the program provides developers with up to a new funding cap of $100,000, a significant increase from the previous cap of $30,000,” as well as new marketing and grants Small projects, as well as greater mentoring and support for sustainability grant recipients. The updated software is also designed to encourage the development of decentralized sustainability-focused ecosystems in the form of “X-to-earn” applications.
Digital asset platform Web3Intelligence raises $4.5 million ahead of new token offering
25 January: Web3Intelligence, developer of Web3 investing app Dopamine, raised $4.5 million before launching its native token DOPE. The private funding round included participation from DAO MAKER, Shima Capital, and Gate.io, among other investors, according to an email announcement shared with CoinDesk on Thursday. DOPE will serve as a utility token for accessing Dopamine, which provides a pleasant investment experience in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi).
