Sharding Weekly: ZAP has launched on Base, creating a new token distribution method
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Sharding Weekly: ZAP has launched on Base, creating a new token distribution method
Welcome to Sharding Weekly Issue 43, highlighting news, narratives, and primary market funding!
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: chung
Shard Labs is an organization focused on promoting and accelerating Web3 projects, dedicated to identifying high-quality projects through research and development, and continuously promoting them by crafting compelling narratives. Sharding Capital is the investment arm of Shard Labs.
Welcome to issue 43 of Sharding Weekly, highlighting news, narratives, and primary market fundraising!
Highlights
The Puff Dragons NFT collection has been listed on Element; holders may receive allocations of Cook
You can now earn iBGT on Infrared's testnet
ZAP has launched on Base, introducing a new token distribution mechanism
Unlock creative potential: Heurist ai explains how AI is revolutionizing pixel art game development
You can deposit Pump $pumpBTC into Fuel to earn points and native yield from the Babylon chain
Entanglefi created a simple chart explaining how Gorplescoin’s bridge uses Photon messaging
News
Taiwan's stock market faces its worst drop since 1967, echoing similar turmoil in Japan, which hasn't seen such a decline since 1987
Despite the market crash, BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale, and MicroStrategy have not sold their Bitcoin holdings
Capula Management, Europe’s fourth-largest hedge fund, discloses $500 million in spot holdings
Arthur Hayes on elections and Bitcoin: "Trump or Harris, it doesn’t matter"
A white-hat hacker reported a vulnerability in the Ronin Bridge, saving nearly 4,000 ETH
BlackRock files for a spot Ethereum ETF
Donald Trump Jr. says: "We're about to shake up the crypto world with something huge"
Michael Saylor states he personally holds over $1 billion worth of Bitcoin
Ethena Labs adds support for Solana, bringing their synthetic USDe dollar to Solana
Judge rules that XRP trading on crypto exchanges is not a securities offering—Ripple wins partial victory
The U.S. Federal Reserve charges Customers Bank fees related to digital asset activities
Putin signs law legalizing cryptocurrency mining in Russia
Judge approves $12.7 billion settlement between FTX and CFTC, ending 20-month litigation
Sizechad, a promoter within Arbitrum's Ethereum L2 ecosystem, promotes scam token $RTR, reaching a $150M market cap
Regulators delay listing decision for Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index ETF
OKX CEO reiterates any account interacting with sanctioned entities will be blocked
Celsius sues Tether demanding repayment of $2.4 billion worth of Bitcoin
The IRS releases an updated draft of Form 1099-DA, which will be used starting in 2025 to report gains from broker transactions.
Maker plans to deprecate WBTC due to changes in Bitgo's custodial role
Gemini joins Coinbase in opposing CFTC’s proposal that could ban prediction markets
Narratives
Revisiting how DeFi and Curve handled the nuclear bomb dropped on the market
Why did the market crash?
Yen carry trade and its consequences
Everything you need to know about oracles
Everything you need to know about RaaS
Token Migration 101
Thoughts on Jump allegedly exiting crypto
New economic models for Dapp tokens: how to generate cash flow
The next big leap in AI?
Why $ETH is still fundamentally overvalued
ZK market map
Chain abstraction market map and ecosystem overview
First BTC L2 shared network ownership: GOATRollup
Polymarket: A successful case study focused on elections
History repeating itself?
Lack of narrative → Create new narratives
Primary Market
GameFi
Cartridge gg - Raises $7.5M in Series A funding led by BITKRAFT VC
0xcurio - Raises $5.7M ($8.7M total) in seed round led by BainCap Crypto and SevenX Ventures
Moonveil Studio raises $3.6M ($9M total) in Series A led by TheSpartan Group
Pentagon GamesXP - Raises $6M in seed funding
DeFi
elmnts raises $2M in Pre-Seed funding
zothdotio raises $4M in strategic round
Solayer Labs receives investment from Binance Labs
VesselFinance raises $10M in seed funding
quantlytica completes $1.09M private sale (total)
Blockchain Infrastructure
Khalani Network raises $2.5M in seed round led by Ethereal VC
DeAgentAI raises $6M in Seed round
buildnexio raises $2.2M in Pre-Seed round led by Lattice Fund
Blockchain Services
Andrena wifi raises $18M in extended Series A led by Dragonfly
UniWorlds io receives investment from Unisat Wallet
Blockscoutcom raises $3M in seed round led by 1kxnetwork
TONX Studio raises $4M in funding co-led by Snzholding and SummerEverest
375ai completes $5M Seed round
Chains
Lyncworld raises $1.5M in Pre-Seed funding
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