Cryptoday 11.30 | NuLink, a decentralized privacy protection solution, announces completion of $4 million funding round
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Cryptoday 11.30 | NuLink, a decentralized privacy protection solution, announces completion of $4 million funding round
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Funding Updates:
a16z leads $23 million Series B round for Mainframe Industries to build the metaverse
November 30 — a16z announced it has led the Series B funding round for cloud gaming startup Mainframe Industries. According to Mainframe’s press release, the total funding raised was €20.3 million (approximately $23 million), with participation from all prior investors including Riot Games, Kevin Lin (co-founder of Twitch), Aton Gauffin (founder and CEO of Huuuge Games), and Dreamhaven. Founded in April 2019, Mainframe is a pan-European game developer currently leveraging cloud and cloud streaming services to build a fully cloud-native MMO (massively multiplayer online game). a16z previously participated in its Series A round.
IGO and IDO platform Harmony Launcher completes $1.7 million private seed funding round
November 30 — IGO and IDO launchpad Harmony Launcher has completed a $1.7 million private seed funding round. Investors include Basics Capital, Moonwhale Ventures, X21 Digital, AU21 Capital, Maven Capital, Magnus Capital, Gains Capital, Everese Capital, Ex Network, OASIS Capital, Region Venture, NFT Tech, Lotus Capital, BlueMoon Capital, CRT Capital, Cathy Capital, ZB Capital, Fish Dao, Dutch Crypto Investors, BMW Venture Capital, ZBS Capital, Andromeda, Avalon Capital, Hello Capital, Angelone Capital, Inverse, AVstar Capital, Azer Capital, Avisa Venture, Unanimous Capital, and Connect Ico. Harmony Launcher is the first IDO + IGO launch platform built on the Harmony blockchain, integrating DEX platforms on Harmony, and focuses on providing infrastructure for incubating startups and projects based on Harmony.
Privacy-focused decentralized solution NuLink announces $4 million funding
November 30 — NuLink, a privacy-focused decentralized solution, announced it has secured $4 million in funding. Participants include BMW Capital, Brotherhood Investment, LD Capital, ChainLayer, Chateau Crypto, Coincu Ventures, CypherVenture, Exnetwork Capital, Glock Capital, Halvings Capital, Kangaroo Capital, MacLane Wilkison (founder of NuCypher), Maven Capital, OIG Capital, R8 Block Capital, R-930 Capital, Regain Ventures, and Stacker Ventures. NuLink provides privacy-preserving technology via APIs for decentralized applications. One key use case of NuLink's technology is in NFT marketplaces.
IoT component provider Cyber Connect raises $10 million in seed funding
November 30 — Cyber Connect, an IoT component provider building social graph infrastructure for Web3, has closed a $10 million seed funding round. The round was co-led by Multicoin Capital and Sky9 Capital, with participation from Animoca Brands, Lattice Capital, Draper Dragon, Hashed, Smrti Lab, UpHonest Capital, and Mask Network.
Hxro Network raises $34 million in funding led by SIG DT and others
November 30 — Hxro Network, a Solana-based decentralized derivatives trading platform, announced it has raised $34 million. The round was co-led by SIG DT (the venture arm of Susquehanna International Group), Jump Crypto, and Blockchain Capital, with participation from Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures, Solana, and Chicago Trading Company. Dan Gunsberg, co-founder of Hxro Network, stated that the platform’s derivatives offerings will include futures, perpetual contracts, and options.
DeFi
Bancor V3 details revealed: Omnipool, InfinityPools, impermanent loss protection among new features
November 30 — Decentralized exchange protocol Bancor revealed details about its upcoming Bancor V3 version on Twitter. Key changes include: - Omnipool: In Bancor v2.1, each trading pair had a separate BNT pool (e.g., ETH/BNT, DAI/BNT). In Bancor V3, there will be a single pooled staking of BNT that earns fees across the entire network—called the Omnipool. This aims to reduce gas costs and enable Bancor to capture more trading fees at equivalent liquidity levels, improving capital efficiency. Additionally, Bancor V3 will be rolled out in three phases: Dawn, Sunrise, and Daylight. The Dawn phase code will be open-source and come with a public bug bounty program, requiring activation via a vote by BancorDAO.
Anchor Protocol launches up to $50,000 bug bounty program on Immunefi
November 30 — Fixed-rate DeFi protocol Anchor Protocol has launched a bug bounty program on Immunefi, focusing on its smart contracts and applications with emphasis on prevention. Bounties range from $1,000 to $50,000 depending on vulnerability severity.
NFT/GameFi
Budweiser launches “Key to the Budverse” NFT collection
Today, Budweiser released its first NFT series, known as the Budverse Cans. The collection consists of 1,936 unique NFTs, referencing the year the company first began selling canned beer. Each NFT features classic photos, advertisements, and design documents depicting the brand’s history. Earlier this year in August, Budweiser entered the NFT space by purchasing a Budweiser-themed piece from artist Tom Sachs’ Rocket Factory series, which was later used on the brand’s official Twitter account.
NBA Top Shot partners with Infinite Objects to bring Top Shot NFTs into the physical world
November 30 — NBA Top Shot has partnered with art hardware startup Infinite Objects, enabling Top Shot owners to log into Infinite Object’s portal, connect their Dapper wallet, view all moments they own, and order a “Video Print” of their favorite clips. The 5.7 x 8.4-inch Infinite Object NBA Top Shot frame is priced at $199, while the larger 11.4 x 7.5-inch version costs $399. Each frame can display only one moment, which cannot be changed or swapped afterward.
Others
Clearpool partners with Polygon
According to an official announcement, Clearpool, the first decentralized marketplace offering unsecured liquidity on blockchain, is joining the Polygon ecosystem. Clearpool will integrate Polygon’s full-stack scaling solutions to provide users with greater access and enhanced functionality. Clearpool will bring its single-borrower liquidity pools, thematic pools, and tokenized credit solutions to the Polygon ecosystem, offering retail lenders more opportunities to access high-yield lending products. Clearpool plans to migrate its smart contracts to the Polygon chain upon launch in January 2022.
Vitalik Buterin proposes The Graph as a potential data storage solution
November 30 — According to Yahoo Finance, Vitalik Buterin proposed The Graph as a potential data storage solution, planning to leverage highly scalable ZK-rollups to revolutionize Ethereum 2.0 network throughput. Buterin believes that only through mass adoption of ZK-rollups can the issue of high gas fees on Ethereum be resolved. Whether in the short-to-medium term or long term, rollups remain Ethereum’s only trustless scaling solution.
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