Author: RootData
Note: The popularity data in this article comes from the user behavior results of RootData from last Saturday to this Friday (October 5 to October 11). The popularity list is based on the platform users' search frequency, project clicks, user votes, and the popularity and influence of the X platform. The project popularity value is calculated by weighted calculation for real-time ranking. The soaring list focuses on the short-term rapid changes in project popularity, helping investors perceive potential trading opportunities earlier and providing an important reference for capturing short-term investment opportunities.
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Scroll
Scroll is a native zkEVM layer 2 solution for Ethereum. It is natively compatible with existing Ethereum applications and tools. Scroll processes transactions off-chain and publishes concise correctness proofs on-chain.
On October 8, Scroll (SCR) announced that it will be listed on Binance Launchpool and Pre-Market. The total supply of tokens is 1 billion, and Launchpool accounts for 5.5% (55 million tokens). Scroll plans to take an airdrop snapshot on October 19, and the collection time is October 22. The project's last round of financing valuation was US$1.8 billion. After Binance opened, the coin price was about 1.2 USDT, corresponding to a FDV of US$1.2 billion.
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Sui is a permissionless layer 1 blockchain designed from the ground up to enable creators and developers to build experiences that cater to the next billion users in Web3. Sui is horizontally scalable and can support a wide range of application development at unparalleled speed and low cost. This week, Sui has been in the spotlight, and the ecosystem has announced multiple positive news, including but not limited to:
Grayscale Sui Trust is open to accredited investors;
Sui is promoting the Solana killer narrative, starting with TPS data and Meme sections, with the emergence of “Golden Dogs” such as Hippo the Hippo, Blub the Dirty Fish, and AAA the Roaring Little Black Cat;
Circle announced that native USDC was officially launched on the Sui network, and the asset was included in the asset listing roadmap by Coinbase;
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Aleo is a developer platform for building fully private, scalable, and cost-effective applications. Using zero-knowledge cryptography, Aleo moves smart contract execution off-chain to enable a variety of decentralized applications that are both fully private and can scale to thousands of transactions per second.
On September 18, the Aleo mainnet was officially launched, and Coinbase subsequently launched the Aleo token ALEO. However, after the mainnet was launched, Aleo faced a lot of doubts, especially from miners, including the dramatic changes in token economics, the one-year lock-up period for rewards, and the requirement for all users to complete KYC when applying for airdrops.
In addition, HashKey Global recently launched the 10th Launchpool item Aleo (ALEO), and will open trading in the Innovation Zone at the same time. Users can participate in mining by staking USDT or ALEO and share the 100,000 ALEO prize pool.
CARV
CARV is a modular identity and data layer for games and AI that aims to change the way data is used and shared. To create a future where data creates value for everyone, CARV has built the CARV Protocol, a modular data layer that integrates more than 40 chain ecosystems, as well as its flagship game and super application CARV Play.
On October 10, CARV launched its tokens and was simultaneously listed on exchanges such as Bybit, kucoin, HTX, BingX, Bitget, Gate, HashKey Exchange, and MEXC.
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Vana is an AI identity generation application that allows users to create a digital persona that can be used in different applications. The digital persona is private and can only be controlled by the user who created it and the account authorized by the user.
Recently, Vana launched the Genepool DataDAO network. Genepool DataDAO has launched an activity to earn points by using genetic data. Currently, TG App pre-mining is open. Any user who connects the EVM wallet to GenepoolDataDAO will receive 100,000 Vana points in the TG Mini-App. In addition, the Vana TG App has also been significantly upgraded, and users can participate in building a deep fake detection data set to earn points.
Theoriq
Theoriq is a modular, composable AI agent base layer for machine learning and related complex data-driven computations for Web3. Theoriq works with leading Web3 protocols as a design partner to apply machine learning to DeFi, gaming, social, and data infrastructure.
On October 9, Theoriq launched the incentivized testnet and will use the testnet stage to further develop its "Agent". Theoriq was launched by ChainML, a modular and composable AI agent base layer. The project raised $6.2 million in seed round extension financing.
EigenLayer
EigenLayer is a protocol built on top of Ethereum that introduces the concept of re-staking, a new primitive in cryptoeconomic security. This primitive allows re-staking of $ETH on the consensus layer. Users who stake $ETH can opt-in to the EigenLayer smart contract to re-stake their $ETH and extend cryptoeconomic security to other applications on the network.
Recently, EigenLayer has been caught in a trust crisis, and issues such as investor staking rewards, lock-up tricks, and token distribution have all been exposed. But in any case, the project is the leader in the re-staking track and can still attract the attention of many DeFi players.
Babylon
Babylon is a layer1 blockchain founded by Professor David Tse of Stanford University. The project's mission is to bring Bitcoin's unparalleled security to all PoS blockchains without any additional energy costs. The team consists of researchers and experienced developers from Stanford University and experienced business consultants. On October 9, Babylon completed the Cap-2 deposit activity, staking a total of 22,891 BTC.
Diamonds Net
Diamante completed its rebranding last week. The Layer1 uses Sync-Bridge technology to provide seamless interaction between decentralized and private ecosystems, aiming to solve legacy problems in international trade, payments, cross-border fees, etc.
Sonic
Sonic is a Layer-1 platform with an Ethereum secure gateway that provides the fastest settlement layer for digital assets with over 10,000 TPS and a transaction confirmation time of one second.
Sonic Labs co-founder Andre Cronje recently announced that the Sonic mainnet will be open to the public in December 2024. And promised up to 90% of the Gas rebate from the user/contract TX returned to the protocol and 200 million tokens airdropped.
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Swell Network
On October 10, Ethereum liquidity staking protocol Swell Network announced that it has opened airdrop inquiries. Swell also introduced the re-staking function of SWELL tokens, and users can stake tokens as rSWELL to help protect the Swell L2 network.
Puffer Finance
Puffer Finance, the Ethereum re-staking protocol, published a document announcing the token economics of its native token PUFFER, with a total supply of 1 billion, 7.5% of which will be used for the first season airdrop of Crunchy Carrot Quest. 1% of the total supply of PUFFER will support Ethereum core development with a vesting period of 4 years. 40% will be allocated to the ecosystem and community, 5.5% will be allocated for the second season of the airdrop, 20% will be allocated to early contributors and consultants, and 26% will be allocated to investors.
Azaar
On October 1, Azaar was launched on the mainnet. The project is a BASE ecosystem DEX aggregator.
StarChain
On October 9, StarChain, an astronomy blockchain solution, went live on the mainnet.
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