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DePIN 计划利用这笔资金加速开发其用于能源分配的分散式物理基础设施网络。

Daylight 的去中心化市场由 Jason Badeaux、Udit Patel 和 Evan Caron 于 2022 年创立，目前在纽约、新泽西和宾夕法尼亚开展业务。

该协议允许用户将他们的能源设备（包括恒温器、电池和电动汽车）连接到其应用程序并获得奖励。

Daylight 是一家专注于能源分配的去中心化物理基础设施网络 (DePIN)，该公司宣布完成由 A16z Crypto 领投的 900 万美元 A 轮融资。此次融资还吸引了 Framework Ventures、Lattice Fund、Escape Velocity 和 Lerer Hippeau 的参与。

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Tether’s operating profit for the second quarter of 2024 also rose to a record $1.3 billion, the company said.

The attestation report, which reaffirms the accuracy of Tether’s consolidated financial figures was conducted by the global independent accounting firm BDO.

The company’s directly and indirectly held U.S. treasuries crossed $97.6 billion, setting a new all-time high.

Tether has released its attestation report for the first half of 2024. The USDT stablecoin issuer reported a record $5.2 billion net profit for the first half of the year, with operating profit for the second quarter also rising to an unprecedented $1.3 billion, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

According to the report, Tether’s consolidated equity also rose to a record high of $11.9 billion as of June 30, 2024, with its directly and indirectly held US treasuries up to an all-time high of $97.6 billion.

Group equity saw an increase of $520 million, impacted by an unrealised accounting loss of $-653 million (due to lower BTC prices). This was partially offset by a positive performance from gold, which locked in an unrealised net profit of $165 million, Tether reported.

“This achievement brings Tether’s exposure to Treasuries above Germany, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. While China and other countries have been recent net sellers of U.S. Treasuries, Tether positioned itself at 18th in the rankings of countries owning U.S. debt,” the company wrote in a statement.

The attestation report was conducted by the global independent accounting firm BDO, thus reaffirming the accuracy of Tether’s Consolidated Financial Figures and Reserves Report (CFFRR), which features a detailed breakdown of the company’s assets held in token reserves.

The report also states that Tether now ranks third in purchases of 3-month U.S. Treasuries behind the United Kingdom and the Cayman Islands, and expects to rise to the top of that list within a year given the rapid adoption of the USDT stablecoin.

Tether has been busy diversifying its portfolio this year, and the activity was also reflected in the latest report.

The company said investments made into sustainable energy, Bitcoin mining, data, AI infrastructure, P2P telecommunications technology, neurotech, education, and other long-term proprietary investments are not considered part of its reserves.

Commenting on the report, Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether said in a statement: “As shown in this latest report, Tether continues to shatter records with a new profit benchmark of $5.2 billion for the first half of 2024. With Tether Group’s own equity reaching $11.9 billion, Tether has achieved an impressive and unmatched financial strength enabling it to continue leading the stablecoin industry in stability and liquidity.”

Over the last three months, Tether invested $200 million in a biotech startup Blackrock Neurotech, taking a majority stake. The company also secured a $100 million placement into Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer and could put in an additional $50 million.

Last month, the company also launched Alloy by Tether (aUSDT), ushering in a new category of assets dubbed “tethered assets”. Alloy by Tether tracks the value of the US dollar and is over-collateralised by Tether Gold (XAUT).

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收益聚合器 NX Finance 是 Solana 上增长最快的去中心化金融 (DeFi) 应用。该协议的价值从 7 月初的 30 万美元增至目前的 903 万美元，一个月内涨幅超过 2900%。

NX Finance 是一家采用积分耕作策略的收益聚合器，将自己定位为第一个基于 Solana 的可组合杠杆协议，该协议融合了 PointFi 和收益聚合。对于初学者来说，PointFi 协议使用积分来激励用户参与平台上的各种活动。

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此次融资还吸引了 Accomplice、Anagram 和 Legion Capital 的参与，共有超过 30 位天使投资人加入。

Icebreaker 希望建立一个网络，重新定义专业人士和公司如何在他们的网络中发现优秀人才。

用户可以轻松证明自己的资质，并为他人提供可验证的认可。

Icebreaker 已获得由 CoinFund 领投的 500 万美元种子轮融资，Accomplice、Anagram、Legion Capital 以及 30 多位天使投资人参与跟投。

Kayen 是 Chiliz 网络的去中心化交易所 (DEX)，其总锁定价值 (TVL) 仅在几天内就飙升至 1000 万美元。7 月 11 日，该协议的资金池中有 40,000 美元。根据 DefiLlama 的数据，此后，它已增长超过 25,000%，在 7 月 27 日达到 1075 万美元的峰值。因此，Kayen 是 7 月份增长最快的 DeFi 应用之一。

Kayen DEX 专注于由 Chiliz 托管的体育迷代币，Chiliz 是一个为体育 NFT 平台 Socios 提供支持的独立区块链。

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车主在验证其凭证后，可通过 DMV 创建的安全钱包领取数字所有权。

该钱包由 Avalanche 的类似托管的智能合约提供支持，从而允许消费者以数字方式跟踪和管理他们的粉红色单据车辆所有权。

该计划是州长加文·纽瑟姆 (Gavin Newsom) 将区块链解决方案融入政府运营的愿景之一。

加州机动车管理局在区块链上数字化了 4200 万辆汽车，创造了历史。这是全球数字化现实世界资产的最大里程碑之一，并且可以吸引数亿用户加入 Web3。

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比特币杂志和比特币会议的首席执行官大卫贝利在 X 上分享了这一消息，称特朗普“在纳什维尔筹集了 2500 万美元”。

特朗普向比特币用户承诺，如果当选，他将在第一天解雇美国证券交易委员会主席加里·根斯勒 (Gary Gensler)。

他还希望政府建立官方的美国比特币战略储备货币。

在纳什维尔举行的 2024 年比特币大会是本月最受期待的加密货币活动之一。在活动结束几天后，它就被定义为迄今为止规模最大的一次。今年年底前，还有两场会议值得期待，分别在阿姆斯特丹和阿布扎比举行。它们是否会像现在这样规模更大还有待观察。

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DraftKings is facing a class action lawsuit, which alleges its NFTs are securities.

It comes amid increasing SEC security on crypto assets that infringe on US securities laws.

Players of the DraftKings fantasy sports game Rainmakers have been offered buyouts, the email said.

DraftKings is exiting the non-fungible token (NFT) business according to an email sent to customers on Tuesday. The sports gambling company said it is shutting down its NFT business effectively immediately citing legal developments.

“After careful consideration, DraftKings has decided to discontinue Reignmakers and our NFT Marketplace, effective immediately, due to recent legal developments. This decision was not made lightly, and we believe it is the right course of action,” the email said.

The announcement comes just weeks after a Federal judge allowed a class action lawsuit against DraftKings to continue on a “plausible pled” that DraftKings’ NFTs breached US securities laws.

The company joined the market during the NFT industry boom in 2021, with the view that in ten years, the NFT business “could become gigantic.”

However, although some of the OG players in the space like Yuga Labs have adapted to the changes in the industry a mid the crypto winter of the past two years, a lot of the mainstream brands have cooled down their activity.

DraftKings was one of the few mainstream players to remain active in the space via their NFT-powered fantasy sports game, Rainmakers.

But now, even that part of the business alongside the company’s NFT marketplace is shutting down with Rainmakers players offered buyouts. On the other hand, NFT collectors will be allowed to access and transfer their assets.

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Renzo 是第二大流动性再抵押协议，但在过去几周里，其吸引力一直在下降。截至撰写本文时，这款去中心化金融 (DeFi) 应用的总锁定价值 (TVL) 为 18 亿美元，较 5 月 29 日创下的 40 亿美元纪录下跌了 55%。

与此同时，最大的流动性再质押协议 Ether.fi 的 TVL 从 5 月底的约 60 亿美元增加到 7 月 24 日的近 70 亿美元，随后又回调至目前的 64 亿美元水平。

Renzo 和 Ether.fi 等重新质押平台利用 EigenLayer 技术为 ETH 持有者提供被动收入机会。EigenLayer 引入了重新质押的概念，其中质押的 ETH 被重新用于支持兼容的去中心化服务。这为 ETH 质押者提供了更高的回报。Renzo 和 Ether.fi 用户将其存款重新质押到 EigenLayer，同时收到可用于 DeFi 的流动重新质押代币，从而进一步最大化潜在回报。

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The fundraising also attracted participation from Chapter One, LongHash, Bankless Ventures, Republic Digital, Nomad Capital, CoinSummer Labs, and Third Earth Capital.

The company plans to lower the cost of AI computing resources by aggregating GPU power.

Hyperbolic wants to build an AI ecosystem and economy that empowers all contributors.

Hyperbolic has secured a $7 million seed round co-led by Polychain Capital and Lightspeed Faction. The fundraising also attracted participation from Chapter One, LongHash, Bankless Ventures, Republic Digital, Nomad Capital, CoinSummer Labs, and Third Earth Capital.

The decentralised AI firm wants to lower the cost of AI computing by aggregating GPU power. 

Former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan, Illia Polosukhin of Near Protocol and Polygon’s Sandeep Nailwal were among those who joined as ange investors.

The Hyperbolic network is secured with blockchain technology, ensuring the authenticity and empowerment of all contributors.

Commenting on his company’s role in the decentralised AI market, Hyperbolic co-founder and CEO Jasper Zhang told The Block: “The ultimate goal of Hyperbolic is not to get bogged down in the minutiae of optimising AI service performance to compete with web2 companies. Instead, we aim to build an open AI ecosystem and economy that everyone can contribute to and benefit from.”

Hyperbolic claims that AI companies are spending as much as 80% of their capital computing power, which they rent from cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

The challenge is the huge cost involved because of the shortage of GPU capacity and distribution bottlenecks.

Hyperbolic’s globally distributed network of GPU resources taps the aggregated compute power of millions of idle GPUs from around the world including GPU power from personal computers that are idle most of the day, as well as, from data centres.

Commenting on his firm’s leading role in the seed round, Polychain Capital founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee said what Hyperbolic provides is an alternative to the “abuse of power” by a select few providers, Silicon Angle reported.

“Without this transparency, auditing profit-focused tech giants becomes exceedingly difficult,” Carlson-Wee said. “Hyperbolic envisions a future where distributed compute makes services like inference cheaper, enabling researchers and developers globally to experiment at larger scales.”

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Ronin 是与以太坊兼容的 Layer 1 区块链，其活跃度有所增加。其官方浏览器的数据显示，7 月 29 日，每日活跃钱包数量达到创纪录的 210 万。在截至 2023 年 10 月的 12 个月内，每天使用该网络的钱包不到 25,000 个。

Ronin 于 2018 年由热门非同质化代币 (NFT) 游戏 Axie Infinity 背后的公司开发。它扩展了其他游戏，但 2022 年的大规模黑客攻击阻碍了其潜在增长，黑客盗取了价值 6.25 亿美元的 ETH 和 USDC。这仍然是有记录以来最大的加密货币黑客攻击。

zkLink Nova, an Ethereum layer 3 chain that launched in March 2024, saw its total value locked (TVL) surpass the $600 million mark at the end of July, reaching a new record at $635 million as of this writing, according to DefiLlama data.

The scaling solution aggregates liquidity across top Ethereum layer 2 networks, including Linea, zkSync, Arbitrum, Base, OP, and more.

zkLink Nova aims to bring interoperability and enhanced efficiency across Ethereum layer 2s, acting as a liquidity hub and one-stop solution for the Ethereum ecosystem. Additionally, it offers increased security through zero-knowledge (zk) proofs, adding a privacy layer to optimistic rollups like OP and Arbitrum, which are considered less secure and private compared to zk rollups.

At the end of July, the daily active users on zkLink Nova reached a new record, nearly hitting the 100,000 mark.

Thanks to its rapid increase, the layer 3 has become the 16th largest blockchain by TVL as per DefiLlama, surpassing established networks like Manta, Sui, Aptos, Starknet, Bitlayer, and Near.

zkLink Nova TVL Surge Driven by LayerBank

LayerBank, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform, is the largest decentralized application on zkLink Nova. Its TVL is getting closer to the $1 billion mark, reaching a new record at $913 million on July 28 after gaining 580% over the last three months.

zkLink Nova accounts for about 60% of LayerBank’s TVL, with $555 million, surging over 100% in less than a month.

LayerBank positions itself as a one-stop solution for borrowing, lending, and swapping crypto. It combines the features of Aave, a top lending platform, and Uniswap, the largest decentralized exchange (DEX).

The protocol targets all Ethereum-compatible layer 2 networks. Besides zkLink Nova, it also supports Mode, Linea, Scroll, Manta, BOB, BSquared, and Bitlayer.

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此次融资还吸引了 ArkStream Capital、Aquarius Fund、Flowdesk、GSR、Origin Protocol 和 Mantle EcoFund 的参与。

Mezo 于 4 月份脱颖而出，在由 Pantera Capital 领投的一轮融资中筹集了 2100 万美元。

该公司正在构建“比特币经济层”，让比特币持有者能够获得收益。

Mezo 是由 Thesis 构建的比特币扩容网络，已获得由 Ledger 钱包提供商的风险基金 Ledger Cathay Fund 领投的 750 万美元战略融资。此次融资还吸引了 ArkStream Capital、Aquarius Fund、Flowdesk、GSR、Origin Protocol 和 Mantle EcoFund 的参与。

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Kintsu 之前为 Aleph Zero 区块链构建了流动权益协议，但后来将重点转向仅在 Monad 上进行构建。

该协议预计将在 Monad 推出其主网的第一周内推出。

此次融资的结构为一份带有代币认股权证的简单未来股权协议（SAFE）。

Kintsu 是基于 Monad 构建的流动权益协议，在由 Castle Island Ventures 领投的种子轮融资中筹集了 400 万美元。

此次融资还吸引了 Brevan Howard Digital、CMT Digital、Spartan Group、Breed VC、CMS Holdings 和 Animoca Ventures 的参与，其中 Brevan Howard Digital 的 Alex Matthews 和 Ross Trachtman、Lido 的 Marin Tvrdic 和 Wormhole Foundation 的 Robinson Burkey 等天使投资人参与。

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ConsenSys、OKX Ventures、CMS Holdings、ABCDE、Gumi Cryptos Capital 等也参与了此轮融资。

联合创始人兼首席执行官 Ray S 向 The Block 表示，此次融资对 aPriori 的估值为至少 1 亿美元。

流动权益协议计划与 Monad 区块链一起推出其测试网和主网。

Liquid 权益质押协议 aPriori 已获得由 Pantera Capital 领投的 800 万美元种子轮融资，使迄今为止的融资总额达到 1000 万美元。该公司在周四的一份声明中表示，此次融资还吸引了 OKX Ventures、CMS Holdings、ABCDE、Gumi Cryptos Capital、Flow Traders、Laser Digital、Chorus One、Everstake Capital 和 Staking Facilities 的参与。

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Web3 应用程序开发人员使用 OpenSocial 来管理知识产权、社区关系、货币化和财务激励。

该公司计划利用这笔资金扩大其多链技术产品并增加对 Web3 社区应用的生态系统支持。

其基础设施平台旨在增强用户保留率和用户增长，同时减轻机器人活动。

OpenSocial 是一个帮助应用程序开发人员构建多链经济社区的 Web3 基础设施平台，在由 Framework Ventures 和 North Island Ventures 共同领投的一轮战略融资中筹集了 600 万美元。

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该基金已经投资了以 RWA 为重点的模块化第 2 层区块链 Plume Network 和 Ethena。

Galaxy Ventures Fund I 是 Galaxy Digital 首只向外部投资者开放的基金。

该公司此前已向多家加密货币初创公司投资了 3000 万至 5000 万美元的自有资金。

Galaxy Digital Holdings 已推出其首只面向外部投资者的基金。根据周四的公告，Galaxy Ventures Fund I LP 已筹集 1.13 亿美元。

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Caldera 提供 Web3 基础设施平台，帮助开发人员在以太坊上启动汇总或扩展网络。

一些利用 Caldera 的网络和链包括 Manta Pacific、Injective、ApeChain、Plume Network、Kinto、RARI Chain 以及其他 50 多个。

该公司将利用新资金构建“Metalayer”，旨在解决第 2 层和第 3 层网络之间的碎片化问题。

Caldera 是一个 Web3 基础设施平台，专门帮助开发人员在以太坊上推出扩展解决方案和汇总，已获得由 Peter Thie 的 Founders Fund 领投的 1500 万美元 A 轮融资。此次融资还吸引了 Dragonfly、Sequoia Capital、Arkstream Capital、Lattice Fund 等公司的参与。

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比特币钱包的推出与 Proton 邮件、VPN 和 Drive 一起成为该公司不断增长的服务组合。

Proton 希望让非加密原生用户更容易使用钱包，以帮助比特币成为首选的支付方式。

Proton Wallet 在推出时最初将支持比特币，但稍后可能会支持包括法定货币在内的其他货币。

Proton 是 Proton Mail、Proton VPN 和 Proton Drive 背后的组织，目前正在其产品组合中增加另一项服务，即 Proton Wallet。

这款新的自托管加密钱包将允许用户使用电子邮件购买、存储和转移比特币。据 The Block 报道，Proton 表示，其用户友好的钱包旨在让非加密原生用户在从中心化机构过渡时轻松开始使用比特币作为支付方式。

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Cube Labs 将监督并促进以消费者为中心的新型区块链的开发，该区块链专为大规模用户采用 Web3 而设计。

Igloo 表示，该项目由非营利性 Abstract 基金会孵化，并将很快在测试网上推出。

Abstract 将提供技术，使开发分散式应用程序的过程变得更容易、更便宜、更安全。

热门 Web3 项目 Pudgy Penguins 背后的组织 Igloo Inc 已为新企业 Cube Labs 筹集了 1100 万美元。该公司在与 NFTgators 分享的新闻材料中表示，此次融资由 Founders Fund 领投，Fenbushi Capital、1kx、Everest Ventures Group 和 Selini Capital 参投。