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DAO infrastructure platform Layer3 raises $2.5 million in seed funding 

Crypto startup Layer3, which provides tools for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round.ParaFi Capital led the round, with Electric Capital, Lattice Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Red Beard Ventures, and Mirana Ventures also participating.  Angel investors, including Balaji Srinivasan, Kain Warick of Synthetix, and Jai Bhavnani of Rari Capital, also backed the round. With fresh capital at hand, Layer3 plans to expand its current team of two co-founders — Brandon Kumar and Dariya Khojasteh — to around six in the near future, Kumar told The Block. The startup

RMRK Token Becomes First Kusama Statemine Token Tradable on CEXes

The RMRK Association announces that the $RMRK token, the utility and governance token of the most advanced NFT protocol created to date, is now available for purchase on Kucoin and Gate.Sponsored Sponsored This is the very first Statemine fungible token to be available for trading globally. Statemine is a public-good parachain on the Kusama network, Polkadot’s canary network, designed to be the canonical balance-keeper of thousands of different fungible and non-fungible tokens. RMRK is the first such token to become globally tradable through CEXes. Some of $RMRK’s many utilities include:Sponsored

GameZone Brings A “Game Pass” To Blockchain Games, IDO Launches September 30th

Blockchain gaming is one of the hottest trends in the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem; everyone can make money with these games, although some will require a rather steep upfront investment. GameZone is a revolutionary project in the blockchain gaming segment and will elevate the cross-chain interoperability of games. The Power of Blockchain Gaming Earlier this year, it became apparent how much potential there is when combining gaming with blockchain technology. As video games remain one of the fastest-growing industries – currently valued at over $162 billion – it is a premier

Kawaii Islands Taps Polkastarter for its KWT IDO on October 12

[PRESS RELEASE – Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 27th September 2021] Kawaii Islands, the Anime Metaverse gamifying DeFi mechanism, is pleased to announce its Initial Decentralised Offering (IDO) on Polkastarter. The token sale goes live on October 12, and users can start registering for the whitelisting process shortly. Blockchain gaming with a play-to-earn model keeps gaining global momentum. Kawaii Islands is the first Anime Metaverse on a large scale to create a simulation world for players to immerse themselves into. Players can explore customization options, including crafting, decorating homes, styling their

APENFT Partners Up With Tron-Based Cool Cats

APENFT Foundation steps up its efforts to support promising and emerging non-fungible token projects on the Tron network. The company announced a new strategic collaboration with Tron Cool Cats — a spin-off of the Ethereum-based collection. This new partnership will focus on providing ongoing marketing and product development support to Tron Cool Cats. Following the recent creation of a $100 million fund dedicated to investing in high-quality NFT projects, APENFT has been ramping up its efforts to spot such art collections in the rapidly evolving Tron NFT landscape ecosystem. Excited

APENFT Announces Strategic Partnership With BAYCTron; Tron’s Justin Sun Follows Closely

After its highly anticipated marketplace launch, Bored Ape Yacht Club Tron and APENFT Foundation joined forces through a strategic partnership meant to incentivize further the development of promising NFT works on the Tron ecosystem. This collaboration arrives as BAYCTron kicks off its Mutant Apes minting campaign. A series of 15,000 primate-inspired collectibles have been put up for sale following a stunningly fast minting of 10,000 unique artworks earlier this month. With its first collection, Bored Ape Yacht Club Tron supported by Palmar Labs placed itself among the fastest-selling collections on

Wormhole NFT bridge allows users to transfer assets on different blockchains

A new service called Wormhole NFT Bridge connects Ethereum and Solana to let users transfer assets between these competing blockchains.  This service, in technical terms, is called a “bi-directional bridge” that can send assets and make them compatible with other blockchain platforms.  This is how it works: When someone wants to transfer a Solana NFT to Ethereum to sell it on OpenSea, the service would first lock the original NFT within the Wormhole smart contract.  A smart contract is a technology that runs behind decentralized apps, DeFi protocols, and NFTs

Digital Gold v. Legos – Can just Bitcoin or Ethereum do it all

Bitcoin v. Ethereum – The elephant in the room of most Bitcoin and altcoin analyses. During a recent episode of the Unchained podcast, host Laura Shin let the author of The Bullish Case for Bitcoin, Vijay Boyapati, and Ethereum Foundation Researcher Justin Drake take a stab at the question. Needless to say, it was the latest chapter in the debate between Bitcoin and Ethereum maximalists. According to Boyapati, Bitcoin was right to give importance to backwards compatibility, when compared to changing protocols or issuance volumes – as Ethereum has done.

Generative artist nets $5.38 million in latest Art Blocks hit

A generative artist whose work depicts flowers within a “potentially infinite field of foliage” has made 1,623 ether (around $5.38 million) through a sale on Art Blocks, the non-fungible token (NFT) platform.Monica Rizzolli’s ‘Fragments of an Infinite Field’ collection, comprised of 1,024 pieces, was sold through a Dutch auction on Art Blocks Curated on September 13 – with prices starting at 10 ether. The entire set sold out in under an hour. Transaction data on Etherscan shows Rizzolli netting 1,623 in ether across three transactions in the hours after the

Is this revenue stream sustainable for Ethereum

The rising interest in NFTs has been well-documented over the past few weeks. Whether it is Ethereum-based Crypto Punks or BSC’s CryptoBlades game, engagement and traffic has been consistent. This has fueled the development of a new marketplace altogether. While activity is bringing eyes to this new form of asset, it is also generating massive sales. In fact, according to data, in the month of August alone, total sales volume worth $5 billion was recorded. That is a whopping 1103% increase month-over-month from July. A total of 5.6 million NFT

Top-10 Aspiring Altcoins to Watch in September

This article will take a look at ten cryptocurrencies that have interesting developments lined up for the month of September, which could also have a positive effect on their price.Sponsored Sponsored Cardano (ADA) Current Price: $3.03Market Cap: $91 BillionMarket Cap Rank: #3 Cardano was founded in 2017 by Charles Hoskinson, who is also a co-founder of Ethereum (ETH). It is a proof-of-stake platform, whose native token is ADA. It is one of the biggest blockchain platforms to utilize the proof-of-stake instead of the proof-of-work consensus. The Alonzo testnet was launched

Become a part of the NFT ecosystem with Calypso

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have seen a boom in recent times, from being a niche market to finding wider appeal among people in the crypto space. While this has opened up the space for artists, creators and collectors alike, there is still a lot that needs to be done in order to facilitate mass appeal. Calypso is a marketplace for NFTs on the Supermoon Lunar System built on the Binance Smart Chain. In this marketplace, users will have access to unique NFTs, which can be bought using the $CYO token. What