Author: Stephan

Panama City, Panama, 3rd March, 2022, Ignite Tournaments Secures $10M for Play-to-Earn Esports Tournament and Streaming Infrastructure  – Ignite Tournaments announces today that they have successfully secured a total of $10 million financing from strategic investors to build the world’s first mobile play-to-earn (“P2E”) esports tournament and streaming platform. The $10 million raised reflects two crucial investment rounds: a $3 million seed round, completed December 2021, was co-led by Yield Guild Games and Ascensive Assets, with participation by Mechanism Capital, Arca Funds, Skyvision Capital, and multiple funds and angel investors. A $7 million strategic round closed in February 2022 was…

Tallinn, Estonia, 28th February, 2022, BlockWallet is excited to announce the launch of its Web3-oriented wallet solution with built-in privacy features. The BlockWallet browser-based solution is now available for download to anyone and will usher in the next era of interacting with Web3 and the decentralized applications powering it. The BlockWallet team has been hard at work to build a privacy-oriented non-custodial browser wallet to access the decentralized web or Web3. Although many wallets are on the market today, they often lack privacy, exposing user information to prying eyes. As Web3 is designed to empower users and give them control…

London, United Kingdom, 23rd February, 2022, Today Realm announces a new partnership with Alkimi Exchange. The collaboration will ensure a fraud-free, transparent, and sustainable advertising environment in Realm’s Metaverse. This is an exciting, mutually beneficial partnership because Realm’s core values are in line with Alkimi’s mission to restore the value exchange between advertisers, publishers, and users. Alkimi is a sustainable, decentralised advertising exchange built on Constellation’s Hypergraph, and Realm will utilise Alkimi’s technology to incentivise players to earn from advertisements. Realm’s inclusive metaverse model prioritises user experience and gives players ownership of their in-game creations and acquisitions. As Realm looks…

Bucharest, Romania, 23rd February, 2022,  Bware Labs, a startup creating a platform for decentralized API infrastructure, connecting blockchain data consumers to nodes supplied by independent providers, has raised $6 million in a follow-up funding round, bringing its total raise to $7 million. The cap table is comprised of Hypersphere Ventures, Blizzard, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Woodstock, Figment, Axia8, Coingecko Ventures, Nexo, Connext, Kosmos Ventures, Impossible Finance, Nabais Capital, AVentures DAO, Subsquid and Stakeborg. The previous round included investors such as Spartan Group, Ascensive Assets, GBV and Morningstar Ventures, which also participated in the most recent round. Bware Labs is a multichain…

Toronto, Canada, 22nd February, 2022, The team behind ChainGuardians, a player-driven play-to-earn RPG game, is launching The Cryptoverse to create the ultimate metaverse that will bring blockchain gaming to mass adoption. The Cryptoverse is a 3D virtual world built with Unreal Engine 5, one of the most advanced game engines available on the market. Cryptoverse aims to join businesses and players into one interlocked ecosystem, giving value to both sides. As a proper metaverse, Cryptoverse will feature its unique social mechanics including different social layers, gamification mechanics, as well as assets that can be owned by players: avatars, vehicles, buildings,…

London, United Kingdom, 17th February, 2022, Bullieverse, one of the first 3D metaverse worlds on Unreal Engine and centered on content creators, has raised $4 million in funding from a list of reputable Web3 investors. The round was led by OKX Blockdream Ventures and saw participation from Fundamental Labs, 6thMan Ventures (founded by TheBlock co-founder Mike Dudas), C² Ventures, GravityX, LD Capital, Rainmaker Games, Genblock Capital, Spark Digital Capital, Roark Fund, Good Games Guild, Shima Capital, ExNetwork, Mintable,  DWeb3, and Gate Labs. Bullieverse is an Open Metaverse developed for the community of players and creators. It is built for the…

Mumbai, India, 17th February, 2022, One of the largest crypto exchanges, KuCoin announced a partnership with Chingari, a short video-sharing app, to launch the Chingari Star Contest that aims to give the app users a chance at winning $GARI tokens worth INR 20 Mn. The Chingari Star Contest was launched on February 15, 2022, running for the next month with top participants expected to walk home with huge prizes. The contest aims to boost content creation on the platform by identifying the upcoming talents from the remotest corners of India and giving them a platform to promote themselves, their unique…

Geneva, Switzerland, 3rd February, 2022, EverdreamSoft, the crypto games and digital collectibles pioneer who developed the first mobile blockchain game Spells of Genesis, has announced the sale of exclusive Premium LAND around the EverdreamSoft Estate, a 6×6 plot of land in The Sandbox that can house a number of interesting buildings and creations. EverdreamSoft’s Premium LAND sale on The Sandbox will take place on the 10th of February. Members of The Sandbox community will be able to purchase a digital piece of real-estate, which entitles them to exclusive NFTs by EverdreamSoft and its Sandbox neighbors. They will then become full…

Cheyenne, Wyoming, 2nd February, 2022,  FriesDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization is testing whether an open community can successfully run a real-world, fast food enterprise. Intending to bridge real world assets into DeFi and on-chain platforms, friesDAO is the result of like-minded individuals who believe that traditional businesses can accommodate blockchain-based governance. Members who wish to participate in the DAO can donate to its treasury and receive membership tokens which also serve as governance rights for the DAO’s future growth and processes. Community members begin donating to the treasury on January 29 and the raise intends to continue into mid February.…

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, 27th January, 2022, Decentralized derivatives exchange SynFutures (www.synfutures.com) revealed that it has surpassed $3 billion in cumulative trading volume and 55,000 total users, according to data from Dune Analytics. The milestones come only four months after the platform’s open beta launch and ahead of the V2 launch in the coming months. The market for decentralized crypto derivatives is growing, as users look to expand their DeFi investment strategies. Decentralized derivatives exchanges such as dYdX and Synthetix have seen early success, though the market opportunities still remain largely untapped. Furthermore, many of these platforms have limitations when it comes…

Zug, Switzerland, 25th January, 2022, Starly, the decentralized NFT launchpad and marketplace gaining recognition for its unique collections, announces the launch of an exclusive NFT collection, entirely dedicated to one of the most iconic musicians of all time – David Bowie. These rockin’ NFTs have been created in collaboration with Melos Studio, the Web 3.0 application that takes musical tracks to the NFT world, with creatives from David Bowie Estate and Denis O’regan, David Bowie’s personal photographer. The material will be entirely exclusive and never-before-seen, thus perpetuating Bowie’s legacy and cementing it in eternity through the unique NFT collection. David…

Media, Pennsylvania, 18th January, 2022, Splinterlands, the most popular NFT-based play-to-earn card game on the web, has successfully started the long awaited general sale for its newest “Chaos Legion” card packs. The general sale phase officially began yesterday and a total of over 6 million packs in total have already been sold – over 40% of the 15 million packs available. Splinterlands’s packs sales explosion is no surprise since the blockchain-based game has grown so fast that, within a few months, it has become the most played blockchain game on DappRadar since September 2021. Splinterlands players have been able to…

Mumbai, India, 17th January, 2022, Chingari, the leading video sharing app in India, has achieved another first with the historic parallel listing of its native $GARI token on six of the world’s leading centralized cryptocurrency exchanges.  Breaking new ground yet again, $GARI has become the world’s first cryptocurrency to launch simultaneously on six trading platforms – Huobi Global, FTX, KuCoin, Gate io, OKEx and MEXC Global. $GARI is the native cryptocurrency token of Chingari, a short-video sharing platform that now ranks as the number one social media application in India on the Google Play store. The $GARI token was launched…

The countdown to the official listing of DhabiCoin (DBC) has started on six exchanges, three of them already at launch. In nine months of the ICO phase, DhabiCoin accomplished a feat never seen before in the crypto-actives market, overcoming the market’s distrust and becoming one of the main bets for this year of 2022. Check out the main gains of the project, advances achieved and expectations for after launch. Take advantage of the fact that you still have time to purchase your DBC token before launch. DhabiCoin was created to simplify paths, move the market, bring technology to the sector…

Zug, Switzerland, 6th January, 2022, Autonomy Network, an off-the-shelf decentralized automation protocol, is thrilled to introduce AutoSwap, the first ever dApp to offer limit order, stop loss, impermanent loss protection, and recurring payment features for Binance Smart Chain-based DEXes such as PancakeSwap. The dApp will also be available on Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Solana and other chains. It’s the first time that these features have become available in the entire DeFi ecosystem.  By offering features in DeFi that were available only on centralized exchanges until now, AutoSwap aims to help users better manage risk and boost returns without having to stare…

Munich, Germany, 5th January, 2022, Gains Network, creator of the next-generation decentralized leveraged trading platform gTrade, has applied for $750,000 in financing from the Polygon DeFi in order to hit the next two major milestones on its roadmap. Gains Network has unlocked an initial budget of $250,000 in MATIC tokens to help it hit four key targets within the next two months. Its first milestone, which was set 1 month ago and is almost already reached by organic growth only, includes sustaining $30 million+ in daily trading volume for at least 10 days, and $20,000 maximum per-trade collateral as enabled…

Geneva, Switzerland, 31st December, 2021, Ariane Capital notes strong growth throughout 2021, paving the way for bigger and better things in 2022 and beyond. Navigating the crypto waters at an early stage allowed the team to build up years of expertise and remain ahead of the market. As a result, its products have proven very powerful and continue to provide investors with optimal returns regardless of market conditions. Mainstream institutions and investors have come around on cryptocurrencies. While initially labelled as “worthless speculative pseudo-assets-, the overall appeal of crypto assets has increased dramatically. There is tremendous untapped potential for these…

Singapore, Singapore, 24th December, 2021, StarSharks – a community-driven gaming ecosystem dedicated to players creating, sharing and building together – is thrilled to announce the closing of a $4.65 million private round. The shark metaverse will use fresh funds to build exciting new games and nurture the community. The private placement saw participation from dozens of well-known investors including 3 Commas Capital, AC Capital, Banter Crypto, Bas1s. Ventures, Basics Capital, Bigcoin Capital, Binance Labs , DAO Maker, Everest Ventures Group, Everse Capital, Exnetwork Capital, Forward Analytics, Fundamental Labs, Gate.io Labs, Geekcarptel, Genblock Capital, Hyperedge Capital, ICO Drops, Jsquare, Kirin Fund,…

Geneva, Switzerland, 22nd December, 2021, H.E. Justin Sun, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the WTO & Founder of TRON, today revealed that he placed the winning bid for the first seat on Blue Origin’s Inaugural New Shepard rocket. The full bid amount of $28 million went to Blue Origin’s foundation Club for the Future, which in turn benefited 19 space-based charities to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM and help invent the future of life in space. Sun and five crewmates will fly on a New Shepard flight in 2022. H.E. Mr. Sun will be the first…

Geneva, Switzerland, 21st December, 2021, The WINNFT HORSE team has announced exclusive benefits for “Axie players”, with Christmas 2021 is approaching, in this time of welcoming the new and resigning the old. As long as you are an Axie player, you are eligible to participate in this activity, and you can get great activity rewards! Event Rules Event Registration opens on December 19, 2021 Event Participation Eligibility: Axie players can participate in the campaign by meeting the following conditions: Have 3 months of Axie market transaction records before The current number of Axie pets ≥ 3 Current pet level ≥…

Tel Aviv, Israel, 21st December, 2021, AdaSwap, an ecosystem builder that will establish the first decentralized exchange on the Cardano network, is partnering with the COTI, the issuer of Djed, Cardano based stablecoin to explore ways in which it can be integrated with the AdaSwap DEX. Under the partnership, AdaSwap will explore listing opportunities for Djed on the AdaSwap DEX and examine ways in which it can utilize the algorithmic-based stablecoin network Djed is building. AdaSwap is building a native, gamified DEX for the Cardano network that enables the crypto community to easily swap Cardano-based tokens in seconds with low…

BENGALURU, INDIA, 15th December, 2021, Highly anticipated $GARI Token Sale Now Live India’s fastest-growing short video sharing platform, Chingari, recently announced the Initial DEX Offering (IDO) of its native $GARI token. The highly anticipated IDO is now live on the Solana-based SolRazr launchpad. Dubbed the largest IDO of its kind on a launchpad across all blockchains, the $GARI token sale kicked off today, December 15th, and will continue until December 18th, 2021. This IDO follows Chingari’s recent live token sale on the Republic platform, where the Chingari team raised $12.3 million within 24 hours of listing – a new record…

Tel Aviv, Israel, 14th December, 2021, AdaSwap, an ecosystem builder that will establish the first decentralized exchange on the Cardano network, is launching a token sale on Cardstarter to raise funds from supportive investors and drive sustainable growth of its platform. AdaSwap is allocating 80 million ASW tokens priced at $0.005 each for the sale as it seeks to raise a total of $400,000. The allocation will be vested in one installment, with 50% released at TGE and 50% one month later. The fund raise is intended to help AdaSwap deliver on its ambition of building the first DEX on…

Road Town, British Virgin Islands, 8th December, 2021, OpenOcean, world’s leading DeFi & CeFi full aggregation protocol, is delighted to announce the successful aggregation of Arbitrum as well as its leading decentralized exchanges – UniSwap v3, Balancer v2, SushiSwap, Curve, DODO, Synapse, and Swapr. It will enable OpenOcean users to trade with maximum returns on multiple Ethereum Layer-2 constructions. “On the one hand, we know our users are trading on Ethereum and have been requesting us to aggregate more Layer-2 solutions to access cost efficient and fast trading while still being in the Ethereum ecosystem. On the other hand, we…

Dubai, UAE, 8th December, 2021, Nitro League is pleased to announce it has raised $5 million from various prominent investors. The decentralized mobile play-to-earn racing game attracts tremendous attention and drives its way right into the metaverse.  The project has gotten a lot of attention from investors, culminating in a $5 million investment. Prominent participants in the funding round include YGG Southeast Asia, Morningstar Ventures, Axia8 Ventures Yolo.io, Skyman Ventures, YGG Global, Double Peak, LD Capital, ExtraWatts, Calisto Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, NGC Ventures and Woodstock.  The funding was led by SL2 Capital.  Nitro League is the first of many…

Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 8th December, 2021, Humans.ai, the heart-driven Ai-based infrastructure provider, prepares to launch its Initial DEX Offering (IDO) on Polkastarter, on the 9th of December. Through Humans.ai, researchers and users will convert their technology and data into digital assets through innovative use cases for non-fungible tokens. Humans.ai intends to develop a new artificial intelligence allowing people to create anything they can imagine and scale human potential. Doing so requires an innovative approach, as the AI market is currently fragmented. The solution is simple and elegant: a platform that integrates data and technology to generate human digital DNA and make…

Zug, Switzerland, 7th December, 2021, — Starly, the launchpad and marketplace for gamified NFTs, has just closed its pre-IDO funding round with $6.125 million raised from numerous global investors, led by Spartan Group.   The funding round includes some of the most notable investors such as Dapper Labs,  Animoca Brands, LD Capital, Double Peak, Axia8, Youbi Capital,  Shima.capital, SkyVision Capital and high-profile angels including Marat Kichikov, managing partner at BitFury Group, who joins in advisor capacity as well. “We view Starly, with its unique mechanism for creators to create NFT collections, as part of the broader trend of NFT creation…

Singapore, Singapore, 6th December, 2021, Play-to-earn blockchain game SYN CITY will be launching its Binance mafia metaverse via the Binance Initial Game Offering (IGO) on December 9th at 4 pm UTC. As part of this launch, the SYN CITY team will offer a list of limited-edition NFTs and other in-game assets specifically designed exclusively for Binance. The concept of Initial Game Offerings (IGO) has been gaining significant traction in recent months. All IGOs are exclusive to Binance, where top-tier blockchain games drop their NFT collections on the Binance NFT platform. These collections may list via auctions, fixed-price sales, mystery boxes,…

Valais, Switzerland, 1st December, 2021, Solajump, the world’s first play-to-win short game based on Solana blockchain, is thrilled to bring back the fun of classic short games. Developed by Kokeshi Academy Nerd 148 Studios, it uses NFTs to revolutionize the world of short gaming with its play-to-win model. Short games are fun, easy to play, and easy to get into. However, game designers who came up with Pong, Tetris, Arkanoid, Pac-Man and other major hits had to make do with the limited power of computers in the past. Computing power is no longer an issue for players, unlocking the doors…

Frankfurt, Germany, 30th November, 2021,  Pangolin, the community-driven decentralized exchange for Avalanche (AVAX) and Ethereum (ETH) assets with fast settlement, low transaction fees, and democratic distribution, has announced a formal partnership with Olympus to create a unique, bonding program and co-marketing push.  The partnership with the Olympus Pro bond marketplace means Pangolin is the first-ever DEX on AVAX to execute a bonding program, enabling it to own its own liquidity in key markets. Bonding provides users with a way to exchange their liquidity provider (LP) tokens for Pangolin (PNG) governance tokens at a discounted rate. Because Pangolin never sells these…