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Ethereum scaling solution Optimism raises $150 million in a Series B funding

The funding round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz’ a16z and major crypto VC firm Paradigm.

Optimism, a layer 2 scaling solution on the Ethereum network, has secured $150 million in a Series B funding, the blockchain platform announced on Thursday.

Heavyweight crypto investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Paradigm co-led the financing round. The firm added in details shared via a Medium post that the funding round had the blockchain firm at a valuation of $1.65 billion.

The Optimism mainnet has been live for over a year and in that time, the L2 solution has seen users save over $1 billion in gas. The success of its technology has also seen projects deploy thousands of contracts.

The open-source code has also seen three popular forks, with the platform firmly in the limelight across the Ethereum ecosystem.

Per the Medium post, the team at Optimism now plans to take their work across the network to the next level. This, they revealed, will happen with further strengthening of its team.

The startup is now one of the latest Unicorns in the crypto space and its continued development comes amid fresh impetus in the NFTs and DeFi sectors.  Scaling solutions such as Optimism are crucial as they help investors save on transaction fees, which can be prohibitive on the Ethereum network.

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Heroes of Mavia partners with Tribe Gaming for esports-focused P2E gaming

Heroes of Mavia, a blockchain-based play-to-earn massively multiplayer online (MMO) strategy game developed by Skrice Studios and backed by Binance has announced its partnership with Tribe Gaming, in a major push for esports-focused P2P gaming. Tribe Gaming is one of the largest esports organizations around the world.

The partnership will give Tribe a chance to expand its esports gaming initiative into the blockchain gaming field. Tribe is already very popular in developing mobile games and computer games venturing into blockchain gives it an upper hand among its competitors.

Tribe’s game creators and players consistently bring in over 100 million views a month.

Following the partnership, the founder and CEO of Tribe Gaming, Patrick Carney, said that collaborating with Mavia was an exciting opportunity and that they are looking forward to a bullish future as ‚Heroes of Mavia‘ game nears its launch.

Tribe now owns plots in the fantasy island of Mavia

As part of the partnership, Tribe now owns dozens of Legendary plots in the fantasy island of Mavia. It shall go ahead to uniquely do its branding on these plots of land to allow its brand to appear in the Heroes of Mavia game.

Tribe shall also have exclusive in-game skins and decorations custom done to Tribe branding taste.

The partnership proves that Mavia, which is backed by Crypto.com Capital, Binance Labs, and Genblock Capital is placing a bit bet on esports gaming. It also asserts Mavia’s position as the largest esports-focused P2E game.

While commenting about the partnership, an Executive Producer at Skrice Studios Yvan Feusi said that the team at Skrice Studios was happy to have Tribe as an official partner and that it was essential for the Mavia’s team to work with seasoned veterans as they push their game into „competitive gaming and esports.„

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Highlights March 17: Cryptos in the green, Wall Street higher despite rate hikes

The crypto markets were higher this morning, with the majority of the top 10 cryptos registering gains over the past 24 hours.

All three major US indices rose yesterday despite the Fed’s first rate hike in five years. The SPX500 rose 2.19% while the DJ30 was up 1.48% and the NASDAQ100 increased 3.67%.

The UK100 rose yesterday on the back of positive moves from both Russia and Ukraine who announced a 15-point draft peace plan which buoyed stocks.

Top cryptos

Bitcoin climbed around 3%, trading above $40,000 at time of writing. Ethereum and XRP were both up around 4%, and Cardano and Solana both recorded gains of around 5%.

At #10, Avalanche is the biggest top 10 gainer with 10% added to its value. In the top 20, Cosmos and Polygon both added around 4%.  

Top movers

Outside the top 20, most coins added 2-6% to their value. The Sandbox’s SAND is up 9%, rallying on news of a major bank buying a plot in it. Waves is down 6% against the backdrop of positive developments in Ukraine-Russia talks.

THORChain added another 20% to its value. It introduced synthetic assets and the platform THORFi recently.

Other big winners include AAVE (+15%) and Maker and Decred, both of which added 11%. Celo gained 22% on news of getting listed on BitGetGlobal.

Trending

The biggest gainer today is CatBoy, trading for $0.04 at the time of writing. CatBoy is up 856.32% in the last 24 hours.

Catboy is a community led NFT project, founded and built by comic, manga, anime, and pet lovers. According to its creators, it’s a symbol of the spirit, cohesion, and sharing of memes, manga and comic loving communities around the world.

The price of PikaVerse, a Pokémon-based metaverse, increased by 78.27% over the past week. It is trading for $1.18e-10 with a 24-hour trading volume of $18.7 million. PikaVerse is up 32% in the last 24 hours.

 

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Alephium announces a video creation contest with 10,000 ALPH in prizes

  • The contest seeks to unveil “compelling introductory videos” free of tech jargon, but which highlight Alephium’s value proposition.

Alephium, a high-performance and scalable blockchain that was the first to implement native shard transactions, has announced a video creation contest as it seeks to “attract and engage new users.”

Creators will compete to earn from a prize pool of 10,000 ALPH, the Swiss-based blockchain platform said in an announcement shared with CoinJournal on Thursday.

An accessible gateway to Alephium

One of the barriers to greater adoption of crypto and the underlying blockchain technology is the “complex” nature of the concepts to new users.

In most cases, it’s the less tech-savvy that find it hard to wrap their heads around some features and functionalities. Alephium’s novel Proof-of-Work mechanism, ETH-inspired smart contracts and UTXO model could be such hurdles.

Cheng Wang, the co-founder of Alephium said:

“We need something that can serve as an accessible gateway for new users, we need great introduction videos. Our community members have amazed us with their content creation skills to date, so I’m confident this video creation contest will help us gather creative videos that best describes Alephium.”

Videos should be tech-jargon free

The easy-to-understand video will cover all the basic introductory topics as articulated in “Welcome to Alephium,” the team said in their press announcement.

Participants will be expected to create a five-minute or less video. The community can do the video in any language. They also have creative license to use cartoons, 3D animations, and voiceovers with premium slides.

However, the content should be free of tech jargon and should include links to whitepapers, Github and social media channels, whitepapers.

How to submit the Alephium video

The contest will run until 15 April 2022, with all legible video entries submitted by 23:59 CET on the said date. Contestants will need to upload their videos on YouTube or Vimeo, with tags #Alephium and #ALPH.  

Once done, creators should submit a link to the video and their email address using the contest’s official submission link.

Interested users are encouraged to familiarise themselves with contest guidelines, or contact the team via Discord, Telegram, and Reddit.

Alephium’s mainnet went live in November 2021 and offers a highly efficient blockchain infrastructure environment for decentralised applications (dApps) and decentralised finance (DeFi) protocols. 

ALPH has traded 7.5% higher in the past 24 hours, with the ALPH/USDT pair hitting highs of $0.25 in early deals. The coin’s all-time high is $1.19 reached on 20 January 2022.

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Bancor gaining steadily: best places to buy Bancor

Bancor has been gaining steadily since a recent eToro listing. At the time of writing, its price is $2.30 with a 24-hour trading volume of $21.4 million. The token has added almost 4% to its value in the last 24 hours.

Look no further than this short article to find out what Bancor is, if it’s worth buying, and the best places to buy Bancor now.

Top places to buy Bancor now

eToro

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Capital.com

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What is Bancor?

Bancor is described as only decentralized staking protocol that lets users generate income with full protection from impermanent loss and single-token exposure. It was created in 2017, making it the first DeFi protocol in history.

Deposits earn millions in fees per month from Bancor. It offers as much as 60% APR on ether, Wrapped Bitcoin, AAVE, LINK, MATIC, and more. Bancor is owned by its community as Bancor DAO.

The ecosystem’s token BNT lets traders provide liquidity for the pools available on the network. Liquidity can be provided by anyone.

Liquidity providers may receive fees for trades that pass through any pool they have contributed to. They get pool tokens that represent their share of fees, liquidity, and mining rewards in the pool.

Should I buy Bancor today?

Bancor’s BNT can be a lucrative investment, but take the time to read at least several price predictions from leading analysts and do market research before making a commitment. Take all investment advice with a grain of salt.

Bancor price prediction

CryptoNewsz is moderately bullish on Bancor. According to them, the highest BNT can go to this year is $3 provided that investor confidence keeps growing. In 2023, it can achieve a price of $3.55.

Considering the technological innovations Bancor has planned in 2024, its price may reach $3.77 that year.

In 2025, Bancor’s community initiatives focusing on outreach, education, and innovations can bring the price up to $3.70. The analysts consider this the bare minimum. The maximum price the token can achieve is $4.69.  

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