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Polygon and 0x Announce $10M Fund to Onboard One Million Users

Polygon has announced that it will be partnering with 0x to raise a total of $10.5 million that will be used to attract more users into choosing its platform and the Ethereum blockchain.  According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the funds will be used to support projects and developers on the Polygon network, thus leading to the development of a secure and robust DeFi infrastructure.  Polygon expects to attract at least one million users to its network and the...

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Polkadot’s Acala Raises Over $100M in KSM Tokens in Kusama’s Parachain Auction

Just a few days after Polkadot’s canary network, Kusama (KSM) revealed that it will be conducting its Parachain Slot auctions, Acala, the DeFi hub of Polkadot, has raised more than $100 million worth of KSM tokens. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the DeFi project raised this amount from funds sent via over 900 different wallet addresses on the Kraken exchange, in addition to over 7,600 backers on its Karura platform. Acala Looks Set to Win Kusama’s...

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Bitrue Delegates 1 Million ADA Tokens for Staking to Support Cardano’s Decentralization

The popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue has delegated one million ADA tokens to a public stakepool. The company has done so on the 1LOVE stakepool to contribute to the blockchain project’s development and further enhance decentralization. Bitrue Delegates 1M ADA Tokens For Staking Launched in July 2018, Bitrue advertises itself as “the most secure and advanced online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing digital currencies.” According to a press release...

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DeFi Protocol Flare Has Raised $11.3M Ahead of FLR Token Distribution

The Federated Byzantine Agreement-based (FBA) network, Flare, has announced the completion of another funding round in which it raised over $11 million. Kenetic Capital led the investment as some of the notable names that participated included Digital Currency Group, Coinfund, LD Capital, Wave Financial, and Borderless Capital. Flare Raises $11M Built as a scalable, decentralized smart contract platform that runs the Ethereum Virtual Machine, Flare utilizes Federated...

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Automata Network Raises $2.4M in Funding Ahead of Binance Launchpad Release

Decentralized service protocol, Automata Network, will be launched on Binance Launchpool and also managed to raise $2.4 million from investors in a just-concluded funding round. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the fresh capital is of $1 million raised during a seed round conducted in March.  Binance to Lists Automata (ATA) on June 7 Automata’s debut on Binance Launchool will allow users to easily earn the project’s native token, ATA, via staking....

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Paul Pierce, Joe Lubin, and Phil Ivey to Participate in Virtue Poker’s Charity Tournament in June

The decentralized peer-to-peer poker platform based on Ethereum, Virtue Poker, will hold a charity tournament in June. Some of the most prominent names to participate include the NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce, ConsenSys Founder Joe Lubin, Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey, popular YouTuber Mr. Beast, and more. Virtue Poker’s Upcoming Tournament Developed within ConsenSys five years ago, VP is built on top of the Ethereum blockchain and serves as a decentralized P2P platform. In...

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Polygon (MATIC) SDK Arrives: Developers Can Now Deploy Chains to Ethereum

Polygon, the Ethereum layer-2 solution formerly known as Matic Network, has released the first version of its network enabling developers to deploy ETH-compatible chains using the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Dubbed Polygon SDK, it marks the start of Ethereum’s transition into a multi-chain ecosystem. Polygon SDK Arrives Ever since the protocol’s rebranding from Matic Network to Polygon, announced earlier this year, the team has strived to turn Ethereum into an Internet of...

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TRON and BSCPad Partner to Create TRON’s First IDO Launchpad

Justin Sun’s TRON has partnered with BSCPad to develop and release the first IDO launchpad build on its blockchain. Dubbed TRONPAD, it will take place exclusively on BSCPad and aims to mimic the latter’s recent success. TRONPAD Coming From TRON and BSCPad Advertised as the “fastest-growing launchpad in the DeFi space,” BSCPad saw the light of day recently but has already become a leader in terms of transactions and customers. It’s one of the major forces behind the explosive...

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Huobi Group Launches $100 Million Fund For DeFi And NFT Development 

Huobi Group, the holding company of the leading cryptocurrency exchange, Huobi Global, has recently launched a new subsidiary geared towards decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and mergers and acquisitions. Huobi Devotes $100M to DeFi In a Thursday press release shared with CryptoPotato, the company noted that it has already deployed $100 million to this new venture investment arm dubbed “Huobi Ventures.” The ultimate goal of this new subsidiary...

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Cardano DeFi Project deFIRE Secures $5M in Funding Round

deFIRE is a decentralized smart order routing engine being built for the Cardano ecosystem incubated and supported by Occam and powered by the industry leader in cross-chain liquidity provision, Changelly.  It offers execution services across decentralized exchanges (DEX) such as token swaps, order routing services across DEXs, and providing intermediary services between order flow originators and ultimate execution venues.  deFIRE’s goal has managed to draw the attention of...

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