Crypto Canary: Your Daily Crypto Rundown 🚀

October 08, 2024

🟢 Alpha Offerings

  • Shardeum Incentivized Testnet: Earn $500-$750 by participating in on-chain and P2P tasks. Get in here

  • Collection ZERO by PlayerZero: Earn $1000-$1500 by collecting open-edition packs on OpenSea (10/8 at noon ET) 🤑. Get in here

⚖️ Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame

  • Hall of Shame: Korean news giant Chosun Ilbo accused of supporting $3B KOK crypto scam 💀. Read more here

  • Hall of Shame: Cardi B's X account endorses meme token amid hack concerns 🛡️. Read more here

📊 What Moved in the Crypto World Today

  • National Bank of Bahrain launches first Bitcoin-linked investment product in the Gulf. Read more here

  • Assetera & Archax to distribute tokenized assets in Europe. Read more here

  • Palau debuts blockchain-based savings bonds by CBDC developer Soramitsu. Read more here

🔧 Project Updates

  • Phantom Wallet adds support for Coinbase's Base network. Read more here

  • Xalts launches RWA tokenization platform on Polygon. Read more here

  • Linea proposes decentralization roadmap with proof-of-stake model. Read more here

💼 Funding Announcements

  • Moonray raises $4.75M from Animoca Brands, P2 Ventures, Cardano 🌱. Read more here

  • TSFC receives funding from Castrum Capital. Read more here

  • APRO raises $3M in seed round led by Polychain Capital. Read more here

🐋 Whale Movements

  • Wallet 0xa95 linked to Ethereum Foundation deposits 1,250 ETH ($3.03M) to Bitstamp 🐳. Txn details here

  • Ethereum ICO participant 0xB8c deposits 5,000 ETH ($12.12M) to Kraken. Txn details here

🔓 Token Unlocks

  • Hypercycle (HYPC): $12.63M

  • Masa (MASA): $8.37M

🎙️ Coinversation Street

  • @Kairos_Res shares a thread about DeFi's breakthrough moment 🔥. Check it out here

  • @DefiIgnas explores token printing in DeFi 🧐. Read here

📅 Upcoming Events

  • Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2025: Apr 6-9, Hong Kong. Get tickets here

  • Paris Blockchain Week 2025: Apr 8-10, Paris, France. Get tickets here