ChainCatcher message, Polygon's Chief Information Security Officer Mudit Gupta posted on X, stating that there is panic among people regarding Eigen Labs employees requesting airdrops from ecosystem sub-projects, but in reality, 90% of Layer1/Layer2 BD teams directly request shares or airdrops under the guise of consultants.Mudit Gupta stated: "If any journalist really wants to investigate this matter, just launch a fake new DEX and contact different Layer1/Layer2 BD teams, and you will get firsthand experience."

ChainCatcher news, Story Protocol co-founder S.Y. Lee posted on the X platform and announced the first batch of public testnet ecosystem projects, which are as follows:Sekai: A project that combines generative AI and interactive animation, supporting the integration of other anime or creative IP into AI-generated animations;IPX: An IP-Fi infrastructure that brings IP assets on-chain;Magma: A collaborative platform for artists and art teams, allowing users to co-create new assets and remix popular IP;Mahojin: A GitHub for AI model creators and datasets, tracking IP and compensating model creators and dataset owners;Mycelium Network: An on-chain creator platform centered around programmable IP.

ChainCatcher news, UXLINK announced on the official X platform that it will invest in its ecological projects Trusta Labs & BubbleAI, with funding coming from project profits. UXLINK stated that, in addition to providing financial support to ecological projects, it will also bring user social growth to the ecological projects, further empowering $UXLINK.Trusta Labs is the largest identity and on-chain reputation infrastructure driven by artificial intelligence in Web3. BubbleAI is a decentralized trading aggregator powered by artificial intelligence and signals.

ChainCatcher news, as a leading Web3 social platform and infrastructure, UXLINK is experiencing rapid growth in registered users, on-chain active addresses, and on-chain asset holders, while its ecosystem is also developing at a high speed.According to the head of the UXLINK ecosystem, "Currently, over 1 million independent wallet addresses have participated in UXLINK's ecosystem products, and more than 80 project parties that have joined the ecosystem cooperation are very satisfied with the business performance, with significant growth in both their communities and holders. For example, Airdrop2049 has been very successful."The operation head of the TON ecosystem game project BOOMUP, which has launched UXDiscover three times, stated, "We have used UXDiscover's services three times in two months, and the growth effect has exceeded our expectations. We will continue to build together with UXLINK."The head of the UXLINK community stated that with the launch of Social DEX to Earn, which integrates trading rebates, pre-market trading, and fast cross-chain functions, UXLINK will be able to provide a growth engine for more types of Web3 projects (such as DeFi), while also introducing excellent Web3 projects to community users, allowing users to gain more token airdrops and tangible benefits. With the upcoming launch of the $UXLINK token, it will become a weapon to support ecosystem development, accelerating the growth of the ecosystem scale.

ChainCatcher News, the Bitcoin native Layer 2 network Bitlayer, announces the Mining Gala event launched in collaboration with seven ecological projects: Lorenzo, Bitsmiley, Avalon, Bitcow, Pell, Enzo, and Bitparty. The first Mining Gala will take place from May 27 to June 10, with rewards consisting of exclusive airdrops for the Mining Gala and developer airdrops earned by the seven projects in the Bitlayer Dapp leaderboard competition. Among them, the project parties will provide users with project token airdrops worth over $23.24 million, with most tokens expected to complete their TGE within 1-2 months. In addition, the project parties promise to distribute 100% of the Bitlayer gems they earn in the Bitlayer Dapp leaderboard competition to users. After the leaderboard competition ends, users can exchange the Bitlayer gems they receive for Bitlayer tokens (BTR) at a certain ratio after the TGE.After the event goes live on May 27, users can log in to the official event page and the People's Launchpad event page to participate. By completing on-chain interaction tasks set by the projects, such as adding liquidity, creating trades, and lending or borrowing assets, users can receive airdrops of the relevant project tokens. After completing tasks on the official event page and sharing the event link, users can also mint the exclusive Mining Gala Pioneer badge for the corresponding project for free, which can be redeemed for Bitlayer ecological rights in the future.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin native Layer 2 network Bitlayer has announced the upcoming two-week Mining Gala event, which will take place from May 27 to June 10. The Mining Gala is a token airdrop event initiated by Bitlayer in collaboration with seven project parties: Lorenzo, Bitsmiley, Avalon, Bitcow, Pell, Enzo, and Bitparty, with a total token reward value of up to 23.24 million dollars. Most projects are expected to have their TGE within 1 to 2 months.In addition, the seven project parties have committed to distributing 100% of the airdrop rewards obtained from the Bitlayer Dapp leaderboard competition to users. Users can participate in any project interactions, such as adding liquidity, trading, staking, and borrowing assets, to receive dual airdrop rewards from both the projects and Bitlayer. Users can participate in the main event through the Bitlayer official website or join the event on the People's Launchpad platform to obtain an exclusive badge SBT, which can be exchanged for Bitlayer ecological rights in the future.

ChainCatcher news, based on BitVM, the Bitcoin L2 Bitlayer announced that its launched $50 million developer airdrop event has attracted over 500 project teams to sign up. The participating projects cover various types including infrastructure, DeFi, inscriptions, SocialFi, cross-chain bridges, and more. Within 48 hours of the event going live, over 300,000 users have voted for the supported projects.The event will continue to accept registrations until April 29, with the official competition expected to take place in mid-May. At that time, project teams can share in the $50 million token airdrop rewards and grants through leaderboard rankings and accelerator programs.

According to ChainCatcher news and data from the block explorer, the current number of addresses on the Manta Pacific chain has surpassed 800,000, with a total transaction count exceeding 12.25 million. The 24-hour on-chain trading volume ranks 12th among all chains, including Ethereum mainnet, Solana, and Arbitrum, surpassing Sui, Linea, and others. Currently, the TVL on the Manta Pacific chain exceeds $1.5 billion, with 221 ecological projects, making it the third largest Layer 2 ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, the Sui Foundation has announced a donation of $1.05 million to 17 ecological projects, covering products and services in DeFi, payments, infrastructure, oracles, and other areas.Multi-chain platform Blockberry: Offers a variety of products and services, including SuiScan Explorer, staking, instant RPC, and developer API services.Third-person competitive shooting game Bushi: Fully developed using Unreal Engine 5, this game is optimized and is the only one in Web3 gaming suitable for esports.Multi-chain AMM/DEX analysis platform CoinBrain: Provides a wide range of developer tools, such as free APIs, embedded widgets, and chatbots.On-chain solution Crumb Finance: Users can convert dollar-cost averaging (DCA) into Sui and other assets on Sui.FlowX Finance: Redefines the way users interact with DeFi through advanced exchanges, DEX aggregators, yield farms, liquidity dashboards, and launchpads, all managed by a DAO.Multi-chain indexing solution Indexer.xyz: NFT applications can be built on this foundation. Developers can build and go to market in a matter of days.Metamask Snap for Sui: Allows MetaMask users to access Sui simply by installing Snap on their MetaMask wallet.DeFi protocol Mole: A DeFi protocol that provides savings, leveraged yield farming, and funds for users.NAVI protocol: A native liquidity protocol based on SUI, providing lending support for different assets, including SUI, WETH, WBTC, and stablecoins.Social platform NFC's on Sui: Integrates social activities with on-chain assets, allowing communities to create events that attract new and existing audiences.User interface tool Scallop Tools: Allows the construction of Programmable Transaction Blocks, which are single operations containing multiple transactions.Smart contract SDK generator sui-client-gen: Can generate TS SDK code based on Move smart contracts.Stork: Invented a hybrid oracle architecture supported by a decentralized network of data publishers, compatible with Sui.Movebit's Sui contract source code verifier: Allows users, auditors, and developers to upload the source code and audit results of Sui smart contracts to automatically verify discrepancies between on-chain bytecode and source code.SuiOwls: Provides tools and a community platform for the Sui ecosystem, including Discord sales bots, Discord holder verification, presale and fundraising platforms, raffles, and auctions.Payment solution Surf: Aims to create a cryptocurrency payment system that everyone can use.Zeus: Builds simplified, opinion-free k8s node deployments that can run on any cloud provider through Kubernetes.

ChainCatcher news, the Sui Foundation announced the recipients of the fourth round of funding, with 16 projects receiving nearly $900,000 in grants, covering areas such as DeFi, payments, infrastructure, gaming, and oracle services.