ChainCatcher news, Ryan Rzepecki, co-founder of the decentralized 3D map project MeshMap, stated in a post on X that the project has completed a $4 million funding round, with participation from firms such as a16z CSX, Colosseum, Lattice, Escape Velocity, and GSR. Additionally, individual investors in this round include Solana's two co-founders toly and raj, as well as former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan.It is reported that a16z Crypto has announced the launch of the crypto startup accelerator (CSX) fall 2024 program, with MeshMap and 20 other projects selected.

ChainCatcher news, the development team of the Ethereum NFT card game Parallel announced a brand new 3D first-person shooter project "Tau Ceti" at the Token2049 conference in Singapore.This game will allow players to battle on a sci-fi planet using their Parallel NFT avatars. Unlike the AI-centered game Colony, which is set to launch on the Solana blockchain, Tau Ceti will return to Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2 network Base and will run on the recently launched B3 gaming network.The game is planned for early alpha testing on PC in 2025, with potential mobile and console versions to follow.The Parallel team emphasized that while they are developing Tau Ceti, their focus remains on providing meaningful updates for the Alpha versions of TCG and Colony.

ChainCatcher message, The Render Network posted on platform X that The Render Foundation will provide grants to creators of next-generation 3D projects. Interested projects can fill out a quick pitch form.

ChainCatcher news, Solana Chain Cat Meme token MEW has reached a collaboration with the renowned South Korean animation studio Locus to launch a 3D original animation series to enhance the influence of the Meme IP brand. This initiative marks the first attempt for a Meme token to promote brand power through traditional channels. It is reported that MEW will also continue to increase its visibility through artistic apparel and other means. LOCUS has produced well-known IPs that are widely popular in South Korea, such as "Red Shoes" and "Yumi's Cells," and their films have been released in 128 countries or regions worldwide.

ChainCatcher news, Render Network announces that the initial community vote for RNP-014 has officially concluded, receiving 100% support from RENDER SPL votes and 99.78% support from RNDR ERC-20 votes.The goal of this proposal is to integrate Blender Cycles into Render, to support over 2 million Blender users worldwide in accessing Render's high-performance distributed GPU rendering resources. Next, RNP-014 will be added to the Render roadmap.Blender 3D is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset for creating animated films, visual effects, art, and more.

According to ChainCatcher news, the official announcement states that the Web3 3D LBS game L3E7 (Lagrange3: Earth's 7WIN) has completed a total of $10 million in angel round and Series A financing. The angel round was led by LongLing Capital, while the Series A round was co-led by Spartan Group and SevenX Ventures, with participation from Kekecely, Foresight Ventures, OKX Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Vertex Ventures, Comma3 Ventures, Meta Labs, Marvellous Creature, Giantwood, Mantle EcoFund, BitValue, Hailstone Labs, LiquidX, and Buzzone.It is reported that L3E7 features top-notch game visuals in the industry and supports the minting of exclusive character NFTs. The core team members have over 20 years of experience in AAA game development and are dedicated to creating the world's first PvEvP (Player vs Environment vs Player) game that fully recreates global cities and streets with complete 3D modeling.

ChainCatcher news, OKX Ventures announced the completion of its investment in the Web3 3D LBS game L3E7 (Lagrange3: Earth's 7WIN). L3E7 features industry-leading game visuals and supports the minting of exclusive character NFTs. The core team members have over 20 years of experience in AAA game development and are dedicated to creating the world's first PvEvP (Player vs Environment vs Player) game that fully recreates global cities and streets in 3D modeling. L3E7 launched its first closed beta test on April 24, with over a thousand users participating. In the game, players can compete on contribution rankings by defending famous landmarks in the real world and earn generous rewards.Dora Yue, founder of OKX Ventures, stated: "We are very much looking forward to the emergence of high-quality and innovative blockbuster games in Web3. L3E7's uniqueness lies in allowing players to explore the streets and coordinates of famous cities around the world within the game, featuring both indoor and outdoor play modes, providing a fresh experience of exploring a cyberpunk city. The multi-series collectibles and treasure points inject a player-centric narrative into L3E7, blending reality and virtuality in the Web3 community, where players will be long-term attracted by inclusive IPs and exclusive game incentive mechanisms. OKX Ventures is committed to discovering and creating new types of games that are loved by the global Web3 gaming community, aiming to drive the emergence of the next blockbuster game with tens of millions of players in the Web3 community."

ChainCatcher news, the 3D digital asset Layer Zero issuance platform MUA DAO has unlocked its first full-chain genesis space M-Space today at 8 PM Beijing time, currently linking BTC and the EVM ecosystem.It is reported that the platform allows users to convert digital content from Web3 on-chain and Web2 platforms into 3D assets, and enables space holders to freely combine their 3D digital assets within M-Space, set quantities and royalties, and then publish them on-chain for secondary sales to new users. New users can also add their own assets into the subspace to create new space assets. Based on a recursive protocol, genesis users will receive continuous royalty sharing from subsequent new assets. All data and code of M-Space are open-sourced on-chain and managed in a decentralized manner by the DAO.M-Space empowers users with low barriers and high freedom to create, publish, and trade their own metaverse spaces across different chains, activating existing digital assets in the market to generate more cross-chain interoperability and liquidity. Users holding the 3D space M-Space essentially possess a Layer Zero issuance platform capable of infinitely combining to create new metaverses.

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse platform ZTX announced that it will release the ZTX token airdrop and listing date on October 16. ZTX will include governance and utility for purchasing gameplay, and the team also plans to use platform revenue to support a token buyback program.It is reported that the total supply of ZTX is 10 billion tokens, with early investors and advisors allocated 5.5%, ZEPETO allocated 9.5%, the core team allocated 16%, the social fund allocated 10%, initial ZTX liquidity and genesis airdrop accounting for 4%, X2E Rewards allocated 35%, ZTX Foundation treasury allocated 15%, and MM liquidity allocated 4%.According to RootData, on August 16, 2023, the South Korean metaverse platform Zepeto and the metaverse platform ZTX established by Jump Crypto completed a $13 million seed round financing, led by Jump Crypto, with participation from Collab+Currency, Parataxis, MZ Web3 Fund, Everest Ventures Group, and others.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 technology community A³DAO will hold the "A³ Summit - Accelerate Web3 Adoption in Asia" event during TOKEN2049, co-hosted by AntChain ZAN, Artela, Trusta Labs, Punkcode, HashKey, and Web3Port, scheduled for September 14, 15:00-20:00 Beijing time.The core theme of this A³ Summit is "Web2 Giants and Web3," inviting new forces in Web3 with top Web2 technology and resources (including Web3 teams within Web2 giants, Web3 projects founded by former executives of large companies, and VCs and incubators dedicated to bridging the Web2 ecosystem) to share their visions and projects, discussing how Web2 technology and resources can drive the growth and mass adoption of Web3, while inviting global venture capitalists to facilitate the integration of this rising force from Asia with global projects and investor networks.It is reported that the A³ Summit will feature speeches and panel sessions, with the Vice President of Ant Group's Digital Technology Business Group, GSR, Superscrypt, HashKey, and former executives from large Web2 companies who are now entrepreneurs in Web3 attending to speak or participate in roundtable discussions.A³DAO is a new Web3 technology community jointly initiated by AntChain ZAN, Artela, and Trusta Labs, dedicated to bridging Web2 and Web3, accelerating the mass adoption of Web3 in the Asia region.

ChainCatcher news, on May 31, 2023, Hong Kong's first XR naked-eye 3D advertising screen equity NFT project DA AGE (Decentralized Assets AGE) officially launched. The operating distribution rights of three indoor and outdoor XR advertising screens in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and first-tier shopping malls will be allocated to the public in the form of equity NFTs issued on the Polygon public chain through the operation of DA AGE over the next 8 years.On July 26, DA AGE officially confirmed that the first XR large screen will be located at 23 D'AGUILAR STREET, in the heart of Hong Kong's golden trading area, Lan Kwai Fong. The outdoor large screen, with a total aerial area of over 170 square meters, is situated at the intersection of Lan Kwai Fong Road, D'Aguilar Street, and WO On Ln, surrounded by bars and restaurants, with an average daily foot traffic of 30,000 to 50,000, remaining bustling until 3 or 4 AM, making it an undeniable top-tier business district.It is reported that the first of the three indoor and outdoor advertising screens available for NFT Holders is expected to bring an ecological revenue of HKD 2-3 million per month, with an expected output of no less than HKD 10 million per month in advertising revenue at maturity.The DA AGE full ecological revenue structure includes multiple business modules such as advertising placement, advertising content production, single ad playback, advertising content IP copyright, Web3 advertising e-commerce, and distributed storage for each LED. The aforementioned turnover or profit-to-earnings ratio will be provided to NFT Holders in the form of Usdt/digital HKD, DA AGE ecological Token, and distributed storage leader AR for mining and holding, with a distribution period of 8 years, starting from the first distribution calculation after the sale of the first phase of 9,380 whitelist NFTs, confirming the corresponding location and position of each NFT.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by 0xScope, a whale address starting with 0x513d transferred 5.5 million XRP (approximately 4.23 million USD) to Binance 2 hours ago. Currently, this address still holds 4.6 million XRP (approximately 3.57 million USD). (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Zhejiang Yuanyu Universe Ecological Technology Co., Ltd. has formed a deep alliance with Yuanyuan Technology Co., Ltd. The two parties will carry out comprehensive cooperation in areas such as IP content production in mainland cities, traditional cultural output, and landmark product sales, focusing on promoting metaverse films, animations, and other cultural IPs on thousands of global core location XR naked-eye 3D advertising screens, as well as jointly establishing special teams for XR naked-eye 3D advertising content production and digital virtual human e-commerce.It is reported that Zhejiang Yuanyu Universe Ecology has over 10 years of experience in the Alibaba ecosystem and is committed to the development of digital technology, digital virtual humans, digital virtual scenes, and the metaverse industry. The Hong Kong-based technology company Yuanyuan Technology Co., Ltd. has obtained over 70% of the hardware and software export rights for XR naked-eye 3D advertising screens in mainland China, and allows the public to easily participate in the operation and distribution of high-quality digital assets in Hong Kong and overseas in the form of RWA (Real World Assets) + equity NFTs. The aforementioned outdoor and indoor XR naked-eye 3D advertisements will also be simultaneously played on the back screens of millions of ride-hailing vehicles.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 solution provider nChain announced an investment of £2.5 million in the 3D metaverse platform Planetary, acquiring a 25% stake, with a post-investment valuation of £10 million.Planetary is a mobile application that combines a social media layer with a metaverse platform, allowing users to meet, work, and entertain in the metaverse. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, AI-assisted 3D animation company Kinetix announced the public release of Emote Infrastructure, enabling game developers and virtual world creators to enhance user engagement and open new revenue streams by integrating the Emote SDK compatible with Windows, iOS, and Android platforms through Unity.The Kinetix SDK is free, allowing developers to integrate a cloud-based library of over 1000 emotes and profit from it. This is compatible with their game characters, visual styles, and user interfaces.It is reported that Kinetix aims to provide a platform to assist user-generated content in the metaverse, making creation fast and simple.ChainCatcher previously reported that Kinetix announced the completion of a $11 million seed round financing to promote the development of user-generated content in the metaverse. This round of financing was led by Adam Ghobarah, founder of Top Harvest Capital and former executive at Google and Google Ventures, with participation from The Sandbox, Naver's 3D avatar application Zepeto (NAVER Z), Sparkle Ventures, and others. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Sphere 3D announced that it has completed a $3 million private placement financing by signing a securities purchase agreement, with participation from LDA Capital Limited.According to Sphere 3D CEO Patricia Trompeter, the company will use this latest financing to incentivize miners without affecting its current cash flow.ChainCatcher previously reported that Sphere 3D purchased 60,000 NM440 mining machines at a price of $1.7 billion in early 2022. (source link)