ChainCatcher news, the Maverick Protocol ecosystem, backed by Founders Fund and Coinbase Ventures, officially launched its first MemeFi platform today on the Base chain ------ Goose.run.This platform integrates fair launch for memecoins (Fair Launchpad), non-liquidation memecoin lending features, as well as various Meme coin and DeFi native characteristics such as online live streaming and online rewards, opening up new potential for the development of meme coins on EVM chains.At the same time, Goose.run's ve(3,3) voting system allows MAV stakers to earn meme coin transaction fee sharing through veMAV voting, successfully ushering in a new era of MAV token ecosystem expansion linked to various practical revenue scenarios in web3.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the Web3 talent marketplace protocol Talent Protocol has announced a strategic investment led by Coinbase Ventures from the Base ecosystem fund. After a year of deep cooperation, Base has decided to increase its strategic investment in the project. The native token of Talent Protocol, TALENT, will officially launch on the Base network on October 30.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase Ventures stated on platform X that they believe cryptocurrency is a natural complement to artificial intelligence, making the technology more transparent, efficient, and secure. They also believe that blockchain technology will become the infrastructure driving the future AI agent economy, creating an agent network. Coinbase Ventures noted that they see three main intersection points between cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence:An AI agent economy supported by cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.Decentralization of the AI stack (e.g., computing, data sovereignty, verifiable reasoning, etc.).On-chain applications of AI to unlock previously unimaginable new crypto applications.

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, Coinbase Ventures and a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) announced a new strategic investment in Skyfire, a payment company focused on artificial intelligence. This investment increases Skyfire's total seed funding from the previous $8.5 million to $9.5 million. Currently, Skyfire is building infrastructure that allows AI agents to make autonomous payments, avoiding human intermediaries.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that Skyfire is the financial stack of the AI economy, providing an instant, global, and open payment system for AI agents to conduct fully autonomous transactions between AI agents, law masters, data platforms, service providers, and other goods and services. The Skyfire payment network also unlocks the fastest-growing consumer segment globally for LLMs, data, and service providers—AI agents. Empowered by Skyfire, AI agents will be able to leverage a vast digital service ecosystem for everything from data analysis and content creation to complex problem-solving and decision-making, all without human supervision. All these transactions will be supported by the stablecoin USDC.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI data liquidity network Vana has announced the completion of a $5 million strategic financing round, led by Coinbase Ventures. With this, Vana's total funding has reached $25 million.Vana aims to build a user-owned data pool network that addresses the issue of insufficient training data for AI models through blockchain technology, while also providing internet users with a way to earn income. Vana plans to establish a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) network that allows members to aggregate data accumulated from social media platforms like Reddit, LinkedIn, or X, and sell these datasets to AI researchers.Previously, Vana raised $18 million in Series A funding led by Paradigm.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Solana-based creator engagement platform DRiP announced the completion of an $8 million seed round financing, led by NFX, Progression, and Coinbase Ventures. Other participants include previous seed round lead investor Placeholder, 6th Man Ventures, and over 30 angel investors.DRiP stated that the funds will be used to accelerate creator onboarding, launch a consumer-facing mobile application, expand creator tools and platform feature development, and increase marketing efforts to attract new users.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Vega network supported by Coinbase Ventures has also joined the competition in the prediction market, launching its own prediction-focused upgrade. Vega is a blockchain and decentralized exchange (DEX) that uses Cosmos network infrastructure, and it is one of many crypto platforms focused on perpetual futures (a tool for speculating on future asset prices).It is reported that Vega's prediction market differs from Polymarket in that it is more like an open framework rather than a fully functional betting application.

ChainCatcher news, Payman founder Tyllen posted that PaymanAI has completed a $3 million pre-seed funding round, with investors including Visa, Coinbase Ventures, Boost VC, Deepwater Management, The Spartan Group, Untapped VC, Theory Forge VC, and others. Other investors include Protofund VC, Systemic Ventures, Metropolis DAO, as well as Olympic gold medalists Viktor Axelsen, Devin Walsh, Kenneth Kuo, and other angel investors. PaymanAI is dedicated to ushering in a new era of AI payments to humans, enabling AI to pay humans for completing tasks such as marketing.In addition, Tyllen stated that PaymanAI supports fiat and USDC payments, with USDC set to launch in a few weeks.

According to ChainCatchert's message and incomplete statistics from RootData, a total of 8 projects announced their cessation of operations in the first half of 2024, mainly distributed across DeFi (ClayStack, [Gridex Protocol](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Gridex Protocol?k=NjM0Mw== "order book-based decentralized trading protocol"), [Hector Network](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Gridex Protocol?k=NjM0Mw== "Defi product ecosystem"),) CeFi ([Yield App](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Yield App?k=ODM1NA== "digital wealth platform"), HKVAEX, CommEX,) GameFi ([Eternal Dragons](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Eternal Dragons - Trailblazer Games?k=NDY3OQ== "epic fantasy game series")/[Trailblazer Games](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Eternal Dragons - Trailblazer Games?k=NDY3OQ== "epic fantasy game series"),) and privacy track (Nocturne.It is worth noting that the GameFi project Eternal Dragons/Trailblazer Games previously raised $8.2 million, the privacy protocol Nocturne, which received support from Vitalik, raised $6 million in seed funding, and the liquid staking project ClayStack raised $5.2 million in seed funding led by CoinFund and ParaFi Capital, with support from Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Brands, The Spartan Group, and others.The main reasons for these projects ceasing operations are quite diverse, primarily focusing on non-systemic risks. ClayStack's cessation was due to a lack of product-market fit during its more than three years of operation; Gridex Protocol stated it failed to secure additional funding from private investors and also faced liquidity issues; Eternal Dragons pointed out that Web3 has brought additional challenges to game design, user experience, and development, increasing costs and risks; while Yield App suffered losses because its assets were previously held on the now-defunct FTX exchange.

ChainCatcher news, Nansen stated on social media that since the DEX and liquidity market Aerodrome based on Base announced the market acquisition of $AERO tokens by Coinbase Ventures, they have found that the Coinbase Ventures address has purchased at least 4.7 million $AERO (approximately $2.7 million). Additionally, the TradingVaults used by Coinbase Ventures also hold 1.5 million $AERO (approximately $936,000).The last batch of purchases was completed 8 days ago, and all acquired tokens are locked within the Aerodrome ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Ampleforth protocol development company Fragments announced that the Ampleforth Foundation's decentralized low-volatility commodity currency SPOT project has completed a $1 million strategic round of financing, with participation from Coinbase Ventures.It is reported that SPOT aims to combine the characteristics of fiat currencies such as the US dollar and assets like gold or Bitcoin to create a "fully decentralized" and "significantly low-volatility" asset that can be used in the on-chain economy. The project team stated that SPOT does not intend to maintain stability like stablecoins. The SPOT flatcoin, currently available on Ethereum, will also be launched as part of the protocol on Coinbase's incubated Layer 2 network Base.

ChainCatcher news, according to LatamList, Colombian crypto wallet company El Dorado announced the completion of a $3 million seed round financing, led by Multicoin Capital and Coinbase Ventures. Before completing this round of financing, El Dorado also joined the Skydeck accelerator program at the University of California, Berkeley.It is reported that El Dorado operates a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency wallet that allows users to make cross-border payments and earn additional income through stablecoin trading. The new funds will be used to expand the user base and improve security features to meet compliance requirements.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Web3 content publishing platform Paragraph has not only acquired the Ethereum-based blogging platform Mirror but also raised $5 million in new funding, with this round led by Union Square Ventures and Coinbase Ventures. Paragraph founder Colin Armstrong will serve as CEO, while Mirror founder Denis Nazarov will take on an advisory role.

ChainCatcher news, the RWA project Midas announced the completion of a $8.75 million seed round financing, led by BlockTower, Framework, and HV Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Ledger, GSR, Hack VC, Axelar, and FJ Labs.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the company Reya Labs, which is developing the modular L2 Reya Network, announced the completion of a $10 million funding round. Investors include Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute, Fabric Ventures, Framework Ventures, Brevan Howard Digital, Amber Group, and Robot Ventures.It is reported that Reya Network is dedicated to creating liquidity, capital efficiency, and performance for DeFi traders and liquidity providers, and plans to use this new funding to promote its liquidity generation event (LGE) in April. The first DEX on the network, Reya Perps DEX, is set to launch soon.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 verification protocol Witness has completed a $3.5 million seed round financing, led by Haun Ventures and Coinbase Ventures.The funds raised will be used to develop a verification protocol to address gas fees and scalability issues in the crypto space, with team members primarily coming from companies such as Paradigm, Google, and Facebook.