ChainCatcher news, DePIN data network AiGO Network announced on October 11 on X that it has completed a strategic round of financing, with participation from Chain Capital and Waterdrip Capital.According to another source, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that AiGO Network is a real-time, plug-and-play DePIN data network that provides decentralized access to verified GPS and geolocation data.

ChainCatcher news, recently, the first AAA MOBA blockchain game in the Web3 field, Infinitar, announced the successful completion of a $11.9 million financing round, led by Lam Group and AccelByte, with follow-on investments from Waterdrip Capital, AC Capital, DEX Ventures, and Mason Labs, resulting in a post-investment valuation of $150 million.Previously, Infinitar announced the completion of a seed round and angel round financing totaling $2.9 million, with Series A financing amounting to $9 million. The continued investment from Lam Group and AccelByte demonstrates a strong confidence in Infinitar's future development potential, providing robust financial support for its further expansion into global markets and driving product innovation.

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 TheBlock, the Solana creator platform DRiP Haus plans to launch its Android and iOS mobile applications in July. The app will feature a built-in wallet to facilitate user transactions and is currently undergoing alpha testing.The DRiP Haus platform allows creators to distribute digital works and receive payments and tips. The platform plans to expand the types of content, including news and videos, and will use Solana for payments, with data stored on the decentralized storage protocol Arweave. Unlike other Web2 subscription platforms, users retain ownership of their content on the DRiP platform.

ChainCatcher news, ENS announced that its ecosystem working group will provide $50,000 in USDC grants to seven open-source projects through the decentralized toolkit Drips over the next six months, namely: Wagmi, ethers.js, graphql-request, openzeppelin-contracts, noble-hashes, scure-base, and dns-packet.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Waterdrip Capital has announced a strategic investment in the decentralized AI cloud gaming protocol DeepLink Protocol.Waterdrip Capital was officially established in 2017 with contributions from several senior practitioners who were among the earliest participants in the blockchain industry in China. It is an international investment institution focused on vertical fields of blockchain. Waterdrip Capital has invested in over 150 blockchain projects both domestically and internationally, covering areas such as public chain infrastructure, Bitcoin ecosystem, DeFi, metaverse, and compliant finance.DeepLink Protocol is a decentralized AI cloud gaming protocol that supports 1 ms ultra-low latency, 8 K high resolution, 240 fps high refresh rate, and 24-hour uninterrupted gaming experience through AI, blockchain, and streaming technology, providing an unparalleled user cloud gaming experience. It also maintains technological leadership in various fields such as AI super-resolution, network interoperability, video encoding and decoding, and network fluctuation optimization. The team has developed the DeepLink software based on this foundation, which currently covers over 100 countries worldwide, with more than 500,000 users, over 100,000 daily active users, and over 300,000 monthly active users, and is experiencing rapid growth.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 content distribution protocol Metale Protocol recently announced an additional $2 million in funding, with participation from Waterdrip Capital, Aipollo Investment, and Ultiverse. To date, its seed round financing has reached a total of $4 million.The new funds will be allocated to its ecosystem's content creation fund to stimulate more content creation activities and promote the protocol's construction of a content asset issuance and distribution platform on-chain.Previously, in September 2023, the Web3 decentralized reading application Read2N announced a brand upgrade, rebranding itself as Metale Protocol.

ChainCatcher news, the first CDP stablecoin protocol in the BEVM ecosystem, Satoshi Protocol, announced the completion of its seed round financing. This round of financing was co-led by Web3Port Foundation and Waterdrip Capital, with participation from BEVM Foundation, Cogitent venture, Statoshi Lab, GP of MH Venture/co-founder of BSCnews, Movebit, Supremacy, and other institutions.

ChainCatcher news, the BTC Layer 2 public chain project AINN Layer2 announced that it has received strategic investments from several well-known institutions in the BTC ecosystem. Waterdrip Capital, Satoshi Lab, Foundinals Lab, Monday Capital, AlNN Labs, Bitrise Capital, Genblock Capital, the exchange AscendEx, and Bitmart's fund Cipholio Ventures, as well as several leading KOLs in the BTC ecosystem and partners from top dollar institutions participated in this round of investment.It is reported that AINN Layer2 is the first BTC Layer 2 network project to support large-scale applications of Web3 AI, aiming to continuously build the infrastructure for Web3 AI and dedicated to supporting the development of applications that combine Web3 and AI.

ChainCatcher news, Taproot Labs announced that it has received a joint strategic investment from Waterdrip Capital, Satoshi Lab, and Negentropy Capital.It is reported that Taproot Labs focuses on developing Bitcoin application layer Layer2 and a multi-chain asset trading platform based on the Lightning Network Taproot Assets Protocol. Currently, it has launched two product lines: Taproot Chain and Taproot Exchange. Taproot Labs will provide stable, high-speed, and secure application layer solutions for the BTC ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, in the "2023 Web3 Industry Development Research Report and Annual List" published by the crypto asset data platform RootDada, Waterdrip Capital has been selected as one of the Top 100 investment institutions in 2023.In 2023, Waterdrip Capital's publicly disclosed investment projects exceeded 18, with representative projects including BitSmiley, DLC.Link, 4EVERLAND, Fileverse, and others.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin ecosystem core investment institution Waterdrip Capital announced an investment in BiHelix. BiHelix, as the first Bitcoin ecosystem infrastructure based on the native Bitcoin blockchain, combining the RGB protocol and the Lightning Network to build optimized nodes, will primarily use this funding to promote the development and implementation of its MVP and ecosystem construction.

ChainCatcher news, the DePIN track shared charging pile project PowerPod has recently completed a $1 million seed round financing, led by Waterdrip Capital, with participation from Iotex, Future Money Group, JDI Group, Future3 Campus, and Wagmi Venture.This financing will mainly be used to strengthen hardware development and testing, validate the minimum closed loop of the business model, and build the community ecosystem. PowerPod aims to build a globally open and interconnected charging network to help accelerate the achievement of low carbon emission goals in the global transportation sector.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin-based game project Ordz Games tweeted that it has completed its seed round financing, led by Waterdrip Capital, with participation from UniSat Wallet, CoinSummer, SatoshiLab, and Sora Ventures. The amount of financing has not been disclosed.According to RootData, Ordz Games is a 100% fully on-chain, offline playable retro arcade game. In addition, the utility BRC-20 token $OG$ of Ordz Games has been renamed to $ORDG, and will open for a 1:1 exchange on January 5, 2024.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Layer2 MAP protocol announces strategic investment from Waterdrip Capital. Established in 2019, the MAP protocol is a Bitcoin Layer-2 designed for peer-to-peer cross-chain interoperability.The MAP protocol leverages Bitcoin's security mechanisms, allowing assets and users from other public chains to interact seamlessly with the Bitcoin network. This not only enhances network security but also enables BRC20 cross-chain capabilities.

ChainCatcher news, recently Waterdrip Capital announced an investment in DIBA.It is reported that DIBA is the first market to use the RGB smart contract protocol and the Lightning Network to trade Bitcoin Unique Digital Assets (UDAs, similar to NFTs). Its wallet BitMask is the first NFT wallet in the RGB ecosystem, with user wallet addresses exceeding 763,623, and it recently released the 0.7.0 test version.

ChainCatcher news, the digital gift NFT project DRiP on the Solana chain has completed a $3 million seed round financing, led jointly by Placeholder and its partner Chris Burniske, 6th Man Ventures, Anagram, and Collab Currency, with participation from Boogle Ventures, B+J Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Interlace Ventures, Solana Ventures, ArbVision, and a group of angel investors.It is reported that Drip aims to build a creator-centric Web3 content distribution platform and offers digital gifts from well-known creators for free.

ChainCatcher news, at the MAPO Seoul Hackathon, the cross-chain interoperability infrastructure MAP Protocol announced the launch of a $10 million ecological fund in collaboration with Waterdrip Capital and Arcane Group. The fund will focus on the development of the Omnichain interoperability ecosystem, supporting the development of innovative and valuable development teams or projects. The fund will soon be open for project applications. (source link)