ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin infrastructure platform RunesFi announced the completion of a $400,000 financing round, with participation from Cogitent Ventures, Oddiyana Ventures, Lavender Capital, WeeHODL, Zephyrus Capital, and Samurai Starter. RunesFi leverages the Runes protocol to enhance DeFi capabilities, aiming to build the first decentralized exchange (DEX) on Runes, a minting machine for creating and distributing new runes, and various infrastructure products to support the Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem, laying the foundation for the large-scale adoption of DeFi on Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher message, the Bank of Ghana (BOG) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have completed the proof of concept for the Digital Economy Semi-Fungible Token (DESFT) project. The project aims to encourage trade between micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in both countries. Within the project, real-time transactions have been conducted between the two parties. According to Ample FinTech, headquartered in Singapore, they utilized the Universal Trusted Credential Semi-Fungible Token Protocol developed by the United Nations Development Programme, which the company claims to be the developer of DESFT. The token contains verified licenses, certificates, and transaction records.

ChainCatcher news, according to a bankruptcy court document, Celsius Network submitted a "defensive complaint" to EquitiesFirst Holdings on Wednesday afternoon in an attempt to recover assets. EquitiesFirst is a private lending platform that owed Celsius approximately $439 million in cash and Bitcoin as of July 2022.It is reported that Celsius first obtained a mortgage from the platform in 2019, but EquitiesFirst failed to return the collateral in 2021. The document submitted on Wednesday lists EquitiesFirst and its CEO Alexander Christy as defendants. Celsius filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2022. Co-founder and former CEO Alex Mashinsky was arrested earlier this year and now faces multiple charges, including securities fraud and manipulation of the company's CEL token. Celsius creditors are currently voting on whether to sell assets to the Fahrenheit consortium, which is expected to recover 67% to 85% of the assets.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 data platform Mnemonic has completed a $6 million seed round financing, led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from Polygon Ventures, Orange DAO, FIN Capital, and FJ Labs.Mnemonic is a provider of AI-supported NFT data and analytics for enterprises and Web3 developers, and Salesforce will use this technology in its CRM products related to Web3. (CoinDesk)

ChainCatcher news, Polygon Labs President Ryan Wyatt tweeted that customer relationship management (CRM) software company Salesforce has partnered with Polygon to launch an NFT-based loyalty program. Salesforce will assist its clients in joining Polygon and creating NFT-based loyalty programs through its management platform. Salesforce stated, "Most Salesforce customers use Ethereum or Polygon."Earlier, ChainCatcher reported that Salesforce launched a Web3 product suite, including an NFT loyalty program management product, the API product Web3 Connect, and a platform called NFT Management that allows companies to create and monitor their NFT collections and blockchain data through the Salesforce interface. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Salesforce recently announced that it is expanding its customer service, including an NFT loyalty program. Its newly launched Web3 product suite will help companies build, manage NFTs, and integrate them into their businesses. The new platform will also support Web3 development through its customer service product Customer360.In addition, Salesforce Web3 is launching Web3 Connect, an API integration service that allows for in-depth exploration of Web2 and Web3 as customers leverage these new technologies.Salesforce also released NFT Management, a platform that allows companies to create and monitor their NFT collections and blockchain data through the Salesforce interface. (Source link)