ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, decentralized GPU cloud computing provider Aethir has announced the launch of a $100 million Aethir Ecosystem Fund to accelerate innovation in artificial intelligence and gaming. The initiative includes the Aethir Catalyst program, aimed at providing high-performance GPU resources to startups and enterprises. The Aethir Catalyst program is the foundation of the fund, allocating $20 million in grants and subsidies to support over 100 projects.336 million ATH tokens will be distributed evenly between artificial intelligence and gaming projects to establish strategic partnerships and support innovation across various fields. The fund's allocation model is designed to reduce the computing costs for companies integrating artificial intelligence, machine learning, or high-demand gaming applications. In addition to grants, the fund also includes a subsidy program that can cover up to 35% of the costs for external GPU services, allowing businesses to access high-performance computing without upfront costs.

ChainCatcher message, UXLINK announced the launch of the ecological fund UFLY Labs on the official X platform, aimed at supporting and investing in ecological developers and projects. The funding mainly comes from project profits, community treasury, and external investors. Currently, there are over 100 ecological cooperation projects under UXLINK, and the first phase of the fund has received nominations from 15 projects, including ecological projects like Trusta, VIP3, and PremiusMarket.According to the head of the UXLINK ecology, as a social infrastructure, we continuously provide unique value to developers and third-party applications through our unique social protocols, applications, data, and tens of millions of traffic, enabling growth, social scene establishment, and asset distribution, allowing all products to take flight with socialization. This is also an important part of UXLINK's long-term layout of the social asset layer.The head of the UXLINK community stated that the operation of UFLY Labs will ensure transparency and community participation.

ChainCatcher news, the Manta Foundation has launched a $50 million ecosystem fund, which is now open for applications, aimed at nurturing the blockchain project ecosystem. The ecosystem fund and grant program provide funding and support for innovative projects. The funding will last for one year, with early projects eligible for grants of up to $50,000. The focus is on supporting projects in DeFi, gaming, NFTs, etc., with a continuous application process and strategic investments.

ChainCatcher message, the Snapshot page shows that Open Campus DAO passed the OCP-9 proposal with a 100% approval rate. This proposal plans to allocate $10 million to invest in cutting-edge node projects, aiming to diversify the project's treasury and create a new node reward system.

ChainCatcher news, NFTScan's Ethereum NFT Layer 2 network Mint Blockchain has launched the developer ecosystem development fund Mint Eco Fund, allocating 5% of its token supply to the fund to incentivize the development of infrastructure and the developer ecosystem on the Mint network.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 wallet Bitget Wallet has released its development roadmap and BWB token economy, aiming to build the Bitget Onchain Layer, while establishing a $10 million BWB ecological fund to invest in and incubate on-chain trading and Meme-related products and assets.According to the official introduction, the Bitget Onchain Layer aims to serve as an intermediary layer that helps users better interact with the complex Web3 world, while also being the on-chain extension of the entire Bitget ecosystem and its decentralized future. The Bitget Onchain Layer will collaborate with industry developers to create MFD (Modular Feature-Dapp) that combines its native functionalities, reshaping the interaction between users and the Web3 world in terms of functionality, user experience, security, and more. Through the synergy with Bitget's ecological resources, it will form a complementary advantage and collaborative development of Onchain + Offchain.

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse project Matrix World officially announces its upgrade to the Bitcoin autonomous world World3 (Third Continent). World3 has reached a strategic cooperation with the Nervos CKB ecological fund. World3 will be based on the RGB++ protocol and the DOB protocol, using the Bitcoin mainnet as the asset control layer for digital goods, and CKB as the DA layer and smart contract layer for digital goods, connecting Bitcoin with other ecological chains. In addition, World3 will also provide a visualization and interaction layer for digital goods, constructing a new digital world around full-chain digital goods.World3 will support players in customizing their personal on-chain instance space, allow creators to create various digital goods (DOB), and support various 2D and 3D dApp integrations, establishing an economic cycle of production, consumption, finance, and entertainment in the Third Continent. World3 will also enhance the visualization and interaction of digital goods through an AI engine.It is reported that the World3 team plans to conduct a DOB airdrop on the BTC mainnet soon and gradually open up interactive testing scenarios based on DOB. World3 (formerly Matrix World) previously completed a $6 million financing round with participation from investment institutions such as Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, EVG, and Com2uS.

ChainCatcher news, Layer1 blockchain aelf announced that it will integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into its blockchain, aiming to accelerate the fusion of AI and blockchain. aelf's investment arm aelf Ventures will strategically deploy its $50 million ecosystem fund to invest in blockchain-supported AI initiatives.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, 20 minutes ago, the Pendle Finance ecosystem fund address transferred PENDLE worth 4.96 million USD to Binance.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitoring by Yu Jing shows that in the past 10 hours, 25 million ARKM (approximately 62.5 million USD) have been unlocked and transferred from the Arkham ecosystem fund and treasury. Among them, 6 million ARKM (approximately 15 million USD) have been transferred to Binance:The Arkham treasury address unlocked and transferred 20 million ARKM, of which 1 million has been transferred to Binance;The Arkham ecosystem fund address unlocked and transferred 5 million ARKM, all of which have been transferred to Binance (of which 2.615 million were transferred to Binance via market maker GSR).

According to ChainCatcher news reported by Chainwire, the SUI ecosystem lending and liquid staking service NAVI Protocol has announced the establishment of the NAVI X ecosystem fund, committing to invest 10 million NAVX tokens (valued at 2.88 million USD at current rates) to support the development and innovation of the Sui blockchain's DeFi and Move ecosystem, including providing a range of incentives for developers, such as hackathon prizes, developer grants, and partner rewards.

ChainCatcher message, on-chain data shows that the funding address of the Avalanche ecosystem fundraising project Sener has experienced a large amount of movement. As of the time of writing, the AVAX balance in that address is less than 28 coins.Several hours ago, that address transferred over 93,000 AVAX in batches to multiple addresses, amounting to approximately 5.7 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, the IOTA Ecosystem DLT Foundation based in Abu Dhabi has announced the launch of the IOTA Grants. Initially, the IOTA Grants will be piloted, with the current focus on supporting open-source development, research, education, and events.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, on January 18, Manta Network allocated 3 million MANTA tokens from the unlocked ecological community development fund based on the disclosed token economic model to expand into the Korean market.Of these, 2 million MANTA were recharged to Bithumb through the Manta Pacific chain and exchanged for ETH, with an actual transaction average price of $2.55 to ensure available funds.It is reported that these funds will be used to invest in and promote the growth of the Manta Korean community, focusing on supporting local developers and the community. In addition, the unissued portion of the airdrop will be reserved for users who have not yet unboxed and synthesized NFTs. 180 days after the TGE ends, community members can vote to decide the distribution method of the unclaimed airdrop.

ChainCatcher message, 0xScopescan monitoring, Arkham ecological fund address transferred 21.582 million ARKM (worth about 7.34 million USD) to Wintermute address, and then the Wintermute address immediately transferred 1.5 million ARKM to Binance, worth about 510,000 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, 1 hour ago, the Pendle Finance: Ecosystem Fund address transferred 1 million PENDLE (worth approximately 660,000 USD) to Binance.Yesterday, the Pendle Finance: Ecosystem Fund address received 23 million PENDLE (worth approximately 15.24 million USD) from the time-lock contract unlock.

ChainCatcher According to official news, the "MIP-24: Mantle Eco Fund" proposal initiated by Mantle Network has been approved by community voting.It is reported that the proposal suggests the community authorize the Mantle Treasury to provide $100 million to establish the Mantle Eco Fund, form the Mantle Eco Fund Investment Committee, and raise an initial fund of 10 million USDC from the Mantle Treasury.The proposal aims to raise a $200 million funding pool in the Mantle ecosystem over the next three years through the efforts of the Mantle Eco Fund and strategic venture partners. This $200 million funding pool consists of external matching capital when the Mantle Treasury and Strategy Venture Partners co-invest with the Mantle Eco Fund.The main goal of the eco fund is to support founders and protocol technology partners in building within the Mantle ecosystem, promote the adoption of the Mantle Network among developers and DApps, and incentivize strategic venture partners to support and invest in the Mantle ecosystem, etc. (source link)

According to ChainCatcher news, AzukiDAO has released its fourth proposal, aiming to establish an ecosystem fund to acquire blue-chip NFT IPs. The goal is to ensure active community participation and benefit sharing, injecting new vitality into the industry and revitalizing and promoting industry development. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Sui Foundation has awarded $986,000 to 11 projects based on Sui. The recipient projects include the Web3 data infrastructure company BlockVision (which built the browser SuiVision), the gamified experience tool provider HolaSui, KSui (which provides a Kotlin Multiplatform library for client interaction with Sui full nodes), Lotus Galaxy (focusing on NFTs and NFT tools), The Move Dev (developing a series of open-source APIs and tools), Orange Comet, Pyth Network, Sentio, the NFT platform Somis.xyz, the social application Suia, and Sui Analytics. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Web3 full-stack game solution COMBO announces the launch of the COMBO ecosystem fund. The COMBO team has allocated $80 million to the ecosystem fund. The funds will be provided to developers creating Web3 games on COMBO.In addition to funding, the ecosystem fund also offers developers the opportunity to connect with advisors and industry veterans in the gaming sector to help guide applicants through the Web3 game development process. (Source link)