ChainCatcher News, Bitcoin full-chain lending protocol Blend recently announced the completion of its seed round financing. This round was led by well-known investor Mario Nawfal and the IBC Group, with participation from the Hackquest Community Fund. The specific amount and valuation have not been disclosed. At the same time, Blend has also been selected for the Open Campus accelerator supported by Animoca Brands and Hackquest, as well as the BTC Studio initiated by Wanwu Island and Waterdrop Capital.It is reported that Blend is a full-chain lending protocol aimed at Bitcoin assets, dedicated to providing efficient liquidity solutions for users by introducing Bitcoin as collateral. Blend plans to first deploy its protocol on public chains such as Arbitrum and Base, and will connect to decentralized Bitcoin asset solutions like dlcBTC, further unlocking the earning potential of Bitcoin and promoting its deep application in the DeFi field.Mario Nawfal is a well-known entrepreneur and investor in the United States. His Twitter Spaces have invited global political and business leaders and renowned investors, including Elon Musk and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. It is reported that Blend plans to co-host a Twitter Space event with Mario Nawfal to promote its lending protocol to the senior Bitcoin user community in the United States, further expanding Blend's influence in the cryptocurrency community.

ChainCatcher news, a Web3 game launcher and gaming infrastructure GGEM designed for blockchain games and cryptocurrency technology, announced the completion of new financing, with participation from IBC Group and GensoKishi, but the specific amount and valuation data have not been disclosed.It is reported that the new funds will support GGEM in bringing more games to its game launcher, while expanding its community and game partners, as well as building and integrating a cryptocurrency wallet.

ChainCatcher news, the founding team of the decentralized AI data chain Masa Network will hold a dialogue today at 15:30 with Mario Nawfal, founder and CEO of the Dubai venture capital company IBC Group. Co-founders of Masa, Brendan Playford and Calanthia Mei, will discuss topics such as the upcoming launch of the Masa mainnet and the MASA token, as well as the development prospects of the AI data chain under the AI+Crypto narrative with Mario Nawfal. At the same time, MASA plans to launch trading on exchanges such as Bybit, HTX, KuCoin, Gate, CoinList, Pancakeswap, and Uniswap at 16:00 today.According to data from the RootData platform, Masa Network is the first AI project on CoinList in 2024, aiming to create the world's largest decentralized AI data chain, allowing users to train AI by contributing personal data and earn token rewards. Additionally, using Masa's decentralized data network and LLMs, developers can create differentiated and hyper-personalized AI applications supported by real-time data. Masa has currently completed a total of $17.65 million in funding.

ChainCatcher news, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) retweeted a tweet from Mario Nawfal, founder of the Dubai venture capital firm IBC Group, which stated, "SBF will join our Space, what should we ask him?" (source link)

ChainCatcher news, IBC Group founder and CEO Mario Nawfal revealed on social media that Alameda Research has begun transferring funds on the Arbitrum chain.According to data from Dune Analytics, the current total balance of the Alameda Research wallet has dropped to $54,839,475, and the total balance of the FTX wallet has decreased to $81,516,591. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, IBC Group founder and CEO Mario Nawfal tweeted: "A knowledgeable person shared a story in my space about FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) causing the LUNA collapse and taking down Three Arrows Capital, and Zhao Changpeng knows about this. Zhao Changpeng had warned SBF multiple times about his reckless behavior, but SBF ignored him. As things got worse, Zhao Changpeng had no choice but to make this issue public. This led Zhao Changpeng to post a tweet 3 days ago that brought down FTX. I asked the source to ensure it wasn't misinformation, and it turned out to be a very close friend of Zhao Changpeng, with the informant being a senior figure at a major centralized exchange."However, Mario Nawfal stated that he deleted the tweet (specifically describing the above incident) because the informant immediately faced immense pressure and threats, and to avoid putting this person in jeopardy, he promptly deleted it.Previously, Three Arrows Capital co-founder Zhu Su retweeted the above tweet. Zhu Su had tweeted that Alameda had been taking the opposite side of FTX users, but the LUNA incident led to massive losses. (source link)