ChainCatcher news, at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held during Devcon in Bangkok, the RootData List 2024 annual rankings have been officially announced. IOSG Ventures has successfully made it to the RootData List 2024 annual rankings as one of the "Crypto VC Top 50 investment institutions." IOSG Ventures is a pioneering cryptocurrency fund that invests in the future of Web3. As a theme-oriented company, IOSG Ventures assists founders in developing community-driven protocols aimed at transforming the crypto space.It is reported that this list is the second annual selection launched by RootData following its first release in 2023, aimed at showcasing the influential and innovative key players in the Web3 field and assessing the key forces that continue to drive industry progress. RootData is committed to demonstrating the core forces and trend characteristics of industry development through rigorous data analysis.The ranking statistics cover the period from October 31, 2023, to October 31, 2024, with a total of five lists published, specifically: Top 50 projects (completed TGE), Top 50 projects (not yet conducted TGE), Crypto VC Top 50 investment institutions, Top 10 angel investors, and Top 20 best CEOs.

ChainCatcher news, IOSG Ventures Investment Director Momir Amidzic has confirmed his attendance at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit to be held on November 11 in Bangkok during Devcon. IOSG Ventures is a pioneering cryptocurrency fund investing in the future of Web3. As a theme-oriented company, IOSG Ventures assists founders in developing community-driven protocols aimed at transforming the crypto space.Since its establishment in 2017, IOSG Ventures has invested in several industry leaders, including Arweave, Cosmos, Celestia, Eigenlayer, Scroll, zkSync, Nil Foundation, and Mina.The "DeInsight 2024" annual summit will take place on November 11 at Hotel Nikko Bangkok. This summit is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, with SoSo Value as a co-organizer, and aims to bring together elites in the Web3 field to exchange insights on the industry, expecting to attract over 1,000 industry elites.Additionally, the conference will unveil the RootData List 2024, a significant annual ranking that objectively selects influential individuals or institutions in the industry from a data perspective.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ember monitoring, IOSG Ventures transferred 42,558 ILV (approximately 1.66 million USD) to Binance 1 hour ago.They previously sold 75,753 ILV at a price of 70.6 USD when ILV was listed on the Binance contract last November.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Blocks, full-chain game studio and infrastructure provider Blade Games has completed a $2.4 million seed round financing, led by PTC Crypto and IOSG Ventures, with participation from Bonfire Union Ventures, Animoca Ventures, Mantle, ForesightX, Formless Capital, Public Works, Puzzle Ventures, K300 Ventures, and others.Games built using Blade Game's self-developed zk game engine can run game logic in zkVM and push state differences as zkSNARK proofs onto the chain, which are then verified on L2. The zk game engine currently processes up to 12-15 frames per second and is about to update its batch proof capabilities. The engine currently supports all game studios developing survival, tower defense, RPG, and roguelike card-building games.Blade Games' self-developed game Dune Factory launched its internal testing on May 1, and announced the internal testing rules and rewards on April 29. The game is scheduled for public testing at the end of May.

ChainCatcher news, according to VentureBeat, CARV, which provides a modular data layer for the gaming and AI industries, has announced the completion of a $10 million Series A funding round, led by Tribe Capital and IOSG Ventures, with participation from several institutions including Consensys (MetaMask), OKX Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, No Limit Holdings, Draper Dragon, Arweave, LiquidX, and MARBLEX.It is reported that the funds will be used to build a cross-chain modular data layer and promote innovation in the data economy. The CARV ecosystem has an average of over 500,000 active addresses daily, making it one of the top three most active ecosystems on chains such as Linea, opBNB, zkSync, and Ronin.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, stablecoin startup Usual Labs has completed a $7 million financing round, led by IOSG Ventures, with participation from Kraken Ventures, GSR, Mantle, Starkware, Flowdesk, Avid3, Bing Ventures, Breed, Hypersphere, Kima Ventures, Psalion, Public Works, and X Ventures.It is reported that Usual Labs plans to use these funds to launch the stablecoin USD0 on the Ethereum mainnet in the second quarter of this year, needing to fund the testnet phase and smart contract audits.

ChainCatcher news, the encryption chip company Ingonyama announced that it has completed a $21 million seed round financing, led by IOSG Ventures, Walden Catalyst Ventures, and Geometry, with participation from RockawayX, BlueYard Capital, Samsung Next, StarkWare, IOBC Capital, Maven11, and Mirana Ventures.Ingonyama is a next-generation semiconductor company designing accelerators for advanced cryptography. The technology stack accompanying the Ingonyama accelerator will enable programmers to build increasingly complex applications while leveraging privacy and scalability facilitated by ZKP.

ChainCatcher news, IOSG Ventures director Ray Xiao announced on platform X that he recently led the A+ round financing of Gelato Network, but the specific amount of financing was not disclosed.According to RootData data, Gelato Network is a Web3 automation and relay network that enables developers to automatically execute various arbitrary smart contracts across all EVM-compatible blockchains (such as Ethereum). Gelato Network previously completed a $11 million Series A financing on September 30, 2021, with a valuation of $125 million.

ChainCatcher news, in-game user Profile and monetization platform Artifact Lab announced the completion of a $2 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by RW3 Ventures and IOSG Ventures, with participation from Raptor Group, Cypher Capital, and HerculesDAO, among others.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, after Binance announced the launch of the ILV contract, IOSG Ventures transferred 10,000 ILV (approximately $950,000) to Binance 12 hours ago. Over the past 5 days, it has transferred a total of 75,753 ILV (approximately $5.35 million) to Binance through 2 addresses.In addition, Shen Yu also transferred 4,934 ILV (approximately $430,000) to Binance on November 9 when the price of ILV was $88.