ChainCatcher news, Celestia's liquid staking protocol MilkyWay tweeted that it will postpone the launch of the MILK token until after the Modular Restaking Hub goes live, which is expected to happen in the second half of this year. The official statement indicates that the team will continue to operate the mPoints system until the token is launched and will introduce new changes to gamify the system through more activities (such as reward points activities).In addition, the official will distribute Milky Badges to staking users in four batches. The first batch is for users from December 18, 2023, to February 14, 2024; the second batch is for users from February 15, 2024, to April 1, 2024; the third batch is for users from April 2, 2024, to May 9, 2024; and the fourth batch is for users from May 10, 2024, to June 15, 2024. Users who participated in staking during these periods will be eligible to apply for specific Badges on the points dashboard. These Badges will count as multipliers in the user's final score.

ChainCatcher news, the Celestia liquid staking protocol MilkyWay officially announced that it will airdrop 10% of the total supply of MILK tokens to mPoint holders.It is reported that users can obtain milkTIA by staking TIA, and for every 1 milkTIA held, they can earn 1 mPoint daily. Using milkTIA in specific DApps for a limited time can earn additional mPoints.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, MilkyWay completed a $5 million funding round in April, led by Binance Labs and Polychain Capital, with participation from Hack VC, Crypto.com Capital, and LongHash Ventures.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Celestia ecosystem's liquid staking protocol MilkyWay has completed a $5 million financing round, led by Binance Labs and Polychain Capital, with participation from Hack VC, Crypto.com Capital, and LongHash Ventures. It is reported that the financing structure consists of a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) and token warrants for the lead investors, as well as a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) for the participating investors.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that MilkyWay is a liquid staking solution within the Celestia ecosystem, initially deployed and operated on Osmosis, with a long-term plan to migrate to Celestia's rollkit for native milkTIA issuance. When users stake TIA tokens on MilkyWay, they receive an on-chain representation of their TIA staking status, called milkTIA. This allows Celestia token holders to gain liquidity on their staked assets, enabling them to trade or use them as collateral for various DeFi products.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, MilkyWay has launched a liquid staking protocol for TIA. This protocol allows users to stake Celestia (TIA) tokens and receive milkTIA as a reward, which is a token representing their staked assets. MilkTIA represents the staked TIA assets while retaining their liquidity. Users can trade these assets in various decentralized finance (DeFi) products or use them as collateral. This arrangement bypasses the common 21-day redemption period in the Cosmos ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Milkyway announced on platform X that it will launch the Celestia liquid staking derivative protocol MilkyWay on the Cosmos ecosystem DEX Osmosis, with the V1 version set to be released in the fourth quarter of 2023. stTIA can be used for DEX liquidity, lending, staking derivatives, perpetual trading, and more. Additionally, a 10% protocol fee will be charged on the staking rewards generated for stTIA holders, and the MilkyWay DAO will be fully governed by the native token MILK, overseeing the protocol.The MilkWay team members come from Tendermint, Osmosis, Cosmostation, Crescent, Oak Security, Composable Finance, and Crypto.com. Furthermore, Milkyway will launch 9 trusted validator nodes, including Stake.fish, Everstake, Chorus One, Allnodes, 01node, DSRV, Cosmostation, Hex Trust, and Keplr.

ChainCatcher news, the NFT project Cool Cats announced that it will collaborate with a renowned game developer to launch three new games, and there will be a significant update to the Cool Pets derivative NFT series in 2024, further enhancing the global visibility and engagement of the Cool Cats brand.In addition, the social token MILK under Cool Cats will stop being generated after July 27, 2023, and a MILK token burn event is expected to start this summer, with specific details to be announced in the coming weeks. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain interoperability protocol Celer Network tweeted that Celer's cross-chain messaging now supports providing EVM functionality for non-EVM compatible chains through the layer 2 network protocol Milkomeda. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news: Milkomeda, a layer 2 network protocol that provides EVM functionality for non-EVM compatible chains, has completed a $3.1 million financing round led by Archetype, with participation from Sora Ventures, Algorand Foundation, Arrington Capital, SOSV, Circle Ventures, Borderless Capital, and Coinbase Ventures.It is reported that Milkomeda has currently deployed EVM-compatible layer 2 networks for Cardano and Algorand.