ChainCatcher news, the privacy data oracle protocol zkPass has completed a $12.5 million Series A funding round with a token valuation of $100 million, with participation from dao5, Animoca Brands, Flow Traders, Amber Group, IOBC Capital, Signum Capital, MH Ventures, and WAGMI Ventures. The Series A funding brings zkPass's total funding to $15 million.The zkPass token is expected to launch in the first quarter of next year.According to RootData, zkPass is a privacy data protocol that utilizes 3P-TLS and hybrid ZK technology, providing tools and applications for secure and verifiable data sharing from any HTTPS website without the need for Oauth API, while ensuring privacy and integrity guarantees.

According to ChainCatcher news, the decentralized oracle protocol Tellor has officially deployed on the Scroll mainnet and started providing data services. This deployment uses the same standard settings as other EVM-compatible chains, utilizing the latest version of the Tellor protocol to bring censorship-resistant, trustless data transmission to the Scroll ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, at the Solana Breakpoint conference, Chaos Labs Founder & CEO Omer Goldberg stated that their decentralized oracle protocol Edge, launched last week, has processed over $40 billion in transactions.It is reported that Edge is the main oracle for Jupiter, capable of dynamically and in real-time adjusting on-chain risk parameters to enhance the responsiveness and efficiency of DeFi platforms in volatile markets, and supports secure on-chain delivery of custom data points.According to data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData, on September 19, Chaos Labs announced that it received investment from PayPal Ventures; on August 15, Chaos Labs announced that it secured $55 million in Series A funding led by Haun Ventures, with participation from F-Prime Capital, Slow Ventures, Spartan Capital, as well as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, and PayPal Ventures.

ChainCatcher news, at the Solana Breakpoint conference, Jupiter co-founder Siong Ong stated that the upcoming upgrades for Perps include market orders, the Dove oracle standard, and gas-free transactions. Their Perps trading volume has exceeded $10 billion this year, while spot trading volume has surpassed $30 billion.

ChainCatcher message, the oracle protocol ORA stated on social media that the staking feature is now live. The assets that can be staked include ETH, stETH, STONE, and OLM, and participating in staking can earn ORA points.

ChainCatcher message, the verifiable oracle protocol ORA announced on X that it has launched a points and staking program. The ORA points program focuses on recognizing contributors to the ORA ecosystem.Ways to earn points:By registering for the ORA points program using an address and TwitterBy interacting with OAOs on networks such as Ethereum/Optimism mainnet through ORA's AI pageBy participating in ORA's IMO

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, the verifiable oracle protocol Ora has completed a $20 million financing round, with participation from Polychain, SevenX Ventures, HF0, and Hashkey Capital.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that ORA is a verifiable oracle protocol that brings artificial intelligence and complex computations on-chain. ORA breaks the limitations of smart contracts with richer data sources and computational capabilities, allowing developers to innovate freely. ORA has two main products: AI Oracle (OAO): bringing AI on-chain; ZK Oracle: bringing complex computations and historical data on-chain.

ChainCatcher news, the oracle protocol Switchboard announced the completion of a $7.5 million Series A funding round, led by Tribe Capital and RockawayX, with participation from Mysten Labs, InfStones Global, OtterSec, Bixin Ventures, and various angel investors.It is reported that Switchboard's mission is to provide fast, permissionless, and customizable oracle solutions. Its total value guaranteed has risen to approximately $1.75 billion.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Switchboard is a permissionless, customizable, multi-chain oracle protocol for general data feeds and verifiable randomness. By allowing anyone to push any form of data, regardless of the data type, it provides users with a one-stop service and helps drive the development of the next generation of decentralized applications.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the oracle protocol RedStone announced a $500 million partnership with liquidity re-staking service provider Ether.Fi. Ether.Fi will invest $500 million to help secure RedStone's data oracle, which is used to transmit information between the blockchain and the outside world. Over 20,000 node operators from Ether.fi will manage RedStone's Active Validation Service (AVS) and use Ether.fi's native liquidity re-staking token eETH to prevent active failures and crypto-economic attacks within the RedStone node provider network.

ChainCatcher news, the public chain project PlugChain announced its direction and technical roadmap for the implementation of its oracle, focusing on the landing of technologies such as oracle, on-chain AI, big data, and the Internet of Things. The PlugChain team will build the basic components of the PlugChain oracle from the first to the third quarter of 2023, and complete the implementation of the PlugChain oracle protocol in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, PlugChain plans to improve the oracle node network in the first and second quarters of 2024, and plans to integrate IoT data in the third and fourth quarters, officially connecting to IoT scenarios.It is reported that PlugChain states its Web3 public chain features high concurrency, easy scalability, and high security. By constructing an aggregated cross-chain oracle protocol and embedding an on-chain AI system, it aims to create intelligent application scenarios for high-performance information data interaction. (Source link)