ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Bitcoin technology company JAN3 has announced the completion of a $5 million seed round financing, led by Fulgur Ventures, with participation from Grupo Salinas, Tether, Lightning Ventures, East Ventures, Plan B Fund, Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, and NYDIG. As part of the current seed financing, JAN will allocate $1 million to establish a Bitcoin treasury, which includes 12 BTC, with an average cost of $83,333.33 per BTC.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, JAN3 is a Bitcoin technology company founded by former Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow, aimed at accelerating Bitcoin adoption. JAN3 has taken over Blockstream's crypto wallet AQUA, Bitcoin and Liquid mobile wallets, as well as the NFT marketplace Raretoshi. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Salvadoran government to provide digital infrastructure for the country and Bitcoin City.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Sui ecosystem liquid staking protocol Haedal Protocol has announced the completion of its seed round financing, with the specific amount undisclosed. Investors participating in this round of financing include Hashed, Comma3 Ventures, OKX Ventures, Animoca Ventures, Sui Foundation, Flow Traders, Dewhales Capital, Cetus, Scallop, and others. Haedal will utilize this financing and new resources to support the further development of its liquid staking infrastructure and on-chain yield products focused on the Sui ecosystem.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Haedal is a liquid staking protocol based on Sui that allows anyone to stake their Sui tokens to facilitate governance and decentralization of the Sui blockchain. Meanwhile, users will receive haSUI as a reward, enabling them to continue participating in DeFi activities for additional earnings.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, blockchain data startup Accountable has recently completed a $2.3 million seed round financing. This round was co-led by MitonC and Zee Prime Capital, with angel investors including Darius Rugys from Maven 11 and DCBuilder from the Worldcoin Foundation participating.The company is developing a privacy-centric data platform that verifies borrowers' assets, liabilities, and transaction risk exposure in real-time. Users can connect accounts such as custodial and exchange accounts to a dashboard, generating credit risk reports for lenders to review. Accountable plans to seek further financing in 2025.

ChainCatcher news, dedicated to innovation in the field of data asset consumption, Layer2 network DataDance has completed a multi-million dollar seed round financing, led by Hash Global. The completion of this round of financing marks the beginning of DataDance's efforts to build the world's largest decentralized data asset service and trading platform in Web3, co-creating a Web3 business ecosystem with Hash Global.Hash Global stated that the DataDance team previously founded the largest digital asset trading platform, Unique Art, in the domestic market, and has a deep understanding and accumulation in the RTB (programmatic advertising) and digital asset industries. They are optimistic about DataDance's ability to connect a vast number of brands through blockchain, helping them to assetize consumer data and achieve decentralized trading of global consumer data assets.DataDance CEO Geoffrey Tong stated that the trading of data assets is currently highly monopolized by internet giants, resulting in high traffic costs worldwide. DataDance has the capability to change this industrial structure, allowing data asset trading to evolve from centralized monopolies to a parallel system of centralization and decentralization, injecting new momentum into Web3 business innovation.

ChainCatcher news, AI public chain ChainOpera AI has completed a $17 million seed round financing, led by Finality Capital, Road Capital, and IDG Capital, with participation from Camford VC, ABCDE Capital, Amber Group, Modular Capital, Sparkle Ventures, AimTop Venture, Wisemont Capital, LDV Partners, Acequia Capital, PrimeSet, Plug and Play, as well as angel investors David Tse (co-founder of BabylonChain), Sreeram Kannan (founder and CEO of EigenLayer), and Jeff Ren (early investor in AI and Web3).ChainOpera plans to launch its flagship platform and mobile application with AI agents in the coming weeks.ChainOpera AI is a groundbreaking L1 blockchain and AI operating system that enables the co-creation and co-ownership of decentralized AI agents and applications. ChainOpera AI currently has over 40 team members distributed across San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Dubai, London, Greece, and Germany.

ChainCatcher news, according to CryptoPotato, the decentralized environmental intelligence platform Silencio Network has completed a $2.5 million seed round financing, led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from Borderless Capital, Master Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, Prosper GmbH & Co. KG, and Advanced Blockchain AG.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Silencio is a global network for measuring noise pollution. Users can receive rewards for measuring noise pollution with their mobile phones.ChainCatcher previously reported that Silencio Network, a decentralized data coverage solution provider based in Munich, Germany, focused on combating noise pollution, successfully raised $1 million in a Pre-Seed round of financing. This round was led by Borderless Capital, with participation from Moonrock Capital, Master Ventures, and Cogitent Ventures.Silencio Network plans to use this funding to accelerate company growth, enhance data integrity, foster partnerships, and advance more strategic initiatives. Through its app, users can receive rewards for measuring noise pollution with their mobile phones.

ChainCatcher news, according to Techcrunch, the AI agent operating system platform /dev/agents, founded by former Stripe CTO David Singleton, has completed a $56 million seed round financing at a valuation of $500 million. This round of financing was led by Index Ventures and CapitalG, with participation from Conviction Capital. Many prominent tech leaders, including OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, and Android founder Andy Rubin, also participated in this round of financing.According to reports, the vision of /dev/agents is to create the Android operating system for the AI era, providing specially optimized interfaces and protocols, and establishing new types of UI patterns and user data models.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the decentralized lending protocol Yei Finance has announced the completion of a $2 million seed round financing. This round was led by Manifold, with participation from DWF Ventures, Kronos Research, Outlier Ventures, Side Door Ventures, and WOO.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, [Yei Finance](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Yei Finance?k=MTMwNTY= "Currency market on the Sei network") is a currency market on the Sei network. Yei Finance offers a wealth of investment opportunities through its extensive asset coverage, comprehensive risk framework, and detailed token access.

ChainCatcher message, powered by Blast, the decentralized trading card game Fantasy announces the completion of a $4.25 million seed round financing, led by Dragonfly, with participation from Manifold Ventures. The new funds will be used to improve the Fantasy product.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the DeFi protocol Spicenet has announced the completion of a $3.4 million seed round financing, led by Hack VC and Magnus Capital, with participation from TPC Ventures, Public Works, WAGMI Ventures, DoraHacks, P-OPS Team, The Rollup Ventures, and several angel investors.It is reported that Spicenet is a unified, composable liquidity layer, with its underlying technology being Celestia. The protocol integrates solutions and market makers into a single network and allows for two forms of liquidity from other chains without the need to bridge assets to Spicenet, while its unified margin system enhances capital efficiency. Spicenet is set to launch its private testnet, with final bug fixes currently underway.

ChainCatcher news, according to Techcrunch, led by Sequoia China (HongShan) and Sequoia India (Peak XV), has jointly invested $10 million in the seed round financing of the stablecoin payment platform KAST.KAST is a bank-like platform based on stablecoins, allowing users to hold and use stablecoins through traditional payment channels, and providing credit card services that can be used within standard merchant networks, enabling users to spend their stablecoin assets at merchants that do not support cryptocurrency payments.The platform was co-founded by Raagulan Pathy, former head of Asia Pacific at Circle, and Daniel Bertoli, former partner at Quona Capital, primarily targeting users in emerging markets, especially offshore workers. KAST reduces cross-border payment costs by bypassing traditional banking networks and is currently not operating in China and India due to regulatory restrictions. DST Global and Goodwater Capital participated in this round.

ChainCatcher news, according to PRNewswire, blockchain development company ProvLabs, which provides infrastructure technology solutions, announced the completion of its seed funding round, led by Morgan Creek Digital and GateCap Ventures, with participation from Animoca Brands, BlockChange Ventures, CMT Digital, Medalist Partners, Serengeti Asset Management, The Operating Group, Thirdstream Partners, and Walden Bridge Capital. The specific funding amount and valuation information have not been disclosed.The new funds are intended to expand products and services such as the public Layer 1 blockchain Provenance Blockchain that supports RWA.Previously, Provenance announced the establishment of the SaaS and blockchain development company ProvLabs to provide financial institutions, service providers, platforms, and DeFi applications with the capability to operate on Provenance.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted AI startup Exabits has completed a $15 million seed round financing, with a valuation of $150 million, led by Hack VC. This round of financing brings Exabits' total funding to $20 million.Exabits co-founder Hoansoo Lee stated that Exabits began fundraising in July this year and completed this round of financing in October, with plans to launch a token in the future.Exabits tokenizes GPUs, aiming to achieve decentralized computing. Exabits' tokenization model provides direct investment in GPU computing assets, creating a liquid market.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized lending platform Neptune Protocol has completed a $3.9 million seed round financing, with participation from Bloccelerate, Animoca Ventures, CMS Holdings, Maelstrom, Veil VC, Builder Capital, Infinity Ventures, RockTree Capital, Wise3 Ventures, Stake Capital, Optic Capital, and Relayer Capital, as well as notable angel investors Meltem Demirors, Kartik Talwar, Mike Silagadze, Alan Curtis, and Ben Lakoff. The funds will be used to develop and launch USDN, finance comprehensive security audits to strengthen the protocol, and support team expansion.Neptune Protocol is a decentralized lending platform built for the Eclipse ecosystem. It enables users to securely unlock liquidity from their collateral without having to sell their underlying assets, thereby enhancing capital efficiency.

ChainCatcher news, the automated market maker SmarDex has raised $4.5 million in its Public Seed Round funding, and the platform has also received a total of $12 million in funding support from Swiss Web3 pioneer RA2 TECH.It is reported that SmarDex will launch a synthetic dollar token USDN, which is supported by fully decentralized Ethereum perpetual contracts, ensuring that USDN is always pegged to the value of $1.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that SmarDex is an automated market maker (AMM) that addresses the issue of impermanent loss (IL) and, in some cases, converts it into impermanent gains (IG). It is an open-source smart contract that operates on decentralized software running on compatible Ethereum Virtual Machine blockchains (such as Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, etc.). These blockchains are data exchange protocols similar to the Bitcoin blockchain, allowing for the storage and transmission of information in a public, immutable, and decentralized manner. By using SMARDEX, users can exchange decentralized ERC20 tokens, which are digital assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, generative AI storytelling startup Sekai announced the completion of a $3.1 million seed round financing, led by Hashed.Sekai aims to transform storytelling into a "multiplayer experience" using Story Protocol, allowing aspiring storytellers to collaborate with others on its platform with the help of generative AI. At the same time, Sekai hopes to empower creators to protect their intellectual property and profit from their creations.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the DeFi project DeFi.app has completed a $2 million seed round financing, with a valuation of $100 million. This round of financing was led by Mechanism Capital, with participation from Selini Capital, North Rock Digital, and about 50 angel investors. The financing was completed through a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) structure, reflecting the fully diluted valuation of DeFi.app's yet-to-be-launched native token HOME.DeFi.app aims to be the Robinhood of the DeFi space, dedicated to simplifying decentralized financial transactions while maintaining self-custody of assets. Users can perform one-click cross-chain transactions, access decentralized derivatives markets and yield opportunities, and are exempt from Gas fees, without the need for bridging or KYC verification.Founder Greer revealed that the platform's public beta will launch this month, with the mainnet and HOME token expected to be released in the first half of next year. Additionally, DeFi.app plans to conduct a token airdrop and expand its team size.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin and ZK infrastructure company Fiamma has completed a $4 million seed round financing, led by Lightspeed Faction and L2IV, with participation from Astera Ventures, Contribution Capital, Sats Ventures, Chapter One, and FoundersHead. The investment also includes participation from major strategic investors in the Bitcoin infrastructure space, such as BOB (Build on Bitcoin), as well as various angel investors including the founders of Satlayer and Daedalus. The company plans to use this investment to expand Fiamma's business, accelerate product development, and drive the adoption of its underlying technology.Fiamma is described as a Bitcoin and ZK infrastructure company dedicated to transforming Bitcoin into a dynamically programmable asset. It is unlocking real use cases for Bitcoin, turning it into a dynamic asset and the foundation for decentralized internet and financial systems. Fiamma's products include the Bitcoin bridge Fiamma Bridge and the Bitcoin ZK verification layer Fiamma Layer powered by BitVM2.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the liquidity solution SecondSwap has announced the completion of a $1.2 million seed round financing, with participation from GSR, Animoca Ventures, E4 Capital, Yellow Capital, BCW Group, HGEN DAO, ARC Community, Nonco, and Libra Capital. The funds will primarily be used to expand SecondSwap's market capabilities.It is reported that SecondSwap provides an automated over-the-counter trading market for assets with low liquidity. It supports token diversification, risk management, and transparent trading through smart contracts. Currently, it is in the test network on Ethereum and plans to expand across multiple chains. The mainnet of SecondSwap is set to launch in January 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the no-code Telegram mini-program launcher and cryptocurrency distribution infrastructure SODA announced the completion of a Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Gagra Ventures, with participation from Kenny Li (founder of Manta Network and p0x Labs), Marat Khichikov (executive partner at Bitfury Group), Seb (founder of Sophon), and Omakase (early contributor to Sushiswap). Specific amounts and valuation information have not been disclosed.SODA supports Memecoin developers in utilizing Telegram as a distribution channel, and is expected to launch in December 2024, initially supporting Solana, EVM, and TON blockchains, with plans to expand to Sui, Aptos, and others in the future.