ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Coinbase has acquired the stablecoin studio Utopia Labs to accelerate its on-chain payment business."The Utopia Labs team is joining Base to help accelerate our on-chain payment roadmap within the Coinbase wallet. The Utopia team has been dedicated to building on-chain payment products for years."

ChainCatcher news, the AI L2 network Optopia.ai announced that it is expected to officially launch the Gas Mining event on July 20 at 12:00 (UTC+8). At that time, 800 million OPAI tokens will be produced through Gas Mining and distributed to all participating users according to their Gas contributions.Currently, there are over 300,000 users on the Optopia mainnet. To ensure a fair launch of OPAI and allow more users to participate, the Optopia team has announced the details for participating in Gas Mining:The event will last for 48 hours, divided into 4 phases, each lasting 12 hours;Token distribution will be based on the proportion of users' Gas fee contributions in each phase to ensure fair allocation. Gas fees exceeding the limit will be refunded to each user proportionally after the event ends;Total Gas fee: 700 ETHAfter the Gas Mining ends, Optopia will initiate the process for claiming all airdrops. There is less than 24 hours until the Gas Mining event starts.It is reported that Optopia.ai is a Layer 2 network aimed at building innovative AI standards and expanding AI application scenarios, designed to simplify Web3 operations through AI agents, lower the entry barrier for users, and empower AI agents through a token economic model to unleash the potential of Web3. Optopia has previously launched the ChainGPT Launchpad and started its IDO, which will end on July 20.

ChainCatcher news, the L2 blockchain Optopia designed for AI applications has announced the token OPAI economic model. The total supply of Optopia's native token OPAI is 10 billion: 50% reserved for the Booster Event, 25% allocated for ecological rewards, 10% allocated to the community, 7% allocated to early investors, 5% allocated for the market, and 3% allocated for liquidity.Among them, 10% of the total supply will be distributed to participants of the first phase of the Booster Event at TGE. The first phase event, Optopai Voyage, is currently underway, and the sub-event Gas Mining will be launched soon.According to a previous report by Cointelegraph, the AI Layer2 public chain Optopia successfully completed its seed round financing in May 2024, with investments from G·Ventures, Kucoin Ventures, JRR Capital, KKP International Limited, ZenTrading, Klein Labs, and MCS Capital.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the AI Layer2 project Optopia.ai has announced the completion of its seed funding round. This round of financing was participated in by G·Ventures, Kucoin Ventures, JRR Capital, KKP International Limited, ZenTrading, Klein Labs, MCS Capital, and well-known KOL MrBlock.The funds will be used to accelerate the continuous upgrade and optimization of Optopia's infrastructure, enhance AI capabilities, build decentralized technology, and increase community engagement.It is reported that Optopia.ai is a Layer 2 network aimed at building innovative AI standards and expanding AI application scenarios, designed to simplify Web3 operations through AI agents, lower the entry barriers for users, and empower AI agents through a token economic model to unleash the potential of Web3. Optopia launched its mainnet in May and is currently conducting mainnet interaction activities to cultivate a strong and active developer and user community.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 gaming entertainment social ecosystem Skytopia has completed a $2.4 million seed round financing, led by Vertex Capital and SuperChain Capital, with follow-on investments from Boyaa Interactive and InitiateCapital. The funds raised will be used to advance the development of Skytopia, enhance the ecosystem, and promote community development.

ChainCatcher news, the AI Layer2 Optopia mainnet has officially launched, and the mainnet interaction activities are now live. Users can obtain airdrop vouchers, X-Points, by interacting with the mainnet. Additionally, all GAS consumed by users interacting with the Optopia mainnet within the first 48 hours of its launch will be fully refunded. To encourage more users to experience Optopia, the team cordially invites ecosystem applications to apply to become whitelisted contract developers, allowing users to earn double x-points when interacting with whitelisted contracts.It is reported that Optopia is an L2 chain specifically designed for AI Agent applications, built on OPStack, utilizing Arweave for permanent data availability, and supported by 4EVERLAND's technical expertise. Optopia is 100% EVM compatible, allowing existing Ethereum developers to seamlessly migrate to Optopia. Optopia has previously released community airdrops targeting the OPStack ecosystem and the 4EVERLAND ecosystem, and users can check the community airdrop amounts on the official website.

ChainCatcher message, according to CoinDesk, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia, based in New Zealand, has announced that it will begin returning cryptocurrency to some of its account holders, planning to distribute Bitcoin and Dogecoin to eligible account holders in the coming months.It is reported that Cryptopia was liquidated after a cyber attack in 2019, with the first round of cryptocurrency distribution set to occur within the next three months, followed by an approved process that includes distributing the remaining Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and all other cryptocurrencies of sufficient value to account holders by the end of 2024.

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse platform HYTOPIA (formerly NFT Worlds) officially released an expansion update announcement. This update includes the integration of partner games into its ecosystem, allowing games to launch a complete TOPIA /USDC priced market and support trading using their own custom tokens.HYTOPIA stated that the project draws inspiration from the recent XAI node sale and expects to run its own nodes in February or March of this year, as well as conduct a HYCHAIN node sale, which will strengthen network security and fund the newly established gaming department. Node operators will receive TOPIA token allocations and a certain percentage of sequencer fee rewards.In addition, HYTOPIA also revealed that it will migrate from the original Polygon's Edge technology to Arbitrum's Anytrust technology.

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse platform HYTOPIA (formerly NFT Worlds) announced the completion of a $3 million financing round, led by Delphi Ventures, with several VCs and angel investors participating.According to the crypto data platform RootData, HYTOPIA is an independent video game built on cryptocurrency that integrates social features and provides developers with a Minecraft-inspired game creation toolkit.

ChainCatcher news, DAO solution Utopia announced that it will cease all services on November 6, and the product will be available for free until the end of this month. The project emphasized in the announcement that this action does not mean the closure of the company, but rather a shift away from existing products and current directions.It is reported that Utopia is a provider of payroll, expense, and operations management for DAOs, which can streamline operations, manage payroll, and integrate financial reporting. Previously, in June 2022, the project raised $23 million in funding led by Paradigm, with participation from Circle Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Distributed Global, and others.

ChainCatcher message, the Rollup data availability solution TopiaDA has received $3122.86 in funding during the Gitcoin G18 donation event, attracting active participation from 1359 enthusiastic contributors worldwide.It is reported that Topia's vision is to achieve two-phase goals for the Ethereum ecosystem: first, to provide a Shared DA layer specifically optimized for Ethereum Rollups; second, to enable data communication between Rollups, achieving "Rollup data interconnection," facilitating data availability for thousands of Rollups in the future.

ChainCatcher news, the metaverse platform NFT Worlds announced a brand iteration, and the project has officially been renamed to HYTOPIA. After the renaming, the project token TOPIA remains unchanged, and the related contracts will not be migrated.

ChainCatcher message, Topia launched the first Layer2 shared data availability layer protocol at the Montenegro Edcon Super Demo, aimed at bringing an interconnected data availability layer for Ethereum's Layer2, facilitating the data availability of thousands of Layer2s in the future. At the same time, Topia will create a dedicated Layer2 for this DA layer network, where all applications built on Topia storage and Layer2, regardless of their diversity and quantity, will share the same Topia storage.It is reported that the cross-chain communication POC achieved through the shared DA layer released by Topia is currently the first Layer2 shared DA layer protocol, which will achieve two-phase goals for the Ethereum ecosystem in the future: first, to provide a shared DA layer specifically optimized for Ethereum Layer2; second, to enable data communication between Layer2s, realizing "Layer2 data interconnection." (Source link)

ChainCatcher message, the results of the second round of voting for the Ethereum Research Grant (ETH Research Grant) have been announced, and the decentralized storage L2 solution Topia has successfully been selected and awarded the ETH Research Grant.It is reported that Topia is the first decentralized storage Layer 2 solution, dedicated to improving the interoperability of smart contracts and distributed storage, expanding Ethereum's key-value data storage capacity, and significantly reducing storage costs. (Source link)