ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, OKX Ventures has announced its participation as a Gold sponsor for the third Taipei Blockchain Week (TBW). At that time, OKX Ventures partner Jeff Ren will attend the related events. In addition, many heavyweight guests will also be present at the conference.It is reported that the third Taipei Blockchain Week TBW will be held from December 12 to December 14, 2024, and is the largest crypto industry event in the region at the end of the year, expected to attract over 5,000 attendees. OKX Ventures will co-host an invitation-only event "NIGHT OF THE FUTURE" on December 12 with international Web3 ecosystems and institutions such as SUI, Spacenation, and UXLINK.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the developer of the modular DEX protocol Valantis, Valantis Labs, has completed a $7.5 million Pre-Seed and Seed round financing.Deven Matthews, co-founder of Valantis Labs, stated that they completed a $3.5 million Pre-seed financing in April 2023, with Cyber Fund and Kraken Ventures co-leading the Pre-seed financing, which was valued at $20 million. In September 2024, they completed a $4 million Seed round financing, with SevenX Ventures leading the Seed round, raising the valuation to $40 million. Other participants included Semantic Ventures, Figment Capital, Robot Ventures, Anthony Sassano, and Sandeep Nailwal.Valantis provides a modular framework that helps developers build decentralized trading platforms through composable "modules."

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the community co-created AIGC game Gabby World announced the completion of a $2 million financing at a valuation of $20 million. This round of financing was participated by 13 institutions including SevenX Ventures, OnePiece Labs, Everest Ventures Group, Huofeng Capital, Zonff Partners, as well as 8 angel investors including former partners from Republic, former partners from Hashed, and partners from Gam3Girl Ventures.Gabby World is a community co-created AIGC Dungeons and Dragons game and is the first VC token to be issued at a meme-like ultra-low market cap through a "fair release" token economy, aiming to explore a new paradigm for VC token issuance that counters "low circulation high FDV" and time-locked releases.The token GABBY was quietly issued at a market cap of $10,000 on Solana's DEX at the end of October, and in the past few weeks, it has successfully validated the on-demand release and buyback destruction advocated by the "fair release" token economic model.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, OKX Ventures has announced an investment in Corn, marking an important step in introducing Bitcoin applications within the Ethereum ecosystem. Corn is based on Arbitrum and integrates support from Coinbase, enabling BTC holders to easily access the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem. Through a unique, secure, and sustainable approach, Corn maximizes the potential of Bitcoin and has achieved several significant milestones, such as becoming the first Ethereum L2 network to use hybrid tokenized Bitcoin (BTCN) as Gas fees, and also the first network to implement Bitcoin security guarantees through Babylon, supporting BTC LST liquidity.At the core of Corn's innovation is BTCN, a hybrid tokenized Bitcoin supported 1:1 by native BTC. This unique model allows BTC holders to use BTC to pay Gas fees within the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem, preserving the core value of Bitcoin. Users can easily cross-chain their BTC to the Ethereum ecosystem with just one click.The ecosystem development of the Corn network is driven by its CORN token (popCORN) staking program, allowing community members to direct earnings towards ecological applications. This approach ensures sustainable growth of the network and incentivizes community members to actively participate in the network's development.

ChainCatcher news, according to Techinasia, Animoca Brands' Mocaverse has completed a $10 million funding round, bringing the total funding to $31.88 million. Investors include OKX Ventures, CMCC Global, and HongShan.The funds will primarily be used to develop consumer crypto infrastructure.According to RootData, Mocaverse is a metaverse product under Animoca Brands, where Mocas are a group of bold and infinitely creative beings who call Mocaverse home. However, the expansion of space has caused the Mocas to separate, increasing the distance between them tenfold. Additionally, the Mocaverse team is building Web3 native tools to enhance the capabilities of products in the gaming, culture, and entertainment verticals, allowing users to create their own digital identities, accumulate reputations, and earn and spend loyalty points.

ChainCatcher news, at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held during Devcon in Bangkok, the RootData List 2024 annual rankings have been officially announced. SevenX Ventures has successfully made it to the RootData List 2024 annual rankings as one of the "Crypto VC Top 50 Investment Institutions." SevenX Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by seasoned professionals in the crypto industry with an average of 5 years of experience.It is reported that this list is the second annual selection launched by RootData following its first release in 2023, aimed at showcasing influential and innovative key players in the Web3 space and assessing the critical 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 statistics for the list cover the period from October 31, 2023, to October 31, 2024, and five lists have been 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, at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held during Devcon in Bangkok, the RootData List 2024 annual rankings have been officially announced. OKX Ventures has successfully been included in the RootData List 2024 annual rankings as one of the "Crypto VC Top 50 Investment Institutions." OKX Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high-quality projects with great potential.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 critical 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 statistics for the list cover the period from October 31, 2023, to October 31, 2024, and five lists have been published, specifically: Top 50 Projects (completed TGE), Top 50 Projects (not yet TGE), Crypto VC Top 50 Investment Institutions, Top 10 Angel Investors, and Top 20 Best CEOs.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, the full-chain liquidity asset protocol StakeStone announced the completion of a $22 million financing round led by Polychain Capital. This financing also includes strategic investments from Binance Labs and OKX Ventures, with the seed round led by SevenX and participation from Nomad Capital, HashKey Capital, HashKey Cloud, Amber Group, Coinsummer, Bankless Ventures, DAO5, Symbolic Capital, Arcane Group, Quantstamp, and others. This financing will drive StakeStone to achieve accelerated growth while expanding its product services and strengthening its influence in key markets.StakeStone is committed to building the first liquidity ETH/BTC asset standard based on a highly scalable staking network, which supports a risk-free consensus layer for various native assets. With the support of this financing round, StakeStone has also launched its liquidity BTC products, including liquidity index BTC ------ SBTC and interest-bearing liquidity BTC ------ STONEBTC, to enhance the application of native BTC in the EVM ecosystem and other blockchain networks. StakeStone aims to drive real applications by providing high-utilization liquidity, empowering ecosystem partners and DeFi protocols such as Berachain, Movement Labs, Monad, Plume Network, Corn, Pendle, and AAVE DAO.StakeStone will also launch payment products, providing flexible savings account features based on its interest-bearing liquidity ETH asset STONE, while offering a "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) option to bring greater transaction flexibility to users. Leveraging the real-time processing capabilities of MegaETH, this product aims to establish a sustainable model that drives real-world applications and supports large-scale adoption."We are very happy to collaborate with the world's leading crypto funds to build a new generation of full-chain liquidity infrastructure," said Charles K, co-founder of StakeStone. "Their expertise and support are crucial for our ongoing innovation and the global adoption of our products. At the same time, through this financing, we are committed to bringing decentralized finance into the real world. Together with the next generation of high-performance blockchain networks, we aim to increase the number of users served from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions through RWAFi and PayFi, pushing the crypto industry into the era of super applications."

ChainCatcher news, SevenX Ventures Managing Partner Louis Song confirmed his attendance at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit to be held on November 11 in Bangkok during Devcon. SevenX Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by crypto veterans with an average industry experience of 5 years.The "DeInsight 2024" annual summit will take place on November 11 at Hotel Nikko Bangkok in Bangkok. This summit is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, and jointly organized by SoSo Value, aiming to bring together elites in the Web3 field to exchange insights on the industry, with an expected attendance of over 1,000 industry elites.In addition, 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, the Bitcoin liquidity staking platform PumpBTC announced the completion of a $10 million seed round financing, led by SevenX Ventures and Mirana Ventures, with participation from UTXO, Mantle Ecosystem Fund, Arcane Group, and others.This financing will help PumpBTC launch its new product BTC-Fi, a CeDeFi BTC liquidity vault that combines CeFi-level security with DeFi's BTC yield optimization, providing automated yield strategies.Since its launch in July 2024, PumpBTC has been deployed on over 10 public chains, attracting a total locked value of 3,400 BTC (approximately $240 million), and has partnered with over 70 projects to build a multi-chain, multi-partner ecosystem, further promoting the development of CeDeFi.

ChainCatcher news, Li Rongbin, founding partner of SevenX Ventures, expressed during the "User-Centric: Exploring New Opportunities for Web3 Applications" Space hosted by RootData that he is not very optimistic about the prospects of the integration of blockchain projects with the real world. He pointed out that many RWA and DePIN projects have not yet reached an ideal state.He believes that in the next three to five years, the entire industry will continue to develop in parallel with the traditional world, and the intersection between the two will not be easy to achieve. Excessive overlap may lead to regulatory intervention, which could trigger centralized control, whether from the government or other regulations. This situation contradicts the original decentralized philosophy of the blockchain industry.Li Rongbin stated: "The only DePIN project we are currently investing in is io.net, which we view as a bilateral market project. Blockchain technology still has the potential to solve the problem of matching supply and demand, thereby addressing the challenges of incentive issues. io.net exists to solve the incentive problem."

ChainCatcher news, Li Rongbin, founding partner of SevenX Ventures, stated during the "User-Centric: Exploring New Opportunities for Web3 Applications" Space organized by RootData that over the past year, projects supported by venture capital (VC) have become increasingly unpopular, with many cryptocurrencies listed on centralized exchanges performing poorly, and the crypto market has returned to the on-chain era.He pointed out that this is a constantly swinging process, involving not only centralization and decentralization but also the pursuit of meaning and utility. For example, Ethereum was once the leader in the single-chain era, but the market has now evolved into a multi-chain competitive landscape. Throughout this process, Ethereum has experienced multiple ups and downs.Overall, the crypto market resembles a pendulum that is constantly swinging, with market trends changing dynamically.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, venture capital firm SevenX Ventures has announced its investment in the next-generation social platform Bluesky.Currently, Bluesky has surpassed 13 million users, aiming to build a social media platform that is not controlled by a single company, protects freedom of speech, resists regulation and censorship, and is open, protocol-based, and ecological.SevenX is optimistic about Bluesky's potential as a protocol-based social media, which will bring about truly open and high-quality ecological development. As an investor, SevenX will also continuously empower Bluesky in areas such as ecological construction and economic models.

ChainCatcher news, official news, OKX Ventures in collaboration with BlockBooster will hold the "Next-Gen Web3 Growth Bootcamp" in Bangkok on November 11, 2024. The aim is to help Web3 founders, growth leaders, and KOLs master key skills such as cutting-edge growth strategies, economic model design, community building, and digital marketing applications.It is reported that this event will focus on practical experience for in-depth discussions, with an emphasis on the actual growth and sustainable development of projects. Participants will have the opportunity to engage face-to-face with top industry experts, receive personalized advice, and inject new development momentum into their projects.For the registration link, please click: https://lu.ma/3sis1czh