ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the hybrid payment platform Rise Labs has announced the completion of a $6.3 million Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $10 million. The investment was led by Draper Associates, with Polymorphic Capital co-leading, and participation from DCG, JAM Fund, Ryze Labs, and Paradigm Shift Capital.It is reported that Rise is a hybrid payment infrastructure that integrates fiat currencies, stablecoins, and cryptocurrencies. Currently, Rise has over 150 clients and more than 100,000 contractors. Its client base includes traditional businesses, Web3 companies, as well as DAOs, protocols, and platforms. Rise's comprehensive platform enables businesses to recruit, hire, and pay global contractors and employees in local currencies and stablecoins, while ensuring compliance with international tax regulations and employment laws.

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, the crypto fantasy sports platform Monkey Tilt announced the completion of a $30 million Series A funding round, which concluded this summer, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Polychain Capital, PokerGo, Hack VC, Dream Ventures, Accomplice, Mirana, and Josh Hannah. This latest funding brings the total amount raised to over $50 million.It is reported that Monkey Tilt will launch in early 2024, integrating prediction games, sports, poker, and cryptocurrency into one platform. Monkey Tilt plans to release a new gamified cryptocurrency trading product in the first quarter of next year.ChainCatcher previously reported that the crypto fantasy sports platform Monkey Tilt announced the completion of a $21 million funding round, with participation from PolyChain Capital, Hack VC, Poker Go, Accomplice, Paper Ventures, and Folius Ventures.

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 the official page, the DeSci project BIO Protocol has completed community token financing Genesis Round 2.5, raising a total of $2.9 million in this round, with the total value of assets exchanged for BIO by users reaching $2.93 million.ChainCatcher previously reported, according to The Block, Binance Labs announced an investment in the DeSci project BIO Protocol, with the investment amount undisclosed. This investment marks Binance Labs' first foray into the DeSci field. BIO Protocol aims to leverage blockchain technology to transform the financing and commercialization of early scientific research. Its platform enables scientists, patients, and investors worldwide to fund, develop, and co-own new drugs through a biotechnology DAO, addressing gaps in traditional scientific funding, particularly in areas such as rare diseases, longevity, and emerging health challenges.

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, the Web3 shopping application Bion announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing, with TON Ventures participating. The specific financing amount and valuation data have not been disclosed.Bion mainly utilizes blockchain technology to enhance the shopping experience and provide value-added services to consumers. The new funds will be used to expand its Web3 shopping platform that offers cashback rewards and to enhance its crypto rewards.

ChainCatcher news, according to FinanceFeeds, DWF Ventures announced an investment in the DeFi solution provider XYZ, with the specific amount not disclosed.With this new investment, XYZ aims to expand its capabilities in the DeFi space, providing tools that facilitate lending and staking.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Binance Labs announced an investment in the DeSci project BIO Protocol, with the amount undisclosed.This investment marks Binance Labs' first foray into the DeSci field. BIO Protocol aims to leverage blockchain technology to transform the financing and commercialization of early scientific research. Its platform enables scientists, patients, and investors worldwide to fund, develop, and co-own new drugs through a biotechnology DAO, addressing gaps in traditional scientific funding, particularly in areas such as rare diseases, longevity, and emerging health challenges.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin L2 interoperability layer Map Protocol completes $1 million strategic financing, with Gryps participating. The new funds will be used to enhance the functionality of Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions.It is reported that MAP Protocol was established in 2019, utilizing ZK light client technology as a gateway for developers and users within the Bitcoin ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Layer2 network Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali posted on the X platform: "We have established a new Stacks entity 'Bitcoin L2 Labs', which has secured $20 million in funding, focusing on core development. Adriano DiLuzio (formerly a member of Algorand Labs) will serve as Chief Technology Officer and lead the development of Stacks core and SBTC."

ChainCatcher news, according to reports, Hong Kong venture capital group The Z Label announced the completion of HKD 90 million in financing, led by Beyond Ventures.It is reported that the new funds will be used to create innovative consumer products aimed at the global Generation Z, leveraging new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, spatial computing, and blockchain to empower its products in finding early market fit, while combining technological research and development with collaborations across different industries to promote business incubation and industry innovation.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Web3 on-chain game A-World has completed a $5 million Series A funding round. IBGTG Capital, Sketch Venture, and others led the round, with participation from Soave Swap, AU21 Capital, Skyview Capital, and others.It is reported that A-World is a metaverse card tower defense battle game based on BNB CHAIN, where players can eliminate monsters by building hero towers.

ChainCatcher news, KIP Protocol announces a strategic investment in HackQuest. As a decentralized AI infrastructure, KIP will fully leverage HackQuest's developer network, with plans to launch a global hackathon initiative next year, gradually advancing the development of the KIP ecosystem and developer program, supporting the growth of the next generation of DeAI developers.HackQuest, as a leading Web3 developer education platform, hosts over 50 hackathons globally each year, with an active community of more than 50,000 developers and rich experience and expertise. This investment will further enhance KIP Protocol's influence in the promotion and education of decentralized artificial intelligence (DeAI), while providing HackQuest with a robust set of DeAI development components to help emerging DeAI developers get started.

ChainCatcher news, according to businesswire, the decentralized, multi-agent AI orchestration platform Naptha AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Arche Capital and Cyber Fund, with participation from Seed Club Ventures, Polymorphic Capital, GnosisDAO, Halo Capital, and others.It is reported that Naptha AI provides developers with a platform for building and deploying large collaborative intelligent agent systems. The platform will enable decentralized, multi-agent orchestration in a scalable, trustless, and collaborative environment, transforming the narrative of AI from a single entity to a dynamic, interconnected entity system.