- Monad Labs is in negotiations for a funding round, seeking over $200 million at a valuation of $3 billion. Paradigm is likely to lead the round with plans to invest $150 million.
- Modular blockchain Eclipse completes a $50 million Series A funding round, with Placeholder and Hack VC as lead investors.
- Web3 game MetaCene secures $10 million in Series A funding, led by Folius Ventures and others.
- RSS3 launches its Alpha mainnet, allowing the minting of Delegation Proof Chips when staking tokens to specific nodes.
- Starknet Foundation establishes a Gaming Committee, allocating 50 million STRK for the development of the gaming ecosystem.
- The Hong Kong Monetary Authority introduces a “sandbox” for stablecoin issuers.
- Wormhole releases details of its airdrop, expanding the recipient categories for the airdrop.
- Flow has launched Crescendo Previewnet, introducing support for a peer-equivalent EVM environment.