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6. Arbitrary contract deployment will be launched on the 2nd layer mainnet (Optimism) in March, the 2nd layer fee will be enabled before the mainnet launch, and the fee will be paid in ETH;
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Synthetix has governance modules ready and will be launched on L2 by Optimism
The synthetic asset protocol Synthetix (SNX) officially issued a document announcing the content of the first council meeting. According to that content:
1. Staking DApps will have a governance module that will allow viewing of SIPs/SCCP and voting on council appropriations, DAO proposals;
2. The new governance contract allows voters to dilute the process and save the election results;
3. The governance module is ready for deployment and will be launched by Optimism at layer 2;
4. By using multi-signature or NFT tokens, Spartan Council will be allowed to make SCCP (i.e. configurable changes) changes to the protocol from its wallet;
5. Tier 2 voting is coming soon;
6. Arbitrary contract deployment will be launched on the 2nd layer mainnet (Optimism) in March, the 2nd layer fee will be enabled before the mainnet launch, and the fee will be paid in ETH;
7. Core contributors are submitting a proposal to the Spartan Council to be voted on to initiate Phase 1 of the Layer 2 deployment.
On March 1, the top 10 private whale addresses in Ethereum added 1.03 million ETH, setting a 6-week single-day increase record
The Ethereum ZK Rollup expansion solution Hermez Network announced the launch of the public test network, which will support the last round of private testing. The main network is expected to be launched in the next few days. Currently, testnet features include a mobile and web wallet to interact with Hermez ZK Rollup user accounts, developer SDK and API integration, and Hermez Layer 2 batch browser.
It is reported that Hermez was launched by iden3, the Ethereum expansion solution technology team. According to the white paper, Hermez allows payments and token transfers to scale on top of the Ethereum public blockchain.
The Aave ecological NFT game Aavegotchi is officially launched on Polygon (formerly Matic Network). The first 10,000 Aavegotchi Portals were sold out on Aavegotchi.com as part of the initial launch, and other major features already live include the Aavegotchi Store - where users can purchase unique in-game items and Power bonuses, and the Bazaar, a secondary NFT marketplace for trading Aavegotchi and wearables. Plus, everything in Aavegotchi, from Gotchi and its wearables to staked cryptocurrencies, is stored permanently on the blockchain as ERC-721, ERC-1155 or ERC-20 tokens.
Investment and Financing
Encryption technology start-up TaxBit completes US$100 million in Series A financing, led by Paradigm and Tiger Global
Encryption technology start-up TaxBit completed a $100 million Series A round of financing led by Paradigm and Tiger Global. The venture capital department of payment giant PayPal, Coinbase Ventures, Winklevoss Capital and other institutions, and investors such as Bill Ackman and Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith participated in the investment. So far, TaxBit’s total financing amount has reached 107 million US dollars.
DAOSquare Completes USD 15 Million Seed Round Financing, SNZ, IOSG Ventures and Others Participate
DAOSquare Completes USD 15 Million Seed Round Financing, SNZ, IOSG Ventures and Others Participate
DAOSquare completed a $15 million seed round of financing. Investment institutions include Youbi, SNZ, IOSG Ventures, GBV, MetaCartel Ventures China, MaskNetwork, BR Capital, DODO co-founder Dai Dai and other individual investors also participated in this round of investment.
DAOSquare was born in the Ethereum community MetaCartel. It plans to launch the core components of the incubator in April this year, an incubation system based on the DAO concept, and start the first phase of the global incubation plan.
BCB Group Closes $4.5M Funding Led by North Island Ventures and Blockchain.com Ventures
SIREN Markets Completes $4 Million Funding Led by 1kx and Spartan Group
SIREN Markets Completes $4 Million Funding Led by 1kx and Spartan Group
On March 1, the decentralized options protocol SIREN Markets announced the completion of $4 million in financing, led by 1kx and Spartan Group. Participating institutions also included CMS Holdings, Blockfolio founder Edward Moncada, Robot Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Rockaway Blockchain Fund , Jack Herrick, founder of WikiHow, etc. This round of financing will be used to increase security audits and expand the team.
General Protocols completes USD 3 million in Series A financing, with participation from Roger Ver and others
Decentralized finance startup General Protocols announced the completion of $3 million in Series A financing. Investors include Bitcoin early adopter Marc De Mesel, Bitcoin.com founder Roger Ver, and early Bitcoin adopter and BCH supporter Christopher Wu with Margus Kokk and Mike Komaransky.
Metis, the Layer 2 DAO basic protocol, completes $1 million in angel and seed round financing
Tidal Finance completes $1.8 million private placement financing led by Hypersphere Ventures
Tidal Finance, an open programmable insurance market on Polkadot’s ecology, completed a private equity financing of US$1.8 million, led by Hypersphere Ventures, and participated by Spartan Capital, Kenetic Capital and QCP Capital. Tidal Finance co-founder and CEO Chad Liu revealed that with the new funding, Tidal is expected to launch its protocol in mid-April. Tidal has been in development since last September and will launch a testnet in about two weeks. (The Block)
Metis, the Layer 2 DAO basic protocol, completes $1 million in angel and seed round financing
Metis, the Layer 2 DAO basic protocol, announced the completion of $1 million in angel and seed round financing. Investors include Ralf P. Gerteis, P1X Capital, Waterdrip Capital, DFG, Chain Capital, AC Capital, Block.power Combinator, Hotbit, SSSnodes, Crasolum, KernelVentures, CatcherVC, Jubi Labs and Liu Ming, former co-founder of TRON.
The Metis team revealed that the funds raised this time are mainly used for the research and development of the Layer 2 architecture and market expansion of the Optimistic Rollup hard fork. In addition, Metis will release a brand-new Layer2DAO architecture design at the end of March and start a community NFT airdrop.
global policy
Due to strong public opposition, Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may adjust the entry rules for encrypted retail investors. Previous rules required proof of a minimum annual income of 1 million baht (about $33,000) to invest in cryptocurrencies. People responded that the rule would exclude low- and middle-income earners from the cryptocurrency market. SEC executives responded that they had no intention of making an annual income of 1 million baht an eligibility criterion for crypto investments. In addition to clarifying its previous position, the Thai SEC has also decided to hold a public hearing on crypto investments on March 3, three weeks earlier than initially announced. The hearing was originally scheduled for March 24.
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