Odaily News Avantis, a derivatives exchange based on the Base ecosystem, announced the completion of an $8 million Series A financing round, led by Founders Fund and Pantera Capital, with participation from Symbolic Capital, SALT Fund and Flowdesk.

1. Meta shareholders have voted down the proposal to include Bitcoin in the reserves; 2. The LOUD issuance whitelist check tool has been launched; 3. The previous reverse copy of James Wynn's address is currently synchronized with James Wynn to go long, and the current position has a floating loss of US$3.38 million; 4. WLFI: USD1 will be the only designated stablecoin for Sahara Labs' issuance activities; 5. Revolving Games completed a new round of financing led by Pantera Capital; 6. The US spot Bitcoin ETF had a net outflow of US$614.02 million yesterday, the largest single-day outflow since February 26; 7. The US Ethereum spot ETF had a net inflow of US$70.2402 million yesterday, continuing a net inflow for 10 days.

Odaily News Web3 video game publisher Revolving Games announced the completion of a new round of financing led by Pantera Capital to expand its game distribution ecosystem based on RCADE Network. The specific amount was not disclosed. The company plans to accelerate the release of the "War of Nova" and "Hatchlings" series and the new work "Skyborne: Phoenix Flight", which will be launched in a PC limited beta version in the third quarter of 2025.

Odaily News Sahara AI, a decentralized AI blockchain platform, announced that it will launch the SIWA public testnet on May 19, marking an important milestone in its transition from closed testing to public testing. It is reported that the SIWA testnet is the last testing phase before the mainnet token generation event (TGE), and participants have the opportunity to earn bonus points through tasks such as data labeling and model verification. Sahara AI is committed to achieving on-chain management, licensing and ownership of AI assets through blockchain technology to ensure transparency and fair compensation of data and models. Previously, Sahara AI has completed a US$43 million Series A financing round, led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital, with participation from Samsung NEXT, Sequoia Capital and others. The funds will be used to expand the team, optimize platform performance and accelerate the construction of the developer ecosystem.

Odaily News Story announced that its online Buildathon "Surreal World Assets" is now open for registration. This event is supported by top crypto VCs such as Pantera Capital, OKX Ventures and Polychain. The current total prize pool is $57,000 and is open to both technical developers and non-technical participants. The Buildathon will be launched on May 20, focusing on IP x AI x RWA innovation, setting up seven major awards including IP identification, AI Agent, creator tools, etc. The deadline for submission of works is June 19. The winning projects will have the opportunity to directly present to investors and strive for incubation support and access to ecological resources.

Odaily News Symbiotic, a re-mortgage protocol, announced the completion of a $29 million Series A financing round, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and more than 100 angel investors from teams such as Aave, Polygon and StarkWare, including Stani Kulechov, Sandeep Nailwal, Anton Bukov, Anurag Arjun, Andrew Huang and Eric Wall. (The Block)

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Odaily News Bitcoin infrastructure company Arch Labs announced the completion of a $13 million Series A financing round, led by Pantera Capital and Multicoin Capital. (Fortune)

Odaily News Janover, a real estate lending market operator, announced that it will adopt a digital asset reserve strategy, and the main holdings will be SOL tokens. Currently, a group of crypto industry leaders have acquired 728,623 common shares and 10,000 Series A preferred shares. The company intends to change its name to DeFi Development Corporation and modify its stock code. Janover's new chairman and CEO Joseph Onorati said that the team behind the company plans to start buying SOL immediately, but did not elaborate on the purchase schedule or method. In addition, it has raised $42 million through the issuance of convertible notes and warrants to acquire SOL. Investors include Pantera Capital, Kraken, Arrington Capital, etc. (CNBC)

Odaily News New documents that investment advisors must submit in accordance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations show the size of assets under management (AUM) of each company. From 2023 to 2024, according to the financial disclosure data of the six largest crypto venture capital companies: Electric Capital, Pantera Capital, Haun Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Polychain Capital and Paradigm. Their AUM all increased by more than 10%, with Electric and Multicoin both increasing by more than 50%. (Fortune)