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Bitcoin L1 Native Smart Contract Platform OP_NET Secures $5M in Funding

ChainCatcher report: Bitcoin L1 native smart contract platform OP_NET has raised $5 million in funding, led by Further, with participation from ANAGRAM, Arcanum Capital, Humla Ventures, Morningstar Ventures, G20 Ventures, and UTXO Management.

Base Ecosystem Prediction Platform Noise Opens Waitlist for Applications

ChainThink reports that, on March 12, according to official announcements, Noise, a trend prediction platform for the Base ecosystem, has now opened its waitlist application.In January this year, Noise, a tool building a news platform for prediction markets, announced the completion of a $7.1 millio...

Bitcoin L1 Native Smart Contract Platform OP_NET Completes $5M Funding Round Led by Further

ChainThink reports that on March 12, OP_NET, a native smart contract platform for Bitcoin L1, completed a $5 million funding round led by Further, with participation from ANAGRAM, Arcanum Capital, Humla Ventures, Morningstar Ventures, G20 Ventures, and UTXO Management.

Sonic Labs Launches USSD, a Stablecoin Backed by U.S. Treasury Securities

According to Crowdfundinsider, Sonic Labs has officially launched its native stablecoin, USSD, which is backed by U.S. Treasury securities and positioned as the core source of stable liquidity for the Sonic network. USSD is built on Frax’s frxUSD stablecoin infrastructure, with reserve assets cons...

MARA to Raise $500M for Bitcoin Purchases, Rumble Adds $20M, and VICTORY SECURITIES Increases Crypto Holdings to 35%

ChainCatcher report, according to BBX data, yesterday saw global publicly traded companies demonstrate a strong shift in their crypto treasury strategies from “own-funds purchases” to “large-scale capital market instruments”: Convertible Bond Powerhouse: Marathon Digital (NASDAQ: $MARA) announced y...

Bitcoin Core Integrates Cluster Mempool Update for Version 31

ChainCatcher report: The main development branch of the Bitcoin client Bitcoin Core has merged the Cluster Mempool update (PR #34616), expected to be included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 31 release. This upgrade will redesign how nodes manage pending transactions (mempool) by grouping related trans...

Iran conflict shifts to oil price battle; crypto market remains range-bound

ChainThink reports that on March 12, overnight and this morning, there was a shift in the conflict among the U.S., Israel, and Iran, with the dispute now centered on oil prices and U.S. stocks. Meanwhile, Iran has for the first time proposed conditions for negotiations. ChainThink summarizes as foll...

Bittensor infrastructure startup General Tensor raises $5M in seed and pre-seed rounds

According to The Block, General Tensor, an infrastructure startup for Bittensor, disclosed that both its pre-seed and seed rounds were oversubscribed, raising a total of $5 million. The seed round was led by Good Morning Holdings, a venture capital firm backed by Goldman Sachs. The pre-seed round,...

Bittensor infrastructure startup General Tensor secures $5M in oversubscribed seed and pre-seed rounds.

BlockBeats news, on March 12, according to The Block, General Tensor, an infrastructure startup for Bittensor, completed a oversubscribed seed and Pre-Seed funding round totaling $5 million. The seed round was led by Good Morning Holdings, and the Pre-Seed round, which took place in December 2024, w...

General Tensor Completes $5M Seed and Pre-Seed Funding for Bittensor Infrastructure

Odaily Planet Daily report: General Tensor, a startup building infrastructure for the Bittensor ecosystem, has announced the completion of a oversubscribed seed and Pre-seed funding round totaling $5 million. The seed round was led by Good Morning Holdings, a venture capital firm backed by Goldman S...

Bittensor infrastructure startup General Tensor completes $5M funding

ChainThink reports that on March 12, according to The Block, General Tensor, an infrastructure startup for Bittensor, completed a oversubscribed seed and pre-seed funding round totaling $5 million. The seed round was led by Good Morning Holdings, and the pre-seed round, which took place in December ...

Geopolitical tensions drive surge in Dubai's stablecoin demand; USDC supply rises $2.36 billion in a week

ChainThink reports that on March 12, according to local sources in the UAE, @rami_hashimi, geopolitical tensions have led to a sharp surge in demand for stablecoins in Dubai, with "OTC counters overflowing with people inquiring about USDC."Sources say that due to inefficient bank wire transfers in t...

Bitcoin Core Integrates Cluster Mempool Update for Version 31.0

ChainThink reports that on March 12, the development main branch of the Bitcoin Core client merged the Cluster Mempool update (PR #34616), expected to be included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 31.0 release. This upgrade will redesign how nodes manage pending transactions (mempool) by grouping related...

India arrests GainBitcoin Ponzi scheme suspect Ayush Varshney at Mumbai Airport

According to The Block, Indian authorities arrested Ayush Varshney, co-founder and CTO of Darwin Labs, at Mumbai Airport as he allegedly attempted to leave the country. Darwin Labs has been accused of providing the technological infrastructure for the GainBitcoin Ponzi scheme, which launched in 20...

ECB Publishes Appia Roadmap for the Development of a Tokenized Euro Financial Market

ChainCatcher report: According to market sources, the European Central Bank has unveiled the Appia roadmap, outlining a long-term plan to build a European tokenized wholesale financial market anchored in central bank money. Pontes, the ECB’s distributed ledger technology settlement solution for the ...

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