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​​Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. June 2024, part 1.

​​Web traffic to crypto exchanges in May 2024. According to the data from SimilarWeb in May a cumulative web traffic to cryptocurrency exchanges has decreased by 4%.

​​Web3 gaming startup Ultiverse DAO (ULTI) will have a primary listing on June 6. OKX, Bitget, Gate, KuCoin, Bybit, MEXC will list ULTI token around 10:00 AM on June 6, 2024 (UTC).

​​Binance will offer ionet (IO) farming on Binance Launchpool as of June 7. Users will be able to stake their BNB, FDUSD to farm IO tokens over 4 days. 4% (20M IO) of the total token supply to be offered on the platform (85% of the tokens for BNB stakers). Binance will list IO on June 11.

​​Taiko (TAIKO) will have a primary listing on June 5. Upbit, Gate, Coinone, MEXC, Bitget, Bybit, Bitfinex, KuCoin will list TAIKO token around 13:00, June 5 (UTC). 5% of the initial token supply will be available for airdrop claiming by Taiko users toady. TAIKO token was recently offered for public at $2 per token ($2B FDV).

​​Bitcoin monthly returns: 2011-2024. BTC is up around 11% in May and +60% YTD.

​​A look back at the digital assets launched in May 2024 and the public token distribution methods they used. Sorted by fully diluted valuation.
BB, NOT, MODE, NYAN, PARAM - CEX farming + airdrop
MON, LFT, SQD - Public sale+airdrop.
DRIFT, HLG - Airdrop.

​​Ethereum L2 Taiko will launch its token TAIKO on June 5. Taiko claim page is live. 5% of the initial token supply will be available for claiming by Taiko users.

​​L2 Fuel Network announced its public testnet on Sepolia. Users can get testnet ETH, try bridging assets to Fuel. Fuel raised $81M during several rounds from Blockchain Capital, Stratos, CoinFund, Bain Capital and others.

​​Neynar, a company providing tools for developers to build decentralized social networks, announced its Series A funding of $11M led by Haun Ventures with participation from a16z, CSX, Coinbase Ventures, and Union Square Ventures.

​​A Bitcoin staking infrastructure project Babylon Chain raises $70M. The round was led by Paradigm with participation from Polychain, Bullish Capital, Hashkey Capital and others.

​​Updated: ​​A short list of the upcoming TGEs, primary listings, product releases you should know about.

​​Web3 gaming startup Ultiverse (ULTI) will be available for farming on OKX Jumpstart as of June 3. Users will be able to stake their BTC or ETH on OKX App to farm ULTI tokens till June 6. 3% (300M ULTI) of the total token supply to be offered on the platform. ULTI trading will go live on June 6.

​​TAP Protocol (TAP) will have a token sale on CoinList stating May 29. Users can apply for allocation till June 5. 1.57M TAP (7.5% of the total supply) to be offered at $3.57 per token at $75M fully diluted valuation. Vesting: 10% at TGE + 12 months linear release. Tap Protocol is building a Bitcoin Ordinals-based development platform.

​​Bybit ByStarter is hosting Taiko (TKO) token sale at $2B FDV. Registration period: May 29-June 6. 1M TKO (0.1% of 1B total supply of TKO) to be offered on the platform at $2 per token ($2B FDV). Users are required to hold 100+ USDT on Bybit in order to participate.

​​Bitget Launchpad will host Bitget Wallet (BWB) token sale starting June 4th. 1% (10M BWB) of 1B total BWB supply to be offered on the platform at $0.15 per token ($150M FDV). Sale format: proportional. Users are required to hold USDT or BGB on Bitget exchange in order to participate.

​​Binance will offer Lista (LISTA) farming on Binance Megadrop as of May 30. Users will be able to lock their BNB to farm LISTA tokens till June 19. 10% (100M LISTA) of the total token supply to be offered on the platform. Binance will list LISTA on June 20.

​​Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. May 2024, part 3.

​​Ethereum L2 Taiko will airdrop 5% of its 1B TKO token supply ahead of its mainnet launch. According to the blog post Taiko testnet users, proposers, provers, Galxe points holders, developers, GitHub contributors are eligible for the airdrop.

​​Binance will offer Lista (LISTA) farming on Binance Megadrop. Users are required to have Binance Web3 Wallet and will get allocations based on the score earned via BNB staking, different quests and activities. 10% (100M LISTA) of the total token supply to be offered on the platform. Dates and listing time TBA.

​​Bitget Wallet will have a public sale round of its token BWB on May 23. The BWB subscription will open at 18:00 on May 23rd (UTC+8), divided into two rounds: a whitelist round and a public round. Eligibility for the public round requires participants to have completed a total transaction of over $200 on Bitget Swap from May 1st, 2024. To be sold 1M BWB out of 1B BWB total supply. Token sale price: $0.10 (at $100M FDV). Fundraising goal: $100K. Token will be released in June.

​​Decentralized social network Farcaster raises $150 Million in a Series A round. Farcaster’s valuation stands at $1 billion as a result of the funding round led by crypto investment firm Paradigm, with a16z crypto, Haun, USV, Variant, and Standard Crypto as backers.

​​ZkSync is aiming at around June 13 for the airdrop. According to The Block, ZkSync is planning a token generation event this week with a total token supply of 21 billion tokens. The token launch, including an airdrop, will follow within the next 30 days after the TGE. The token ticker is still in discussion as ZkSync wants the ticker ZK.

​​Cross-chain interoperability protocol deBridge introduced its token DBR. According to the blog post the total supply is set at 10B tokens while initial circulating supply will be 1.8B DBR. 20% of the total supply will be used for “Community and Launch”. 10% (out of 20%) of DBR will be unlocked at TGE and 10% is subject to 3 year quarterly vesting, starting 6 months after TGE.

​​Nyan Heroes (NYAN) will have a primary listing on May 21. Bitget, Bybit, HTX, Gate, MEXC, Backpack will list NYAN token at 8:00 AM (UTC). Nyan Heroes is building ​​Solana-based P2E shooter.

​​Web3 gaming studio ​​Gunzilla launched its testing program on May 17. Users will have an opportunity to play pre-release versions of the Off The Grid game by Gunzilla Games on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S before the public release.

​​zkSync will launch its token in June 2024. According to the recent tweet Ethereum L2 that utilizes the ZK-rollup technology will make a final irreversible step towards decentralisation in June. The startup has raised more than $450M across multiple rounds.

​​NATIX Network (NATIX) will have a token sale on CoinList stating May 16. Users can apply for allocation till May 23. 5B NATIX (5% of the total supply) to be offered at $0.001 per token at $100M fully diluted valuation. Vesting: 25% at TGE + 6 months linear release. Natix Network aims to build a blockchain-based camera network that creates a real-time map of the world.

​​Subsquid will have a primary listing of its token SQD on May 17. ByBit, Gate, KuCoin, MEXC and Coinlist will enable trading at 8:00 AM (UTC). Subsquid has raised $6.2M at $126M FDV via CoinList platform in January this year.

​​Solana-based perpetual futures DEX Drift will airdrop its token DRIFT on May 16. According to the recent tweet the total airdrop supply: 12% (120M out of 1B DRIFT tokens). Token release date: May 16, 12:00 PM UTC.