Asia’s top automobile manufacturer is researching how Ethereum can play a role in autonomous vehicles, Hong Kong approves an inverse Bitcoin ETF and a new stablecoin, and more!

Governments aren’t known for allowing anything to thrive without some oversight or control, but for the most part, crypto is proving to be an exception.

LayerPixel, a DeFi solution based on TON, announced the completion of a $2 million seed round of financing, led by Kenetic Capital, with participation from Foresight Ventures, Waterdrip Capital, VentureSouq, Web3 Port Foundation, Microcosm Research, TMM Club, and dozens of angel investors. It is reported that this funding will help LayerPixel accelerate the development and integration of its DeFi solution suite in the Telegram Mini App ecosystem, fundamentally changing the way users interact with decentralized finance in the Telegram environment.

aPriori is an MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) liquid staking platform on Monad. Its innovative design significantly reduces latency, maximizing compatibility with Monad’s high performance. The team members are from the high-frequency trading field, with experience in top companies like Jump Crypto, Flow Traders, and Coinbase. With the team’s background in top high-frequency trading crypto institutions, aPriori is building the infrastructure that helps Monad realize its potential as a high-throughput network ready for mass adoption.

We are thrilled to announce that APRO Oracle is joining forces with Lnfi Network to introduce the first-ever price oracle service based on the latest mainnet version of Taproot Assets. This collaboration aims to provide weighted prices from major exchanges like Binance directly to the Lightning Network, ensuring a new level of efficiency and reliability in decentralized finance.

According to the latest report from Crunchbase, Web3 startups raised $3.7 billion in the first half of 2024. Although this number decreased by 18% compared to the first half of 2023, it increased by 42% compared to the second half of last year. Quarterly, Web3 startups raised over $2 billion in the second quarter of 2024, slightly higher than the $1.8 billion raised in the first quarter, but down 18% from the $2.2 billion raised in the same period last year. However, after eight consecutive quarters of decline, Web3 startups have seen two consecutive quarters of funding increases. In addition, although the total amount of funding has increased, there have been few large financing rounds, with only seven rounds raising over $50 million.

LinkLayerAI aims to explore and implement how to measure the value of each user's behavioral data.

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AOS Web pioneers UX/UI innovation on the permaweb with user-centric features like process management, command autocompletion, and quest tracking.

The primary agenda of these three companies is to provide the essential infrastructure for service development within a regulated environment. With regulatory uncertainty pervading the cryptocurrency market and Web3 industry worldwide, the pivotal ro