​​According to Bloomberg, Berachain raises $69M at $1.5B valuation. Brevan Howard Digital and Framework Ventures are leading the round into proof of liquidity L1 built on the Cosmos SDK.

​​Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. March 2024, part 2.

​​zkBridge developer Polyhedra Network has raised $20M at $1 billion valuation. Polychain Capital led the round, with Animoca Brands, Hashkey Capital, Longhash Ventures, Emirates Consortium, Mapleblock Capital and others participating.

​​Ondo Finance (ONDO) will have a primary listing on January 18th. Ondo had a token sale on CoinList in May 2022. Sale price: $0.055, at $550M valuation. Max supply: 10B ONDO. Initial circulating supply: 1.4B ONDO (14.3%). Bybit will offer ONDO via its Launchpool and list it on January 18th. CoinList users will get 100% unlocked tokens.

​​Solana-based Jupiter exchange will launch its token on January 31, 10:00 AM EST. Jupiter has announced airdrop of JUP token in November 2023. Total supply: 10B JUP. 40% of the token supply will be allocated to the community over 4 rounds of airdrops.

​​Layer 2 network Taiko released its public testnet on January 15th. Mainnet release is expected by the end of Q1 2024. Taiko has raised $22M across two rounds during 2022-23 from Sequoia, Generative Ventures and others.

​​Blur founder introduced Ethereum L2 Blast. The startup has raised $20M from Paradigm, Standard Crypto and eGirl Capital. According to the blog post Blast is the first L2 with native yield. Users will be able to automatically earn interest on ETH and stablecoins alongside BLAST points. Users will need to wait until the launch of the mainnet in February before they can withdraw any funds from the network. BLAST points can be redeemed starting in May.

​​Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about. November 2023, part 3.

​​Pyth Network will have a primary listing on November 20th. KuCoin, OKX, MEXC & Bybit are among exchanges that already announced the listing of PYTH. PYTH total supply: 10B. Initial circulating supply: 1.5B PYTH (15%). Airdrop will be available starting Nov 20 at 2 PM UTC.

Poloniex’s hot wallet is likely being drained. According to early estimates around $63M were stolen. Poloniex wallets has been disabled for maintenance.