Reddit Community’s Moons (MOON) Tokens Soar

Moons (MOON), the native token of Reddit’s r/CryptoCurrency community of over 6.5 million users, has chalked up a triple-digit percentage price gain this week. One analyst cited Reddit’s recent change in terms of service as a possible reason for the impressive price rally, which has seen MOON’s price has surging 170% to almost 25 cents from 9 cents, according to data tracked by Coingecko. The cryptocurrency is listed on SushiSwap, Gate.io and MEXC. Moons are ERC-20 tokens distributed as rewards to users for their posts or comments in the r/CryptoCurrency…

Web3 Innovation Studio Venture Punk Releases Arbitrum-Based Generative Art Platform

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Venture Capital Funding to Web3 Plummets 76%, Crunchbase Report Shows

Web3 was defined by Crunchbase as cryptocurrency and blockchain startups, which have been hit hard by the ongoing crypto winter. While VC funding has slowed overall, with Crunchbase reporting an 18% drop across all sectors in the second quarter of 2023, crypto-related funding has had a much steeper decline. Meanwhile artificial-intelligence (AI) startups have become the new shiny object for investors, seeing $25 billion in funding in the first half of 2023. Source

Oasis launches Ethereum-compatible privacy blockchain Sapphire

Decentralized applications could tap into improved privacy features as blockchain firm Oasis launches its confidential EVM-compatible blockchain Sapphire. Sapphire and the Oasis Privacy Layer (OPL) are now live, allowing existing decentralized applications (DApp) on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) networks to make use of the blockchain’s privacy-first features without having to carry out cross-chain swaps for respective tokens. Cointelegraph reached out to Oasis to unpack the core components of the Sapphire blockchain and how it could help drive cross-chain Web3 development focused on privacy features for smart contracts. Oasis Foundation director…

Valkyrie ‘BRRR’ spot Bitcoin ETF enters SEC’s Nasdaq rulemaking list

The United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accepted Valkyrie’s Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal for official review. According to data from the SEC’s Nasdaq rulemaking list, Valkyrie’s proposal for its spot Bitcoin ETF entered the official docket on July 17. Valkyrie’s listing on the docket is the second spot Bitcoin ETF proposal being considered by the SEC. It came just a few days after the SEC published BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF proposal on July 13. Spot Bitcoin ETF proposals for listing on Nasdaq. Source: SEC The filing…

SEC To Assess Valkyrie’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Application

The Securities and Exchange Commission added Valkyrie’s spot Bitcoin ETF application to its official docket, signaling an official review of the filing. Other institutions and the public have 21 days to submit their comments on the possible impacts of Valkyrie’s filing, per the commission’s deadline. Valkyrie refiled its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund application after wall street titan BlackRock submits its own application on June 15. The asset manager named Coinbase as its surveillance partner in a July 5 filing after the SEC deemed previous submissions inadequate. The Federal Register of the…