#CMC Market Pulse | 22 Jun - 23 Jun Weekend _ Latepost
DEFI BRIEF 🏦
#bybit introduces ByReal, a Solana-based liquidity network bringing together CEX-grade liquidity and DEX transparency.
ByReal will also support its own launchpad and yield vaults.Leading lending protocol, Aave, introduces their V4 architecture, which combines all assets into a unified liquidity hub, rather than in silo as they are now.
Solana liquidity protocol, #Meteora , introduces Rate Limiter, an upgrade to tax snipers purchasing large amounts of a token on launch, while leaving smaller transactions unaffected.
#CowSwap introduces Fair Combinatorial Batch Auctions (FCBAs), bringing higher throughput, fairer trades and gas savings to the protocol and its users.
VC FUNDRAISES AND AIRDROPS 💰
Crypto-powered AI startup, Yupp, raises $33M in a seed funding round led by a16z crypto, with participation from more than 45 angels and investors from Google, Coinbase and more.
Solana AI protocol, #GradientNetwork , raises $10M in a seed round led by Pantera Capital and Multicoin Capital, with support from HSG Capital, among other investors.
Modular blockchain infrastructure, Units Network, raises $10M in funding from Nimbus Capital.
ETH restaking layer, EigenLayer, raises $70M via an OTC token sale to a16z crypto, to support the launch of their latest feature, EigenCloud.
Spark, by MakerDAO, announces their SPK token airdrop, which will be claimable until 22nd July.
