ARIA, a Web 3 blockchain game, announced the completion of a $5 million funding round led by Folius Ventures, The Spartan Group, and the Beam Foundation, with participation from Animoca Brands and Galaxy Gaming. Officials stated that this round of funding will accelerate the development of next-generation Web 3 games with AAA gaming experiences and fuel global expansion plans.

Odaily News Norma Chu, founder, chairman and CEO of DDC Enterprise, a US-listed company, said in a shareholder letter that DDC has submitted a $500 million F-3 general shelf registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This move is aimed at ensuring flexible and efficient access to the capital market when favorable opportunities arise. In addition, the company's new Bitcoin vision goal is to hold 10,000 Bitcoins by the end of 2025; and to become one of the top three Bitcoin reserve companies in the world within three years. Earlier news, Animoca Brands reached a cooperation with DDC Enterprise to invest $100 million to support its Bitcoin treasury. Earlier this month, the company received a commitment of up to $528 million in transformation capital, and has now received $53 million in initial funding from well-known partners such as Anson Funds, Animoca Brands and Kenetic Capital.

Odaily News Bittensor Ecosystem Company xTAO announced that it will be listed on the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) on July 23, with the stock code XTAO.U. The company has previously completed US$22.8 million in financing, with investors including Digital Currency Group, Animoca Brands, Arca, Borderless Capital and FalconX. xTAO said that the company will be committed to promoting the development of the Bittensor network, focusing on building core products such as data, computing power and machine learning models, and connecting users and enterprises through validator nodes. The company's founder, Karia Samaroo, founded WonderFi and served as CEO before the platform was acquired by Robinhood for $180 million. Samaroo said Bittensor is becoming the "Bitcoin of AI" and xTAO will seize its ecological growth opportunities by operating validators and using TAO as a treasury asset. (The Block)

Odaily News According to official news, DDC Enterprise Limited and Animoca Brands have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to establish a strategic partnership. Animoca Brands will invest US$100 million in DDC to support its Bitcoin treasury. This move will accelerate DDC's Bitcoin accumulation strategy, position Bitcoin as a key component of contemporary corporate financing strategies, and provide a blueprint for listed companies to adopt digital assets.

Odaily News Bitget's current Launchpool project RCADE Network (RCADE) is now open for investment. Locking BGB will unlock 103,200,000 RCADE. The upper limit for ordinary users is 5,000 BGB, and the upper limit for VIP users is 50,000 BGB. The lock-up deadline is July 12, 21:00 (UTC+8). RCADE Network is a blockchain game publisher and developer built on high-performance blockchain infrastructure and has received $13.5 million in funding from top institutions such as Pantera Capital and Animoca Brands.

Odaily News AI-driven superstructure network Datagram has completed a $4 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Blizzard the Avalanche Fund, with participation from Animoca Brands, Cointelegraph, Amber Group, Aquanow, Arche Fund, DePIN X Capital, ISKRA, JDI Ventures, Yellow Capital, etc. It is reported that this round of funds will be used to build a sovereign Layer1 blockchain on Avalanche and accelerate node network deployment. The Datagram network builds decentralized infrastructure by integrating idle computing resources, and currently serves 200 companies and 1 million users worldwide. (Investing.com)

1. Bitcoin’s historical return rate in July: 8 up and 4 down since 2013; 2. Viewpoint: Promoting the issuance of stablecoins may increase liquidity supply in the short term; 3. JD.com: JD.com CoinChain Technology has not yet started issuing stablecoins; 4. China Asset Management Hong Kong: It is predicted that legal tender will become stable currency in the future, and there will be only a few universal stable currencies in the world; 5. Strategy transferred 7,383 BTC to a new wallet, possibly to optimize asset custody; 6. Animoca Brands: As a Hong Kong company, it will give priority to local listing; 7. The author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad": The initial purchase cost of Bitcoin was $6,000 per coin, and it is expected to rise to $1 million per coin; 8. The Bank of Korea focuses on the Korean won stablecoin business, and the CBDC project test is suspended; 9. Metaplanet will issue 30 billion yen zero-interest ordinary bonds to increase its holdings of Bitcoin; 10. AlAbraaj, a company listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange, increased its holdings of 2 bitcoins, with an average purchase price of approximately US$104,100.

Odaily News Regarding the previously reported plan to go public in the United States, Animoca Brands President Ouyang Qijun said that the group must look for opportunities to re-list since delisting in Australia. The new round of virtual asset institutional IPOs in the United States has attracted much attention, but as a Hong Kong company, it will also give priority to raising funds in the local market. The specific timing and location of the listing still depends on the market environment and the matching of potential investors. He emphasized that there is no final decision yet. Hong Kong is attractive for its stable regulatory environment and financial center status. Hong Kong's current regulatory environment for the Web3 market has provided favorable conditions for the development of the group. (East Net)

Odaily News DePIN ecosystem startup dKloud announced the completion of a US$3.15 million strategic round of financing, with participation from Animoca Ventures, Blizzard Fund, Baboon.VC, Telos Foundation, TPS Capital and others under Animoca Brands. The new funds are intended to be used to build a decentralized cloud infrastructure platform to support the connection of DePIN with enterprise-level information technology (IT), helping enterprises to deploy applications using cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies.

Odaily News According to an announcement by Immutable on the X platform, blockchain game developer Endless Clouds has completed a $6.25 million financing round, with institutional investors such as Animoca Brands and IdeoCo Labs, as well as a group of industry angel investors such as Robbie Ferguson (Immutable), Luca Netz (Pudgy Penguins), and Stani Kulechov (founder of AAVE) participating in the investment. At the same time, Endless Clouds also announced the launch of the token END, which will power the Endless Clouds ecosystem (especially Treeverse).