Fuse Network Season 1 Airdrop Rewards Open for Claiming | Cryptocurrency Trends

1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• Bitflyer, a crypto exchange, to acquire FTX Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of bankrupted FTX.

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• Bryan Pellegrino, CEO of LayerZero, posts, "There is no forced donation, if you don't want to donate... simply don't claim. This is not something you own, it's something being offered."
• The Fantom Foundation announces the formation of the Sonic Labs Innovator Fund, which will invest up to 200 million FTM to attract more innovative mainstream DApps to migrate to the Sonic network.
• The AO ecosystem releases its AI on AO plan, aiming to launch on-chain open-source large language models (LLMs).
• Fuse Network Season 1 airdrop claims are now open. Participants from Season 1 can now claim their rewards hosted on Layer3.
• HashKey Capital announces that it has become a founding member of SOFA.org, an open-source and non-profit decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dedicated to developing a decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem for the atomic, blockchain-based settlement of financial assets.

3. Financing Trends:

• BlockchainGamer reports that Saltwater Games, a UK-based Web3 and XR gaming company, has announced the completion of a new funding round with participation from Animoca Brands. The specific amount remains undisclosed.
• Particle Network, a modular blockchain project, raises $15 million in Series A funding co-led by Spartan Group and Gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from SevenX Ventures, Morningstar Ventures, Flow Traders, HashKey Capital, and others. This funding round brings Particle's total funding to $25 million.
• Farworld Labs raises $1.75 million in a funding round co-led by Lemniscap and Variant, with participation from Base Ecosystem Fund and Coinbase Ventures.
• Zeek, a decentralized social collaboration network, raises $3 million in seed round funding from OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, Mask Network, and others.

4. Regulatory Trends:

• According to Fortune, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating Jump Crypto.
• Cointelegraph reports that according to an official statement from the Kenya Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Kenyan police have stopped their investigation into Worldcoin.