[New Fundraising] Ethereum Oracle Protocol Chronicle Raised $12 Million Seed Round, Led by Strobe
Chronicle Protocol is a decentralized Oracle solution securing over $10 billion in collateral since 2017. It continues to secure MakerDAO while establishing a stand-alone brand and business proposition and building the world’s first fully verifiable, cost-efficient, scalable, and decentralized oracle.
More about Chronicle:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Chronicle%20Protocol?k=OTE2NA%3D%3D
Source:
https://x.com/ChronicleLabs/status/1904533084818780540
Chronicle Protocol is a decentralized Oracle solution securing over $10 billion in collateral since 2017. It continues to secure MakerDAO while establishing a stand-alone brand and business proposition and building the world’s first fully verifiable, cost-efficient, scalable, and decentralized oracle.
More about Chronicle:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Chronicle%20Protocol?k=OTE2NA%3D%3D
Source:
https://x.com/ChronicleLabs/status/1904533084818780540
Weekly Hot Projects🔥 (Mar.24 - Mar.30)
📈 Hey #CryptoFam! 🚀 We've just updated our weekly #CryptoTrends ranking list, based on your #RootData searches. 💻
🎯Top 10 winner is Particle Network, GUNZ, Nillion, Hyperliquid, Walrus, JellyJelly, Circle, Tether, Ghiblification, KiloEx.
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📈 Hey #CryptoFam! 🚀 We've just updated our weekly #CryptoTrends ranking list, based on your #RootData searches. 💻
🎯Top 10 winner is Particle Network, GUNZ, Nillion, Hyperliquid, Walrus, JellyJelly, Circle, Tether, Ghiblification, KiloEx.
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🚀 RootData Weekly Crypto X Leaderboard is here!
Jiani Chen topped the RootData leaderboard last week after announcing her move to the Solana Foundation. She’ll be leading growth initiatives and working closely with Executive Director Lily Liu — a notable pairing in one of crypto’s most active ecosystems. Having previously built from scratch at Protagonist, Jiani’s shift into an operational role marks a strong signal for Solana’s ongoing expansion. One to watch.
👑 Top 5 this week:
1. Jiani Chen - Partner at Protagonist (97)
2. Nicholas Cannon - VP of Growth at Gauntlet (73)
3. Karry - CEO at Bitget Wallet (70)
4. Gautham Santhosh - Co-Founder at Polynomial (66)
5. Addison Spiegel - CEO/Founder at Thunderhead (64)
Who’s leading the conversation in Web3? Who’s gaining momentum?
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Jiani Chen topped the RootData leaderboard last week after announcing her move to the Solana Foundation. She’ll be leading growth initiatives and working closely with Executive Director Lily Liu — a notable pairing in one of crypto’s most active ecosystems. Having previously built from scratch at Protagonist, Jiani’s shift into an operational role marks a strong signal for Solana’s ongoing expansion. One to watch.
👑 Top 5 this week:
1. Jiani Chen - Partner at Protagonist (97)
2. Nicholas Cannon - VP of Growth at Gauntlet (73)
3. Karry - CEO at Bitget Wallet (70)
4. Gautham Santhosh - Co-Founder at Polynomial (66)
5. Addison Spiegel - CEO/Founder at Thunderhead (64)
Who’s leading the conversation in Web3? Who’s gaining momentum?
👉 Stay tuned for weekly updates.
🔗 https://www.rootdata.com/people
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Weekly Hot Projects🔥 (Mar.31 - Apr.6)
📈 Hey #CryptoFam! 🚀 We've just updated our weekly #CryptoTrends ranking list, based on your #RootData searches. 💻
🎯Top 10 winner is Particle Network, GUNZ, Nillion, Hyperliquid, Walrus, JellyJelly, Circle, Tether, Ghiblification, KiloEx.
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📈 Hey #CryptoFam! 🚀 We've just updated our weekly #CryptoTrends ranking list, based on your #RootData searches. 💻
🎯Top 10 winner is Particle Network, GUNZ, Nillion, Hyperliquid, Walrus, JellyJelly, Circle, Tether, Ghiblification, KiloEx.
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🚀 RootData Weekly Crypto X Leaderboard is here!
Momo Ong topped the RootData leaderboard last week after Codex — the stablecoin-focused blockchain he co-founded — announced a $15.8M seed round led by Dragonfly.
The round attracted backing from Coinbase Ventures, Circle, and others — a strong signal in today’s capital environment. With Momo’s background in product design and company-building, his reemergence as co-founder of Codex positions him at the forefront of the “stablecoin for real-world” narrative.
One to watch.
👑 Top 5 this week:
1. Momo Ong - Co-Founder at Codex (126)
2. Wang Chun - Founder at stakefish (98)
3. JackYi - Founder at LD Capital (86)
4. Ryan Petersen - Founder of Flexport (69)
5. Tomasz Stanczak - Founder at Nethermind (66)
Who’s leading the conversation in Web3? Who’s gaining momentum?
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🔗 https://www.rootdata.com/people
Momo Ong topped the RootData leaderboard last week after Codex — the stablecoin-focused blockchain he co-founded — announced a $15.8M seed round led by Dragonfly.
The round attracted backing from Coinbase Ventures, Circle, and others — a strong signal in today’s capital environment. With Momo’s background in product design and company-building, his reemergence as co-founder of Codex positions him at the forefront of the “stablecoin for real-world” narrative.
One to watch.
👑 Top 5 this week:
1. Momo Ong - Co-Founder at Codex (126)
2. Wang Chun - Founder at stakefish (98)
3. JackYi - Founder at LD Capital (86)
4. Ryan Petersen - Founder of Flexport (69)
5. Tomasz Stanczak - Founder at Nethermind (66)
Who’s leading the conversation in Web3? Who’s gaining momentum?
👉 Stay tuned for weekly updates.
🔗 https://www.rootdata.com/people
Weekly Hot Projects🔥 (Apr.8 - Apr.14)
📈 Hey #CryptoFam! 🚀 We've just updated our weekly #CryptoTrends ranking list, based on your #RootData searches. 💻
🎯Top 10 winner is Mind Network, MANTRA, Plastic Labs, Meanwhile, Blackbird, Octane, Loopscale, DashFun, FuzzLand.
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📈 Hey #CryptoFam! 🚀 We've just updated our weekly #CryptoTrends ranking list, based on your #RootData searches. 💻
🎯Top 10 winner is Mind Network, MANTRA, Plastic Labs, Meanwhile, Blackbird, Octane, Loopscale, DashFun, FuzzLand.
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[New Fundraising] Optimum raised $11 million seed round of financing, led by 1kx
Optimum is a high-performance memory infrastructure for any blockchain. Powered by RLNC, It can scale L1/L2s, enhance dapp performance & end-user UX.
More about Optimum:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Optimum?k=MTY1MjY%3D
Source:
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/04/15/mit-incubated-optimum-raises-usd11m-seed-round-to-build-web3-s-missing-memory-layer
Optimum is a high-performance memory infrastructure for any blockchain. Powered by RLNC, It can scale L1/L2s, enhance dapp performance & end-user UX.
More about Optimum:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Optimum?k=MTY1MjY%3D
Source:
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/04/15/mit-incubated-optimum-raises-usd11m-seed-round-to-build-web3-s-missing-memory-layer
Rootdata
Optimum - High-performance memory infrastructure
Optimum is a high-performance memory infrastructure for any blockchain. Powered by RLNC, It can scale L1/L2s, enhance dapp performance & end-user UX.
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Understanding the RootData API from Features to Use Cases
：https://rootdatalabs.medium.com/understanding-the-rootdata-api-from-features-to-use-cases-0680384b9842
：https://rootdatalabs.medium.com/understanding-the-rootdata-api-from-features-to-use-cases-0680384b9842
Medium
Understanding the RootData API from Features to Use Cases
With its powerful data integration capabilities and easy-to-integrate modular design, the RootData API serves as a “navigator” for…
[New Fundraising] a16z invested an additional $55M in LayerZero tokens (ZRO) with a 3-year lockup
LayerZero is an Omnichain Interoperability Protocol designed for lightweight message passing across chains. It provides authentic and guaranteed message delivery with configurable trustlessness, implemented as a set of gas-efficient, non-upgradable smart contracts.
More about LayerZero:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/LayerZero?k=MjEwNQ%3D%3D
Source:
https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1912899221868396869
LayerZero is an Omnichain Interoperability Protocol designed for lightweight message passing across chains. It provides authentic and guaranteed message delivery with configurable trustlessness, implemented as a set of gas-efficient, non-upgradable smart contracts.
More about LayerZero:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/LayerZero?k=MjEwNQ%3D%3D
Source:
https://x.com/alive_eth/status/1912899221868396869
Rootdata
LayerZero - Omnichain Interoperability Protocol
LayerZero is an Omnichain Interoperability Protocol designed for lightweight message passing across chains. It provides authentic and guaranteed message delivery with configurable trustlessness, implemented as a set of gas-efficient, non-upgradable smart…
🚀 RootData Weekly Crypto X Leaderboard is here!
John Patrick Mullin topped the RootData leaderboard this week — but for all the wrong reasons.
The MANTRA co-founder and CEO found himself in the spotlight after $OM, the token of the RWA-focused L1, crashed nearly 90% in just 90 minutes — from $5.21 to ~$0.50.
MANTRA blamed “reckless liquidations” on centralized exchanges, not insider activity. But the community isn’t convinced. Allegations swirled around team-controlled wallets, suspicious pre-dump transfers to Binance and OKX, and a sky-high FDV of $9.5B versus just ~$13M in TVL.
Chaos, speculation, and one of the most dramatic token crashes in recent memory.
👑 Top 5 this week:
1. John Patrick Mullin - Cofounder, CEO at MANTRA - 146
2. Karim Helmy - Head of Trading at 1kx - 138
3. Tomasz Stanczak - Founder at Nethermind - 130
4. Pan - Founder at RootData - 106
5. Sam Lehman - Principal at Symbolic Capital - 79
Who’s leading the conversation in Web3? Who’s gaining momentum?
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🔗 https://www.rootdata.com/people
John Patrick Mullin topped the RootData leaderboard this week — but for all the wrong reasons.
The MANTRA co-founder and CEO found himself in the spotlight after $OM, the token of the RWA-focused L1, crashed nearly 90% in just 90 minutes — from $5.21 to ~$0.50.
MANTRA blamed “reckless liquidations” on centralized exchanges, not insider activity. But the community isn’t convinced. Allegations swirled around team-controlled wallets, suspicious pre-dump transfers to Binance and OKX, and a sky-high FDV of $9.5B versus just ~$13M in TVL.
Chaos, speculation, and one of the most dramatic token crashes in recent memory.
👑 Top 5 this week:
1. John Patrick Mullin - Cofounder, CEO at MANTRA - 146
2. Karim Helmy - Head of Trading at 1kx - 138
3. Tomasz Stanczak - Founder at Nethermind - 130
4. Pan - Founder at RootData - 106
5. Sam Lehman - Principal at Symbolic Capital - 79
Who’s leading the conversation in Web3? Who’s gaining momentum?
👉 Stay tuned for weekly updates.
🔗 https://www.rootdata.com/people
RootData
John Patrick Mullin - RootData
John Patrick Mullin is the co-founder and CEO of MANTRA, a guest lecturer at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Tongji University, and a strategic advisor to HeliSwap.He holds a dual Master's degree in Management and Economics from the…
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Weekly Hot Projects🔥 (Apr.15 - Apr.21)
📈 Hey #CryptoFam! 🚀 We've just updated our weekly #CryptoTrends ranking list, based on your #RootData searches. 💻
🎯Top 10 winner is MANTRA, WalletConnect, KiloEx, Initia, Kernel, Optimum, Zora, Coinbase, zkSync, EigenLayer.
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📈 Hey #CryptoFam! 🚀 We've just updated our weekly #CryptoTrends ranking list, based on your #RootData searches. 💻
🎯Top 10 winner is MANTRA, WalletConnect, KiloEx, Initia, Kernel, Optimum, Zora, Coinbase, zkSync, EigenLayer.
Keep up with the hottest buzz in the industry and stay ahead of the trends. Don't miss out - check it out! 👇
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[New Fundraising] StakeStone announce an investment from Animoca Ventures
Stakestone is a full-chain liquidity infrastructure. Different from POS staking pool and restaking pool protocols, the platform is more focused on building liquidity distribution for ETH, BTC and stablecoin.
More about StakeStone:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/StakeStone?k=ODQ5MQ%3D%3D
Source:
https://medium.com/@Stake_Stone_/animoca-ventures-backs-stakestone-to-supercharge-omnichain-liquidity-for-web3-consumer-economies-5dea850e11bf
Stakestone is a full-chain liquidity infrastructure. Different from POS staking pool and restaking pool protocols, the platform is more focused on building liquidity distribution for ETH, BTC and stablecoin.
More about StakeStone:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/StakeStone?k=ODQ5MQ%3D%3D
Source:
https://medium.com/@Stake_Stone_/animoca-ventures-backs-stakestone-to-supercharge-omnichain-liquidity-for-web3-consumer-economies-5dea850e11bf
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[New Fundraising] BitDeer has raised a total of $179 million through loans and stock issuance
Bitdeer is the world's leading provider of digital asset mining services. Since its establishment, Bitdeer has committed to providing a full range of reliable miner-sharing services, compliant global mining infrastructure, and efficient smart mining management services for users around the world. It enables anyone, experienced or novice users, to start mining with just one click.
More about BitDeer:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Bitdeer?k=MzUyMw%3D%3D
Source:
https://www.theminermag.com/news/2025-04-22/bitdeer-bitcoin-loan-sealminer
Bitdeer is the world's leading provider of digital asset mining services. Since its establishment, Bitdeer has committed to providing a full range of reliable miner-sharing services, compliant global mining infrastructure, and efficient smart mining management services for users around the world. It enables anyone, experienced or novice users, to start mining with just one click.
More about BitDeer:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Bitdeer?k=MzUyMw%3D%3D
Source:
https://www.theminermag.com/news/2025-04-22/bitdeer-bitcoin-loan-sealminer
Rootdata
Bitdeer - Digital asset mining services provider
Bitdeer is the world's leading provider of digital asset mining services. Since its establishment, Bitdeer has committed to providing a full range of reliable miner-sharing services, compliant global mining infrastructure, and efficient smart mining management…
[New Fundraising] DAO infrastructure provider Tally raised $8 million Series A funding
Tally is a DAO operations platform to help dApp project teams start, join, and grow decentralized organizations. It simplifies the DAO governance process, enabling users, project teams, and relevant stakeholders to focus on contributing to DAOs.
More about Tally:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Tally?k=MzE3NQ%3D%3D
Source:
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/04/22/dao-infrastructure-provider-tally-raises-usd8m-to-scale-on-chain-governance
Tally is a DAO operations platform to help dApp project teams start, join, and grow decentralized organizations. It simplifies the DAO governance process, enabling users, project teams, and relevant stakeholders to focus on contributing to DAOs.
More about Tally:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Tally?k=MzE3NQ%3D%3D
Source:
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/04/22/dao-infrastructure-provider-tally-raises-usd8m-to-scale-on-chain-governance
Rootdata
Tally - DAO operations platform
Tally is a DAO operations platform to help dApp project teams start, join, and grow decentralized organizations. It simplifies the DAO governance process, enabling users, project teams, and relevant stakeholders to focus on contributing to DAOs. Tally integrates…
[New Fundraising] Arch Network raised $ 13 M in Series A round, led by Pantera Capital.
Arch Network is a bitcoin-native application platform introduces smart contract functionality directly into Bitcoin through a novel architecture that leverages a Rust-based zero-knowledge virtual machine, called the ArchVM, paired with a decentralized verifier network, collectively referred to as the Arch Network.
More about Arch Network:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Arch%20Network?k=MTIzMzM%3D
Source:
https://chainwire.org/2025/04/22/arch-labs-announces-13m-funding-round-to-launch-a-native-bitcoin-virtual-machine/
Arch Network is a bitcoin-native application platform introduces smart contract functionality directly into Bitcoin through a novel architecture that leverages a Rust-based zero-knowledge virtual machine, called the ArchVM, paired with a decentralized verifier network, collectively referred to as the Arch Network.
More about Arch Network:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Arch%20Network?k=MTIzMzM%3D
Source:
https://chainwire.org/2025/04/22/arch-labs-announces-13m-funding-round-to-launch-a-native-bitcoin-virtual-machine/
Rootdata
Arch Network - Bitcoin-Native Application Platform
Arch Network is a bitcoin-native application platform introduces smart contract functionality directly into Bitcoin through a novel architecture that leverages a Rust-based zero-knowledge virtual machine, called the ArchVM, paired with a decentralized verifier…
[New Fundraising] Symbiotic raised $29 Million Series A Funding, Led by Pantera Capital and Coinbase Ventures
Symbiotic is a generalized restaking system enabling decentralized networks to bootstrap powerful, fully sovereign ecosystems. It offers a way for decentralized applications, called actively validated services, or "AVSs," to collectively secure one another.
More about Symbiotic:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Symbiotic?k=MTI4MDM%3D
Source:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/symbiotic-29m-staking-universal-coordination-layer
Symbiotic is a generalized restaking system enabling decentralized networks to bootstrap powerful, fully sovereign ecosystems. It offers a way for decentralized applications, called actively validated services, or "AVSs," to collectively secure one another.
More about Symbiotic:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Symbiotic?k=MTI4MDM%3D
Source:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/symbiotic-29m-staking-universal-coordination-layer
Rootdata
Symbiotic - Generalized restaking system
Symbiotic is a generalized restaking system enabling decentralized networks to bootstrap powerful, fully sovereign ecosystems. It offers a way for decentralized applications, called actively validated services, or "AVSs," to collectively secure one another.…
[New Fundraising] Mask Network raised $ 5 M in funding round, led by DWF Labs
Mask Network is a Web3 portal that aims to bridge Web2 users to Web3. It brings a decentralized application ecosystem to traditional social networks, providing decentralized options for features Web 2.0 users are familiar with.
Users can enjoy secure, decentralized social messaging, payment networks, file storage, and file sharing without leaving mainstream social media networks.
The release of Mask Network's 2.0 iteration includes the multi-chain Mask wallet, a MaskID login system that aggregates users' social media accounts and Web 3.0 addresses, and a dApp marketplace called D.Market.
More about Mask Network:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Mask%20Network?k=Mjk0
Source:
https://x.com/DWFLabs/status/1914948605968048186
Mask Network is a Web3 portal that aims to bridge Web2 users to Web3. It brings a decentralized application ecosystem to traditional social networks, providing decentralized options for features Web 2.0 users are familiar with.
Users can enjoy secure, decentralized social messaging, payment networks, file storage, and file sharing without leaving mainstream social media networks.
The release of Mask Network's 2.0 iteration includes the multi-chain Mask wallet, a MaskID login system that aggregates users' social media accounts and Web 3.0 addresses, and a dApp marketplace called D.Market.
More about Mask Network:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Mask%20Network?k=Mjk0
Source:
https://x.com/DWFLabs/status/1914948605968048186
Rootdata
Mask Network - Web3 Portal
Mask Network is a Web3 portal that aims to bridge Web2 users to Web3. It brings a decentralized application ecosystem to traditional social networks, providing decentralized options for features Web 2.0 users are familiar with. Users can enjoy secure, decentralized…
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[New Fundraising] Theo raises $20 million to give investors a piece of high-frequency trading strategies
Theo is decentralized trading infrastructure connecting onchain capital with global markets and institutions. Under the hood, Theo is powered by a low-latency settlement network that executes trades across every major trading venue in crypto while autonomously maintaining margin requirements. Theo's core innovations are a global balance sheet and dedicated settlement network implementing proprietary execution, policy, risk, and custody architecture.
More about Theo:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Theo?k=MTMyMTE%3D
Source: https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/04/24/theo-20-million-hft-traders-hack-vc-manifold-trading/
Theo is decentralized trading infrastructure connecting onchain capital with global markets and institutions. Under the hood, Theo is powered by a low-latency settlement network that executes trades across every major trading venue in crypto while autonomously maintaining margin requirements. Theo's core innovations are a global balance sheet and dedicated settlement network implementing proprietary execution, policy, risk, and custody architecture.
More about Theo:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Theo?k=MTMyMTE%3D
Source: https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/04/24/theo-20-million-hft-traders-hack-vc-manifold-trading/