Daily Bits

The inaugural Solana AI hackathon, organized by SendAI, saw over 400 projects compete, focusing on AI agents and their applications in crypto.

MOODENG surged significantly following a donation from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, who adopted Moo Deng, a pygmy hippopotamus, and contributed a substantial amount to support wildlife conservation.

WhiteRock has introduced a direct tokenization platform for securities listed on the NYSE, Nasdaq, and LSE, connecting traditional finance with decentralized finance (DeFi).

PancakeSwap has partnered with BetFury to launch a $50,000 trading competition running from December 24, 2024, to January 12, 2025.

Grayscale has launched the Horizen Trust, a fund that allows qualified investors to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency ZEN without the need to buy, store, or safeguard it.

Sonic and Injective are launching the first cross-chain AI agent platform, the Smart Agent Hub, integrating Solana and Injective ecosystems.

Story has introduced the Agent Transaction Control Protocol (Agent TCP/IP), a new standard for agent-to-agent transactions in the AI ecosystem.

Sonic Labs has launched its Sonic mainnet, an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain evolved from Fantom, offering 10,000 TPS and sub-second finality.

Saga has launched Mainnet 2.0, which transforms blockchain economics by addressing liquidity challenges and eliminating gas fees for users.

Ethena Labs has launched USDtb, a new stablecoin backed by BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) in partnership with Securitize.