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🪂 Airdrop Weekly Report | Zora Announces Token Launch in Spring 2025; MegaETH Will Not Provide Airdrops for Testnet Interaction (March 3 - March 9)Odaily Planet Daily has summarized the airdrop projects available for claim from March 3, 2025, to March 9, 2025, and organized new interactive airdrop projects/tasks and important information during this period. For detailed information, see the main text.⬇️⬇️1️⃣ RedStone @redstonexyz Project and Airdrop Eligibility IntroductionRedStone is a DeFi data oracle project. The project opened the RED token airdrop claim and staking on March 6. The RedStone Miner airdrop plan aims to reward active members in the RedStone ecosystem and community in the long term, with 10% of the total RED tokens allocated for community and genesis plans, which includes airdrops for participants in the RedStone Expedition.Funding SituationRedStone has raised over $22.52 million, completing a $520,000 Pre-seed round on July 13, 2021, with investors including Arweave, 1kx, Maven 11, Collider Ventures, KR 1, TRGC, and Bering Waters; on August 30, 2022, it completed a $7 million seed round led by Lemniscap, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Arweave, SevenX Ventures, and others; on July 2, 2024, it completed a $15 million Series A round led by Arrington Capital, with investments from gumi Cryptos Capital, Kenetic Capital, HTX Ventures, Flowdesk, Spartan Group, Amber Group, SevenX Ventures, IOSG Ventures, and others.Claim Period and LinkClaim Period: March 6, 2025, to April 6, 2025Link: https://t.co/iHa0unavJOPriceAccording to CoinGecko, the current price of $RED is 0.58 USDT.2️⃣ Elixir @elixir Project and Airdrop Eligibility IntroductionElixir is a DeFi protocol that opened airdrop queries for the protocol token ELX on March 6 and announced the token economic model for ELX. Community allocation is 41%: 8% for the first quarter airdrop, 21% for future airdrops and LP incentives, and 12% for public network security rewards. All unlocked tokens are not eligible for staking. Previously, KiloEx announced that its TGE will take place on March 17.Funding SituationElixir has raised a total of $18.6 million, completing a $2.1 million seed round on January 17, 2023, with investors including Inception Capital, Chapter One, FalconX, Arthur Hayes, and Commonwealth Capital Ventures; on October 18, 2023, it completed a $7.5 million Series A round led by Hack VC, with participation from NGC Ventures, Bloccelerate, Bodl Ventures, WAGMi Ventures, and Angellist Ventures; on March 12, 2024, it completed an $8 million Series B round led by Sui / Mysten Labs and Maelstrom Capital, with investments from Amber Group, GSR, Flowdesk, Manifold Trading, and Arthur Hayes.Claim Period and LinksClaim Period: March 6, 2025 to PresentLink: https://t.co/viCuEFY88FPriceAccording to CoinGecko data, the current price of $ELX is 0.51 USDT.3️⃣ Mint Blockchain @Mint_Blockchain Project and Airdrop Eligibility IntroductionMint is an L2 focused on NFTs, which previously announced that it will open airdrop claims on March 7, 2025, at 14:00 Beijing time. The airdrop will adopt a phased unlocking mechanism, unlocking over 3 months. Specific unlocking times are: March 7, 2025: unlock 50%; April 15, 2025: unlock 25%; May 31, 2025: unlock 25%.Funding SituationMint completed a $5 million seed round of financing on May 31, 2024, with participation from Mask Network, SNZ Holding, GoPlus Security, Jsquare, PANONY, Antalpha Ventures, NFTScan, WhiteList Ventures, Mike, Victor Zhang, BlockAI Ventures, and Predator Capital.Claim Period and LinksClaim Period: March 7, 2025 to August 1, 2025Link: https://t.co/xbZni13E2uPriceAccording to CoinGecko data, the current price of $MINT is 0.042 USDT.4️⃣ SoSoValue @SoSoValueCrypto Project and Airdrop Eligibility IntroductionSoSoValue is a one-stop financial research platform for cryptocurrency investors. The project announced on March 6 that it would open claims for token staking epoch 1 airdrop, with 30,000,000 SOSO allocated for a 30-day Staking Epoch 1, and more than 300,000 eligible addresses.Funding SituationSoSoValue has raised a total of $19.15 million, completing a $4.15 million seed round financing on June 23, 2024, with participation from Sequoia China, GSR, Alumni Ventures, CoinSummer Labs, and OnePiece Labs; on January 8, 2025, it completed a $15 million financing, led by Sequoia China, Mirana Ventures, SafePal, and SmallSpark.Claim Period and LinksClaim Period: March 6, 2025 to May 26, 2025Link: https://t.co/KSrrdnZUV1PriceAccording to CoinGecko data, the current price of $SOSO is 0.59 USDT.5️⃣ Dolomite @Dolomite_io Project and Airdrop Eligibility IntroductionDolomite is a lending protocol on chains such as Berachain and Arbitrum; the project opened airdrop query on March 5.Funding SituationDolomite has raised a total of $3.4 million, completing a $2.5 million financing on May 15, 2023, led by NGC Ventures and Draper Goren Holm, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, WWVentures, Token Metrics Ventures, etc.; on March 19, 2024, it completed a $900,000 strategic financing, with investors including Optic Capital, Sandeep Nailwal, DCF GOD, Pentoshi, Marc Boiron, DeFi Dad, Jack Melnick, Alicia Katz, Altcoin Sherpa, CLBera, Richard Seiler, @Ishanb 22, hansolar, @OrderandflowInvestment participation.Query period and linkQuery period: March 5, 2025 to presentLink: https://t.co/QILJt7BHX9PriceNot launched🪂 New airdrop interactive projects/tasksEndless: Mainnet launched, participate in interactions to share an equivalent of 1 million USD $EDSEndless is a distributed smart component protocol, announced on March 4, 2025, the completion of 110 million USD financing, with major investors including Foresight Ventures and other institutions and well-known investors.Endless Web3 Genesis Cloud (referred to as Endless) announced the official launch of its mainnet on March 6. Users can currently participate in the Endless x Luffa Carnival event, completing tasks to share an equivalent of 1 million EDS. Users can download Luffa and check the specific "airdrop activities" through the "Luffa Official" or "Endless Official" channels.Airdrop important informationZora @zora will launch its token $ZORA in Spring 2025, with a total supply of 10 billion piecesZora announced on March 4 that its native token ZORA will launch in Spring 2025, planned to be launched on the Base network, with a total supply of 10 billion pieces. The first snapshot was taken on March 3, 2025, and the second snapshot will take place three days before ZORA launches. In the ZORA token distribution, 20% is allocated for community rewards; 20% for treasury; 10% for airdrops; 18.9% for team; 5% for community liquidity; and 26.1% for strategic contributors.MegaETH @megaeth_labs: No airdrop rewards for testnet interactionsMegaETH stated on March 6 that it will not provide airdrop rewards for interactions on the public testnet, as the purpose of the testnet is to conduct practical testing, allowing developers to explore technology and users to experience applications. (Providing airdrops for the testnet) does not align with our style. Previously, MegaETH announced it would deploy the testnet on March 6.Movement @movementlabsxyz may launch the public mainnet on March 10, airdrop token collection still needs to waitMovement released a video on March 7, seemingly previewing the official launch of the public mainnet on March 10. A user inquired on Discord whether this means users can collect airdrop tokens on that day, to which Movement team member Craesol replied "Later," indicating that they still need to wait. Earlier in late January, Movement launched its developer mainnet, and earlier this month, Movement co-founder Rushi Manche stated that the public mainnet has been launched internally and will go live immediately after completing bridging security procedures.Sign @sign: Four types of SBT holders are eligible for airdrops, will cancel the gradually decreasing airdrop mechanismSign official disclosed the airdrop principles of SIGN on March 4, providing greater transparency to the community without revealing the snapshot algorithm. Sign also mentioned four types of SBT qualifying for airdrops: Support Warrior, Orange in the Veins, Outstanding Content Creation, and Serious Builder.Rhea Finance @rhea_finance announced the launch of token RHEA, 10% airdrop to usersNear ecosystem's chain-abstract liquidity solution Rhea Finance announced on March 6 the launch of token RHEA, with 10% of the total supply of $RHEA to be airdropped to actively participating users, and will introduce its staking version token xRHEA and reward token oRHEA. In addition, existing users who hold BRRR and REF tokens will be able to convert their tokens into RHEA.jpg">

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The Road to Mainnet: Quai Network Funding RecapIn total, Quai Network has raised $15M from some of crypto's brightest minds who believe in our vision - unifying store of value, DeFi, and digital cash through the Energy Dollar ⚡️💵It started in 2022 with our seed rounds: @polychaincap led with $8M, followed by @AlumniVentures with $2M. Their early support helped us build the foundation of what Quai is today. That's when our research of PoW scaling led to the birth of Proof-of-Work 2.0, which evolved into Proof-of-Entropy-Minima.This year, in 2024, we welcomed an incredible group of strategic partners in a $5M round: @MHVentures, @CerasVentures, @CogitentV, @tpcventures, @blackedgecap, @GigaChadVenture, @DexCheck_io, and @GTS_Ventures.This backing drives our final push to mainnet with continuous research, ecosystem growth, and community building.Quai Mainnet.January 2025.Dive deeper 👇 • Seed round (Polychain): https://t.co/xSKGPkXp8y• Seed round (Alumni): https://t.co/VwWw40FWVm• Strategic round: https://t.co/t6oLMEEPxb

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🌟 Major Announcement: Umoja is Now List! 🔥MoonBoots DAO is thrilled to announce that @UmojaProtocol - Crypto’s Asset Factory has officially launched! Umoja is a groundbreaking asset management protocol that converts altcoins into ‘smartcoins’ to automatically limit risk and optimize yield on any asset.🚀 Protocol Launch Details:💰 Umoja’s Smartcoins: Designed to intelligently manage assets by reducing risk and maximizing yield.⚡ Team: Built by a powerhouse team with alumni from Goldman Sachs, ConsenSys, Coinbase, Google, Mastercard, RBS, Credit Suisse, Santander Bank, Valora, and Celo. The founder is a former Goldman Sachs team member and was previously Head of Impact at ConsenSys.💼 Existing Investors: Supported by top-tier investors, including Coinbase Ventures, Orange DAO, Quantstamp, 500 Global, Avalanche Blizzard, Blockchain Founders Fund, and UTXO Management.Backed by industry leaders, Umoja is set to revolutionize asset management by turning altcoins into optimized, risk-mitigated smartcoins.

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Why are we bullish on the Umoja Protocol? 🐂 As we get closer to the $1,500,000 @UmojaProtocol Crowdfunding on 🔥 Ignition, it's clear that they are set to change how retail trades crypto. Umoja is transforming altcoins to ‘smartcoins’ 🪙 Umoja is the crypto asset factory that empowers retail investors with automated, lower-risk, and higher-yield investment opportunities. BOOST. HEDGE. Supercharge gains. ⚡ What are Smartcoins? 🧠 Umoja's AI-powered ‘smartcoins’ offer lower risk, better yield, and high liquidity in a single, composable token- enabling retail access to premium investment strategies. 🛡📈😁💰✅ (a Umojan) > ❌😥 (doesn’t use Umoja, gets liquidated) ➕ What’s more? ➕ Proven traction 📈 $20M+ in notional volume, 145.6K+ community & partnerships with industry leaders – Umoja is primed for success! 👍 All-star team ⭐ With a team of alumni from @coinbase, @GoldmanSachs, @Consensys, Umoja is in a league of its own. Backers with real influence 🤝 Backed by industry giants like @cbventures, @BlockchainFF, @500GlobalVC, @norrsken_org, @avax Blizzard Fund, and more. Why get involved? 🤔 According to @RealCryptoGraph, Umoja Protocol is the most anticipated & hyped crowdfunding event right now. It’s EXCLUSIVE for Ignition. Invest next to the likes of Coinbase Ventures! 🗓️ Get ready to join the sale on May 15-16 am 11 am UTC. Time is running out, so be ready! ⌛

🔥@UmojaProtocol joins Ignition! Another launch is approaching Ignition. Umoja pioneers the world's first smart money protocol, empowering anyone to craft smart money. By integrating automated investment strategies into digital assets, Umoja enables tokens to autonomously trade, protect against market volatility, and optimise yields. Their beta has already launched on Arbitrum and Ethereum, generating over $2.5 million in notional volume in just a month since its launch last month. ⚡️Team Umoja Labs is composed of alumni from Goldman Sachs, ConsenSys, RBS, Credit Suisse, Santander Bank, Valora, and Celo. 🤝Backers and Partners: They have also effectively concluded a $2 million extension to their initial seed funding round, elevating the total raised amount to $4 million from their backers and investors. Coinbase Ventures Blockchain Founders Fund 500 Global Norrsken Avalanche Blizzard Fund QuantStamp Orange DAO 3Commas Selini Capital (amongst others!) Launch Details: Date: TBA Total Raise: $6,000,000 Method: Private Vesting: 20% at TGE 6 Months Linear Unlock 👁️ Keep an eye out as we shine the spotlight on Umoja in the coming days and unveil more details about our upcoming launch! While you wait, register your account at

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