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

Daily Top Performer — Phala Network (PHA)

The S&P 500 rose 1.1%, marking its third straight gain and the start of the Santa Claus rally. Growth and megacap tech stocks led, driven by optimism in AI and long-term tech trends, despite elevated Treasury yields. Coindesk Indices, an index measuring broader cryptocurrency market performance was up by 4.18%, with Bitcoin and Ether rising by 4.52% and 1.90%, respectively in the past 24 hours.

Today's top performer is PHA, which surged 63.4% after the announcement of Phala Network's 2024 achievements and 2025 roadmap, featuring decentralized GPU AI advancements and strategic partnerships.

The Phala Network (PHA), founded in 2018, is a decentralized cloud computing platform that uses excess computing power from everyday devices. It operates with Gatekeeper and Miner nodes, offering secure and scalable cloud services. Phala also launched Khala (PHA) on the Kusama network in 2021. 

 include co-building a decentralized GPU network, enhancing AI model training, and partnerships with projects like SentientAGI and MorpheusAIs. The Phala Treasury allocated 37% to infrastructure, 20% to community, and 43% to marketing. Social media efforts generated millions of impressions and engagements, while the network participated in six events and established 15 partnerships. Phala 2.0, launching in 2025, will integrate GPU TEE technology and Ethereum Layer 2 scalability for AI and Web3 applications.

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 to launch a $50,000 trading competition running from December 24, 2024, to January 12, 2025. Participants can earn rewards by trading BFG tokens on the PancakeSwap Web interface or Telegram Swap-Bot. The competition includes daily lucky draws with $10,000 USDT, a leaderboard with $30,000 in BFG tokens for top traders, and $10,000 USDT for traders using the Telegram Swap-Bot. To qualify, participants must meet specific trading volume requirements, with rewards distributed in USDT and BFG tokens.

Yesterday, Bitcoin Spot ETF flows remained unchanged for GBTC, while non-GBTC ETFs experienced outflows of $149.7 million, bringing total outflows to $149.7 million.

: Astherus lets you farm while qualifying for Lista DAO Season 2, while Superform involves depositing ETH on Base via Moonwell WETH Morpho vault. Mitosis allows Linea airdrop qualification by holding funds, and Symbiotic rewards large token deposits on Ethereum mainnet. Mind Network offers bigger airdrop allocations for farming vFHE by depositing eETH. Solayer requires depositing and delegating SOL or derivatives to rank higher, and Drift's second airdrop involves liquid staking SOL to earn and lend dSOL.

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In this tutorial, we’ll explore how you can complete a series of tasks in Orochi Network for Bybit Web3 Airdrop Arcade.

In this tutorial, we’ll explore how you can complete Orochi Network tasks for Bybit Web3 Airdrop Arcade. 

Task 2: Quote Orochi Network's Post and Tag 3 Friends

: Navigate to Orochi Network’s pinned post on X.

: Quote the tweet with your thoughts, and tag 3 friends.

 button at the top right corner of the page.

: The Orochi ID window will pop up. You may choose to sign up for an Orochi ID using your Google account, GitHub or email address.

: Congratulations! You’ve successfully created your Orochi ID. 

Task 4: Join the Contribute to Earn Program

: Connect your Wallet, Google account and Discord to be eligible.

: Once you’ve successfully connected all accounts, you’ll have completed this task.

 all of the four tasks above for your chance to 

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MegaETH is an EVM-compatible blockchain with real-time Web 2.0–level performance. Learn more about MegaETH.

 has long been a formidable challenge for the blockchain industry. Most established chains maintain decentralization and security, but struggle with limited scalability while high-performance 

 (L1) blockchains often compromise decentralization to achieve high throughput. 

What if we could push throughput to unprecedented levels without compromising security or decentralization? 

Enter MegaETH — a project backed by industry leaders such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin and Dragonfly Capital. With the first real-time 

 (EVM)–compatible chain —i.e., one that can process transactions as soon as they arrive, and then publish the resulting state changes — MegaETH aims to redefine blockchain performance. In this article, we delve into the scaling limitations of current blockchains and examine how MegaETH aims to solve them. Let's dive in!

The blockchain trilemma has posed a significant challenge for 

 developers for years. As Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin explains, distributed ledger networks can only achieve two out of three critical qualities (security, decentralization and scalability) by using simple techniques. 

As a result, most high-performance chains, such as Solana, Avalanche and BNB Chain, often compromise on decentralization or security to achieve scalability.

To address the scalability challenges of L1 networks, developers have introduced 

 (L2) solutions, which operate on top of blockchains such as Ethereum. These L2 chains achieve 

 (TPS) while leveraging the security and decentralization of their underlying L1s. However, according to MegaETH, both high-performance L1 and L2 networks fall short of meeting the demands of Web 2.0–scale applications, particularly in terms of 

As shown in the table above, the blockchain with the highest scalability, opBNB, achieves a gas rate of 100 MGas/s, equivalent to 650 Uniswap swaps or 3,700 

 transfers per second. In comparison, modern databases can 

 over 1 million TPC-C TPS. While Arbitrum One, the fastest chain listed, offers a block time of 0.25 seconds, this remains insufficient for applications requiring rapid feedback or high update rates. 

These limitations in both scalability and speed make current high-performance L1s and L2s ill-suited for Web 2.0 applications with significant computational demands.

 is an EVM-compatible blockchain with real-time Web 2.0–level performance. With the goal of bridging the gap between distributed ledger networks and traditional cloud computing servers, the project aims to push the performance of Ethereum-based L2s to hardware limits. As the first real-time blockchain, MegaETH can stream transactions at 100,000 TPS with transaction fees under $0.01, and provide millisecond-level responsiveness without sacrificing security or decentralization.

MegaLabs, the organization behind MegaETH, was founded in early 2023 by Shuyao Kong and Yilong Li. Holding an MBA from Harvard Business School, Kong has a background in business development within the blockchain industry. Prior to co-founding MegaLabs, she was the global head of business development at ConsenSys, where she continues to serve as an advisor.

As the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MegaLabs, Li has a PhD in computer science from Stanford University. An experienced software developer, he previously worked at Runtime Verification Inc., a firm specializing in software analysis tools and the application of formal methods to improve computing systems.

Together, Kong and Li founded MegaLabs in early 2023 to leverage their business development and computer science expertise to build MegaETH as the first real-time blockchain.

 $20 million of funding in a single seed round at a 9-figure valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly Capital, with other notable venture capitalists including Figment Capital, Folius Ventures, Robot Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Tangent Ventures and Credibly Neutral. In addition to VCs, MegaETH is backed by high-profile angel investors, such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin and EigenLayer creator Sreeram Kannan.

 on crypto trader Cobie’s decentralized fundraising platform, Echo. The round was fully funded within minutes and oversubscribed, showing significant investor demand.

MegaETH achieves over 100,000 TPS with less than 1 ms latency and block time, as well as transaction fees under $0.01, via two core features: a heterogenous blockchain architecture and a hyper-optimized EVM execution environment.

MegaETH's heterogeneous blockchain architecture enables network nodes with different hardware configurations to specialize in specific tasks to boost performance.

There are three types of nodes: sequencers, full nodes and provers. With cutting-edge hardware, a small set of sequencers conduct performance-critical tasks such as transaction execution. Simultaneously, a massively decentralized network of full nodes performs security-critical duties such as block validation. Provers have the lowest hardware requirements, and focus on providing L2 proofs to full nodes.

Hyper-Optimized EVM Execution Environment

MegaETH provides a hyper-optimized EVM execution environment to push latency, throughput and resource efficiency to hardware limits. Consequently, the real-time blockchain can process large volumes of transactions as soon as they arrive, and publish the resulting state changes in a few milliseconds.

To enable real-time EVM execution, MegaETH co-designed a low-latency, streaming-based block-building algorithm with a concurrency control protocol supporting transaction prioritization.

MegaETH's real-time blockchain scales without sacrificing decentralization and security through the following key components and features.

 is an extension of the MegaETH core team. It consists of a group of 10x builders hand-picked by MegaETH developers. According to the project, MegaMafia participants have "an internal compass guiding them toward crypto's world domination."

MegaETH defines three common qualities for MegaMafia members:

MegaETH is setting a new standard for blockchain scalability, addressing long-standing limitations without compromising decentralization or security. By combining innovative architectural decisions with technologies like real-time EVM execution, in-memory computing and smart contract JIT compilation, this real-time L1 chain delivers unmatched performance tailored for Web 2.0–scale applications.

Supported by high-profile investors, such as Vitalik Buterin and Joseph Lubin, MegaETH is poised to bridge the gap between blockchain and traditional computing, unlocking new possibilities for decentralized applications. The project is on track to launch its testnet in early 2025, with the mainnet rollout soon thereafter.

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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.

Daily Top Performer — Convex Finance (CVX)

The S&P 500 rose 0.73%, driven by big tech and communication services, as investors anticipate a "Santa Claus Rally" to close the year. Coindesk Indices, an index measuring broader cryptocurrency market performance was up by 1.61%, with Bitcoin dropping by 2.58% and Ether rising by 4.32%, respectively in the past 24 hours.

Today's top performer is CVX, which surged 28.1% following Frax's consideration of BlackRock's BUIDL token as backing for the rebranded frxUSD stablecoin.

Convex Finance (CVX), launched in May 2021, is a DeFi protocol that boosts yields for Curve protocol users on Ethereum. It allows for staking to earn CRV and CVX tokens and provides voting rights on token allocations. Securitize has 

 adding BlackRock's BUIDL token as backing for Frax's rebranded Frax USD (frxUSD) stablecoin, which will feature a new mint-redeem system. Early feedback from Frax DAO members is positive. Competing proposals from Superstate also suggest backing frxUSD with their tokenized funds. The final backing structure is still undecided.

, a fund that allows qualified investors to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency ZEN without the need to buy, store, or safeguard it. The fund's shares track the market price of ZEN, net of fees. While the shares have been traded at both a premium and discount, the fund aims to provide a simpler way for investors to gain exposure to ZEN. Grayscale is also expanding its offerings, with plans for a Solana spot ETF.

Yesterday, BTC Spot ETFs recorded total outflows of $258.2 million, including $38.4 million from GBTC and $219.8 million from non-GBTC funds.

, distributing $SONIC tokens to those who participate. Over 2 million users have joined through an easy onboarding process, requiring no wallet setup or gas fees. To qualify for the airdrop, users must log in via TikTok, access SonicX, and wait for the $SONIC claim banner. SonicX, part of the Sonic SVM app layer, uses TikTok ads and creator partnerships to promote its gaming and blockchain education hub. The project aims to expand its TikTok Chain with new games and future token rewards.

Grayscale Introduces Horizen Trust for ZEN Investment Access

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Polymesh (POLYX) is a public permissioned blockchain focused on the complete lifecycle of security token management and trade.

Security tokens — cryptocurrencies that entitle their holders to part-ownership of a crypto platform – have been designed specifically for the purpose of mirroring the function of ownership shares and certificates used in traditional financial instruments. However, despite the seemingly straightforward nature of the concept, the actual implementation and effective ongoing management of security tokens on a typical blockchain is challenging.

Polymesh has emerged as a major blockchain platform that focuses directly on comprehensive security token issuance and management. The platform has opened up new and previously unavailable opportunities for crypto operators, startups and investors in areas such as 

 (RWA) tokenization and new financial instruments that reside exclusively on a blockchain.

From meeting regulatory requirements for security assets to providing robust identity and privacy management solutions, Polymesh has it all if your goal is to issue, sell or buy security tokens.

 (POLYX) is a blockchain network designed for security tokens and the comprehensive management of all aspects related to these assets, such as issuance, trading, compliance, financial confidentiality, contractual settlement and more. 

 (ETH), Polymesh later launched its own public permissioned chain, built using Substrate, a blockchain development framework within the 

Public permissioned chains combine the elements of open access, typical of public platforms like Ethereum or 

 (BTC), with custom rules that require authentication or qualification to perform certain operations. On Polymesh, any user is free to access and view network activity. However, actual participation on the platform, e.g., issuing or buying security tokens, requires identity verification.

Despite its semi-public nature and identity verification requirements, Polymesh protects user privacy. Thanks to its confidentiality-focused protocol, you can use the platform without having your identity publicly revealed, an essential issue for many parties in financial transactions.

Security tokens first rose to prominence during the wave of 

 (ICOs) in 2017–2018. They were envisioned to easily and flexibly replicate the role of traditional financial securities like stocks and bonds, or even alternative assets on blockchain platforms. However, a multitude of considerations from regulation and safety to privacy and transaction settlement have emerged. These issues highlight the inadequacies of typical blockchains in managing security assets, whether digital or from traditional markets.

, a company founded by blockchain technologists Trevor Koverko and Chris Housser, decided to launch a dedicated platform for security tokens. The platform, Polymath (POLY), first operated as a 

 (DApp) on Ethereum. However, Ethereum, just as any other major general-purpose chain, was never designed to address the complex intricacies of security token management. Realizing this, in late 2019, Polymath launched its own blockchain, Polymesh, dedicated to enabling and streamlining security token operations.

By 2022, Polymath’s gradual shift from Ethereum to its own platform had been finalized. By now, Polymesh has grown to be a leading platform that aims to enable real-world asset (RWA) tokenization as well as facilitate the launch and management of purely digital securities. As of mid-November, Polymesh is the second-largest crypto by market cap in the RWA niche.

 (NPoS) block validation model, with a number of validator 

 powering its functionality. All validators on the platform need to be licensed financial entities. Verified nominators choose validators by staking their preferred amount of POLYX on them, and earn a share of the rewards from the block validation activity. Currently, there are 46 active validator nodes on the network. Validators collate transactions into blocks and propose the blocks to the entire validator set on the platform.

The proposed block must be approved by at least two-thirds of validator nodes. If the required approval count is reached, the block is permanently written to the ledger of records. This system allows Polymesh to maintain highly efficient transaction finality times.

Polymesh’s ability to provide flexible and effective security token management services is based on five pillars — governance, identity, compliance, confidentiality and settlement. Let’s review each of these individually.

The platform’s governance model is designed to neutralize the risk of network 

. Public blockchains open to all may tolerate forks, but for Polymesh — whose focus is on serving security issuers and investors — forks of the main platform could cause difficulties in determining the rightful ownership of security tokens, potentially leading to legal and tax challenges within its ecosystem.

That’s why in addition to giving ordinary POLYX holders a way to participate in on-platform decision-making, Polymesh’s governance setup also includes the critical Governance Council, which is made up of key stakeholders on the platform and carefully reviews system improvement proposals submitted by user groups and communities.

One of the key roles of the Governance Council is to block “fork-friendly” initiatives. Besides this important measure, Polymesh also minimizes the possibility of forks thanks to its forkless update feature. Built with Polkadot’s Substrate framework, Polymesh is capable of rolling out major system upgrades without requiring a fork.

Any user of Polymesh’s services, be it a security token issuer or investor, must go through a two-step identity verification process on the platform. While blockchain purists might find this requirement preposterous, in the world of regulated securities, the verified identity of a market participant is a critical requirement.

This is another reason why public blockchains like Ethereum are poorly suited to the security token management process, and why Polymesh is the ideal environment for tokenized securities. Securities laws and regulations in just about any jurisdiction require robust identity verification procedures. So — no network node names or Reddit nicknames. You have to use your real identity documents to take advantage of Polymesh’s services.

The management of securities’ lifecycles, including issuance, sales and transfers, is complicated due to a myriad of laws and regulations. In traditional financial markets, following these regulations requires laborious manual procedures and checks. Polymesh streamlines antiquated processes involved in securities compliance via 

. Users also have the ability to pre-design custom compliance rules per the required regulations, further improving the automation and efficiency of compliance management.

Confidentiality of transactions, asset holdings and trade positions is paramount in many financial markets. Polymesh has implemented a privacy-focused protocol based on 

 (ZK) proofs that protects the identity of platform users. Although users have to go through the identity verification process to join Polymesh, their identities on its network are securely protected via this protocol. Hence, while compliance and confidentiality may seem like contrasting ideologies at first glance, Polymesh has seamlessly merged these two elements to create a platform that addresses the unique needs of security issuers and investors.

Parties to any financial transaction desire certainty of terms and a quick settlement. However, on a typical blockchain, transaction settlement might be far from instant or quick. On many platforms, transactions remain in a non-finalized state for hours (or even days), depending upon the particular blockchain. In contrast, Polymesh uses a block validation process that offers deterministic finality, which results in nearly instant transaction finality/settlement.

When at least two-thirds of validators approve a proposed block, it’s then immediately written to the ledger of records (i.e., becomes finalized). On average, a transaction block on Polymesh is finalized within six seconds. This is roughly the time it takes for a financial transaction to be settled on the platform.

POLYX is Polymesh’s native protocol token, and is used to pay transaction fees on the network and issue new security tokens. All the operations related to security tokens involve the use of POLYX tokens.

POLYX is also used for staking. Token holders can back their preferred validator on the Polymesh network with their POLYX funds and earn a share of the staking rewards generated by the validator.

Another key functionality of the token is governance. POLYX holders can vote on proposals related to future developments and changes on the platform. Proposals that get enough votes are then considered by the Polymesh Governance Council.

POLYX has a current total supply of 881.16 million tokens (as of Nov 20, 2023), all in circulation. The token doesn’t have a maximum supply limitation.

As of Nov 24, 2023, POLYX trades at $0.201, which is 59.3% lower than its all-time high of $0.4942, attained on Oct 17, 2022, and approximately 100% higher than its all-time low of $0.09985, registered on Sep 11, 2023.

Major price prediction portals expect POLYX to grow solidly over the long term.DigitalCoinPrice

 that the token will reach $0.73 in 2025 and $2.11 in 2030, whilePricePrediction

 that POLYX will trade at $0.4997 in 2025 and $4.99 in 2030.

POLYX is an asset with a promising outlook. The following factors point to solid potential returns for the token:

 (DeFi) find greater synergies, the demand for the Polymesh platform is expected to grow. The burgeoning field of RWAs — regulated assets from traditional markets tokenized on a blockchain — is one clear indicator of this growing synergy.

2. For digital securities management, Polymesh offers critical features virtually unmatched in the industry, including near instant settlement finality, transaction confidentiality and highly flexible compliance customization rules. If you need to issue and manage security tokens, it’s hard to exclude Polymesh from your consideration set.

3. The Polymesh platform has achieved a number of important milestones that signal its robust growth and potential. Among these is its perfect record of security and network stability. Polymesh hasn’t suffered a single security breach or network downtime event in all its years of operation. The platform also keeps confidently expanding its validator network, with nearly 50 institutional providers having joined in. Moreover, Polymesh’s validators aren’t just ordinary users with the equipment to run a blockchain node; all of them are regulated financial organizations whose partnership with Polymesh signals the platform’s expanding industry footprint.

You can buy Polymesh POLYX on Bybit via the 

 Perpetual contract. If you don’t yet have a Bybit account, you can easily 

 for one. A Bybit account allows you to access hundreds of crypto assets and products, both in the Spot and Derivatives markets.

After the 2017–2018 ICO boom, security tokens experienced a certain decline in popularity for several years. Their profile is now rising again with the arrival of the RWA concept. As one of the leading securities-focused crypto platforms, Polymesh is at the forefront of the TradFi and DeFi convergence powered by RWA growth.

The platform already boasts close to 4,000 users, a significant number for a network used for security asset management and trade. As traditional securities from regulated markets are increasingly tokenized, expect further growth for Polymesh. Its platform is now shaping up as the primary bridge connecting traditional securities and their blockchain-based tokenized versions.

Polymesh (POLYX): A Security Token Blockchain for Regulated Markets

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