Matr1x, first-ever mobile shooting game in metaverse a new hope for Web3

Matr1x, the first-ever mobile shooting game in the Web3 industry, has successfully raised $10 million and is about to close a new round of financing. Past investors include Hana Financial Investments, a subsidiary of Hana Financial Group and a key financial holding company in South Korea; HashKey Capital, well respected for its early investments in Ether (ETH); Amber Group, one of the most important market makers in the Web3 industry; and SevenX, an elite Web3 fund investing heavily in the GameFi sector.
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Free-to-Use Blockchain Koinos Reaches Major Milestone

Koinos, the first blockchain with the same free-to-use experience that originally allowed the internet to reach mass adoption, achieved a major milestone with the release of a feature complete testnet on August 23rd. "The internet went mainstream because it was free-to-use. Koinos is the first and only blockchain to do the same thing. This is truly historical because there's never been a blockchain anyone could just use without first having to buy tokens, and the performance so far has been spectacular," said Andrew Levine, CEO and Co-Founder of Koinos Group.
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Binance Signs MoU with the City of Busan to Further Foster Blockchain Industry Development

Binance, the world's leading blockchain ecosystem behind the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the City of Busan in South Korea. As part of the agreement, the City of Busan will receive technological and infrastructure support from Binance for the development of the city's blockchain ecosystem and promotion of the Busan Digital Asset Exchange. Another form of cooperation between the two parties will be order book sharing.
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Global Blockchain Technology Market to Reach $19.9 Billion by 2026

The technology at the heart of bitcoin, blockchain technology is today gaining significant importance. Blockchain is a permanent database that keeps record of every transaction that is executed. The technology has become an integral part of business-to-business and business-to-consumer commerce, products and legal processes. In the banking, financial services and insurance sector, growth is expected to benefit from the growing adoption of blockchain in applications such as digital identities, payments, exchanges and documentation.
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Metaverse Company RFOX Introduces CitiXens Avatars in RFOX VALT

CitiXens, a collection of 10,000 limited-edition, VR-enabled avatars, enhances the RFOX VALT’s metaverse experience. AUGUST 11, 2022: RFOX, the company that created the RFOX VALT metaverse, today introduced CitiXens, a limited-edition collection of 10,000 VR-enabled 2D and 3D avatars that will form the core of the RFOX VALT’s civilization and governance.
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Equito Finance to Release Its Second Testnet in August

Equito Finance, a Decentralized Exchange on the Algorand blockchain, has announced that it will launch its Testnet 2.0 in August. Furthermore, the cross-chain-supported exchange revealed that the highly anticipated incentivized Testnet 2.0 would go live on the 1st of August, 2022. According to the team, the Testnet will include incentives for the first 3,000 testers with opportunities to earn even better incentives for participation.
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Blockchain for voting and elections

Initially, in 2009, cryptocurrencies found use in digital assets. Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin based on blockchain. Since then, the technology has evolved and become very popular. At the beginning of 2022, developers are using it in various spheres. The first blockchain-based voting systems for political elections have already been implemented. Such developments are useful and beneficial to states.
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Tezro Announces New Initiative Which Allows Users To Exchange USTC For TezroST

As per the latest announcement by Tezro, USTC token holders will be given the chance to exchange USTC for TezroST, which is the Tezro shopping token backed by Tether. The rate shall be $1 per USTC token and the new feature will also only be available via the official app. All the users need to do to use this new feature is download the app and look for the TezroST icon. If they possess any USTC tokens, they can easily exchange them for TezroST, a shopping token that can be utilized to pay for all sorts of goods and services in online stores through the Tezro Swift API.
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TRON DAO Announces New Grants Program to Foster Growth of Overall Ecosystem

Geneva, Switzerland / July 25 / – TRON DAO is thrilled to announce its Developer, Community Ambassador, and Influencer Grant Programs to BUIDLers on the TRON network. As one of the largest DAOs, TRON is always looking for new opportunities to grow its ecosystem and further engage its vibrant global community. The Community Ambassador Grant Program will encourage a gateway between the DAO and multiple dedicated TRON friends and families to expand the TRON ecosystem. With a quarterly grant allocation of $30,000, the program will cultivate relationships between the DAO and established Ambassadors actively engaged within the TRON Community.
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Double Protocol Lays Out Comprehensive Usage Scenarios of Utility NFTs in Latest Roadmap

Double Protocol, the fully decentralized Rental Protocol for utility NFTs renowned for pioneering the NFT rental standard 'ERC-4907', has revealed its roadmap for 2022-2023, which lists a number of goals that Double Protocol is working towards in order to achieve its mission of unlocking the liquidity of utility NFTs. Some of the features planned for utility NFTs according to the roadmap include leasing, subscription, rent-to-own (buy-now-pay-later), IP licensing, and usage rights transactions. Double Protocol is the project developed by Emoji DAO.
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