Weekly Deal Updates - January 13, 2025
Deal Meeting Date
Jan 13, 2025
Sponsor
Pond AI
ISO Week
48
Number of Deals
2
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- 📰 Top News 📰
- 📈 Market Data 📉
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Pond is a crypto-native AI model using graph deep learning trained with on-chain data to predict on-chain behaviors and streamline the development of AI-powered crypto-native applications in DeFi, social, trading, MEV, and security sectors.
The technical team brings extensive research and engineering experience from world-leading graph ML and AI companies, with over 40 publications in prestigious AI journals and conferences, including IEEE, Nature, Harvard Business Review, ICML, NeurIPS, CVPR, and PNAS. 🚀
💰 New Deals 💰
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- Upside $3mm Seed SAFE+Token Warrant
Upside is aims to revolutionize blockchain investing by bridging real-world assets (RWAs) with crypto markets. Upside is launching a DEX for seamless trading of both RWAs and crypto assets.
Upside’s Digital Asset OS is used by 20+ token launches across major categories (crypto, gaming, stocks, funds, bonds).
- Lympid $900k Private Round
Lympid is a real-world assets (RWA) platform built for premium investment products. Lympid has established a regulatory-compliant platform to issue and trade Real World Assets (RWA), offering a neo-bank like app for investing in tokenized premium alternative assets like competition horses, art, luxury watches, fine wine, Hermès handbags, US Treasuries and residential real estate.
📰 Top Crypto News 📰
Here's the latest scoop from the blockchain, crypto, and Web3 world. 🚀🌐
- 🚀 Multicoin Capital Predicts AI and Institutional 'Frenzy' in 2025 - Multicoin Capital anticipates a pivotal year with AI-driven autonomous companies and a surge in tokenized securities.
- 📈 JPMorgan Predicts $13.6B Inflows for Potential XRP and Solana ETFs: Major financial institution forecasts substantial first-year inflows for new altcoin ETFs if approved.
- 🏛️ US Fed Money Printing Could Spur Bitcoin Rally in Q1 2025: Experts suggest a potential $612 billion liquidity boost could drive Bitcoin prices higher.
- 🔍 SEC Chair Clarifies Stance on Bitcoin and Ethereum: Gary Gensler states the SEC has never classified Bitcoin and Ethereum as securities.
- 💰 Vitalik Buterin Liquidates Memecoins for Charity - Ethereum's co-founder sells millions in memecoins for philanthropy.
- Jamie Dimon Still Sees ‘No Value’ in Bitcoin - The crypto's main uses are for sex trafficking, money laundering and ransomware, claimed Dimon, a longtime foe of bitcoin.
- 💻 Revolut Joins Pyth Network as First Banking Data Publisher - Financial data meets DeFi with Revolut's integration.
- 🎭 Sony's Blockchain Launch Faces Memecoin Backlash - Community criticism erupts over Sony's blockchain initiative.
- 📜 Polymarket Users Bet on Trump's Inauguration Speech - Will Trump mention 'bitcoin' or 'dogecoin'? The bets are on!
- 🗳️ Pro-Crypto Pierre Poilievre Leads Odds in Canada - Betting trends favor Poilievre as Canada's next prime minister.
- 💰 Middle East-Based Sigma Capital Unveils $100M Fund to Accelerate Web3 Innovations - The fund will focus on DeFi, tokenization, and blockchain infrastructure by managing a portfolio of liquid tokens.
📈 Market Data 📉
DEX Weekly Transaction Volume by Chain
Top Cryptocurrencies
| Token | January 7, 2025 | January 14, 2025 | % Change |
| BTC | $96,952 | $96,574 | -0.39% |
| ETH | $3,380.02 | $3,224.80 | -4.59% |
| BNB | $696.83 | $698.74 | 0.27% |
| SOL | $202.49 | $187.70 | -7.30% |
| XRP | $2.28 | $2.67 | 17.11% |
Source: CoinGecko Closing Prices.
Significant Gainers and Losers
Criteria: 1) Volume (24h) > US$50,000; 2) Have gained or lost the most in the last 7 days.
- Active Gainers:
| Token | Price | % Price Change(7d) | Volume (24hr) |
| SPX6900 (SPX) | $0.1162 | 31.52% | $74,928,236 |
| Kaspa (KAS) | $0.1360 | 22.28% | $141,570,863 |
| XRP (XRP) | $2.81 | 21.86% | $11,761,479,110 |
- Active Losers:
| Token | Price | % Price Change (7d) | Volume (24hr) |
| THORChain (RUNE) | $3.2200 | -25.25% | $214,944,678 |
| ai16z (AI16Z) | $1.37 | -24.16% | $356,102,216 |
| SPX6900 (SPX) | $1.07 | -23.43% | $73,867,517 |
Source: CoinMarketCap as of January 14, 2025
Market Sentiment and Indicators
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index: During this period, the index value started at 78 (Greed), dropped to 50 (Neutral) in the middle of the week, climbed back to the Greed Zone, and ended at 63 (Greed). The index is recalculated daily, reflecting the emotional state of the market, which can influence trading behaviors.
Source: Crypto Fear and Greed Index
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