Injective Announces Mainnet Launch of Layer 2 Rollup Solution inEVM | Cryptocurrency Trends

1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• Binance Futures is launching the Futures NEXT platform, where users will be rewarded for predicting which tokens will be listed on the USDⓈ-M market of Binance's futures trading platform.
• Binance to add the BNB/JPY, BTC/JPY, and ETH/JPY trading pairs on March 12, 4:00 PM (UTC+8), along with a zero-fee campaign for JPY spot trading pairs.

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• Kamino Finance, an automated liquidity management protocol for Solana, says it will take a snapshot of Season 1 Kamino Points on March 31 for the April KMNO token genesis distribution.
• Injective announces the mainnet launch of its Layer 2 Rollup solution inEVM to drive on-chain composability for Ethereum, Cosmos, and Solana.
• Scallop announces tokenomics, with 7.5% of SCA tokens used for airdrops and other activities.
• Pantera Capital raises money from large investors to buy discounted Solana tokens from the FTX Estate.
• Silicon Valley venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz plans to raise $6.9 billion from investors for a series of new funds, including two focused on artificial intelligence.
• The Uniswap "Activate Uniswap Protocol Governance" proposal passes its first vote. The proposal's on-chain voting results will be released on March 8, according to the schedule.
• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission delays its decision to approve the listing and trading of Bitcoin ETF options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe). On Wednesday, the regulator said it was postponing a decision on approving the proposed rule change until the end of April. The Cboe didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
• Fed Chairman Jerome Powell says he is fully aware of the risks of cutting rates too late and will cautiously consider phasing out the Fed's restrictive stance this year if the economy develops as expected.

3. Financing Trends:

• Blackwing, a modular blockchain project, raises $4.5 million in a funding round led by Hashed and Gumi Cryptos.
• Cosmology, a Cosmos ecosystem development platform, raises $5 million in seed round funding led by Galileo and Lemniscap, with participation from Dispersion, HashKey, Tuesday Capital, Osmosis Foundation, Chorus One, and Informal Systems.
• Zama, a crypto firm, raises $73 million in Series A funding led by Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs, with participation from Metaplanet, Blockchange Ventures, Vsquared Ventures, and Stake Capital. Angel investors include Filecoin founder Juan Benet, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, and Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood.

4. Regulatory Trends:

• Hong Kong's Cyberport expresses its support for Ensemble, the HKMA's latest wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) project, to jointly promote the development of asset and currency tokenization in Hong Kong. Cyberport says it will encourage its community startups to actively participate in the HKMA's wCBDC "sandbox" to further explore fintech innovations to facilitate the development of digital money settlement.