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DYMENSION IS THE LATEST AIRDROP FOR SOLANA, ETHEREUM, AND COSMOS USERS

Dymension, a protocol for deploying app chains, announced a token airdrop for over a million eligible addresses across numerous chains. Dymension is built on Cosmos and the Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol to facilitate connections between rollup scaling networks. The "genesis rolldrop", with a unique set of qualifying factors, is allowing users to claim their DYM token allocations until January 21.

VISA-BACKED CRYPTO PROJECT TO LAUNCH ‘FAIR’ TOKEN OFFERING INSTEAD OF ICO

Web3 entertainment platform Playbux is planning to raise $150,000 via a token sale. It will allow pre-listing access to its engaged users through a fair community offering, managed by crypto investment platform Raiser. This novel fundraising method works by ranking users for investment opportunities based on their platform activity. Aiming to circumvent the fraud risk inherent in ICOs, this method offers an alternative community-driven fund-raising mechanism.

THE MESSARI THESES FOR 2024

Messari CEO Ryan Selkis unveiled his annual crypto market predictions with his 2024 thesis, spotlighting potential trends and key players to watch. Highlights include increased crypto VC activity, the rise of DePIN (storage, compute, wireless) projects, and significant progress for privacy projects. Selkis also lists his top 10 people and projects to watch. He predicts an evolutionary leap in Bitcoin's security model and advocates for increased on-chain privacy to preserve user rights. He also details promising rollup chains' tokens and highlights the ongoing wallet war in crypto.

DISRUPTING NETWORK PLATFORM COMPANIES

This article discusses vampire attacks as capital-efficient go-to-market strategies that reward usage of other pre-existing platforms with tokens. This reward system, exemplified by NFT marketplace Blur, has proven successful in overcoming the network cold-start problem. The author hypothesizes about the possibility of using this strategy to disrupt non-crypto platforms, provided they satisfy certain conditions, and provides examples of disruptable platforms like Chess.com, Stack Overflow, and Tinder.

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