Original | Odaily Planet Daily
Author: Nanzhi
According to statistics and disclosures by @layerggofficial, dozens of projects will have TGE or launch mainnets in the first quarter of 2025, including top projects such as Berachain, Linea, and OpenSea.
However, according to Odaily's investigation, most of the TGE/mainnet times disclosed for these projects were not actually backed by official announcements. Most of them were just community rumors or even had no relevant information at all.
So which key projects are explicitly or implicitly about to be launched? What are the important developments or opportunities for participation in these projects in the near future? Odaily will review and summarize them in this article.
Berachain
- Launch time: May be Q1 2025, but there is no official announcement.
- Financing amount: Series B - US$100 million, valuation of US$1.5 billion; Series A - US$42 million, valuation of US$420 million.
- Recent developments: Conducting pre-deposit activities with multiple projects and providing early rewards, including Ethena, StakeStone, etc. As of January 8, the cumulative deposit amount reached US$1 billion.
Monad
- Launch time: It is rumored that the public test network will be launched in Q1, but there is no official announcement.
- Funding: Undisclosed round – undisclosed amount (OKX Ventures); Undisclosed round – $225 million, valuation $3 billion; Seed round – $19 million.
- Recent developments: The testnet was launched in phases in November, and the Monad Foundation was established on December 17. In early January, a series of posts hinted at the occurrence of events.
Abstract
- Launch time: The official announcement will be launched on the mainnet in January 2025
- Funding Amount: Undisclosed round – $11 million.
- Recent developments: In the near future, you can participate in social media tasks, or perform NFT minting, test network interaction and other operations.
Nillion
- Launch time: Clearly announced that the mainnet will be launched in February 2025
- Funding Amount: Undisclosed round – $25 million; Series A – $20 million, valuation $400 million.
- Recent developments: Staking and validator node interaction are available. Collaboration with a large number of AI projects, including Build On Nillion, Thales_ai, Four Pillars, etc.
Story
- Launch time: Official statement hints that the mainnet may be launched in the near future
- Funding amount: Series B - $80 million, valuation $2.25 billion; Series A - $25 million; Undisclosed round - $29.3 million.
- Recent developments: Joint tasks were launched with Binance Wallet for three weeks, with token rewards. Other interactive content includes testnet water collection, ecological project sign-in, NFT purchase, etc. Readers can find detailed operation tutorials through social media.
Initia
- Online time: It is rumored that the mainnet will be launched in Q1, but there is no official announcement on this date. The latest official mainnet-related announcement was released on December 19, 24, which stated that the mainnet progress was 78% and a security audit was underway.
- Funding amount: Community round - US$2.5 million, valuation of US$250 million; Series A - US$14 million, valuation of US$350 million; Seed round - US$7.5 million; Undisclosed round - amount not disclosed (Binance Labs).
- Recent developments: Testnet activities are still ongoing, including XP, Swap, Sake and VIP modules. Readers can find detailed operation tutorials through social media.
OpenSea
- Online time: Not yet clear
- Financing amount: Series C - US$300 million, valuation of US$13.3 billion; Series B - US$100 million, valuation of US$15 billion; Series A - US$23 million; Strategic financing - US$2.1 million; Seed round - US$2 million.
- Recent developments: On December 20, the OpenSea Foundation’s official Twitter account was launched and the first tweet was released: “ocean enters the chat.” On December 28, a spokesperson for the OpenSea Foundation responded to rumors of issuing coins: “More information will be announced soon.” No information has been released since then.
StakeStone
- Launch time: It is rumored that it will be in Q1 TGE. StakeStone officially responded to Layergg’s launch time form.
- Funding Amount: Undisclosed round – $22 million; Undisclosed round – Undisclosed amount (Binance Labs).
- Recent developments: Partnered with Berachain to launch the beraSTONE deposit campaign, clearly stating that participants will receive STO (StakeStone tokens) rewards.
Particle Network
Launch time: The product has been launched, and V2 may be launched soon. There is no official announcement from TGE.
Funding: Undisclosed round - undisclosed amount (Binance Labs); Series A - $15 million; Strategic financing - undisclosed amount; Seed round - $7 million, valuation $150 million; Pre-seed round - $1.5 million, valuation $30 million.
Recent developments: The trading platform UniversalX was launched on December 4, and the product will be upgraded to V2 in the near future.
Lens
- Online time: The official announcement said that the mainnet will be launched soon, but the specific date has not yet been released.
- Funding Amount: Undisclosed round – $31 million; Seed round – $15 million; Undisclosed round – Amount not disclosed.
- Recent developments: Apart from the announcement of the upcoming mainnet, there are no other important developments.
Orbiter Finance
- Release time: Rumor has it that it will be in Q1 TGE. On January 14, the official Twitter account released a tweet with the number "20" after a long absence. It is not yet clear whether it is a countdown or something else.
- Funding amount: Series A - Amount not disclosed, valuation $200 million; Seed round - $3.2 million, valuation $40 million.
- Recent developments: No important developments.
