BlockDAG (BDAG) has activated its Beat Vesting structure, enhancing its launch framework by providing buyers with more coins at the same price of $0.0078 in batch 33, aiming for a $1 billion market cap at launch. The presale has raised $438 million, with only 3.9 billion coins remaining, and the project has sold over 20,000 miners, supported by a growing community of 312,000+ BDAG holders and 3.5 million+ X1 users. Key leadership additions are expected next week, involving an early Ethereum core founder and a former Cardano executive in actual roles, not just advisory positions.
Meanwhile, Cronos (CRO) shows mixed market sentiment, with whale accumulation around $0.11 and a brief 8% surge from ETF speculation, but resistance below $0.12 persists. Its DeFi ecosystem has a total value locked of $409 million, and analysts project potential swings between $0.19 and $0.27. Polkadot (DOT) trades near $3.00, well below its 2021 peak of $49.35, with technical indicators suggesting weakness despite the Polkadot 2.0 upgrade in August improving scaling features.
In related developments, ZCash (ZEC) has gained due to updated privacy plans from the Electric Coin Company, including wallet upgrades and ephemeral addresses, leading to double-digit price gains and increased shielded transactions. Filecoin (FIL) is approaching key resistance levels above $2.40, supported by real-world decentralized storage usage, though it faces competition from newer platforms. Market makers anticipate BlockDAG's launch price between $0.38 and $0.43, potentially offering early buyers gains of 3,000% to 4,000%, emphasizing its focus on infrastructure and structured growth over speculation.