Original | Odaily Planet Daily

Author | Nan Zhi

According to statistics and disclosures from @layerggofficial, dozens of projects are expected to have their Token Generation Events (TGE) or launch their mainnet in Q1 2025, including heavyweight projects like Berachain, Linea, and OpenSea.

However, an investigation by Odaily reveals that most of the disclosed TGE/mainnet timelines lack official announcements and are mostly based on community rumors or completely lack any relevant information.

So, which key projects have explicitly or implicitly indicated they are about to launch? What important developments or participation opportunities do these projects have recently? Odaily will summarize and review in this article.

Berachain

• Launch Time: Possibly Q1 2025, but no official announcement.

• Financing Amount: Series B - $100 million, valuation $1.5 billion; Series A - $42 million, valuation $420 million.
• Recent Developments: Engaged in pre-deposit activities with multiple projects, offering early rewards, including Ethena, StakeStone, etc. As of January 8, total deposits reached $1 billion.

Monad

• Launch Time: Rumored to launch a public testnet in Q1, no official announcement.
• Financing Amount: Undisclosed round - amount undisclosed (OKX Ventures); Undisclosed round - $225 million, valuation $3 billion; Seed round - $19 million.
• Recent Developments: Started phased rollout of the testnet in November, established the Monad Foundation on December 17. Early January saw continuous posts hinting at upcoming events.

Abstract

• Launch Time: Official announcement states mainnet will launch in January 2025.

• Financing Amount: Undisclosed round - $11 million.
• Recent Developments: Recently, social media tasks can be participated in, or NFT minting and testnet interactions can be performed.

Nillion

• Launch Time: Clearly announced to launch mainnet in February 2025.
• Financing Amount: Undisclosed round - $25 million; Series A - $20 million, valuation $40 million.
• Recent Developments: Staking and validator node interactions are available. Collaborating with numerous AI projects, including Build On Nillion, Thales_ai, Four Pillars, etc.

Story

• Launch Time: Official statements hint at a mainnet launch soon.
• Financing Amount: Series B - $80 million, valuation $2.25 billion; Series A - $25 million; Undisclosed round - $29.3 million.
• Recent Developments: Launched a joint task with Binance Wallet for three weeks, with clear token rewards. Other interaction content includes testnet airdrops, ecological project check-ins, NFT purchases, etc. Readers can find detailed operation tutorials through social media.

Initia

• Launch Time: Rumored to launch mainnet in Q1, no official announcement. The latest official announcement regarding the mainnet was released on December 19, 2024, stating that the mainnet progress is at 78% and undergoing security audits.
• Financing Amount: Community round - $2.5 million, valuation $250 million; Series A - $14 million, valuation $350 million; Seed round - $7.5 million; Undisclosed round - amount undisclosed (Binance Labs).
• Recent Developments: Testnet-related activities are still ongoing, including XP, Swap, Sake, and VIP modules. Readers can find detailed operation tutorials through social media.

OpenSea

• Launch Time: Not yet clear.
• Financing Amount: Series C - $300 million, valuation $13.3 billion; Series B - $100 million, valuation $1.5 billion; Series A - $23 million; Strategic financing - $2.1 million; Seed round - $2 million.
• Recent Developments: On December 20, the OpenSea Foundation's official Twitter account posted its first tweet, "ocean enters the chat." On December 28, a spokesperson for the OpenSea Foundation responded to token rumors: "More information will be announced soon," but no further information has been provided since.

StakeStone

• Launch Time: Rumored to have TGE in Q1. StakeStone officially responded to Layergg's launch timeline form.
• Financing Amount: Undisclosed round - $22 million; Undisclosed round - amount undisclosed (Binance Labs).
• Recent Developments: Collaborated with Berachain to launch the beraSTONE deposit activity, clearly stating that participants will receive STO (StakeStone tokens) rewards.

Particle Network

• Launch Time: Product has launched, and V2 may be released soon; TGE has no official announcement.
• Financing Amount: Undisclosed round - amount undisclosed (Binance Labs); Series A - $15 million; Strategic financing - amount undisclosed; Seed round - $7 million, valuation $15 million; Pre-seed round - $1.5 million, valuation $3 million.
• Recent Developments: Launched the trading platform UniversalX on December 4, with a product upgrade to V2 expected soon.

Lens

• Launch Time: Official announcement states the mainnet is about to launch, specific date not yet released.
• Financing Amount: Undisclosed round - $31 million; Seed round - $15 million; Undisclosed round - amount undisclosed.
• Recent Developments: Aside from the imminent mainnet announcement, there are no other significant developments.

Orbiter Finance

• Launch Time: Rumored to have TGE in Q1. On January 14, the official Twitter account posted a tweet after a long absence, stating "20," but it is uncertain whether this is a countdown or has other significance.
• Financing Amount: Series A - amount undisclosed, valuation $200 million; Seed round - $3.2 million, valuation $4 million.
• Recent Developments: No significant developments.

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