# Hash News May 9

By [Hash News](https://paragraph.com/@hashen) · 2022-05-11

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**Fund Raising:**

*   [LootRush](https://lootrush.com/) raises [$12 million](https://mirror.xyz/zlexdl.eth/aQ07fBAvUhd78pUy2JhyyT4Xr3Ru5OXTl2pxstimAjQ) to make blockchain games easier to play. This round led by Paradigm with a16z and Y-Combinator.
    

**Projects Brief:**

*   [State of Solana Q1 2022](https://messari.io/article/state-of-solana-q1-2022).
    
*   [Unpacking Celestia](https://mirror.xyz/0x43930805dEBbF779fB8EDC8E43f988A8448Aad63/pb3N9RXQPVqYZRkMESlD9cqcQ96u1f7V6MPdsvzBvgo).
    
*   [The Dominance of Uniswap v3 Liquidity](https://www.paradigm.xyz/2022/05/the-dominance-of-uniswap-v3-liquidity) by Paradigm.
    

**Crypto Insight:**

*   [The Zero Knowledge Frontier](https://research.thetie.io/zero-knowledge-starks-snarks/): On SNARKs, STARKs, and Future Applications.
    
*   [7 Essential Ingredients of a Metaverse](https://future.a16z.com/7-essential-ingredients-of-a-metaverse/) by a16z.
    

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