Binance announced the 32nd project on Binance Launchpad – Arkham (ARKM). Arkham’s token sale will follow the Launchpad subscription format. Arkham was founded by serial entrepreneur Miguel Morel. The last project Miguel Morel founded was Reserve protocol, an algorithmic stablecoin project invested by Coinbase Ventures. As a data platform, Arkham currently integrates and supports the use of Bitcoin network, Optimism, Avalanche, Arbitrum, TRON, BNB Chain, and Polygon.

The project has raised more than $10 million in two rounds of equity financing, accounting for 20% of the total supply of ARKM tokens, and the latest round of equity financing has a valuation of approximately $150 million. Investors include Tim Draper, Bedrock Capital, Wintermute Trading, GSR Markets, and the co-founders of Palantir and OpenAI.

Main highlights of the project

  • Entity Analytics: Arkham connects blockchain addresses to entities such as exchanges, funds, and whales, and displays key data and analytics about these entities to users, giving them an edge in their decision making.

  • Token Page: Arkham analysis is also applied on a token-by-token basis so that users analyzing a token project can see its primary holders, trading activity, transaction flow, and other key metrics provided by de-anonymized Arkham data.

  • Visualization Tool: The visualization tool allows users to map the relationship between deanonymized addresses and entities to intuitively grasp the flow of tokens. Multi-chain partnerships: Arkham has partnered with major blockchains to power its network, including BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Tron, and Optimism. Arkham also supports Bitcoin and Ethereum.

  • ULTRA: ULTRA is the technology behind Arkham, an AI-powered engine that algorithmically matches addresses to real-world entities. Ultra was developed over 3 years by core Arkham contributors with support from the founders of Palantir and OpenAI.

  • Intel Exchange: As cryptocurrency users become more sophisticated, demand for blockchain intelligence continues to grow. There is also a large and growing community of blockchain detectives who collect blockchain intelligence. However, there is no marketplace that matches these buyers and sellers, so cryptocurrency users miss out on valuable information and detective work goes unpaid. Arkham Interl Exchange created this marketplace that allows buying and selling via smart contract bounties and auctions.

    Buyers request intelligence from the community through bounties, and bounty hunters earn rewards by submitting the requested intelligence. Additionally, anyone with valuable information about the wallet or its owner can sell that information to other users either for immediate purchase or via auction.

    Arkham’s Intel trading platform provides a way for on-chain detectives to monetize their skills, and any Intel bought or sold on the Intel trading platform will be held exclusively by the acquirer for 90 days. Trading products are not limited to physical tags, bounties can be issued for any on-chain activity. The Intel Trading Platform will be officially launched on Tuesday, July 18th.

3. Existing products

Entity Page: View current and historical portfolio holdings, performance history, top counterparties, exchange usage, and transactions.

Visualization tools: Transform de-anonymized blockchain data into clear network maps to understand relationships and track money flows.

  • Token Page: A convenient tool for users to conduct their own research: view top holders and transaction flow. Sort and filter transactions.

Token Sale and Economics

ARKM is the native utility token of the Arkham platform and is used for:

Intel Exchange: ARKM is the currency of Intel Exchange, the first open marketplace for trading cryptographic intelligence data.

Governance: Token holders have governance rights and can vote on Arkham’s strategic direction.

Incentives: Users receive ARKM rewards by submitting intelligence, recommending new users, and other actions that benefit the development of the ecosystem.

ARKM Token Issuance Schedule

Roadmap and updates

Current roadmap

Q3 2023:

  • Arkham Ultra is now on sale

  • Launch of Intel Exchange

Q4 2023:

  • Release AI-driven data exploration capabilities.

  • Launch of Chainlink DON for Intel Verification: Intel Verification of Smart Contracts will use Chainlink’s DON for verification to enhance the security, decentralization, and reliability of Intel Exchange.

  • Added DeFi data support: Analysis page for current and historical data on DeFi protocols.

  • Arkham Intel Exchange supports cross-chain.