Bio Protocol (@bioprotocol): BIO Round-Up: $BIO Live on Solana, Launch COVID Auction, BIO Staking, VitaRNA raise, Bio @ JPM

BIO Round-Up: $BIO Live on Solana, Launch COVID Auction, BIO Staking, VitaRNA raise, Bio @ JPM It's been a little over a week since $BIO went live Jan. 3 on Ethereum & Binance (https://x.com/bioprotocol/status/1875120401640264139). Then last Thursday Jan. 9, BIO officially bridged to Solana (https://x.com/bioprotocol/status/1877342575977443408). The focus now turns to deploying Bio's liquidity protocol & launchpad (https://app.bio.xyz/launchpad) cross-chain (Base included), BIO staking (https://x.com/bioprotocol/status/1878040869984428105) & curation (https://common.xyz/bio-protocol/discussion/26144-bio-system-design-recap-7-curation), and growing the Bio treasury (https://app.bio.xyz/dashboard) by developing our growing network of BioDAOs (latest being Long COVID Labs (https://auctions.bio.xyz/auction/562)). Here's a round-up of recent updates from BIO: On Wednesday, $BIO went live on Solana (https://x.com/bioprotocol/status/1877342575977443408), powered by Wormhole (https://bridge.bio.xyz/), enabling token transfers between Ethereum & Solana and laying the groundwork for our cross-chain DeSci protocol (Base proposed next (https://common.xyz/bio-protocol/discussion/26108-biopsy-proposal-bridge-bio-to-base)). New BioDAO funding model proposed (https://x.com/bioprotocol/status/1877366639190315445) where holders stake their $BIO tokens to support and fund new BioDAOs (https://common.xyz/bio-protocol/discussion/26144-bio-system-design-recap-7-curation). $BIO oracle launched with Redstone (https://x.com/bioprotocol/status/1877758328807231834) - enabling deeper protocol integrations with DeFi / CeFi services, giving BIO and BioDAOs greater access to onchain lending, liquidity, etc. We'll be at JP Morgan's Health Conference in SF this week --come to our meet-up (https://lu.ma/desci-jpm) on January 15th! More from BIO in the last week 👇 🐦 https://x.com/i/status/1877762092918264264 Dive deeper into recent updates from the BIO Ecosystem: Long COVID Labs (https://app.bio.xyz/launchpad/Long%20Covid%20Labs) launched the $COVID Token Auction (https://auctions.bio.xyz/auction/562) on the BIO launchpad, recently crossing $500k raised. Led by current & former Stanford researchers, LCL is accelerating a cure for Long COVID. LCL is giving as rewards 1% of the $COVID (https://x.com/search?q=%24COVID&src=cashtag_click) supply to $BIO (https://x.com/search?q=%24BIO&src=cashtag_click) holders who participate in the auction with WETH (must have held $BIO on Jan 8). 👉 Join the $COVID auctio (https://auctions.bio.xyz/auction/562)n - auction ends Friday January 17 at 3pm UTC VitaRNA (https://www.vitarna.xyz/) initiated a $1M fundraise (https://x.com/vita_dao/status/1877712287303172499) for their gene therapy project with a 9-month lock-up period and a 50% discount. Pump Science and VitaDAO are launching new drug compounds in February, seeking drug developers (https://x.com/Molecule_dao/status/1876660584386555930) for operations & marketing; Pump Science also partnered with Hedgehog Market (https://x.com/pumpdotscience/status/1877009290541842772) to create prediction markets for experiments. BIO x NuDAO partnership (https://medium.com/@nucleasedao/pioneering-desci-together-nudao-x-bio-protocol-partnership-8bb1342b87f0) to advance DeSci and genomics agents, involving a token allocation to Bio's treasury, shared resources and BioDAO integration. CerebrumDAO launched its MITY IP-Tokens (https://mint.molecule.to/ipnft/108246717199802830449916199897226478163176946134490555322418727943986180682745) to raise funding and develop IP/patents for its Neuon-Fission Treatments for Inflammatory Disease. Molecule used it $BIO allocation to a airdrop (https://x.com/pumpdotscience/status/1877406994648412250) BIO to holders of Pump Science tokens ($RIF and $URO (https://x.com/search?q=%24URO&src=cashtag_click)). PsyDAO launched staking (https://x.com/psy_dao/status/1877084266795782464); more than 80% of the circulating supply is staked. HairDAO is set to launch their telehealth platform (https://x.com/HairDAO_/status/1877775551269617894), Anagen, and bringing the first hair loss drugs onchain in two weeks. AthenaDAO announced a collaboration with MeritoNetwork (https://x.com/athena_DAO_/status/1877249435702267906) to accelerate fertility research in Asia. Molecule and VitaDAO are featured in a book (https://x.com/Molecule_dao/status/1877448269359624679) on crowdsourcing in science, highlighting the growing importance of DeSci. Stay up-to-date on everything BIO in our Telegram (https://t.me/bio_protocol),Discord (https://discord.gg/bioxyz) & Governance forum (https://commonwealth.im/bio-protocol)