Inside the ICO Details and What’s Next for the Project

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XPL Public Sale

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Confidence in the Project and Its Backers

Plasma raises $24M in Seed and Series A rounds with support from top investors

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Decreased Potential Returns

What Is Plasma?

Ethereum

Bitcoin

Tether

Glowing "$1B" hologram above a circular platform with a suited figure in a dark, futuristic crypto-themed illustration

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Plasma, the first project launched on Cobie’s Sonar platform, stunned the crypto world by raising $1B in days. With high-speed deposits, major backers, and a stablecoin-first blockchain design, Plasma is shaping up to be a serious player in DeFi.

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Plasma Raises $1B on Sonar Platform

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