Our previous hardcap was 7.8M but we decided to increase it due to overwhelming interest and because we were advised to do so by our advisors and partners. With this increase we will be able to get more value-adding contributors onboard, have more liquidity, which is more resilient to unforeseen events, and use these additional funds to add more value to the project and its goals. We were also able to sign a partnership with Bitfinex because of this