Highlights:
1. Justin Sun said that Li Lin's brother obtained zero-cost HT through abnormal means for many times to sell and withdraw huge amounts of cash in Huobi, which will be recovered and destroyed
2. OKX first announced the ecological roadmap of Web3 wallet Bitcoin
3. Suia and Cetus will each airdrop 100,000 SUI to reward all SUIA IDO participants
4. SEC: Jump Trading made $1 billion by secretly trading with Terraform Labs
5. SEC chief: Cryptocurrency market 'generally not compliant' and based on decentralized 'false narrative'
6. Tether reported Q1 reserves as proof that direct holdings of U.S. Treasuries exceeded $53 billion
According to CoinDesk, bitcoin technology and financial services company River has closed a $35 million Series B funding round led by Kingsway Capital, Investment was contributed by Peter Thiel, Cygni, Goldcrest and Valor Equity Partners. River offers a wide range of Bitcoin-related services to individuals and businesses, including a brokerage firm with full reserve custody and a wallet that supports on-chain and lightning online transactions.
Mask Network has announced an investment in The Open Network (TON) to further build a decentralized social networking ecosystem that provides innovative solutions for users across networks.
According to TechCrunch, NewLimit, A longevity research firm co-founded by Brian Armstrong, CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase, has closed a $40 million Series A funding round, Dimension, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund and others. NewLimit, a 1.5-year-old San Francisco company with 17 employees, aims to increase everyone's healthy lifespan by epigenetic reprogramming of cells.
Music NFT platform anotherblock has completed a €4 million seed round of funding, led by Stride.VC
According to Tec.eu, music NFT platform anotherblock has completed a €4 million seed round of funding led by Stristride VC, with participation from Swedish producer Axwell and Swedish House Mafia. anotherblock closed a $2.5 million funding round led by Inventure in June 2022, Participants include StableNode, Maex Ament, the founder of Centrifuge, and Fredrik Haga, the co-founder of Dune. anotherblock aims to provide NFT solutions for music copyright.
According to CoinDesk, Auradine, A start-up linked to bitcoin miner Marathon Digital, closed an $81 million Series A funding round led by Celesta Capital and Mayfield, Cota Capital, DCVC and Stanford University contributed. Auradine, which was founded in 2022, is said to be developing a wide range of hardware and software infrastructure, including energy-efficient silicon, proof of zero knowledge (blockchain-based privacy tools) and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for decentralized applications.
Web3 venture capital firm Red Beard Ventures has raised $25 million from Animoca Brands
According to CoinDesk, Web3 venture capital firm Red Beard Ventures has raised $25 million, Investors include a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen and partner Chris Dixon, Animoca Brands, and NFT platform SuperRare. The new round of funding from Red Beard Ventures is intended to accelerate the adoption of Web3 technology and support the launch of the Token Economics Accelerator project called Denarii Labs, a joint initiative with Horizon Labs Ventures. The program, which will focus on providing advisory services, weekly educational sessions, mentoring, start-up support and more for those starting the Token program, is currently accepting its first applications, scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year. Each selected company will receive $100,000 to build its brand.
Justin Sun said on Twitter that Li Wei, the brother of Huobi founder Li Lin, repeatedly obtained a large amount of zero-cost HT through abnormal means to sell and withdraw huge amounts of cash in Huobi, damaging the interests of everyone in the HT community. According to the resolution of Huobi's global advisory board and HT DAO community, The HT acquired by Li Wei at zero cost will be recovered and destroyed, and the destruction will be publicized in the HT community. Li Lin responded: I hope Huobi can provide evidence. If it is confirmed that the HT with zero cost was obtained through illegal means, I will personally pay 10 times the HT to Huobi Company. If this is not true, we hope that Huobi will return the legitimate assets of users.
OKX debuts Web3 wallet Bitcoin ecosystem roadmap
According to OKX official news, OKX first announced Web3 wallet bitcoin ecological road map. According to the roadmap, OKX Web3 wallet will be online within this week BRC-20 trading market, support BRC20 Token trading, BTC cross-chain Swap. Staking (BTC layer 2), and endorsing Ordinals inscription and BRC-20 Token Staking in late May and early June, Ordinals NFT staking, STX Staking (BTC layer 2), and BRC20 Staking. It is reported that OKX is an early supporter and builder of bitcoin ecology, has supported the Bitcoin Lightning network two years ago, and through continuous iterative innovation of products, leading the industry to build the BRC-20 standard, OKX Web3 wallet is the first multi-chain wallet to support Ordinals.
Suia and Cetus will each drop 100,000 SUI to reward all SUIA IDO participants
Public Chain SuI-based Mobility Protocol Cetus officially announced that SUI Ecosocial Protocol Suia plans to airdrop 100,000 Sui to reward all SUIA IDO participants, and Cetus decided to support this program with an additional 100,000 SUI, which will be distributed within 1 day.
Hardware wallet maker Ledger today released the Ledger Nano X Firmware (2.2.1) version update, which introduces a service/feature called Ledger Recover. The Ledger Recover service divides the wallet recovery phrase - basically a private key in a human-readable form - into three encrypted fragments that will be distributed to three custodians: Ledger, cryptocurrency custodian Coincover and code custodian EscrowTech. However, some Ledger users are up in arms about the feature, saying it goes against the privacy values held by many in the crypto community and undermines the purpose of the hardware wallet.
As evidenced by Tether's Q1 reserve report, direct holdings of Treasurys exceeded $53 billion
Tether 发布今年一季度储备证明,USDT 发行量从 660 亿美元增长至超 820 亿美元,其中担保贷款占 Tether 储备的百分比从 8.7% 减少到 6.5%,Tether 的美国国债直接持有量达到历史新高,超过 530 亿美元,占总储备的 64% 以上。 国债连同现金和现金等价物类别中的其他储备(例如隔夜回购、定期回购、货币市场基金、现金和银行存款)占近 85%,达到历史最高水平。此外 Tether 在第一季度还将其银行存款从 53 亿美元减少到 4.81 亿美元,以降低 Tether 面临的交易对手风险。
Sui 生态社交应用 Suia Launchpad 已结束,共吸引 40,287,207 枚 SUI 和 47,393,093 枚 CETUS 参与。本次 IDO 时间为 5 月 15 日 16:00 至 5 月 16 日 16:00,将向市场供应 400 万枚 SUIA(Token 总量的 4%)。 IDO 将在两个启动池中同时进行,SUIA-SUI 启动池供应 300 万枚 SUIA,硬顶为 90 万枚 SUI,每枚 SUIA 售价为 0.3 SUI;SUIA-CETUS 启动池供应 100 万枚 SUIA,硬顶为 250 万枚 CETUS,每枚 SUIA 售价为 2.5 CETUS。SUIA-SUI 启动池共有 2000 个白名单,每个白名单用户将拥有 300 SUI 的受保护配额,而 SUIA-CETUS 启动池没有白名单用户。
Bitcoin Frogs traded at 0.0798 BTC, up nearly 150 per cent in the past 24 hours
Bitcoin Eco NFT Bitcoin Frogs floor price rose to 0.0798 BTC, up nearly 150 percent in the past 24 hours, according to Magic Eden Market. Bitcoin Frogs are digital collectibles minted directly on the Bitcoin blockchain, with a total supply of 10,000.
Data: Three whales in the past week a total of more than 1.95 million LDO
Lookonchain monitors three whales increasing their LDO holdings in the past week as a result of the Lido V2 launch: 0x9EA7 pulled 724,822 Ldos ($1.52 million) from Binance for $2.01. 0x4E4e withdrew 655,641 Ldos (about $1.38 million) from Binance for $1.83. 0x9eda bought 570,883 Ldos for $1.71 on May 12 for 974,000 USDC.
According to Lookonchain monitoring, DWF Labs-related addresses have transferred 15.1 trillion LADYS (about $2.1 million) to the trading platforms MEXC, Huobi, Bybit and Gate. The purchase cost of these LADYS holdings is 5.3 ETH (about US $9,903), and if they were all sold, the profit would be over US $2 million.
CFX (Conflux) broke through $0.31, up more than 10 percent in 24 hours
OKX market data shows that CFX (Conflux) broke $0.31, now quoted at $0.313, up 10.5% in 24 hours.
According to Dune Analytics, a total of 20,003,770 ETH was pledged by the Ethereum beacon chain, representing 16.72% of the total ETH supply. Among them, the pledge share of liquidity pledge agreement Lido reached 31.48%. In addition, a net inflow of more than 820,000 ETH has been registered since the Shanghai upgrade.
According to Dune Analytics, the total ETH pledged by Lido reached 6,274,784, representing 86.48% of the LSD market share. Rocket Pool and Frax Finance have 574,171 ETH pledges and 155,168 ETH pledges, respectively, ranking the second and third in LSD market share.
Data: Brevan Howard Digital transferred 210,000 Ldos to Coinbase in the last 3 days
According to Spot on Chain, the wallet 0x7d6 from Brevan Howard Digital (formerly Dragonfly Capital) transferred 160,000 Ldos ($344,000) to Coinbase early this morning. The address transferred a total of 210,000 Ldos ($391,000) to Coinbase over the past three days. Since the Lido V2 has been released, LDO prices have increased by 7.46% in the last 24 hours.
SEC: Jump Trading made $1 billion by secretly trading with Terraform Labs
据 WSJ 报道,美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 上周五公布的法庭文件显示,加密货币做市商 Jump Trading 在 Terra 生态崩盘前一年签订了一项秘密协议,突显了 Jump Trading 与 Do Kwon 之间的关系。该文件是针对 Do Kwon 及其公司 Terraform Labs 的欺诈诉讼的一部分。 这些文件证实,Jump Trading 通过与 Terraform Labs 的交易赚取了约 10 亿美元的利润。2020 年 1 月的电子邮件揭示了一项交易:「Jump 将提高 Terra 和 Luna 的流动性,并将获得在未来三年内以 30 美分、40 美分和 50 美分的价格购买 Luna。」Luna 在 2021 年末和 2022 年初飙升至 90 美元以上。SEC 还发布了 2021 年 7 月秘密协议的修订版,其中 Terraform Labs 承诺每月向 Jump 转账 6150 万枚 Luna。
SEC chief: Cryptocurrency market 'often not compliant' and based on decentralized 'false narrative'
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler said the cryptocurrency market is "generally not compliant" and is based on a "false narrative" of decentralization.
美国证券交易委员会(SEC)已对 Coinbase 提起的诉讼作出回应,称 Coinbase 无权要求政府机构履行某些职责。SEC 在回应中表示: 「Coinbase 断言法院应该迫使委员会对 Coinbase 最近提交的规则制定请愿书采取行动。但没有任何法规或条例要求委员会在特定时限内采取此类行动。Coinbase 提交申请仅仅过去了几个月,而 Coinbase 补充记录的时间甚至更短。考虑 Coinbase 寻求的这种重大变化,可能会更广泛地影响加密资产和证券市场,需要时间来权衡是否首先启动有关该行业的规则制定程序。」
Upbit and Bithumb were raided by South Korean regulators
据韩联社报道,韩国官员表示,韩国检察官周一突击搜查了加密交易平台 Upbit 和 Bithumb 的相关账户,这些账户与身陷加密货币丑闻的韩民主党议员金南国(Kim Nam-kuk)有关。 首尔南部地方检察厅的一组调查人员从这两家交易平台查获了交易记录和其他材料。此前,金南国被曝在 2021 年拥有约 80 万枚 Wemix Token,价值约 60 亿韩元 (约合 450 万美元),这与他节俭的形象有很大出入,因此受到了抨击。人们对这笔资金的来源和是否利用了内部信息产生了怀疑。他还面临着在去年 5 月和 11 月参加国民议会司法委员会两次会议期间交易加密货币的指控。
Eu Council unanimously approves Crypto Asset Market Regulation (MiCA)
According to CoinDesk, the Council of the European Union, representing the 27 member states, unanimously approved the Crypto Asset Market Regulation (MiCA). MiCA requires crypto companies such as wallet providers and trading platforms to seek operating licenses and requires stablecoin issuers to hold appropriate reserves. As previously reported, in April, the European Parliament approved the EU Crypto Asset Market (MiCA) by a vote of 517-38.
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