Daily Legal News | FTX has unfrozen all affected accounts, and claimants can reapply on the platform; Ethereum's Holesky testnet is expected to restart on September 22nd or 28th.
Selected News:
1. FTX: All affected accounts have been unfrozen and claimants can reapply on the platform.
2. Ethereum Holesky testnet is expected to restart on September 22nd or 28th.
3. More than half of the NounsDAO members left after the fork was completed, and withdrew over $27 million worth of ETH from the treasury.
4. Ceffu denies the allegations made by the US SEC and states that they did not provide custody services to any company related to Binance.US;
5. The protocol fees of friend.tech have exceeded 20 million US dollars, and the protocol revenue has exceeded 10 million US dollars;
Highstreet Treasury deposited a total of 4 million HIGH into Binance last night and this morning.
Project Updates
After the fork was completed by NounsDAO on Friday evening, more than half of the Nouns NFT holders chose to leave. It is reported that 472 out of 846 Nouns NFT owners (nearly 56% of the collection) joined the fork and withdrew nearly 16,757 ETH (currently worth $27.3 million) from the current Nouns DAO treasury to the new DAO organization.
Ethereum Holesky testnet is expected to restart on September 22 or 28
The blockchain tool and infrastructure developer Nethermind announced on social media that the developer will relaunch Holesky within a week, with a planned time of September 22. Meanwhile, Ethereum contributor Michael Sproul stated in a pull request on GitHub that the expected relaunch time for Holesky is September 28.
On September 16th, Galaxy researcher Christine Kim posted on social media that the Ethereum Holesky testnet, which was scheduled to go live last night Beijing time, failed to launch due to significant issues caused by network configuration errors. The developers plan to restart it soon.
FTX: All affected accounts have been unfrozen, claimants can reapply on the platform
FTX has stated on social media that after reviewing and evaluating the recent Kroll cybersecurity incident, all affected accounts have been unfrozen. Claimants can now resume their claims on the platform, and the team has taken additional security measures. The FTX system was not affected by the Kroll incident, and the account freeze was a preventative measure.
On September 15th, the Unsecured Creditors Committee (UCC) representing FTX customers announced on social media that the deadline for submitting claims is 4:00 AM on September 30th, 2023 Beijing time. Customers who submit claims are required to provide KYC, but regardless of whether KYC has been verified or not, users must submit claims before 4:00 AM on September 30th, 2023 Beijing time.
DWF Labs partner Andrei Grachev announced to settle in friend.tech
DWF Labs Managing Partner Andrei Grachev announced on social media that he has joined friend.tech. As of now, Andrei Grachev Key has 98 holders and a price of 1.26 ETH.
Ceffu denies SEC allegations, claiming no custody services provided to Binance.US related companies
According to an official announcement, Binance's cryptocurrency custodian and partner Ceffu stated that the SEC claimed in its filing on September 14 that Ceffu provided third-party "wallet custody software and support services" to BAM. Ceffu strongly opposes this claim. As a custodian technology service provider under Ceffu Holdings, Ceffu is committed to providing digital asset custody solutions for institutional clients in specific jurisdictions, excluding the United States and other regions. In addition, Ceffu's operations and services are completely independent of BAM and BHL.
On September 15th, according to CoinDesk, Binance.US was accused of not cooperating with the US SEC's investigation. The SEC stated that the company's pledge, settlement, and brokerage services violated federal securities regulations. The US federal regulatory agency stated that Binance.US used Ceffu to provide custody services, which violated previous agreements and raised concerns that user assets would be transferred overseas.
MetaMask adds support for Tezos
TriliTech has partnered with ConsenSys to launch a Tezos Snap compatible with the MetaMask wallet. Snap is a MetaMask plugin that helps integrate wallet functionality into new blockchain ecosystems. It is reported that MetaMask previously announced a new feature called Snaps, which allows it to expand to non-EVM chains such as Cosmos, Solana, and Starknet. Snaps are software modules that can be integrated with MetaMask, allowing wallets to be used across chains.
Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu proposes ApeCoin to create "Sister DAO" and NFT treasury
Snapshot governance interface shows that Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands, has initiated a proposal AIP-297 for ApeCoin to create a "Sister DAO" and manage a community-controlled NFT treasury within the ApeCoin DAO ecosystem. The proposal will end voting on September 21 and has received 73.87% support so far. According to the governance interface, the "Sister DAO" will operate outside the main ApeCoin DAO but still be composed of the same membership base, with the only requirement being ownership of 1 APE. ApeCoin DAO needs to allocate 750,000 APE (approximately $825,000) to the treasury for NFT purchases.
Funding
NFT sports game analysis platform Podium completes 2 million euros financing, led by Fabric Ventures
According to official sources, NFT sports game analysis platform Podium (formerly known as SorareData) announced the completion of a €2 million financing round, led by Fabric Ventures with participation from Sfermion and Seedcamp. Podium stated that this round of financing aims to strengthen SorareData's position, promote its operations and products, and also support the launch of ReignMetrics, a data analysis tool customized for DraftKings Reignmakers.
Dune data shows that the Linea mainnet has crossed 45,001 ETH and the number of transactions has reached 372,332, with 254,795 interacting addresses.
Data: Optimism bridging storage TVL breaks 600,000 ETH
Dune data shows that the TVL (total value locked) of the cross-chain bridge storage of Optimism, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution, has exceeded 600,000 ETH, reaching 602,592 ETH as of now. The number of users participating in bridge transactions has exceeded 300,000, currently at 331,235. It is reported that in other L2 solutions, the TVL of Arbitrum bridge storage is 2,877,479 ETH, the TVL of Base bridge storage is 181,557 ETH, and the TVL of Starknet bridge storage is 500,533 ETH.
Storj team deposited 6.25 million STORJ to Binance in the past 7 days.
According to The Data Nerd, the Storj team has deposited a total of 6.25 million STORJ (approximately $2.14 million) into Binance through GSR Markets in the past 7 days.
CME "Fed Watch": Probability of Fed Maintaining Interest Rates Unchanged in September is 99%
BlockBeats News, on September 18th, according to the CME "FedWatch" data, the probability of the Fed maintaining interest rates at 5.25%-5.50% in September is 99%, and the probability of raising interest rates by 25 basis points to the 5.50%-5.75% range is 1%.
Highstreet Treasury deposited 4 million HIGH into Binance last night and this morning
According to online information, the wallet address labeled "Highstreet Treasury & Reserve" deposited 3 million HIGH and 1 million HIGH into Binance 8 hours ago and 3 hours ago, respectively. The multi-signature address currently holds 14.757 million HIGH (worth approximately $18.505 million). Previously, the Highstreet Treasury had deposited a total of 4.273 million HIGH into Binance.
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