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Legal Daily News | Manta's 'Into the Blue' airdrop will be available for claiming on January 18th; Vitalik claims that becoming a Validium is the correct choice for most blockchain apps.

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Overview of important news in the cryptocurrency industry on January 16th, GN!

Selected News:

1. Vitalik: Becoming Validium is the right choice for most blockchain apps, and a good distributed DA ensures that the system can improve its security;

2. Data: The current Bitcoin spot ETF issuer holds 3.9% of the total Bitcoin supply.

3. Manta Network: Into the Blue airdrop will be available for claiming on January 18th.

4. Solana ecosystem BRC20 cross-chain protocol Shell Trade completed IDO and received 20 times oversubscription;

5. HashKey Group has completed nearly $100 million in Series A financing.

Price Observation

MAV has broken through $0.6, reaching a new historical high.

According to market data, MAV has broken through $0.6 and is currently trading at $0.6077, reaching a new all-time high.

Bitcoin briefly breaks $43,000According to OKX market information, Bitcoin has briefly surpassed $43,000 and is currently priced at $42,998, with a 24-hour increase of 0.75%.

AUCTION breaks $27, up over 22% in 24 hoursAccording to OKX market information, AUCTION has broken through $27 and is currently priced at $27.02, with a 24-hour increase of 22.9%.

Affected by the merger news, KLAY and FNSA both saw a 24-hour increase of over 20%According to market data, the Klaytn token KLAY is priced at $0.25 with a 24-hour increase of 31.8%. The Finschia token FNSA is priced at $34.74 with a 24-hour increase of 22.6%.

Earlier, it was reported that the Korean internet giant Kakao's subsidiary Layer 1 network Klaytn and the Japanese communication giant Line's subsidiary blockchain project Finschia proposed a merger. The two parties plan to create a new blockchain that supports both EVM and CosmWasm frameworks, creating the largest web3 ecosystem in Asia.

BLUR short-term breakthrough $0.67, 24-hour increase of 17.68%According to OKX market data, BLUR has broken through $0.67 in the short term and is currently priced at $0.6682, with a 24-hour increase of 17.68%.

Transaction Tracking

A certain whale transferred tokens worth $1.69 million to Binance during the AUCTION rally.

According to Yu Jin's monitoring, a whale transferred tokens worth $1.69 million to Binance during today's AUCTION rally.

It is reported that the address extracted the AUCTION at a price of $24 from Binance on January 6th.

Huang Licheng has accumulated 11.8 million BLUR since November last year, with an average price of $0.51 per coin.

Lookonchain monitoring shows that Huang Licheng's address began purchasing BLUR tokens on November 23, 2023, and has accumulated a total of 11.8 million BLUR tokens (worth $6 million), with an average purchase price of 0.51 USDT.

From August 2, 2023, he purchased 6.12 million APE tokens (worth $9.34 million) through Binance and DEX platforms, with an average purchase price of 1.53 USDT, and staked them. From November 24, 2023, he sold 6.5 million APE tokens (worth $10.4 million), with an average selling price of 1.60 USDT.

Currently, Huang Licheng holds 250,000 APE (valued at $358,000) and has realized a profit of $1.4 million.

1033 million BLUR unlocked and transferred to Coinbase and Wintermute Trading addresses, accounting for 21% of today's unlocked amount

According to Spot On Chain monitoring, after BLUR was unlocked today, 19 new wallets have withdrawn all 49.48 million BLUR (33 million USD) from Coinbase Prime.

Among them, 6 wallets transferred 10.33 million BLUR (6.89 million USD) to Coinbase and Wintermute Trading addresses, accounting for 21% of the unlocked amount.

派盾：vitalik.eth transferred 50,000 USDC to an address starting with 0x9a0

Manta Network announced on social media that the Into the Blue airdrop will be available for claiming on January 18th.

BlockBeats previously reported that on January 5th, Manta Network announced the launch of the Into the Blue airdrop program, which currently supports users to check their eligibility for the airdrop based on their contributions to the ecosystem over the past 3 years. Into the Blue rewards 50 million MANTA tokens, accounting for 5% of the total supply.

Among them, 30 million MANTA tokens (3% of the total supply) will be distributed to supporters and users of the Manta ecosystem on Manta Atlantic and Manta Pacific. 20 million MANTA tokens (2% of the total supply) will be distributed as bonus rewards to supporters and users of the Manta ecosystem.

Hermez Network deposited 4.5 million MATIC into the crypto investment platform SwissBorg.

According to Spot On Chain monitoring, Hermez Network cancelled its pledge 2 hours ago and deposited 4.5 million MATIC (3.81 million USD) into the encrypted investment platform SwissBorg due to concerns from the Polygon Foundation about token distribution transparency.

The open-source ZK Rollup network Hermez Network was acquired by Polygon for $250 million in 2021, and Hermez Network still holds at least 39.92 million MATIC (worth $34 million).

CeFi Information

Bitget announced the first batch of Genesis Plan "Selected Trading Experts" Top 10 list

Bitget has announced the first batch of Genesis Plan rankings. A total of 10 users who obtained live accounts in the first batch were ranked based on weighted rankings of yield and winning rate, and the top 10 performers were ranked in the comprehensive performance of simulated accounts.

The first season of the Genesis Plan will distribute 50 single-account tokens in 5 batches. The second batch is expected to be distributed from January 15th to January 21st.

Bitget has launched a coin-to-coin C2C trading market, with BTCs, DIMO, and ORCA as the first offerings.

Bitget announced the official launch of its C2C trading market, with the first listed currencies being BTCs, DIMO, and ORCA. Bitget is the first trading platform to introduce a coin-to-coin C2C trading market, aiming to provide users with a convenient and efficient trading experience, helping them quickly capture new assets and providing trading opportunities.

OKX Web3 wallet DEX section has now fully integrated with FacetSwap.

According to official sources, the OKX Web3 wallet DEX section has fully integrated with FacetSwap. Users can exchange ETH and Facet_FETH through OKX DEX, as well as perform single-chain exchanges of Facet protocol assets. Users can update to the latest version of the OKX APP, switch to the OKX Web3 wallet, and enter the DEX section to experience it immediately.

LBank has launched SMILEY and will open trading at 14:00 today.

LBank has launched SMILEY (SMILEY) and the deposit channel was opened at 13:00. The trading channel was opened on January 16th at 14:00 Beijing time.

It is reported that SMILEY originated from Musk's posting of a meme with a smiling face on social media.

Binance and Gulf Innova's joint venture begins trading platform operations in Thailand

According to The Block, Gulf Binance, a joint venture between Binance and Thailand's Gulf Innova, has launched cryptocurrency trading services to the Thai public after conducting an invitation-only test in November last year.

Binance announced today that Gulf Binance, a subsidiary established by Binance Capital Management and Gulf Energy Development, has begun full operation of its cryptocurrency trading and brokerage platform called Binance TH. The statement said that Thai users can buy and sell cryptocurrencies using local currency pairs through their Binance TH accounts.

Regarding its cryptocurrency brokerage services, Binance TH has stated that it has integrated its order book with Binance Kazakhstan, a regulated exchange in Kazakhstan overseen by the Astana Financial Services Authority.

ISSP will be launched on KuCoin at 20:00 today.

ISSP will be launched on KuCoin at 20:00 on January 16th Beijing time. It is reported that ISSP won second place in the technical competition supported by Sui on January 14th, 2024. It is the first cross-chain system of the Inscription protocol that combines Launchpad, Marketplace, and Swap, achieving cross-chain interoperable transactions among thousands of chains. ISSP will next open up Arc-20 products to empower the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Bitget has launched a new round of CandyBomb with a total prize pool of 400,000 OORT coins.

Bitget has launched a new round of CandyBomb, with a total prize pool of 400,000 OORT. Participants have the chance to win rewards by completing designated tasks such as trading, depositing, and inviting friends during the event period from January 15th 19:00 to January 22nd 19:00 (UTC+8).

OORT is a decentralized cloud that protects privacy and saves costs. By integrating global computing and storage resources, OORT provides artificial intelligence solutions to enhance business operations.

Binance Labs: MVB 7 Accelerator Program application deadline extended to January 31

Binance Labs announced on social media that the application deadline for the MVB 7 accelerator program has been extended to January 31st.

BlockBeats previously reported that on December 26th, Binance Labs stated on social media that the application deadline for the MVB 7 accelerator program is January 15th, 2024. The application focuses on AI-driven DApps, user-friendly SocialFi, blockchain games, digital identity and reputation, and content and data platforms using BNB Greenfield.

Binance will delist DAR/BNB, DEXE/ETH, ID/BNB, and POLS/BTC trading pairs on the 19th