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Asset management company VanEck will initially waive fees for its Ethereum ETF until an unspecified time in 2025, or until the fund reaches null.5 billion in assets. Once either condition is met, the fund will charge 0.2%. https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/vaneck-waives-fee-for-ethereum-etf-as-battle-heats-up/
Upbit, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, announced that it will launch BLAST trading pairs for Korean won, BTC, and USDT. Deposits, withdrawals, and trading are expected to be open at 23:00 on June 26. BLAST is the governance token of the L2 network Blast https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=4317
Tether announced a strategic transition to prioritize community-driven blockchain support. Tether will stop supporting EOS and Algorand and will stop issuing USDT on EOS and Algorand. The transition will be completed within the next 12 months. https://tether.io/news/tether-announces-strategic-transition-to-prioritize-community-driven-blockchain-support/
CoinShares announces the successful sale of its FTX claim. The agreement, signed today and subject to customary closing conditions, will yield a recovery rate of 116% net of broker fees, resulting in a return of £31.32 million on a £26.6 million claim. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coinshares-announces-successful-sale-of-ftx-claim-302179430.html
According to ZachXBT’s investigation, AVAX has fallen 10% in the past few hours, most likely because an entity (0x32...4f30) began to transfer 1.96 million AVAX (worth $54.2 million) to Coinbase, Binance, Gate, and used cross-chain bridges such as THORChain for transfers. https://t.me/investigations/134
After Kraken announced the listing of political tokens BODEN and TREMP, CoinDesk reported that Bybit and OKX rejected the listing of political tokens because of the potential political risks that centralized exchanges may bring. HTX is the only major exchange other than Kraken that has listed TREMP tokens. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/06/18/original-trump-token-struggles-with-exchange-listings-as-djt-rockets/
South Korean media reported that exchanges will inspect 600 tokens listed after the implementation of the virtual asset law next month. This panic may be the reason for the decline of altcoins. However, the South Korean government stated that it is not directly involved in the review. https://www.ebn.co.kr/news/view/1626558/?sc=Naver
ZK Nation said it has updated its FAQ document, including airdrop qualifications, airdrop allocation, value ratio, participating projects, etc. It promises to try its best to answer all questions. ZK airdrop collection will be open at 15:00 UTC+8 on June 17. https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1802004563257417952
The bankrupt FTX sold its remaining 15 million shares in the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic at $ 30 per share. https://www.theblock.co/post/298010/ftx-offloads-remaining-anthropic-shares-as-bankruptcy-cost-surpasses-700-million?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Seriously https://std.stheadline.com/daily/article/2599345/%E6%97%A5%E5%A0%B1-%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E-%E8%AD%A6%E6%94%BF%E9%A1%A7%E5%95%8F%E4%BF%83%E6%8F%90%E9%AB%98%E5%85%AC%E7%9C%BE%E5%B0%8D%E8%99%9B%E6%93%AC%E8%B3%87%E7%94%A2%E8%AA%8D%E7%9F%A5-%E5%8A%A0%E5%BC%B7%E9%A2%A8%E9%9A%AA%E6%84%8F%E8%AD%98
According to Aptoscan, on May 24, the number of Aptos user transactions in a single day reached 97.488 million, hitting a record high, breaking the previous L1 record of more than 65m set by Sui. Aptos User TPS reached 27k. https://aptoscan.com/analytics
OKX, the second largest offshore exchange, announced the withdrawal of OKX HK's VASP license application. OKX will cease to provide services to HK residents by 31 May 2024.
Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst Eric Balchunas expects Ethereum ETFs to be 10-15% of the assets of the BTC ETFs. https://www.dlnews.com/articles/snapshot/why-this-analyst-thinks-ethereum-etfs-will-disappoint/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=
Vitalik unlocked and received 845,205 STRK from the Locked Token Grant contract of the Ethereum L2 network Starknet today, worth $ 1.07M. Vitalik Buterin is an early individual investor in StarkNet. H/T @EmberCN https://etherscan.io/tx/0xabe3c0173eeaeaea7afb63d1b8c687106d01bc06b8fc5d26335c2e179f5923f3
U.S. SEC Chair Gary Gensler declined on Thursday to preview his agency's decision on ether (ETH) exchange traded funds (ETFs), though he advised observers to "stay tuned." https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/05/23/gensler-says-stay-tuned-on-us-secs-decision-on-eth-etf/
the total net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETF on May 22 was US$ 154 million. Grayscale ETF GBTC had an outflow of $ 16.0914 million, BlackRock ETF IBIT had a single-day flow of $ 91.9527 million, and Fidelity ETF FBTC had an inflow of $ 74.572 million. https://sosovalue.xyz/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
The Hong Kong government ruled that Worldcoin's operations in Hong Kong violated the Privacy Ordinance and has issued an enforcement notice requiring it to stop using iris scanning devices. https://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1754201-20240522.htm?spTabChangeable=0
BounceBit, the first Bitcoin restaking chain supported by Binance, announced its 2024 Roadmap, including BounceBit Portal acts as the operating system. https://medium.com/@bouncebit/bouncebit-roadmap-romance-of-the-three-kingdoms-b22724583c4a
According to Bloomberg, Kraken may cancel its support for USDT in the EU region. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-17/kraken-actively-reviewing-tether-s-status-under-new-eu-rules?utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic
The Fantom Foundation has announced the details of its new L1 blockchain Sonic Network, which will be connected to Ethereum through a native cross-chain bridge. FTM token holders will migrate to Sonic's token S at a 1:1 ratio. https://forum.fantom.network/t/the-new-frontier-building-the-sonic-boom/875
On May 17, the total net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $ 222 million. Grayscale ETF GBTC inflow was $ 31.6116 million, Fidelity ETF FBTC inflow was $ 99.4283 million, BlackRock ETF IBIT inflow was $ 38.0829 million, and the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $ 56.263 billion.
Vitalik Buterin published an article discussing issues such as MEV and the balance between minimizing and quarantining MEV. He emphasizes the need for robust solo staking and reducing hardware requirements. https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/05/17/decentralization.html
According to Protos, CZ has not yet been jailed. He awaits notice. The Bureau of Prisons needs to know whether a particular cell within a particular prison is appropriate for immediate occupancy by that defendant. https://protos.com/no-changpeng-zhao-isnt-in-prison-yet-heres-why/
BlockTower Capital’s main hedge fund has been hacked and partially stolen by fraudsters, according to Bloomberg. The firm manages $ 1.7 billion in assets. The hackers have not been arrested. BlockTower was founded in 2017 and has invested in companies such as Dapper Labs, Sky Mavis, Terraform, and others. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/crypto-investment-firm-blocktower-capital-suffers-losses-in-hack
The L3 blockchain Degen Chain has stopped producing blocks for more than 11 hours, the reason is unknown. Degen Chain was built by Syndicate, which was once invested by a16z, using Arbitrum Orbit. Its Gas token DEGEN is the largest coin of Farcaster. https://explorer.degen.tips/
Binance and KuCoin have registered with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit. KuCoin paid a $ 41,000 fine and has resumed operations. Binance’s financial penalties are still to be determined after a hearing and it is expected to resume operations after paying the fine. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/05/10/binance-kucoin-win-registration-with-indias-financial-intelligence-unit/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines
Asia Crypto Venture LD Capital, Bitmain's Antalpha Ventures, and Highblock have jointly established Hong Kong's first crypto ETF liquidity fund, valued at $ 1 billion HKD (~128M USD). The fund is designed to provide market-making services to Hong Kong ETFs. https://ld-capital.medium.com/ld-capital-antalpha-ventures-and-highblock-announced-the-launch-of-hong-kongs-first-1-billion-0afe90c0bac3
The Standard Chartered Bank report noted that the risks posed by the Federal Reserve’s monetization of government debt are rising, and that if Trump wins the election, his second-term administration may promote a more supportive regulatory environment, which is important for digital assets. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/07/bitcoin-could-benefit-from-us-fiscal-dominance-and-a-trump-win-standard-chartered-says/
Vitalik said that since many people have been interested in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) recently, he once again shared the article published in 2020, pointing out that we are quickly getting to the point where many of the applications of FHE in privacy-preserving computation are starting to become practical over the next decade. https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1787107645544943646
QCP: At FOMC, Powell said that the Fed is not looking to hike rates and announced the slowing of Quantitative Tightening (QT) from $ 60bn monthly to $ 25bn. Both FOMC and QRA were more dovish than expected. This should help to push down the USD rally which is positive for risk assets. https://t.me/QCPbroadcast/1210
OKX announced the listing of Safe (SAFE) on spot trading market. Safe includes a full stack of account abstraction infrastructure and the industry-standard multi-sig wallet.
CertiK Alert discovered a high-risk vulnerability in Telegram, detecting possible remote code execution and malicious attacks with media files. It is recommended that users disable the automatic download function and disable the automatic download function of photos, videos and files in all chat types. https://twitter.com/CertiKAlert/status/1777632812700713254
Kucoin ready for INDIA
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Ethena Labs has announced that the Singularity Roadmap proposal for Frax Finance has been approved, which includes allocating funds up to $ 250 million to USDeFRAX POL through the Curve AMO. FRAX has begun adding USDe POL, diversifying the sources of yield for FRAX with this liquidity pool. https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1777261242119528692
Neel Kashkari, president of the Fed of Minneapolis in the US, said that cryptocurrencies still have no legal application scenarios in developed democracies, the only application scenarios are traders trying to subvert bank regulations to circumvent illegal activities. https://news.bitcoin.com/federal-reserves-neel-kashkari-on-bitcoin-still-no-legitimate-use-case-in-an-advanced-democracy/
A defendant involved in Singapore's largest money laundering case of US$ 2.2 billion in history pleaded guilty and was sentenced to only 13 months in prison. He faced a total of 11 charges. The defendant previously lived in Manila and operated a remote gambling website. https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20240402-3245684
Pantera Capital's Liquid Token fund, with a size of $ 300m, gained 66% in Q1, mainly benefiting from SOL, RBN, Aevo and STX. It significantly reduced its exposure to Ethereum related tokens, considering factors such as the reduced possibility of the United States approving a spot ETH ETF. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-06/pantera-capital-crypto-fund-posts-66-gain-aided-by-solana-sol-token
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LeverFi announced the release of the OmniZK Protocol, a secure validation protocol that expands scalability, logic construction and interoperability for Bitcoin. OmniZK is modularly designed for developers to construct conditional, non-custodial Discreet Log Contracts on Bitcoin that are secured by event proofs generated by zkOracles. https://medium.com/leverfi/omnizk-a-secure-validation-protocol-that-expands-scalability-logic-interchain-use-cases-on-btc-35687c1d122b
Imagine owning your social graph on Ethereum and using it everywhere… and it costing virtually nothing.
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Binance will list Wormhole (W) and open trading for these spot trading pairs at 2024-04-03 12:00 (UTC). New Spot Trading Pairs: W/BTC, W/USDT, W/FDUSD and W/TRY.
Binance will open spot trading and enable Spot Algo Orders Trading Bots services for the BCH/USDC, LQTY/FDUSD, LTC/USDC, MASK/TRY, PENDLE/USDC and RDNT/TRY trading pairs at 2024-04-03 08:00 (UTC). https://www.binancezh.info/support/announcement/notice-on-new-trading-pairs-trading-bots-services-on-binance-spot-2024-04-03-4415b0754bd343798f5391a4d212e923
Binance shows that Bitcoin suddenly fell to as low as $ 66,000. ETH briefly fell to $ 3,319. In the past hour, the entire network liquidated $ 157 million, and long orders liquidated $ 144 million. https://www.coinglass.com/LiquidationData
Just In: The China govenment has launched a blockchain project titled "Ultra-Large Scale Blockchain Infrastructure Platform for the Belt and Road Initiative". This project is led by Conflux Network. The main focus of the project is to create a public blockchain infrastructure platform.
A Hong Kong lawmaker has called for the independent licensing rules for virtual asset custody services to be resolved as soon as possible. He said that after this remaining piece of the puzzle is resolved, Hong Kong's legal basis and regulatory mechanism for virtual assets will be basicly complete. https://www1.hkej.com/dailynews/article/id/3722388/%E4%B8%89%E5%A4%A7%E6%94%AF%E6%9F%B1%E5%8A%A9Web3%E6%9C%AA%E4%BE%86%E7%99%BC%E5%B1%95
Bitkub, Thailand’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, plans to IPO in Thailand in 2025. Binance and Kasikornbank Pcl are making moves to grab market share from Bitkub in the past six months. The number of active crypto trading accounts in Thailand jumped to 238,000 in March. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-01/thailand-s-biggest-crypto-exchange-hiring-advisers-for-2025-ipo
Arthur Hayes says one should be careful before labeling all memecoins as “stupid,” arguing they can be a net positive for the blockchain networks they’re launched on. He added that Solana and Ethereum stood as the most well-positioned networks to capture the flow of attention from memes. https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitmex-arthur-hayes-memecoins-provide-value-blockchains
Tron requested that the U.S. SEC lawsuit be dismissed, saying it had no authority to govern digital assets sold to foreign users on global platforms. Tron said the sale of the tokens is entirely outside the United States. The U.S. SEC issued an electronic subpoena to Justin Sun, the Tron Foundation, and others in March last year, accusing them of illegal sales of unregistered securities, fraud, and market manipulation. https://cointelegraph.com/news/tron-justin-sun-file-motion-dismiss-sec-lawsuit-jurisdiction