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Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin’s downward trend may indicate problems with U.S. dollar liquidity
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes expressed his views on the divergence of Bitcoin and SP 500 Index (SPX) trends on the X platform. He pointed out that since the launch of the Bitcoin spot ETF in the United States, the two have no longer moved in sync.
Hayes said Bitcoin’s downward trend could signal future problems with U.S. dollar liquidity. Additionally, the next point to watch is the U.S. Treasury’s refinancing announcement on January 31.
BTC fell below 40,000 USDT, down 4.24% in 24 H
Ouyi OKX market shows that BTC fell below 40,000 USDT and is now trading at 39,938.9 USDT, with a 24 H drop of 4.24%.
Industry news
FTX subsidiary Alameda Research drops lawsuit against Grayscale
Alameda Research, a bankrupt FTX subsidiary, announced that it has dropped its lawsuit against Grayscale Investments, which it reported had accused Grayscale of seeking profits at the expense of shareholders. According to a lawsuit filed by Alameda in Delaware court last March, the company claimed that Grayscale charged excessively and refused to let investors redeem shares from its two crypto trusts (GBTC and Grayscale Ethereum Trust). As of now, Grayscale has temporarily suspended did not respond to Hong Kongs request for comment. (Reuters)
Binance launches oral arguments to push for end of lawsuit with U.S. SEC
Binance and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began oral arguments Monday before a federal judge in Washington, D.C., in a high-profile case that could help define how cryptocurrencies are regulated. It is reported that Binance has asked federal judge Amy Berman Jackson to dismiss the SEC’s charges and is expected to formally dismiss the lawsuit on Monday, local time. (Reuters)
Franklin Templeton Head of Digital Asset Strategy: Spot Bitcoin ETF Fees Shouldn’t Get Any Lower
Sandy Kaul, head of digital asset strategy at Franklin Templeton, said in a new interview that the company’s next goal “is more tokens, and that’s where Franklin Templeton sees the opportunity,” she said Franklin Templeton calls spot Bitcoin ETF There will be zero fees for the next six months, and the relevant fees on the market should not drop any lower in the future. Sandy Kaul also said that Bitcoin is an innovative and groundbreaking new asset that is leading a new network era. The reason why Account X chose Laser Eyes is because Franklin Templeton really understands, believes in and supports the development direction of Bitcoin. , while many large traditional asset management companies are still “not adapted yet”. (CoinDesk)
According to the on-chain data tracking service Whale Alert, at around 19:59 on January 22, Beijing time, 41,643,923 HT were transferred from the address starting with 0x 0511 to the destruction address, worth approximately US$82,502,444.
According to Justin Sun’s disclosure on social media, this is all HT owned by the Huobi team.
US presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, who opposed the launch of CBDC, withdraws from the race
US presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, who opposes the launch of CBDC, has announced his withdrawal from the US presidential race. (Beincrypto)
According to news in July 2023, US presidential candidate Ron DeSantis announced that if elected in 2024, he intends to ban the US central bank digital currency (CBDC) on his first day in office.
BTC has fallen nearly 17% since the adoption of the spot Bitcoin ETF
Market data shows that since the adoption of the spot Bitcoin ETF, the price of Bitcoin has fallen by more than 16.7% from its highest point of $48,969.48 on January 11 to $40,774.32 on January 22.
Project News
CertiK Alert monitors that the Concentric Finance platform vulnerability of the DeFi protocol built based on the Camelot v3 protocol has been attacked, and the initial loss is estimated to be US$1.6 million. Concentric Finance cautions against interacting with this protocol for the time being.
ZK L2 Network ZKFair announces the launch of its first Launchpool project FairStake
According to official news, ZK L2 network ZKFair announced the launch of the first Launchpool project FairStake. The event will officially start at 11 a.m. on January 25; at that time, ZKF holders, ZKF pledgers, and .zkf domain name owners will have the opportunity to receive airdrops.
It is understood that ZKFair was launched on Launchpool on January 20, aiming to select high-quality projects with low valuations and launch them through a 100% Fair Launch, thereby giving community users a fair opportunity to participate in the early construction of the project.
X platform launches “Payments” account
Elon Musk’s X platform launched a “Payments” account (@XPayments) yesterday. The account currently does not disclose any information, but according to the rules of the X platform, having a yellow label certification indicates that the account is indeed officially registered.
It is reported that since June last year, 30th) obtained three additional money transfer service provider licenses (Money Transmitter License).
On the 16th of this week, X obtained the license required for monetary payment in Utah, USA. This brings the total number of states in which the company is allowed to transfer funds to thirteen. (Fintechs.fi)
Ondo Finance announces expansion in Asia Pacific and opens first office
Ondo Finance, a U.S.-based tokenized securities issuance platform, has announced the opening of its first office in the Asia Pacific region (APAC). According to the company, it holds nearly 40% of the global tokenized securities market and currently offers three tokenized products - OUSG, OMMF and USDY - allowing investment in U.S. asset classes such as U.S. Treasuries and money market funds.
Ondo appoints Ashwin Khosa, formerly of Tether and Bitfinex, as vice president of business development for the Asia-Pacific region. In its statement, Ondo did not specify where its offices would be located in the Asia-Pacific region.
Last November, Ondo and Mantle Network launched USDY, a tokenized note backed by U.S. Treasuries and bank deposits, and launched the product on Solana in December. (The Block)
OKX Web3 wallet officially opens Solana Super Season
According to official news, OKX Web3 Wallet has now officially launched the Solana Super Season event, and participating users will have the opportunity to win over $100,000 in bonuses and high-quality protocol airdrops. The Solana Super Season event lasts for nearly 70 days. The first phase includes a Cryptopedia Solana special interactive event to obtain potential airdrops of popular DAPPs, a Solana ecological Marinade interest rate increase event to win dual rewards of basic and additional interest rates, and a share of the prize pool of up to 100,000 USDT. The three major events of the Solana futures season. The second and third phases will also be launched soon.
It is reported that OKX Web3 wallet is the wallet that supports the Solana ecological function with the most comprehensive functions, the richest rewards, and the safest and most convenient user experience. Users can not only conduct cross-chain transactions on the Solana network through OKX DEX, participate in the mainstream protocol staking and lending of the Solana ecosystem through OKX DeFi, explore Solana NFT and inscription ecology through the OKX NFT market, manage Solana assets through the OKX Web3 wallet, but also through OKX Discover section explores and interacts with Solana’s popular DAPPs, etc.
Magic Eden opens cross-chain protocol to community and launches rewards program on Solana
NFT platform Magic Eden announced that it will open the cross-chain protocol to the community and launch a reward program on Solana. The program will also be rapidly expanded on ETH, BTC and Polygon to facilitate cross-chain. In addition, Magic Eden has committed to contribute to the Non-Fungible DAO, and Magic Eden will open source and contribute major protocols to the organization, including its cross-chain market protocol. Magic Eden also announced the expanded rollout of its cross-chain, self-hosted wallet. Users will be able to earn rewards for using the Magic Eden wallet, with the wallet and desktop browser extension set to be released by the end of January.
Darewise, Animoca Brands Japan team up with Honda to develop Web3 vehicle game
Darewise Entertainment and Animoca Brands Japan will cooperate with Honda to develop the Web3 vehicle game Life Beyond, and plan to introduce traffic and vehicle gameplay.
Darewise and Honda will collaborate to build gameplay and game assets, as well as Honda vehicle-based campaigns and Ordinals. (VentureBeat)
In October 2023 news, Animoca Brands announced that its subsidiary Darewise Entertainment has completed a $3.5 million private placement round through pre-sale of upcoming tokens, co-founded by Gamefi Ventures, London Real Ventures, Citizen Capital, Blocore, Animoca Ventures and Animoca Brands Yat Siu and others participated in the investment.
The new Darewise ecosystem token is expected to be released on the Bitcoin network in early 2024, with the upcoming AAA MMO game Life Beyond being its first adopter.
DWF Labs Partner: Now is a good time to find low-valuation deals and invest
Andrei Grachev, managing partner of DWF Labs, posted on the X platform that it sometimes snows in the crypto spring, and now is the time. If you can find a cheap deal at a low valuation and invest, now is a great time.
Binance Labs investment project Helio Protocol hints at upcoming airdrop
Helio Protocol, the over-collateralized stablecoin protocol of the BNB network, posted on social media hinting at an upcoming airdrop. Helio Protocol stated that there have been rumors about the LISTA governance token airdrop in the market recently, and both the project itself and the community are excited about it. Although most of the information at this stage is Speculation, but Helio Protocol reminds users to follow official channels for airdrop information. Helio Protocol received a $10 million investment from Binance’s venture capital arm, Binance Labs, last August to help expand the protocol’s ongoing transformation into a liquidity staking platform.
Bitget will launch DUEL, VSC and TSUGT
Bitget will list Captain Tsubasa (TSUGT), Vyvo Coin (VSC) and GameGPT (DUEL) in the Innovation Zone. The deposit channel is now open, and the trading channel will be opened at 19:00 on January 23 (UTC+ 8).
Lido: The platform pledges ETH to bridge the Mantle Network ecosystem
Lido officially announced that Lido DAO contributors can now launch wstETH on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Mantle Network and bridge staked ETH to the Mantle Network ecosystem. Mantle users can expect to be able to use their wstETH in a number of Mantle-based applications in the coming weeks, including lending, yield mining, indexing, and more.
Over the past week, the Ethereum NFT market has seen trading volume exceed $203 million, hitting a 29-week high, Dune data shows. The weekly trading volume of the Blur platform accounts for 75%. (NFTgators)
Investment and Financing
Ambbi, the inscription project on the Bitcoin chain, received strategic investment
The Bitcoin on-chain asset project Ambbi announced that it has received strategic investment. The incubation fund established for the inscription project under LBank Labs participated in the investment, but the specific amount has not yet been disclosed. It is reported that the recursive inscription technology built by AMBBi currently mainly supports the digital art field and supports BRC-20 and BRC-69 inscription standards to ensure asset artistry, uniqueness and rarity. (Cryptodaily)
Paper Ventures launches $25M blockchain venture capital fund
Paper Ventures, founded by Danish Chaudhry, Oliver Blakey and Ivailo Jordanov, announces the launch of a $25 million blockchain venture capital fund with support from traditional hedge funds, family offices, exchanges, founders and other high-net-worth cryptocurrency OGs support. It is reported that one of the co-founders, Oliver Blakey, is the co-founder of Ascensive Assets and an early supporter of Frax Finance, SEI, Polygon, Injective, Polkadot, Moonbeam and Cosmos.
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Elon Musk: There was a problem with the X platform anti-spam robot and it has been fixed now
Recently, multiple crypto community accounts on the X platform were mislabeled. Elon Musk responded that it was a problem with the platforms anti-spam robot, which has been fixed. It is reported that active crypto community X accounts such as Shiba Inu and Floki were affected.
