Odaily News About an hour ago, Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, live-streamed the destruction of all 900 billion unofficial $Charles tokens airdropped to his Lace paper wallet, with a market value of about $80 million. Hoskinson did this to show that he had no connection with the token. Previously, Charles Hoskinson announced his Lace paper wallet on social media, claiming that this was to show the security of Lace, and that it would not be stolen even if I announced the QR code address to everyone. However, an anonymous developer transferred 900 billion to Honskinsons wallet address after creating the Meme token $Charles.

Odaily News Irreducible, a zero-knowledge proof infrastructure company, announced the completion of a $24 million Series A financing round, led by Paradigm and Bain Capital Crypto, with participation from Fenbushi Capital, L2 Iterative Ventures, Robot Ventures, and angel investors Anna Rose, Brendan Farmer, Daniel Lubarov, Sina Habibian and Varun Srinivasan. It is reported that this round of financing will accelerate Irreducibles advancement of infrastructure construction for a verifiable Internet. Its core goal is to create the fastest and most efficient cryptographic proof solution. The Binius proof system launched by Irreducible is based on the research results of Towers of Binary Fields. This financing will help Binius development and make it the preferred solution for protocol developers.

Odaily News According to market news, PumpFun is facing a class action lawsuit. The plaintiffs accuse the platform of violating US securities laws and claim that all tokens created through its Meme Factory are securities.

Odaily News Coinbase Derivatives, a subsidiary of Coinbase, has filed regulatory documents on Thursday, planning to launch new futures contracts for Solana (SOL) and Hedera (HBAR) on or after February 18. The contracts will be cash-settled and will settle on a monthly basis.

Odaily News According to official news, Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced will launch AXS, XTZ, and EGLD contract transactions, and the trading pairs will be open on or after 9:30 am on February 6, 2025.

Odaily News According to official news, Coinbase will add Aptos network USDC to its coin listing roadmap.

Odaily News According to TheBlock, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), the worlds largest financial derivatives exchange operator, announced today that it plans to launch Bitcoin Friday Futures (BFF) on February 24, and is currently awaiting regulatory approval. BFF will be the first batch of cash-settled cryptocurrency options offered by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with expiration dates every weekday from Monday to Friday. These contracts are small in size (only 1/50 of a BTC each) and expire daily, providing market participants with a set of capital-efficient tools to effectively adjust their Bitcoin exposure, suitable for both institutional investors and active retail traders.

Odaily News Bitget market data shows that FTT rose by more than 15% in a short period of time to 2.4313 USDT, and is now at 2.2174 USDT, with a 24-hour increase of 5.81%. Earlier news said that SBFs parents were meeting with lawyers and other people in Trumps circle, trying to seek Trumps pardon for SBF.

Odaily News Time Magazine’s official account @TIME just released news about the $TIME token on the X platform, which is hosted on Solana. In the comments section, a former TIME employee claimed that the account had been hacked.

Odaily News According to Bloomberg, Sam Bankman-Frieds parents are meeting with lawyers and other figures in Trumps circle, trying to seek Trumps pardon for SBF. (Bloomberg)