| Polkadot opens the third round of public offerings, with a minimum financing of $36 million; Apple co-founder sues YouTube for bitcoin gift scam
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Apple Co-Founder Sues YouTube Over Bitcoin Giveaway Scam
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has sued YouTube and its parent company Google over a bitcoin giveaway scam. Wozniak is one of 18 plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks punitive damages and will be tried by a jury. Wozniak asked YouTube to remove all bitcoin giveaway scams and promotions using his name and likeness. (CoinDesk)
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has sued YouTube and its parent company Google over a bitcoin giveaway scam. Wozniak is one of 18 plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks punitive damages and will be tried by a jury. Wozniak asked YouTube to remove all bitcoin giveaway scams and promotions using his name and likeness. (CoinDesk)
digital currency
It is planned to start the third round of public offering on July 24, providing a quota of 300,000 DOTs
The star cross-chain project Polkadot has opened a new page on its official website to solicit information from supporters who intend to participate in a new round of Polkadot token public offerings. Registration requirements show that residents of the United States, Japan and other countries and regions cannot participate. The public offering is planned to start the third round of public offering at 11 am on July 24th, Beijing time (6 am on July 24th, Pacific time). This time, 300,000 DOT quotas are provided, and the single price in the first 72 hours is 120 US dollars, and then the unit price becomes 145 US dollars. The DOT purchased through the public offering needs to be locked for 5 months, but during the lock-up period, the DOT can be used for pledge and voting. (Rhythm BlockBeats)
digital currency
Ethereum multi-client test network Medalla will be launched at 21:00 on August 4th
The official website of Ethereum stated that Medalla, the next multi-client test network, will be launched at 21:00 on the evening of August 4th, and will require 16,384 validators and deposit 524,288 ETH. If the number of deposits at 21:00 does not reach the minimum (16384) on August 2, the launch of the testnet will be postponed. There will be at least four clients running: lighthouse, nimbus, prysm, and teku.
In addition, three attack networks (lighthouse-attack-0, prysm-attack-0, and teku-attack-0) were introduced this week, and each successful network attack will receive a $5,000 bounty. The current vision of Ethereum is to integrate the current chain as a shard into the new eth2 consensus, and the next step is to connect these two parts together for an end-to-end eth1+eth2 simulation.
Data: The number of profitable addresses in Ethereum continues to hit a new high
Zcash official: I have received the delisting notice of Liquid’s Zcash, understand the regulatory requirements and look forward to relisting
Data from Glassnode shows that despite the huge increase in the number of multi-signature (multisig) addresses, the bitcoin supply of such addresses has fallen by 3% from its peak. It must be noted here that the drop in supply does not affect adoption. As the supply of bitcoins for multi-signature addresses declined, the supply of bitcoins for the UNSPENT category continued to rise in 2020. Note: UNSPENT is a type of multi-signature, which provides a greater degree of security and is the first choice for users who want to hold rather than trade digital assets. (AMBCrypto)
Blockchain industry
UMA Launches USD Stablecoin yUSD, Provides Fixed Funding Rates for Both Borrowers and Lenders
On July 23, the decentralized synthetic asset protocol UMA announced the launch of yield dollar (yUSD) tokens. yUSD is a specific component of the UMA component and provides a fixed funding rate for both lenders and borrowers. There are many possible styles of yUSD, the first product launched is called yUSD-SEP20. This token allows users to generate income by using WETH as collateral. This means traders can leverage their long positions on ETH at a fixed rate.
China UnionPay recruits postdoctoral fellows in AI, digital currency, information security, etc.
Investment and Financing
China UnionPay Postdoctoral Workstation and Financial Technology Research Center openly recruits several postdoctoral fellows at home and abroad. The specific subdivision direction of research topics includes: the field of blockchain and digital currency; carry out research and research on underlying technologies in the field of blockchain, as well as related theoretical research and technical verification in the field of digital currency; participate in basic research related to digital currency, including currency Development and evolution of digital currency, digital currency payment and acceptance mechanism, digital currency economic policy, etc. (China Electronic Banking Network)
Synthetix, a synthetic asset protocol, received more than $4 million in investment from institutions such as IOSG and Three Arrows Capital
global policy
The synthetic asset protocol Synthetix announced today that it has received investment from IOSG, Framework Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Three Arrows, DTC Capital, Hashed and other institutions, and these institutions will become Synthetix protocol liquidity providers.
global policy
Character·Voice
On July 23, multiple departments in Beijing jointly held a policy interpretation meeting on the "Action Plan for Implementing New Opening Up Measures in Beijing". In terms of digital trade, opinions on promoting the development of digital trade will be formulated and implemented, including the establishment and improvement of digital trade transaction rules, the construction of digital trade demonstration areas, and the promotion of blockchain and other digital technologies to empower production and transactions. The goal is to build Beijing into a A digital trade pilot zone with a global radiation effect. (Beijing News)
