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MicroStrategy Announces $400 Million Senior Notes Offering to Purchase Bitcoin
In addition, MicroStrategy’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)documentdocument
Trump: Bitcoin is a scam
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digital currency
digital currency
CoinShares Launches 3 Crypto ETN Products on Deutsche Börse
CoinShares issues three crypto ETNs on Deutsche Börse, with the three CoinShares ETNs tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin respectively. CoinShares, a London-based cryptocurrency investment fund, is the latest issuer of crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) on the Deutsche Börse Xetra market. (CoinDesk)
21Shares will list Bitcoin ETP on Aquis Exchange in London in mid-June
21Shares will list a Bitcoin ETP on the Aquis exchange in London in mid-June, and is partnering with exchange-traded fund (ETF) company GHCO, which will act as a liquidity provider for the Bitcoin ETP. (CoinDesk)
Data: 11 companies hold more than 160,000 ETH
According to CryptoTreasuries data, 32 companies hold a total of about 325,013 bitcoins, which is worth about $11.7 billion. 11 companies hold 169,279 ETH, worth about $470 million. (BeinCrypto)
Data: The number of merchants accepting XMR in the United States increased to 950
Cryptwerk data shows that in less than 3 years, the number of merchants accepting XMR in the United States has increased from 41 to 950. More importantly, in the last year alone, the transaction volume of Monero has grown from 10,000 to 23,000 transactions per day, and it has been observed that between April 2020 and April 2021, the year-on-year growth of on-chain transactions is as high as 208%. (Ambcrypto)
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Blockchain industry
Blockchain industry
HoDooi.com releases boxing champion Tyson Fury's NFT collectibles
According to official news, the NFT marketplace HoDooi.com has unveiled for the first time the NFT digital collectibles of two-time heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury. The series was co-produced by Tyson Fury and his team, providing boxing fans with the opportunity to collect NFT works. The NFT series is divided into 5 levels, namely Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze.
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Investment and Financing
Investment and Financing
Decentralized VC and multi-chain launchpad solution BullPerks completed $1.8 million in private equity financing, with participation from X21, GD10, Shima Capital, AU21, Alphabit, Genblock, Skynet Trading, Blocksync, Darkpool, Moonwhale, Sora Ventures, Faculty Capital, ThreeM Capital, etc. cast. (NewsBTC)
Decentralized VC BullPerks completes $1.8 million in private equity financing, AU21 and others participated in the investment
Decentralized VC and multi-chain launchpad solution BullPerks completed $1.8 million in private equity financing, with participation from X21, GD10, Shima Capital, AU21, Alphabit, Genblock, Skynet Trading, Blocksync, Darkpool, Moonwhale, Sora Ventures, Faculty Capital, ThreeM Capital, etc. cast. (NewsBTC)
Decentralized option protocol KAKI Option Protocol completes angel round financing with a valuation of US$20 million, with participation from Consensus Lab and others
The decentralized option protocol KAKI Option Protocol announced the completion of angel round financing at a valuation of US$20 million. Consensus Lab, Mars Blockchain, Bitrise Capital, Silicon VC, Mayflower Capital, Steve Guo (Loopring CTO) and others participated in the investment. It is reported that KAKI is an options protocol deployed on Arbitrum, which aims to create options products for professional trading users and retail trading users. KAKI stated that the v1.0 testnet is now live and is currently in the closed beta phase.
Game creation tool GameCreator received tens of millions of Pre-A round of financing, led by Bonfire Union
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global policy
global policy
The Bank of England released a digital currency discussion paper, which will be open for discussion for 3 months
The Bank of England published a discussion paper on new forms of digital currency and summarized responses to the Central Bank Digital Currency 2020 Discussion Paper, which aims to broaden the debate around new forms of digital currency and solicit the Bank’s emerging ideas on the topic Comments will be open for discussion for 3 months.
The Bank of England stated: New forms of digital currency may be government or private (Central Bank Digital Currency and Stablecoins); the prospect of stablecoins as a means of payment and the emerging proposition of Central Bank Digital Currencies raises a series of questions; One-fifth of retail deposits in the UK could be converted to new forms of digital currency; the prospect of digital currency has relatively little overall impact on lending rates and credit supply; any stablecoin-based payment chain should follow the same rules as traditional payment chains Standards are regulated.
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s tweet promising “immediate permanent residency for crypto entrepreneurs” has drawn interest from Tron CEO Justin Sun and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, among others. Bukele also claimed that once it becomes legal tender, there will be no capital gains tax on bitcoin income. (Cointelegraph)
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Character·Voice
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Central Network Information Office: By 2025, the comprehensive strength of the blockchain industry will reach the world's advanced level
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Central Network Information Office issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Application of Blockchain Technology and Industrial Development". The opinion proposes that by 2025, the comprehensive strength of the blockchain industry will reach the world's advanced level, and the industry will begin to take shape. Blockchain applications have penetrated into many areas of the economy and society, cultivating a number of well-known products in the fields of product traceability, data circulation, supply chain management, etc., and forming scenario-based demonstration applications. Cultivate 3~5 backbone enterprises with international competitiveness and a group of innovation-leading enterprises, and create 3~5 blockchain industry development clusters. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website)
Jack Dorsey: Willing to leave Twitter and Square for the Bitcoin cause if necessary
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said at the 2021 Bitcoin Conference: "Bitcoin has changed everything and is the most important thing in my life." At the same time, Jack Dorsey also said: "If Bitcoin needs more help than Square or Twitter , I’m leaving Square and Twitter. If I wasn’t working at Square or Twitter, I’d be working on Bitcoin.”
