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Coinbase Approved to List, Class A Common Shares to Trade on Nasdaq on April 14

Coinbase tweeted that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on April 1 that the registration statement on Form S-1 related to the proposed direct public listing of Class A common stock has been declared effective. Its Class A common stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "COIN" on April 14.

Sotheby's will auction NFT works of well-known artist PAK from April 12
According to a short video posted by the well-known artist PAK on Twitter, Sotheby's, a well-known auction platform, will auction its NFT works from April 12th to 14th.

In previous news, Sotheby's CEO Charles Stewart announced that he will auction NFT works of well-known artist PAK in April. Charles said that Sotheby's has been paying attention to the development of the NFT field. The auction of PAK's NFT works will be divided into auction version and open version.

Total cryptocurrency market capitalization nears $2 trillion, hits all-time high

According to data from CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap, on March 31, the total market value of global cryptocurrencies exceeded US$1.9 trillion, reaching a record high of US$1.99 trillion. (Cointelegraph)

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Morgan Stanley seeks indirect Bitcoin exposure for some of its funds

Some of Morgan Stanley's 12 funds may trade cash-settled futures or the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ) indirectly gain exposure to Bitcoin, including Advantage Portfolio, Asia Opportunity Portfolio, Counterpoint Global Portfolio, etc.

CoinShares to Launch Bitcoin ETF on Toronto Stock Exchange

Investment firm CoinShares announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Canadian digital asset manager 3iQ Corp to launch a new bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) in early April. The name of the ETF is "3iQ CoinShares Bitcoin ETF" and the trading symbol is BTCQ, which is subject to regulatory approval. (CoinDesk)

Bitcoin Miners Earn $1.5 Billion in March, Record Record

Bitcoin miners earned a total of $1.5 billion in March, the highest monthly record on record, as the price of bitcoin topped $50,000. (CoinDesk)

Data: In March 2021, Tether's net money printing is about 6.7 billion USDT, and the total market value exceeds 41.4 billion US dollars

JUST NFT Fund auctioned Picasso's masterpiece "Reclining Nude with a Necklace" for $20 million

On April 1, the JUST NFT fund founded by Justin Sun bought Picasso's masterpiece "Reclining Nude Wearing a Necklace" for US$20 million at Christie's auction in London. At the same time, the JUST NFT fund also auctioned "Three Self-Portraits" by American artist Andy Warhol at a price of US$2 million.

On April 1, the JUST NFT fund founded by Justin Sun bought Picasso's masterpiece "Reclining Nude Wearing a Necklace" for US$20 million at Christie's auction in London. At the same time, the JUST NFT fund also auctioned "Three Self-Portraits" by American artist Andy Warhol at a price of US$2 million.

The Dogecoin community Dogecoin.org is officially launched and released the DIP-1337 proposal

On April 1, the Dogecoin.org website of the Dogecoin community was officially launched. Dogecoin.org meanwhile published a governance proposal called DIP-1337 on GitHub. DIP-1337 advocates the redistribution of Dogecoin wealth, re-determining redistribution every 1337 blocks by invalidating the upper Dogecoin address and ranDAO random number, establishing a community fund by taxing each Dogecoin transaction, etc. way, to re-advocate the basic principles of the Dogecoin community.

Ethereum developers William Morriss and Baptiste Vauthey submitted the EIP-3455 proposal, which introduces a new operation code that allows arbitrary sender addresses to recall issued tokens. At present, the Ethereum network often has a situation where the sender deposits tokens into the token address instead of the receiver's address. The EIP-3455 proposal aims to provide a solution for recovering these tokens.

Gavin Wood: The Kusama parachain may go online within a few days

Gavin Wood: The Kusama parachain may go online within a few days
On April 1, 2021, at the "Polkadot & Friends" Beijing session (NFT session), Polkadot founder Gavin Wood said that the Kusama parachain may go live within a few days. He also shared the latest progress of Polkadot, mainly including the following aspects:
- When will the parachain be deployed on Kusama and start the auction;
- Views on NFT, how Statemint supports NFT;
- How Polkadot helps discover high-quality projects through Crowdloan;
- Development focus after parachain launch: XCMP, SPREE, Cumulus, contextual execution
- Hybrid security system. (Polka World)

Blockchain industry

Blockchain industry

Central Bank: When conditions are ripe, digital renminbi can be traded across borders

At the press conference of the State Council Information Office on April 1, Wang Xin, director of the Research Bureau of the Central Bank, said that the design of my country's digital renminbi is mainly used for domestic retail payments, but when the conditions are ripe, if there is market demand, the use of digital renminbi Cross-border transactions are also possible. According to reporter Pan Yue, in the early stage, the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People’s Bank of China and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority conducted a technical test on the cross-border use of digital renminbi in the Mainland and Hong Kong. This is a routine R&D test for the renminbi pilot. Recently, with the support of the Bank for International Settlements Hong Kong Innovation Center, the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Central Bank of Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates jointly launched a research project on multilateral central bank digital currency bridges, aiming to explore the use of distributed Ledger technology enables round-the-clock simultaneous settlement of cross-border transactions of central bank digital currency pairs, that is, PVP settlement.

TSMC plans to invest $100 billion over the next three years to increase its chip production capacity. TSMC said: "We are entering a period of high growth, and 5G and high-performance computing are expected to stimulate strong demand for semiconductor technology in the next few years." A few days ago, Intel announced plans to invest $20 billion to increase its chip production capacity. (Reuters)

Investment and Financing

Investment and Financing

Mask Network Receives Strategic Investment from Binance to Build a Web 3.0 Multi-Chain Metaverse
As the world's leading asset trading platform, Binance has been helping the development of the blockchain industry for a long time. This time, Mask Network can obtain Binance's strategic investment, which will accelerate the multi-chain development of Mask Network, in order to provide more friendly and high-quality products for Internet users around the world, and further upgrade the user experience.

Evaluate.market raises $1.6 million, with participation from Castle Island Ventures and others

NBA Top Shot data analysis site Evaluate.market completed $1.6 million in financing, with Castle Island Ventures, Notation Capital, Drive from DraftKings, and Christian Dittmeier participating. Evaluate.market is an NFT value calculator that allows users to add price tags to their NFTs. (CoinDesk)

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global policy

UK FCA Adds Bitcoin ATMs to List of Unregistered Crypto Businesses

The U.K. financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has added bitcoin ATMs to its list of unregistered crypto businesses as part of an anti-money laundering push. In a speech conducted on March 24 but delivered on April 1, Mark Steward, head of the FCA’s enforcement and market surveillance division, noted that cryptocurrencies are a major emerging risk for AML controls. The list of "unregistered crypto asset businesses" has grown in size since it was established on March 9. (The Block)

Ivan Zimin, head of the financial technology department at the Central Bank of Russia, has spoken out against private stablecoins as a means of payment. Stablecoins are a problem for the ruble's dominance in Russia and limits could emerge, Zimin said Friday in a speech at the Russian Trade Association. Zimin said: "We have already taken the first step in restricting the use of unsafe cryptocurrencies, and we may take the second step to restrict the use of stablecoins in payments." (The Block)

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Character·Voice

Electronic Frontier Foundation: FinCEN Rules Will Expose All Users' Bitcoin Transactions

According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital privacy nonprofit, the proposed FinCEN rule change would require crypto firms to collect KYC information on customers’ cryptocurrency wallets, which could lead to users’ entire bitcoin transaction histories being blocked. exposed. FinCEN claims the rule is necessary to prevent cryptocurrencies from being used for illicit purposes. (Decrypt)

Bitcoin on the verge of hitting new highs, options market sees bullish bias