| Visa announces support for USDC payments; Bitcoin miners’ income increased by 48% month-on-month in November; Ethereum 2.0 has the first confiscated validator

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2020-12-03 00:41

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With the entry of Visa, is it possible for USDC to counterattack USDT?

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With the entry of Visa, is it possible for USDC to counterattack USDT?

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Visa Announces Partnership with Circle to Support USDC Payments

Visa announced a partnership with Circle to begin integrating USDC into its platform to support its global payment network of 60 million merchants for USDC payments. At the same time, Circle has also joined the Visa Fast Track Program, allowing any merchants using Visa credit cards to conduct USDC transactions. (Forbes)

According to data collected by The Block Research, Bitcoin miners earned around $521 million in November, a 47.9 percent increase compared to October’s total of $352.57 million. Of the total miner revenue in November, nearly $55 million came from transaction fees. (The Block)

digital currency

Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain has its first slashed validator

On December 2, Bitfly, the parent company of the Ethermine mining pool, tweeted that the Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain (phase 0) had seen the first verifier slashed. The Epoch of the slashed validator is 208.

Horizen (ZEN) completed the first halving, and the block reward was reduced to 6.25 ZEN

According to data from Tokenview.com, the privacy coin Horizen (ZEN) has completed its first halving, and the block reward has changed from 12.5 ZEN to 6.25 ZEN.

A huge transfer of approximately US$415 million occurred on the Bitcoin chain, of which 100 Bitcoins were transferred to the gaming platform

According to BitInfoCharts on-chain data, the bitcoin wallet address starting with 1MBL77kRT (created on November 28) transferred all 21,446 bitcoins (worth about $415 million) in the wallet on December 1, of which 100 bitcoins 21346 bitcoins were transferred to a wallet address marked as blockchain sports betting and casino BetVIP (starting with 3DivdQbk6s8FB2RBo), and another 21346 bitcoins were transferred to a new address starting with 1BCph769SLT (created on December 1), making the latter currently in Ranked 33rd on the Bitcoin Rich List. (The Daily Hodl)

Data: More than $2.4 billion worth of stolen cryptocurrency flows into trading platforms in November

The Ethereum pledged on ETH2.0 can be withdrawn at the earliest or in the first quarter of 2021

ETH staked on Ethereum 2.0 could be withdrawn as early as the first quarter of 2021, according to a blog post by staking service Rocket Pool. While Phase 0 of the Eth2 rollout kicked off with the beacon chain on Dec. 1, stakers’ 900,000 ETH cannot be withdrawn until Phase 1.5, which is expected to arrive in early 2022. However, last week ethereum developer Danny Ryan proposed a new "withdrawal contract" that, if realized, he estimates 80% of the withdrawal contract use cases would be satisfied and users could withdraw their ether.

Grayscale announced that it will split the shares of the Ethereum Trust Fund

On December 2, Grayscale officially announced that it will split the total issuance share of the Ethereum Trust Fund 9:1. Following the share split, holders of record on December 14, 2020 will receive 8 additional shares for each share held. The share split will be effective on December 17, 2020 for holders of record prior to the close of business on December 14, 2020. After the share split, the trust's shares will continue to be quoted on OTCQX under the symbol ETHE. (Globenewswire)

Acala announces the launch of an open oracle service for Polkadot and Kusama

On December 2, the Polkadot DeFi platform Acala officially announced the launch of an open oracle gateway service for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. The service will provide multiple oracle services, and DApps can choose any provider or use aggregated price feed services.

Andre Cronje, the founder of Yearn.Finance, tweeted a screenshot of the interface of Sushi BentoBox’s advanced lending solution. The screenshot shows that it supports WETH, DAI, USDC, COMP, LINK, ETH, etc. SushiChief added some details: When you create a trading pair, you can pick and choose which oracle you want to use. The oracles supported by BentoBox at the time of release include Chainlink, Compound Oracles, Pegged, and third-party oracles (beware of malware), etc. Additionally, SushiChief stated that Quantstamp had started its audit two days ago.

Blockchain industry

According to data from Qichacha, Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. announced four patent applications related to blockchain and cryptocurrency on December 1, including data processing methods, devices and equipment based on blockchain; A currency smart contract generation method, related equipment and storage media; a blockchain-based smart contract security detection method and related equipment; a blockchain-based cloud game system and cloud game control method.

Investment and Financing

1inch completes USD 12 million Series A financing led by Pantera Capital

DEX aggregator 1inch completed a $12 million Series A round of financing through Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT), led by Pantera Capital, with participation from ParaFi Capital, Blockchain Capital, Nima Capital, and Spartan Capital Security. So far, 1inch has raised a total of $14.8 million in financing. In August this year, 1inch raised $2.8 million in seed round funding through a SAFT sale. (The Block)

The full-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) Sifchain has completed a $3.5 million seed round of financing. Investors in this round of financing include: NGC Ventures, Alameda Research, AU21 Capital, Danish Chadhry of Bitcoin.com, Mechanism Capital and Bitscale Capital.

The new British cryptocurrency-friendly bank Ziglu has raised a total of £6.1 million from more than 1,250 retail investors through the equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, far exceeding the crowdfunding target set in September (£1 million), which will make the company's total The amount raised has reached over £11 million. (The Block)

The full-chain DEX Sifchain completes a $3.5 million seed round of financing

Crypto investment platform Coinrule secures £480,000 in crowdfunding

Encrypted investment platform Coinrule raised 480,000 pounds through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, 1.92 times its fundraising target amount (250,000 pounds). Coinrule provides investors with access to algorithmic trading and aims to make crypto investing inclusive and accessible. Coinrule co-founder Gabriele Musella said the funds will be used to fund the company’s growth and add new features to the platform. (Bdaily)

global policy

US Congressman Introduces New Bill Requiring Banking Licenses for Stablecoin Issuers

Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have introduced a new bill that would require issuers to obtain a banking charter and obtain regulatory approval before issuing any stablecoins. The bill introduced Wednesday by Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.) and Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) is titled the Stablecoin Tethering and Bank License Enforcement Act. Bank Licensing Enforcement Act, referred to as STABLE), and said in a press release that the bill will focus on regulating stablecoins, and cited the Facebook-led Libra (renamed Diem) stablecoin as an example. (CoinDesk)

Ukraine’s draft bill on virtual assets has held its first hearing, defining virtual assets as electronic data

The Ukrainian Virtual Assets Bill has undergone its first hearing in the Ukrainian Parliament. After obtaining preliminary approval from lawmakers, the Virtual Assets Bill will go through two hearings before it becomes law. The bill defines a virtual asset as a set of data in electronic form that can become an independent object of citizen transactions and can also prove property or non-property rights. The bill proposes not to consider virtual assets as legal tender in Ukraine. (CoinDesk)

A senior official at the Russian central bank has spoken out against the issuance of a private stablecoin pegged to the Russian ruble. Sergei Shvetsov, First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, stated that the bank aims to prohibit private companies from offering stablecoins backed by Russian fiat currency. According to Shvetsov, Russian crypto developers can only use the Bank of Russia’s digital ruble, which follows the “philosophy of uniqueness of payment methods.” (Cointelegraph)