| Coca-Cola to issue NFTs on the Base chain; The tokenomics of Sei token has been announced, with a 3% airdrop allocation (August 15th)
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Coca-Cola Base Chain Release Series NFT
According to official news, Coca-Cola (Coca-Cola), as the brand of the Onchain Summer event, issued a series of NFTs based on the Base chain. This NFT series combines world art works (including The Scream, Girl with a Pearl Earring, etc.) with the iconic bottle of Coca-Cola. It currently contains 5 NFTs, with minting prices ranging from 0.0011 ETH to 0.014 ETH. It will be released in 2 days Finish. Previously on August 4, Coinbase announced a series of event brands for Onchain Summer, including Coca-Cola, Atari, OpenSea, Pixelmon, and Showtime.
Sei Token Economics Announcement: Airdrops account for 3%, early contributors account for 20%
South Korean trading platform Upbit announced that it will list SEI tokens. Upbit has now released a research report on Sei. The token distribution model is as follows: (1) 3% of tokens belong to Binance Launchpool; (2) 3% of tokens belong to airdrops; (3) 20% of tokens belong to Binance Launchpool Investors; (4) 30% of tokens belong to the ecosystem; (5) 9% of tokens belong to the foundation; (6) 20% of tokens belong to early contributors; (7) 15% of tokens belong to verification nodes award. This token distribution model was disclosed by Upbit, and Sei has not officially responded to this.
cryptocurrency
Voyager has transferred over $40 million in cryptocurrency, received 51 million USDC
Dune data shows that Voyager has transferred more than 40 million worth of cryptocurrencies, including: approximately US$17.5 million in BTC, approximately US$12.9 million in ETH, approximately US$8 million in SHIB, and a total of approximately US$2 million in BAT, SAND, and MANA. ,APE. In the past 4 days, approximately 51 million USDC were received.
The Sandbox has distributed and transferred 120 million SAND within 4 days
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ember, The Sandbox is currently unlocking and distributing SAND through the 0x 73 b address: 29.52 million SAND (valued at $11.7 million) has been distributed to 10 addresses in 2 hours. A total of 120 million SANDs ($47.62 million) have been distributed and transferred within 4 days, of which more than 86 million SANDs have been transferred to CEX.
Data: A giant whale deposited 750 ETH and withdrew 1.02 trillion PEPE in Binance
According to Lookonchain monitoring, a giant whale deposited 750 ETH (worth approximately US$1.4 million) to Binance in the past two days and withdrew 1.02 trillion PEPE, with an average purchase price of US$0.000001353.
According to Scopescan monitoring, BALD deployers deposited 9385.1 ETH in the Base network. At present, BALD deployers have bridged 9000 ETH from the Base network back to Ethereum, and the Base network still holds 2497.4 ETH and 89.94 WETH. According to this estimate, BALD deployers profited from the Base network meme project Bald by 2202.14 ETH, worth approximately US$4.1 million.
Crypto exchange Txbit will be closed on September 14th, and all users must withdraw funds in time
Cryptocurrency exchange Txbit has announced that it will shut down on September 14, 2023. All customers should withdraw funds before 20:00 on September 14, 2023, Beijing time. Any funds remaining after September 14, 2023 will not be recovered. On August 14th, it will be offline for about an hour. During this time, all open orders will be cancelled. At the same time, the transaction function will be closed. Once this process is completed, you will be returned online and withdrawal services will be resumed.
Project News
Spark Protocol has a market size of nearly $650 million and has lent over $209 million in assets
Official data shows that the market size of MakerDAO’s lending protocol Spark Protocol has approached US$650 million. In addition, Spark Protocol has lent more than US$209 million in assets, of which DAI loan volume was US$198 million, accounting for 95% of the total loaned assets.
MetaMask partners with Banxa to enable “one-click” cryptocurrency purchases through Apple Pay
MetaMask partners with Banxa to enable “one-click” cryptocurrency purchases through Apple Pay. (decrypt) Previously in February, MetaMask announced the integration of cryptocurrency payment solution Banxa to simplify fiat-to-crypto deposits.
Gitcoin partners with oil giant Shell to support innovative emerging climate solutions projects
Gitcoin has officially announced a one-year collaboration with oil giant Shell Global Solutions International BV to support innovative emerging climate solutions projects. The partnership will see supermodular.xyz host a hackathon focusing on blockchain-related energy use cases. In addition, Shell is donating to the Gitcoin matching fund to increase support for climate solutions and open source projects that create a sustainable future.
CoinDesk may lay off 20 people as parent company DCG plans to bring in strategic investors
CoinDesk laid off 45% of its editorial staff as parent company Digital Currency Group plans to bring in strategic investors. CoinDesk will hold an all-staff meeting at 4:00 p.m. ET to discuss layoffs. According to people familiar with the matter, the media company will lay off 20 people, accounting for 45% of its editorial team. (The Block)
ARK Invest Submits Application for New Digital Assets and Blockchain ETF ($ARKD)
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas tweeted that ARK Invest submitted an application for a new digital asset and blockchain ETF ($ARKD).
Investment and Financing
CVP NoLimit Fund I completed more than $50 million in fundraising and will invest in crypto startups
NoLimit Holdings’ first fund, CVP NoLimit Fund I, led by former Binance chief strategy officer Gin Chao, has raised more than $50 million and will be dedicated to investing in crypto startups. It is reported that NoLimit focuses on seed-stage transactions and strategic financing, with investment sizes ranging from US$250,000 to US$3 million. Investment projects include Mysten Labs, Connext, Hogwarts Labs, Binance.US and IQ Protocol. NoLimit has currently invested in more than 20 projects globally and expects to invest in a further 20 projects over the next 12 months. (The Block)
In December last year, it was reported that NoLimit Holdings partnered with ClearVue Partners to launch its first crypto fund, aiming to raise $100 million.
Kraken Ventures is looking to raise $100 million for its second fund
Kraken Ventures is seeking to raise $100 million for its second fund to address the tough challenges facing cryptocurrency venture capital, The Block reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
global policy
According to Lian News, based on multiple sources, the content of the draft guiding principles of the Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission (unfinalized version) shows that there are 13 principles and related supplementary provisions. Enterprises regulated by the guiding principles can issue virtual assets, but they must have a white paper with sufficient information disclosure, such as issuer information, issuance quantity, subscription conditions, etc. It is even necessary to disclose whether the consensus mechanism adopted will have a significant impact on the climate. However, the industry cannot issue stable coins;
The FSC believes that if the stable currency becomes a universal payment tool, it may affect the national sovereign currency;
The Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission refers to the European Union Crypto-Asset Market Supervision Act and the Self-regulatory Code for Banks Wealth Management and Financial Product Sales Business and requires exchanges to establish standard review procedures for currency listings and record operating procedures;
The Financial Supervisory Commissions guiding principles require exchange operators to clearly define the ratio of hot and cold wallet positions, as well as relevant policies and procedures, to protect user assets; the Financial Supervisory Commission clearly stated that it is not allowed to illegally operate virtual asset derivative financial product trading businesses, or securities-like transactions. Virtual asset business, otherwise the penalty is up to 7 years in prison and a fine of up to NT$3 million.
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On-chain detective ZachXBT tweeted that Big Brother Moji Huang Licheng has withdrawn his defamation lawsuit against ZachXBT, and ZachXBT plans to return all unused legal defense funds.
According to previous news, Big Brother Moji Huang Licheng posted on social media in early June this year that on-chain detective ZachXBT had posted a post that damaged his reputation a year ago. He has personally filed a defamation lawsuit against ZachXBT in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. litigation. Since then, ZachXBT announced that it would fight Huang Licheng in court and successfully raised more than $1 million in legal defense donations from Binance, Bankless, Coinbase Cloud protocol leader Viktor Bunin, CertiK, SlowMist founder Yu Xian, and Sun Yuchen.
Huobi founder Li Lin rents and then buys over HK$1 billion mansion in Hong Kong
According to Wu Shuo, the largest housing estate-style first-hand unit in Kowloon, Hong Kong, the courtyard villa C outside Longju Daodi in the middle of the mountain, has been purchased by Li Lin, the founder of Huobi. According to Ming Pao, the property is sold on a rent-to-own basis, with a lease term of 90 months, or about 7.5 years, starting from the 1st of this month. After completing the 7-and-a-half-year lease, there is a 3-month renewal option. The unit can then be purchased at a subscription price of HK$1 billion. Based on a usable area of 11,692 square feet, the actual discounted price is NT$85,529 per square foot. . If the final buyer exercises the subscription right of 1 billion yuan, the transaction price may become a new record for a first-hand housing estate in Kowloon. Earlier, Li Lin sold Huobis equity to Sun Yuchen for more than 1 billion US dollars. Li Lin also likes to buy real estate in Shenzhen, Beijing and other places.
HashKey Exchange: No large number of employees leaving, CEO Colin Zhong is still on the job
In response to former employees of HashKey Exchange revealing to Odaily that their team was leaving in batches, HashKey Exchange officially responded: There has not been a large number of employee resignations as rumored, and HashKey Exchange CEO Colin Zhong is currently on the job. Due to the recent licensing boom in Hong Kong, , the compliance team has certain personnel changes.
