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Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation launches security tokens
Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMTB) has partnered with Securitize to launch the first asset-backed security token, which is the first security token that complies with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA) and has been rated by the Japanese rating agency Rating and Investment Information, Inc. has an a-1 rating. (Cointelegraph)

According to previous news, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank will issue the first batch of digital securities within this month.

According to official news, on March 29, the famous Japanese artist Takashi Murakami released NFT collections on OpenSea.

digital currency

digital currency

Encrypted investment bank Galaxy Digital plans to list in the United States in the second half of 2021
Canadian listed company and encrypted investment bank Galaxy Digital announced its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2020. All of its business segments posted growth, the company said. Its consolidated net income was $335.7 million, up 1,175% from the same period in 2019. As of December 31, 2020, Galaxy Digital Asset Management (GDAM) assets under management (AUM) was US$807.3 million, a 98% increase from the third quarter of 2020.

The company also announced that Alex Loffe will become chief financial officer effective April 1. In addition, the company plans to list in the United States in the second half of 2021, and it is unclear what form it will take. (CNW)

Ethereum core developer: ETH will implement PoS at this time next year
Ethereum core developer eric.eth said that by this time next year, ETH will have:
1. PoS to verify the chain;
2. Fee destruction;
3. Close to zero issuance;

4. Full Layer 2 scalability.

CME will launch Micro Bitcoin Futures contracts on May 3, expanding its range of crypto derivatives, pending regulatory review. Micro Bitcoin futures (MBT) will be one-tenth the size of regular Bitcoin, or 0.1 BTC per contract. The new contracts will be cash-settled based on the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate. Micro Bitcoin futures will be listed on and subject to the rules of the CME. (PRNewswire)

Findora mainnet officially launched

Findora mainnet officially launched

According to official news, with dozens of partners and a community with active users ready, Findora has released a public chain that can redefine the blockchain industry on March 30 (PST Pacific Time Zone). In Mainnet Beta, users will be able to create wallets, send tokens encrypted while hiding the amount or type of asset being sent on the platform, as well as create, issue, send and receive custom assets.

Casper Network mainnet will launch on March 31

The Casper Network official stated in the community that the Casper Network has completed the audit and the mainnet will be launched at 23:00 on March 31. According to previous news, Casper Network has completed three rounds of public offerings on the Coinlist platform, and the fourth round is about to begin.

SushiSwap update: The weekly unlocking quantity will be announced, and the lock-up will no longer be performed starting next week
Official news, SushiSwap supplementary update unlock content:
1. The team will post a Medium article to announce more details and information such as the number of weekly unlocks;
2. The application page is expected to open on exchange.sushi.com next Monday, and the team still needs to check some details. The unclaimed portion of the unlocked week will be automatically accumulated to the next week.
3. For the next six months, the locked SUSHI will be gradually unlocked on a weekly basis.
4. The locked SUSHI of each aggregation protocol will be directly claimed by its users.
6. Starting from next week, the lock-up will no longer be performed, and users will be able to directly harvest all the new yields of SUSHI from liquidity mining.

Blockchain industry

Blockchain industry

Bakkt partners with Starbucks and others to launch digital wallet app

Bakkt is launching its digital wallet app with merchant partners such as Starbucks. The app hit 500,000 users in an invite-only trial before its public launch on Tuesday, Bakkt said in a release. The app was first announced in October 2019 and was originally scheduled to launch in the first half of 2020. The pandemic appears to have disrupted Bakkt's original timeline as the app focuses on the hospitality and travel industry. Bakkt's goal is to aggregate cryptocurrency holdings with other digital assets such as airline miles, gift cards and loyalty points. The app is now available to the public on the App Store and Google Play store, and customers can now reload their Starbucks cards at Bakkt through the Starbucks app for iOS, Bakkt said. Other partners for the app include Best Buy, Choice Hotels, Fiserv and GolfNow, it is reported. (CoinDesk)

Investment and Financing

Investment and Financing

Dapper Labs Completes $305 Million Financing, Coatue Leads Investment, Michael Jordan and Others Participate

Dapper Labs Completes $305 Million Financing, Coatue Leads Investment, Michael Jordan and Others Participate
imToken completes USD 30 million Series B investment led by Qiming Venture Partners, which will accelerate the development of imToken 3.0

imToken completes USD 30 million Series B investment led by Qiming Venture Partners, which will accelerate the development of imToken 3.0

Decentralized wallet imToken announced the completion of USD 30 million in Series B investment, led by Qiming Venture Partners, co-founded by Series A financing investor IDG Capital and new investors Breyer Capital, HashKey, Signum Capital, Longling Investment, SNZ and Fosun Group Liang Xinjun and others participated in the vote.
Crypto art platform SuperRare raises $9 million led by Velvet Sea and 1confirmation

Crypto art platform SuperRare raises $9 million led by Velvet Sea and 1confirmation

Encrypted art platform SuperRare completed a US$9 million Series A financing, led by Velvet Sea and 1confirmation, with Mark Cuban, Chamath Palihapitiya and Marc Benioff participating in this round of financing. According to reports, SuperRare plans to build social functions and explore in the field of VR.
Artists on SuperRare now collectively sell more than $25 million a month, up from perhaps $8,000 a month when SuperRare launched three years ago, the company said. DappRadar data shows that the total transaction volume of 727 wallet addresses in the past week reached 5.47 million US dollars. (CoinDesk)

PureStake completes US$6 million in strategic financing, led by CoinFund, with participation from IOSG Ventures and Binance Labs

PureStake completes US$6 million in strategic financing, led by CoinFund, with participation from IOSG Ventures and Binance Labs
It is reported that Moonbeam is a Polkadot parachain compatible with Ethereum. Some projects that are planned to be integrated or have already been integrated include SushiSwap, Balancer, IDEX, Seascape, Linear Finance, Ocean Protocol, etc. Last September, PureStake completed a $1.4 million seed round of financing led by venture capital fund Hypersphere Ventures, with participation from Arrington XRP Capital, HashKey, KR1, Bitcoin.com Exchange, and Du Capital.

Kattana Raises $1.3M in Funding Led by Spark Digital Capital and Morningstar Ventures

Encrypted trading app Kattana announced the completion of $1.3 million in financing, led by Spark Digital Capital and Morningstar Ventures, with participation from ZBS Capital, Black Edge Capital, Moonrock Capital, DFG, and Ascensive Assets. The funds will be used to launch its trading platform.

NFT card game Legends of Crypto completes strategic round of financing, NGC and LD Capital participate in the investment

NFT collection and trading card game Legends of Crypto (LOC) announced the completion of a strategic round of financing, with investors including NGC, LD Capital, Signum Capital, AU21, TerraVirtua and Block Dream Fund. This round of financing will be used to further develop the LOC game ecosystem and add new features to the platform. Part of the funds will be used to promote the LOC gaming platform to potential users to increase awareness and attract new players to the ecosystem.

global policy

global policy

Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee's financial market, believes that the digital ruble is the highest form of currency, and is optimistic about Russia's upcoming central bank digital currency, predicting that the digital ruble will become an integral part of national infrastructure in the next two to three years . (Cointelegraph)

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Meitu CEO: Investing in cryptocurrencies only accounts for 13% of the company's assets