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EU Lawmakers Are Seeking to Limit Banks' Bitcoin Holdings
The staking platform Stader released the NearX smart contract attack incident report. After discovering the problem, the team managed to fix the problem and protect the funds of most users. At present, about 2.5 million NEAR pledged on the Stader DApp is safe, and the loss of this attack is mainly related to the NEAR liquidity of LP. The team has suspended any operations on the NearX contract and is conducting further investigation and stress testing with Halborn and BlockSec.
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BTC giant whale 1LQoW increased holdings of 322 BTC
Data on the Tokenview chain shows that the Bitcoin whale 1LQoWist8KkaUXSPKZHNvEyfrEkPHzSsCd increased its holdings by 322 BTC at 04:01:39 yesterday. The current balance of the whale address is 132,524.78132232 BTC, ranking third in holdings.
2.37 billion USDT transferred from anonymous address to Binance, or integrated for cold wallet
According to Whale Alert data, at 21:38 Beijing time yesterday, 2.37 billion USDT was transferred from an anonymous address to Binance. Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino said that it seems to be a cold wallet integration.
The number of addresses holding at least 1,000 ETH reaches an 8-month high
Glassnode data shows that the number of addresses holding at least 1,000 ETH is 6,352, reaching an eight-month high.
Binance App Suspends Withdrawals Due to Wallet Maintenance
The Binance App withdrawal interface shows that the asset withdrawal service is currently suspended due to wallet maintenance, and is expected to resume soon.
Acala: 3.022 billion aUSD were claimed by 16 addresses in the event of abnormal issuance of aUSD
Acala updated the on-chain tracking results of the abnormal issuance of aUSD: a total of 3.022 billion aUSD was claimed by 16 addresses. Acala referendum #21 destroyed 1.292 billion coins. The 1.682 billion aUSD of the iBTC/aUSD LP tokens obtained after the event remained on 16 Acala addresses, and other tokens such as iBTC, ACA, and DOT obtained from the event remained on these 16 Acala addresses. One address claimed that 2.9 billion aUSD tokens were issued, and 1.267 billion aUSD had been destroyed.
ETHW Core plans to introduce Liquidity Pool Freezing Technology (Liquidity Pool Freezing Technology). After the hard fork, they will temporarily freeze ETHW tokens in some LPs of DEX and lending agreements to protect user assets. The ETHW team believes that after the Ethereum PoW hard fork, especially in the first few blocks, the ETHW tokens deposited by users in the liquidity pool may be exchanged or borrowed by hackers and scientists using USDT, USDC and WBTC It said this would "cause enormous disruption to the community". According to previous reports, the initial version of the Ethereum fork project ETHW Core was released, including disabling the difficulty bomb. (Cointelegraph)
Data: The number of ENS domain names created exceeded 2 million
Yves La Rose, founder and CEO of the EOS Network Foundation, tweeted that the rebranding of EOSIO will be announced this week; on September 21, EOS will hard fork and activate its v3.1 consensus upgrade. The EOS EVM (TrustEVM) will soon be available on the EOS network.
GameFi and NFTs
GameFi and NFTs
The Sandbox announced that the third season of The Sandbox Alpha will begin on August 24 and will be free to everyone. The Sandbox will be rolling out new interoperability, new systems this season, and will be giving away 1.5 million SAND.
Investment and Financing
Investment and Financing
Crypto VC firm Shima Capital has raised $200 million for its first venture capital fund to back early-stage Web3 startups. Encryption giant Dragonfly, Animoca Brands, hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, OKX, Mirana Ventures, Republic Capital, Digital Currency Group, and entrepreneur and former US presidential candidate Andrew Yang have invested in the fund. (CoinDesk)
VC firm CoinFund launches $300 million Web3 VC fund
Fuse Capital to Launch $50M Web3 Fund
Chain game ecology MatchboxDAO completes financing of 7.5 million US dollars, Starkware and others participate in the investment
Fractional, an NFT fragmentation protocol, completes $20 million in Series A financing, led by Paradigm
The NFT fragmentation protocol Fractional announced that it has changed its name to Tesser and completed a $20 million Series A round of financing. Paradigm led the investment, and Uniswap Labs Ventures, Focus Labs, eGirl Capital, Yunt Capital, etc. participated in the investment. Tessera plans to start rolling out its v2 platform, with a focus on Ethereum NFT project Nonnons, ahead of a broader protocol launch around October. Tessera will also explore potential second-layer scaling solutions to reduce transaction fees. (Decrypt)
According to people familiar with the matter, the blockchain game community Snackclub is seeking to complete a US$7 million Series A round of financing at a valuation of US$100 million. At present, the specific number of Tokens that Snackclub will sell in this financing is unclear. Snackclub co-founder Angelo Cazzol confirmed a $7 million funding round is in the works, most of which has already been raised, and will close by the end of next week. (The Block)
global regulation
global regulation
Dutch authorities arrested a developer allegedly involved in Tornado Cash on Aug. 8, two days after the U.S. government sanctioned cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash, according to a previous FIOD statement.
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Flashbots Strategy Director: MakerDAO has suffered a run of about $400 million
Hasu, head of strategy at Flashbots, said MakerDAO suffered a roughly $400 million run following rumors that MakerDAO might de-peg from the U.S. dollar, converting its USDC collateral into ETH. Among them, $160 million was withdrawn from PSM, and $230 million came from the GUNI DAI/USDC pool.
Dogecoin co-founder: Dogecoin is essentially just a shared database and network
Dogecoin co-founder Billy Markus (Shibetoshi Nakamoto) tweeted that in essence, Dogecoin is just a shared database and network that adds database entries in the form of virtual currency and uses Doge meme as a mascot. The rest is just about how people decide to use and price. Cryptocurrencies are simple, people are complicated.
New York court rejects $27.5M class action settlement proposed by Block.one
A New York court has rejected a $27.5 million settlement proposed by Block.one on the grounds that the company’s EOS token offering should have been registered as a securities sale. Block.one did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Alpha Impact CEO Hayden Hughes said the ruling recognized the needs of EOS token holders, who the judge ruled were underrepresented in the proposed settlement. (Bloomberg)
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