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CME plans to launch Ethereum options on September 12
According to the report, Animoca Brands made 66 investments in the first half of 2022, totaling more than $185 million. About two-thirds of the investment went to games and infrastructure. The gaming sector had the most investment projects, with 28 deals. However, the biggest investment came from the media category. TinyTap, an Israeli educational video platform, was acquired for approximately $39 million. On average, Animoca Brands closes 11 investments per month. Animoca Brands, headquartered in Hong Kong, China, invests globally, but its investment focus is still in Asia. Asia received about 40 percent of the funding. North America and Europe came in second and third, with similar amounts. Other regions include Australia, South America and the Middle East.
cryptocurrency
Acala: 8 addresses transferred more than 170,000 DOTs to Polkadot, and about 42,000 DOTs have been transferred to the exchange
Gnosis Safe releases Token distribution proposal: 5% airdrop, half of which will be released immediately and half will be released linearly within 4 years
Gemini will launch Staking business in the United States
Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe), a digital asset management platform, released a SAFE Token distribution proposal and announced addresses eligible for air investment. In terms of airdrop distribution conditions, only the Ethereum mainnet and Safes created before February 9, 2022 are considered; only Safes that have performed at least 2 operations or 10 ETH before GIP-29 are considered; each Safe gets a minimum of 400 SAFE .
Gemini will launch Staking business in the United States
The encrypted trading platform Gemini announced that it will support staking Polygon (MATIC) on the Polygon network, and will launch Staking support for ETH, Audius (AUDIO), Solana (SOL) and Polkadot (DOT) in the next few months. (CoinDesk)
HUSD falls to $0.87, down 11.7% in 24 hours
According to CoinGecko data, HUSD fell to $0.876811 yesterday, an 11.7% drop in 24 hours. Huobi community manager Ruly said in the official Telegram group that he has noticed the liquidity problem of the stablecoin HUSD. HUSD is a stablecoin issued by Stable Universal Limited and based on the Ethereum network. Huobi has withdrawn in April 2022. The HUSD issuer is currently being urged to actively resolve the issue.
Celer Network announced that it has restarted the cBridge front-end UI
Celer Network tweeted that the cBridge front-end UI has been restarted and monitoring has been strengthened. Celer Network responded to the cBridge DNS hijacking attack and stated that this attack led to some users using cBridge today being directed to malicious smart contracts. Celer lists all malicious smart contract addresses and calls on users to revoke authorization for these contracts as soon as possible. Celer will make full compensation to users who suffer losses in this incident.
On August 18, Canaan Technology announced its financial report for the second quarter of 2022. According to the report, Canaan Technology recorded revenue of 1.65 billion yuan in the quarter, a year-on-year increase of 52.8% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 21.9%. The year-on-year increase in revenue was mainly due to the increase in the average sales price per T, and the quarter-on-quarter increase was mainly due to the increase in the total computing power sold.
According to the official website, Dogechain aims to bring encryption applications such as NFT, games and DeFi to the DOGE community, and Token DC will be launched soon.
GameFi and NFTs
GameFi and NFTs
Anthony Hopkins to Launch Personal NFT Series 'Eternity'
Anthony Hopkins announced that it will cooperate with Orange Comet to launch its first personal NFT series "Eternal". The release of the "Eternal" series will contain 3 categories. The second type is a total of 10 limited NFTs containing 1 prototype animation, and the third type is 1000 NFTs containing 10 prototype images.
Atlético de Madrid, WhaleFin and STEPN to launch NFT sneaker collection
Atlético de Madrid, Amber Group's digital asset trading platform WhaleFin, and Move to Earn app STEPN will collaborate to release an NFT sneaker collection.
NFL's NFT platform "NFL ALL DAY" has been officially opened
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Investment and Financing
Web3 Universal API Platform Phyllo Completes Series A Funding of US$15 Million, RTP Global Leads the Investment
Phyllo, a Web3 general-purpose API platform, announced the completion of a $15 million Series A round of financing led by RTPGlobal, with participation from Nexus Venture Partners and Better Capital. Phyllo builds APIs to securely and easily access creator data directly from YouTube, Twitch, Discord, Spotify, TikTok, and more. Companies building tools, products, and services for the creator economy and Web3 can leverage Phyllo's API to authenticate any Creator identity, income, and engagement data. (Einnews)
Meson, a stablecoin cross-chain protocol, completes $4 million in financing, with participation from A&T Capital and others
Encrypted asset management platform Rocketplace completes $9 million in seed round financing led by Launchpad Capital
DeFi infrastructure Primitive completes $9 million in Series A financing, led by Bain Capital Crypto
DeFi infrastructure Primitive completes $9 million in Series A financing, led by Bain Capital Crypto
Solsten, a chain game player psychological analysis company, completed the B round of financing of 21.8 million US dollars, led by Konvoy
Solsten mainly helps game development companies create more vivid and attractive digital experiences by analyzing player psychology. Its clients include blockchain game Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis, chain game studio Mythical Games, and Super Evil Megacorp, Starbreeze , Tilting Point and Wooga etc. (Business Insider)
Web3 venture capital studio SuperLayer has announced a new $25 million fund led by anchor investor and strategic partner Polygon. Additionally, the fund is backed by Animoca Brand founder Yat Siu, celebrity Paris Hilton and Andreessen Horowitz partner Chris Dixon, among others. The funds raised will be used to expand SuperLayer's operating model and invest in new projects. It is reported that SuperLayer will be launched in October 2021, with a focus on funding and supporting brands and companies that use the RLY protocol to implement a tokenized economy. (The Block)
global regulation
global regulation
Korea FSC: Considering 5-year prison terms for owners of 16 cryptocurrency trading platforms
On August 18, the minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting showed that participants agreed that there was "little evidence" that inflationary pressures were subsiding and that it would take a considerable amount of time to resolve the problem. Participants noted that near-term inflation expectations readings were “consistent” with longer-term expectations stuck at 2 percent. Participants "emphasized" that the slowdown in demand would "play an important role" in bringing inflation down. (Financial Association)
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated on his personal social media that if regulators require the platform to review its validators at the Ethereum protocol level, Coinbase will shut down the pledge service and maintain network integrity.
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