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▌Tether is developing interest-producing stablecoin
According to Bloomberg, Tether co-founder Reeve Collins is developing interest-producing stablecoin project, planning to compete with Tether and will be later this year Launched on Ethereum and Solana blockchains.
The project will mint stablecoins through smart contracts, with asset support including real-world assets with income such as bonds. Unlike Tether, which makes profits through investment reserves, the new project will distribute profits to participants in promoting stablecoins and launch governance tokens where token holders can participate in platform decisions and share platform revenue.
▌Strategy announced plans to issue US$2 billion convertible priority notes to support the purchase of more Bitcoin
Strategy (MSTR.O) announced that it plans to The issuance of 0% convertible priority notes due in 2030 to qualified institutional buyers private placements, with a total principal amount of US$2 billion. Strategy also expects to grant the right of purchase to the initial purchaser of the Note, which will be settled within five working days (including the same day) from the date of the initial issuance of the Note, with the total principal amount of the Note purchased up to US$300 million. Strategy intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including the acquisition of Bitcoin and as working capital.
Trending as of press time, according to Coingecko data, BTC's latest transaction price is 95,591.97 US dollars, with an intraday up and down -0.4%;
ETH's latest Transaction price is US$2,672.55, with an intraday increase of -2.8%;
BNB's latest transaction price is US$648.23, with an intraday increase of -3.0%;
SOL's latest transaction price is US$169.74, with an intraday increase of -3.0%;
4.6% increase or decrease;
DOGE's latest transaction price is US$0.2518, with an intraday increase or decrease of -2.7%;
XPR's latest transaction price is US$2.57, with an intraday increase or decrease of -3.5% .
▌The US SEC solicits public feedback on the approval of Grayscale and Bitwise Ethereum ETF options trading
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is soliciting public comments whether the institution should approve three types Option trading of spot Ethereum ETF.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) solicited on whether to allow the Chicago Exchange (Cboe Exchange, Inc.) to be allowed to go to Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF, Grayscale Ethereum Comments on listing and trading options on Mini Trust ETFs and Bitwise Ethereum ETFs should be submitted within 21 days of the publication of the Federal Register.
The institution has not approved spot Ethereum ETFoptions trading. The SEC approved several spot Ethereum ETFs in May 2024, and since then, companies have been competing for options trading licenses.
▌U.S. judge refused to order the temporary ban on access to the "Efficiency Department"
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan made The ruling, refusing to order prohibiting the "Efficiency Department" from accessing federal agencies' computer systems or directing staff to be fired during the lawsuit, rejected a previous request from the Democratic state attorney general. Attorneys generals of more than a dozen U.S. states filed a lawsuit on the 13th, questioning Musk and his "Efficiency Department"'s power to access sensitive data.
▌The US SEC has confirmed that it has received the application for Bitwise spot XRP ETF
According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed that it has received the application for Bitwise spot XRP ETF.
Blockchain Application
▌Mastercard Crypto Business Manager: The company has shifted from the experimental stage to providing practical encryption solutions
Raj, Head of Mastercard Crypto and Blockchain Business Manager Dhamodharan said the company has moved from the experimental stage to providing practical encryption solutions. Mastercard recently cooperated with compliance company Notabene to integrate its Crypto Credential system into the SafeTransact platform, enabling users to transfer crypto assets through email addresses instead of complex wallet addresses.
Dhamodharan pointed out that Mastercard will focus on developing three areas in 2025: construction of cryptocurrency up and down chain channels, expansion of Crypto Credential functions and stablecoin business. The company has currently supported financial institutions to use stablecoins for transaction settlement, and plans to announce more partnerships and application scenarios this year. Regarding the trend of asset tokenization, he said that once the regulation clearly allows deposits to be expressed on the public chain, this field will usher in larger-scale development.
▌Starknet: The second phase of STRK pledge is scheduled to begin in Q2, and the third phase is scheduled to begin in Q4.
Starknet posted on the X platform, saying, "The second phase of STRK pledge will be in a few months. Starting after (Q2 2025), the main goal of Phase 2 is to enable validators to play an active role in staking and evaluate their activity before they assume the formal role of consensus, Phase 3 is to be planned for Q4 2025 Start. To achieve this, Starknet recommends introducing validator block proofs, and may include commission increase functionality. ”
Cryptocurrency
▌FTX: The next round of repayment allocation is expected to be Starting May 30, 2025
FTX announced that it has begun to pay FTXChapter 11 Convenience Classes in the Reorganization Plan are approved to claim holders to make their first payment payment allocation. Clients are expected to receive funds within 1 to 3 working days.
The expected registration date for the next round of allocations is April 11, 2025, and applies to approved Class 5 Customer Entitlement Claims and Class 6 General Unsecured Holders of Class 6 General Unsecured Claims, all of which are defined in the Plan.
For Convenience Claims that have been approved after the initial registration date but have not yet received the allocation, the next round of registration date is also set as April 11, 2025. The next round of allocation is expected to begin on May 30, 2025.
▌Libra token co-founder claimed to have given money to Argentina President Mile's sister
Libra token co-founder Hayden Davis last year In a December text message, he claimed that he influenced the president's decision-making by bribing Karina Milei, the sister of Argentina President Javier Milei, and said, "I gave his sister money, he Sign as I want and act as I ask."
Carina Mile is an important figure in Mile. She is currently the Secretary-General of the Argentine Presidential Palace and the current Argentine President Javier Mile sister. At present, neither Karina Mile's office nor Hayden Davis responded to requests for comment, and whether the latter actually paid the funds was not clear.
▌Standard Chartered Bank analyst: The forecast that Bitcoin will exceed $500,000 when Trump leaves office is still valid
Standard Chartered Bank analyst Geoff Kendrick had previously said he expects Donald to The price of Bitcoin will exceed $500,000 when Trump leaves office.
He said in a report Tuesday morning that the forecast remains valid, reviewing BTC’s short-term weak price trend, and a recent series of 13F documents on spot Bitcoin ETF organizational ownership gave data support . Kendrick said the buyer type has grown from retail investors to hedge funds, and now to banks and sovereign wealth funds, noting that institutions such as Goldman Sachs have increased their ETF holdings, and Abu Dhabi has also purchased Bitcoin ETFs for the first time. "Looking forward, we expect more long-term long funds to buy Bitcoin, and expect Abu Dhabi's position to be the beginning of wider sovereign participation," said analysts. p>▌A trader made a profit of US$109 million by sniping TRUMP coins, and the on-chain correlation caused insider trading doubts
Blockchain data platform BubA joint investigation by blemaps and well-known YouTuber Coffeezilla showed that traders named Naseem made $109 million in TRUMP token trading through ‘sniping’. On-chain data shows that Naseem purchased tokens for $1.09 million in the first second of TRUMP online and paid a priority transaction fee of $84,000, and then spread the funds to at least 9 wallets.
Bubblemaps notes that although insider trading cannot be fully confirmed, the high correlation of multiple on-chain addresses is ‘not to be ignored’. Naseem denied receiving internal news that its team speculated about the launch time by observing the interaction of Meteora's funding pool.
▌Semler Scientific Q4 net profit surged as Bitcoin positions revaluation and appreciation
Semler Scientific (SMLR) adopts new 'fair value' accounting standards in Q4 2024, Bit The currency assets were revaluated, increasing their holdings by US$28.85 million. The guidelines, launched by FASB in March 2024, require companies to report digital assets at market value starting from Q1 2025, which companies can adopt in advance.
This adjustment drove Q4 net profit to $29.2 million, with earnings per share (EPS) reaching $3.64, a significant increase from $4.2 million ($0.62 per share) in the same period last year. Semler shares rose 2.1% on Tuesday.
▌Ninety-million USDCs transferred from unknown wallets to Coinbase Institutional
According to monitoring by Whale Alert on the chain data tracking service, 99,995,000 USDCs were never known at around 7:11 am Beijing time. Transfer the wallet to Coinbase Institutional.
▌Tether Treasury adds 1 billion USDT to the Tron blockchain
On-chain data shows that about 20 minutes ago, Tether Treasury adds new to the Tron blockchain. Cast 1 billion USDT.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said this added $1 billion in inventory to Tron Network. Note that this is an authorized but unissued transaction, which means that the amount will be used as inventory for the next issue request and chain exchange.
Important economic trends
▌Feder Vice Chairman of Regulation: The Fed takes a neutral stance on encryption
FOX Business Reporter Eleanor Terrett published an article to disclose that it will be removed soonThe Fed, who served as the director, spoke at the New York Foreign Relations Commission this afternoon on bank decentralization and crypto-regulation. Barr said the Fed is trying to take a "neutral" stance on the above issues. The Fed expects that they operate in a safe and sound manner and comply with consumer laws, anti-money laundering laws and anti-terrorism financing laws. If they do, we have no objection.
"The Fed has a novel regulatory program designed to oversee institutions in the field to ensure we have the expertise to properly execute the field. Some institutions are doing this, while others are doing it wrong and getting stuck Dilemma, either because of anti-money laundering, bank confidentiality laws, or because they can’t meet the liquidity needs of their customers, and then they went bankrupt. So, at least for me, it’s just direct mid-level risk management and banking. If you do it right, you can do it. If you do it wrong, you shouldn't do it."
Bal also said that he has never seen a client cancelled bank for his opinion Evidence of the account.
▌The American New Year had a phone call with foreign ministers from many European countries, and all parties agreed to work together to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
On February 18, local time, the U.S. House issued a statement saying that the U.S. Secretary Ruby Austria met with the Russian Foreign Minister in Riyadh earlier that day, and then spoke with the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom and the High Representative for the EU's foreign affairs. Rubio informed the foreign ministers of the meeting and all parties agreed to continue to maintain close ties and work together to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
▌The probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in March is 97.5%
According to CME's "Feder Observation": The probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in March is 97.5%, and 25 interest rates are cut The probability of the basis point is 2.5%. The probability of maintaining the current interest rate unchanged by May is 86.1%, the probability of a cumulative interest rate cut of 25 basis points is 13.6%, and the probability of a cumulative interest rate cut of 50 basis points is 0.3%.
▌Preview: The joint interview between Trump and Musk will be broadcast at 10:00 am Beijing time on the 19th
Trump took office as the United States On the occasion of the president's full moon, his joint interview with Musk, "the number one buddy in the United States" will be aired on Fox News. This pre-recorded interview will be broadcast on Tuesday night of Eastern Time (10 a.m. Beijing time on the 19th). The interview will focus on the first 100 days of Trump's administration and Musk's efficiency role of the department. The joint interview comes as Trump and Musk continue to implement large-scale layoffs in the department. In addition, Musk said in the pre-recorded clip that he had been "worship" by leftists before he supported Trump, and that he compared the so-called "Trump Dementia Syndrome" on the left to rabies.
Golden Encyclopedia
▌What is fractal Bitcoin
Fractal Bitcoin is an innovative blockchain expansion solution, based onIn recursive virtualization technology, Bitcoin is enhanced by creating multi-layer network structures while maintaining secure connections to the main network. The creative background of fractal Bitcoin originated from the emergence of the Ordinals protocol and related applications in 2023. For security reasons, Bitcoin imposed restrictions on opcode and block storage space in its iteration. When the Bitcoin chain ecosystem was developing rapidly, there were limitations in on-chain computing power and block space, so the developers proposed that The concept of fractal Bitcoin is expected to solve the shortcomings of the Bitcoin network.
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