Today's Headlines:
- Fox Reporter: BlackRock Expects Bitcoin Spot ETF to Be Approved by SEC Next Wednesday
- BC Tech Group's Unaudited Comprehensive Net Loss for 2023 Decreased by Approximately 50% Year-on-Year
- Telegram Bot Project Unibot Now Supports Arbitrum Network
- Fox Reporter: BlackRock to Announce 3% Workforce Reduction
- Proposal to Limit Script by Bitcoin Core Developer Luke Dashjr Did Not Pass and Has Been Closed
- Attacker of FTX Mixed $7.3 Million Worth of Bitcoin Today
- Bitcoin Network Experienced Block Delay Today, Lasting Approximately 2 Hours
Regulatory News
Fox Reporter: BlackRock Expects Bitcoin Spot ETF to Be Approved by SEC Next Wednesday
Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett tweeted that BlackRock expects its new Bitcoin spot ETF to be approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) next Wednesday, with other asset management companies' ETFs also expected to be approved.
Project Updates
Security Company: Coinspaid Hacked, Loss of $7.5 Million
According to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, Coinspaid experienced multiple unauthorized transactions, with hackers stealing $7.5 million worth of crypto assets, including 4.8 million USDT, 500 ETH, 97 million CPD, 10.6k USDC, 924k BSC-USD, and 268.5 BNB. All CPD was exchanged for ETH, and the remaining assets were transferred to different EOA addresses, with some deposited into exchanges such as MEXC, WhiteBIT, and ChangeNOW.
Fox Reporter: BlackRock to Announce 3% Workforce Reduction
According to Fox Business Network senior reporter Charles Gasparino, U.S. investment banking giant BlackRock will announce a workforce reduction in about three days. This layoff involves approximately 600 employees, accounting for 3% of its global workforce.
BendDAO: All BDIN Tokens Minted Before 9:30 AM on January 7th Have Been Distributed
NFT lending protocol BendDAO tweeted that all BDIN minted before 9:30 AM on January 7th Beijing time have been distributed to participants. However, due to anti-fraud measures, participants may need more time to receive the relevant tokens.
Paxos officially released the December Pax Dollar (USDP) transparency report. As of 06:00 on December 30, 2023 Beijing time, the outstanding token amount was approximately $372.6 million, a decrease of over $74 million from November, representing a nearly 20% decrease. The current market value of collateral in the U.S. Treasury repo agreement is approximately $181 million, with a nominal position value of about $177 million. Cash deposits through the FDIC deposit network exceed $185 million, and other cash deposits from reserve institutions amount to approximately $10.967 million, totaling about $196 million. The U.S. Treasury repo agreement is a two-party contractual arrangement used to reduce trading risks.
Bitcoin Core Developer Luke Dashjr's Proposal to Limit Script Did Not Pass and Has Been Closed
Bitcoin Core client developer Luke Dashjr's proposal "datacarriersize: Match more datacarrying #28408" discussed the issue of limiting scripts. After discussions by multiple developers, it did not pass and has now been closed.
Telegram Bot Project Unibot Now Supports Arbitrum Network
Telegram Bot project Unibot stated on X platform that Unibot now supports the Arbitrum network, allowing users to cross-chain to Arbitrum for token exchange through Stargate.
Bitcoin Network Experienced Block Delay Today, Lasting Approximately 2 Hours
According to mempool data, the Bitcoin network experienced a block delay of 121 minutes between block heights 824717 and 824718.
Hong Kong-licensed virtual asset trading platform OSL's parent company BC Technology Group announced that shareholders have formally approved related resolutions through voting, including:
Approval, confirmation, and ratification of the subscription agreement entered into by BGXGroup Holding Limited (as the subscriber) on November 13, 2023, conditional approval for the issuance and offering, and the subscriber's conditional agreement to subscribe for a total of 187,600,000 subscription shares at a subscription price of HK$3.80 per subscription share, and the transactions it intends to conduct; granting special authorization to the directors to exercise all powers of BC Technology Group in accordance with the terms and conditions of the subscription agreement and to issue and offer subscription shares within its limits.
Upon obtaining approval from the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, the company's English name will be changed from "BC Technology Group Limited" to "OSL Group Limited," and the company's Chinese dual foreign name will be changed from "BC Technology Group Limited" to "OSL Group Limited."
Earlier news, Hong Kong-licensed virtual asset trading platform OSL's parent company BC Technology Group announced that it has received a strategic investment from the cryptocurrency group BGX, amounting to approximately 710 million HKD. Leung Heung Wing acquired nearly 249 million HKD worth of BC Technology's 6.5% equity, becoming the third largest shareholder.
Important Data
Alameda Research Liquidation Address Transfers 1600 ETH to Wintermute
According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, Alameda Research's liquidation address transferred 1600 ETH (worth 3.59 million USD) to Wintermute. Since October 24th of last year, Alameda has transferred a total of 13.84 million USD worth of assets to Wintermute, including ETH, LINK, LDO, AAVE, SHIB, and 21 other tokens.
Hong Kong-licensed virtual asset trading platform OSL's parent company BC Technology Group announced that as of December 31, 2023, the expected unaudited comprehensive net loss for the year may decrease by approximately 50% year-on-year (2022 net loss of 550 million HKD). The expected decrease in net loss is mainly attributed to reduced operating expenses (including employee costs and technology expenses) and the appreciation of digital assets held by the group to facilitate bulk brokerage business.
Attacker of FTX Mixed $7.3 Million Worth of Bitcoin Today
Arkham monitoring data shows that the attacker of FTX mixed $7.3 million worth of Bitcoin today. He has mixed approximately 60% of the original stolen assets, which, at today's prices, are worth over $600 million. The FTX attacker initially bridged 4540 BTC through the Ren Protocol bridge in late November 2022, valued at approximately $75 million at the time. However, over the past year, the price of BTC has almost tripled, meaning these assets are now worth over $185 million. In addition, in October 2023, he exchanged $142 million worth of ETH for BTC through Thorchain and immediately deposited it into the mixer. If exchanged at market rates and held in BTC form, these assets are now worth over $220 million. The FTX attacker has mixed a total of over $400 million worth of BTC.
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