Headlines
Azuki Plans to Launch a Game and Luxury Brand Based on Beanz Within the Year
NFT project Azuki announced that it will expand its IP into three branches: anime, physical, and gaming. It is expected to soon launch a new luxury brand featuring golden Beanz and will release a casual mobile game based on Beanz within the year. In addition, after collaborating with "Code Geass" director Goro Taniguchi and Japan's leading advertising and production agency Dentsu, Azuki also announced a partnership with Fenwick West, which has previously collaborated with Yuga Labs, Rug Radio, and other companies to develop tokens.
Binance New Coin Mining Launches 44th Project, Mining Manta (MANTA) Using BNB and FDUSD
Binance's new coin mining has launched the 44th project - Manta (MANTA), a modular second-layer solution (L2) for zero-knowledge proof (ZK) applications. MANTA can be mined for a total of 2 days, and the website is expected to be updated approximately five hours before the start of the mining activity. Binance will list Manta (MANTA) on January 18, 2024, at 18:00 (UTC+8), and open MANTA/BTC, MANTA/USDT, MANTA/BNB, MANTA/FDUSD, and MANTA/TRY trading markets, subject to seed label trading rules.
Spacecraft Peregrine Carrying Physical BTC Fails Moon Landing, Expected to Enter Earth's Atmosphere
The spacecraft Peregrine (Peregrine) originally planned to land on the moon is currently in orbit for re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Currently, Peregrine is approximately 234,000 miles away from Earth and is expected to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. Astrobotic, the company responsible for the project, will hold a press conference with NASA on January 18 to announce the details of Peregrine's crash. Earlier reports stated that Peregrine was launched on January 8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying a physical Bitcoin. BitMEX, in collaboration with multiple companies, planned to send Bitcoin to the moon to demonstrate the potential of Bitcoin and blockchain technology in establishing a borderless financial system beyond Earth, with the original plan to arrive on the moon on February 23.
Industry News
CoinShares: Digital Asset Investment Products Saw Net Inflows of $1.18 Billion Last Week
According to CoinShares' latest weekly report, digital asset investment products saw net inflows of $1.18 billion last week (settled on a T+2 basis), but did not break the record set when Bitcoin ETF futures were launched. The trading volume last week reached $17.5 billion, hitting a historical high, while the average weekly trading volume in 2022 was $2 billion. In addition, the United States saw dominant inflows of $1.24 billion last week, while Europe saw a small outflow of funds.
S. Korean Financial Authorities Plan to Develop Regulatory Rules for Virtual Asset Mixers
South Korean financial authorities have begun developing regulatory rules for virtual asset mixers, which are being abused by illegal organizations as a means of money laundering. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Financial Services Commission is considering introducing regulatory measures for mixers. The FIU stated that money laundering through mixers makes it more difficult to track funds and monitor criminal activities.
Moodys: Tokenized Funds Bring Technical Risks Alongside Growth
A report released on Monday by the rating agency Moody's Investor Services warned that the adoption of tokenized investment funds is on the rise, but the "limited track record" of technology providers is increasing the risk.
Statistics: 407 Blockchain Games Ceased Operation in 2023, Accounting for 31%
According to the Big Blockchain Game List created by Jon Jordan, out of the 1,322 blockchain games listed in 2023, 407 have ceased operation, accounting for 31%. Most of the 407 closed games were shut down in the first half of last year: 248 games were closed in the first half of 2023, and 162 games were closed in the second half.
Data from DeFiLlama shows that the on-chain DEX trading volume on Ethereum was $996 million on January 14, down nearly 60% from the previous high of $2.482 billion two days earlier. In addition, the on-chain DEX trading volume on Solana was $707 million on January 14, ranking second, while Arbitrum ranked third with $405 million.
Circle CEO: US Legislators "Likely" to Approve Stablecoin Legislation in 2024
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated that the United States is likely to pass specific legislation related to the stablecoin industry in 2024. He pointed out that regulatory developments in the cryptocurrency industry worldwide are accelerating, stablecoins remain a killer application of blockchain technology, and their use is expanding globally, making it more likely for the US to approve stablecoin legislation than before.
Project News
Starknet Suspected to Be Testing Cross-Chain Transfer of STRK from Layer1 to Layer2 on Mainnet
Records on Etherscan and Starkscan show that Starknet is suspected to be testing the cross-chain transfer of STRK from Layer1 to Layer2 on the mainnet. Over a dozen hours ago, there were multiple small transfers of STRK tokens on the Ethereum mainnet, followed by similar multiple STRK transfers on Starkscan, indicating that the team is testing the bridging of STRK from Layer1 to Layer2.
1inch Team Address Sells 1.76 Million 1INCH Tokens and Buys 80.39 WBTC
Data analyst Yu Jin monitored that the 1inch team address sold 1.76 million 1INCH tokens at a price of $0.46, exchanging them for 814,000 USDT in the past 12 hours. Subsequently, they spent 3.437 million USDT to buy 80.39 WBTC at an average price of $42,760.
L2 Network ZKFair Has Started Gas Fee Dividends, with Total Staked ZKF Surpassing 25 Billion
Community-Driven ZK L2 Network ZKFair Announces Gas Fee Profit Sharing
The ZKFair network has announced the commencement of gas fee profit sharing on the ZKFair chain. All ZKF stakers can view their individual benefits in real-time on the ZKFair official website. As the industry's first L2 network to share gas fee profits, ZKFair officially launched the ZKF staking function on January 10. As of the time of writing, a total of 25 billion ZKF tokens have been staked, accounting for 25% of the total token supply. There are 34,871 independent staking addresses, and these users will share 75% of the total profits according to the corresponding rules, with the remaining 25% allocated to DApp developers.
Do Kwon Appeals Against Montenegro High Court's Decision to Uphold Extradition Request
Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, has once again appealed against the decision of the Montenegro High Court to uphold extradition requests from the United States and South Korea. His lawyer stated that the local court faced pressure, and the reason for the new appeal is that the decision of the Montenegro High Court "seriously violates legal provisions, the European Extradition Convention, and the bilateral extradition treaty with the United States."
Manta Releases Tokenomics: Genesis Supply of 1 Billion, Airdrop Allocation Ratio of 5.6%
Manta Network has officially released the tokenomics for the MANTA token, with a genesis supply of 1 billion tokens. Starting from Token Genesis, the annual minting rate is 2%, and the initial circulating supply is 251 million MANTA tokens.
Taiko, a Layer 2 Project, Launches Final Testnet Katla Before Mainnet Release
Before the mainnet release of the Layer 2 project Taiko, the final testnet Katla has been launched. The mainnet is expected to go live at the end of the first quarter of 2024. Katla is the sixth Taiko testnet developed by the Taiko team and introduces a new Rollup design called competitive Rollup based on multiple proofs.
On-Chain Trends
Investment Firm Arca Allegedly Exchanges $17 Million Worth of ETH for MKR
According to Spot on Chain monitoring, investment firm Arca deposited 6,500 ETH (approximately $17 million) into Coinbase yesterday and withdrew 8,385 MKR (approximately $17.13 million) from Coinbase today.
10 Addresses Accumulate 32,759 MKR in the Past Month, Accounting for 3.55% of Circulating Supply
According to Lookonchain monitoring, in the past month, 10 addresses accumulated a total of 32,759 MKR from major exchanges, worth approximately $66.66 million, accounting for 3.55% of the circulating supply. Over the past month, the price of MKR has risen by nearly 70%.
Ordinals Inscriptions Accumulate Fee Income Exceeding 5,700 BTC
Data from Dune shows that the cumulative fee income from the Bitcoin NFT protocol Ordinals Inscriptions has reached 5,708.5884 BTC, equivalent to approximately $243,241,043. The current total inscriptions minted have reached 55,472,543.
Metis Total Staked Amount Reaches $1 Billion, Reaching a Historical High
The total staked amount on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Metis has reached $1 billion, with a 51.93% increase in the past seven days, reaching a historical high. It ranks third in terms of Ethereum L2 staked amount, following Arbitrum One ($11 billion) and OP Mainnet ($6.06 billion).
Investment and Financing
The EigenLayer ecosystem liquidity re-staking protocol Renzo has announced the completion of a $3 million seed round financing, led by Maven11, with participation from SevenX Ventures, Figment Capital, and IOSG, among others. Renzo's core is ezETH, a Liquid Restaking Token (LRT) that users can mint by depositing Ethereum or LST into Renzo. ezETH can be further used in other DeFi protocols to gain compounded returns. Renzo abstracts all the complexities for end-users, enabling them to participate in the EigenLayer ecosystem's re-staking with low barriers to entry (The Block).
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