Today's Headlines:

1. Shardeum plans to conduct a three-phase airdrop, distributing a total of 25.4 million tokens.
2. Web3 accelerator Beacon has completed a $150 million financing.
3. Aptos Labs launches AI chatbot Aptos Assistant based on Microsoft Azure OpenAI services.
4. All US Bitcoin spot ETFs have seen a net inflow of approximately 32,000 BTC since their launch.
5. Fetch.ai: Has relocated its business to Dubai and undergone restructuring, with the company's operations "business as usual."
6. 21Shares: ARKB's total assets under management have exceeded $700 million.
7. Data: Chainlink transferred out 11 million LINK tokens 7 hours ago.
8. Lybra Finance's TVL has plummeted from $246 million to $82.12 million due to user behavior.

Regulatory News

• The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged two individuals with conducting cryptocurrency mining at schools.
• Former Chief Compliance Officer Steven Christie returns to Binance.
• Facebook and Instagram may soon allow advertisements for Bitcoin spot ETFs.

Project Updates

• Solana Mobile 2.0 pre-orders are still open, and customers on the waiting list will receive NFT incentives.
• Celestia (TIA) seed round price was only $0.0094, with the first investor George being a college student at the time.
• Fetch.ai: Has relocated its business to Dubai and undergone restructuring, with the company's operations "business as usual."
• Shardeum plans to conduct a three-phase airdrop, distributing a total of 25.4 million tokens.
• Lybra Finance: The sudden drop in TVL is due to user behavior, and the protocol's security ensures that user assets are not affected.
• Vertex has added perpetual contract trading for APE, ATOM, TRX, GALA, and JUP with a maximum leverage of 10x.

Aptos Labs launches AI chatbot Aptos Assistant based on Microsoft Azure OpenAI services

Aptos Labs has launched Aptos Assistant, an AI chatbot that combines Microsoft's generative artificial intelligence (AI) with Aptos blockchain technology. Aptos Assistant, developed using Azure OpenAI services, can provide real-time answers to any technical, ecosystem, and development-related questions about the Aptos blockchain, and also offer guidance to developers in creating smart contracts.

Developers building on Aptos are invited to validate their projects on Microsoft Azure through the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub. Aptos Labs is providing technical and documentation support to Microsoft on how to launch validator nodes on Azure for Web3.

Funding News

Web3 accelerator Beacon has completed a $150 million financing

According to official sources, Beacon, a Web3 accelerator launched by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, has raised over $150 million in funding within a year of operation. Applications for the S24 group are now officially open, with a deadline of March 18, 2024.

Stride Association completes $4 million strategic financing, led by DBA

Stride Association has announced the completion of a $4 million strategic financing to drive Stride's development in the modular ecosystem. The round was led by DBA, with participation from 1confirmation, Road Capital, Modular Capital, Chorus One, and Imperator. Earlier, Stride announced the launch of a new LST asset stTIA, with 5 million STRD tokens (5% of the maximum supply) being airdropped to early stTIA holders.

Key Data

All US Bitcoin spot ETFs have seen a net inflow of approximately 32,000 BTC since their launch

According to BitMEX Research data, US Bitcoin spot ETFs have seen a net inflow of 32,002.7 BTC, approximately $14.59 billion, since their launch. Grayscale GBTC saw a net outflow of 143,559.4 BTC, while BlackRock IBIT saw the highest net inflow of 72,411.9 BTC, followed by Fidelity FBTC with a net inflow of 58,877.6 BTC.

Bitcoin spot ETF total net assets reach $28.16 billion, with a historical cumulative net inflow of $1.58 billion

According to SoSoValue data, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a net inflow of $80.07 million on February 2nd, marking six consecutive days of net inflows. Grayscale's GBTC saw a net outflow of $144 million, while the other 9 ETFs saw a total net inflow of $224 million. BlackRock's IBIT saw the highest single-day net inflow of $105 million, accounting for 46% of the total inflow, with a historical total net inflow of $3.12 billion. Fidelity's FBTC saw a net inflow of approximately $78.95 million, accounting for 34.8% of the total inflow, with a historical total net inflow of $2.6 billion.

As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $28.16 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market value as a percentage of total Bitcoin market value) of 3.34%, and a historical cumulative net inflow of $1.58 billion.

21Shares: ARKB's total assets under management exceed $700 million

The latest data from 21Shares shows that ARK 21Shares Bitcoin spot ETF (ARKB) has added $22,574,921 in net assets today, bringing the total assets under management to $705,842,538. It currently holds 16,415 BTC, with a five-day moving average trading volume exceeding $86.02 million.

Bitcoin mining difficulty increases by 7.33% to 75.5 T, reaching a historical high

According to BTC.com data, Bitcoin mining difficulty saw a 7.33% increase to 75.50 T at block height 828,576 (2024-02-02 23:42:06), reaching a historical high. The current average network hash rate is 552.92 EH/s.

Data: 7 hours ago, Chainlink transferred out 11 million LINK tokens

According to The Data Nerd monitoring, 7 hours ago, Chainlink transferred a total of 11 million LINK tokens (approximately $198.2 million). Of these, 7.95 million tokens ($144.37 million) were deposited into Binance's cold wallet, and 3.05 million tokens ($53.83 million) were deposited into the Gnosis Safe wallet (0xd50), currently holding 69.88 million LINK tokens ($124.3 million).

The number of addresses holding 1000 to 10,000 BTC reaches the highest since November 2022

According to Santiment data, the number of wallets holding 1000-10,000 BTC reached 1958 on February 1st (the highest since November 2022); the number of wallets holding 100-1000 BTC reached 13,735 on February 1st (the lowest since November 2022).

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