Compilation: Luan Peng, ChainCatcher
Important Information:
- Wintermute supports stETH as off-exchange trading collateral
- RWA project Huma Finance completes $38 million financing, led by Distributed Global
- Binance launches token unlock details display feature
- Stocks related to Trump and cryptocurrency concept stocks generally fell before the U.S. election debate
- Lawyer defends former CEO of Alameda, claiming active cooperation in debt recovery and providing testimony for SBF trial, should not go to jail
- Indonesian crypto exchange platform Indodax: potential security issues found, platform undergoing comprehensive maintenance
- Singer Taylor Swift announces support for Harris
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Wintermute supports stETH as off-exchange trading collateral
Lido announced that stETH has now been added to Wintermute's multi-collateral support list, which can be used for off-exchange trading. This means that users can stake ETH to earn rewards, while for the first time, stETH is used as collateral for off-exchange trading on Wintermute, helping institutions maximize asset utilization and improve trading efficiency.
Currently, out of the circulating 120 million ETH, only 33.8 million are staked, with approximately 10.2 million staked through Lido.
RWA project Huma Finance completes $38 million financing, led by Distributed Global
Huma Finance, a company focusing on tokenizing real-world assets (RWA), recently completed a $38 million financing, including $10 million in equity investment and $28 million in revenue-based RWA.
This round of financing was led by venture capital firm Distributed Global, with participation from Hashkey Capital, Folius Ventures, Stellar Development Foundation, and TIBAS Ventures, the venture capital arm of Turkey's largest private bank, İşbank.
Stellar Development Foundation invested $10 million in the RWA, becoming the largest participant.
Huma Finance plans to use this funding to expand its PayFi platform to the Solana blockchain and Stellar's Soroban smart contract network. The company's merger with Arf is expected to achieve a $10 billion payment financing transaction volume next year.
Binance launches token unlock details display feature
According to decrypt, cryptocurrency exchange Binance has integrated token unlock and vesting plan details into its platform in cooperation with CoinMarketCap. This move may change the way cryptocurrency traders evaluate tokens of the world's top cryptocurrency exchanges based on trading volume.
A Binance spokesperson stated that the integration aims to help users understand the situation. "Token unlocks may have an impact on prices, so it is crucial to have access to this information," the spokesperson said. "This new feature optimizes their strategies by providing clear, accessible data to make better decisions, helping our users stay ahead."
Binance previously acquired CoinMarketCap in April 2020, although these two entities operate independently.
According to market information, after the U.S. election debate, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O) fell by 13% in pre-market trading.
Blockchain concept stocks generally fell, with MicroStrategy (MSTR.N) and Riot Platforms (RIOT.O) falling by about 3%, and Coinbase (COIN.O) falling by 2%. (Jinshi)
According to The Block, a lawyer claims that Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research involved in the FTX collapse, should not go to jail for her role in the FTX collapse. He argues for her to be sentenced to a period of imprisonment followed by parole. The reason is that Caroline Ellison has been cooperating with the government and FTX debtors, and her testimony in last year's trial of Sam Bankman-Fried was very helpful. "There is no risk of reoffending, nor does she pose a threat to public safety. Therefore, considering Caroline's early disclosure of the crime, uncompromisingly taking responsibility, and most importantly—her extensive cooperation with the government, a lenient treatment will help to respect the law."
In a previous report, Caroline Ellison is scheduled to be sentenced in a New York court on September 24, facing fraud charges including two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
In March of this year, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Indonesian crypto exchange platform Indodax announced on X platform that its security team has found potential security signs on the platform. Currently, comprehensive maintenance is being carried out to ensure the normal operation of the entire system. During this maintenance process, the INDODAX web platform and applications are temporarily inaccessible. However, users can rest assured that their cryptocurrency and rupee balances remain 100% secure.
Singer Taylor Swift announces support for Harris
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Singer Taylor Swift announces support for Harris
Taylor Swift announced on Tuesday that she supports Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign, ending speculation about whether the superstar singer would share her political views before the November election. Swift stated that she will vote for Harris.
In an Instagram post, Swift wrote, "I will be voting for Harris because she fights for the rights that we need a fighter to defend. I believe she is a steady, talented leader, and I believe that under calm and not chaotic leadership, we can achieve greater accomplishments in this country. Her choice of Tim Woz as a running mate is very inspiring and impressive to me. For decades, he has been supporting LGBTQ+ rights, in vitro fertilization, and women's rights to their own bodies."
U.S. Vice President Harris and Trump's debate ends without mentioning crypto-related content
The debate between U.S. Vice President Harris and Trump ended without mentioning crypto-related content.
Additionally, according to market news, after the debate, former U.S. President Trump and Vice President Harris left without shaking hands. They had shaken hands at the beginning of the debate, ending an eight-year record of not shaking hands on the debate stage.
The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau has dismantled an underground money laundering gang that used virtual currency transactions to commit crimes. Currently, four main suspects have been arrested on suspicion of illegal business operations.
Investigations revealed that the main members of the gang, including Lü, obtained foreign nationality many years ago. During their time abroad, they discovered that they could transfer RMB to foreign countries through virtual currency transactions and exchange it for foreign currency. Later, Lü and others used virtual currency trading platforms to assist domestic individuals with the intention of transferring funds to purchase virtual currency, thereby transferring funds abroad, involving an amount of over 800 million yuan. At the same time, the police found that the gang had provided funding channels and transferred embezzled funds for multiple telecommunications fraud and embezzlement cases.
According to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, the wallet of the Indonesian crypto exchange platform Indodax has been involved in over 150 suspicious transactions on different networks, with a total loss of approximately $18.2 million. The suspicious addresses are currently exchanging various tokens for Ethereum.
Democratic Congressman Waters criticizes Trump's cryptocurrency project at a hearing
Democratic Congressman Waters (California) criticized the cryptocurrency lending platform World Liberty Financial promoted by Trump and his sons at a hearing on Capitol Hill, emphasizing the higher risks consumers face in the DeFi field.
Last week, Trump's daughter Tiffany Trump and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Lara Trump (Trump's daughter-in-law) had their Twitter accounts hacked. Under the control of the hackers, these accounts promoted false tokens issued by World Liberty Financial, attempting to deceive potential buyers. Waters said, "Due to the prominence of the individuals behind this project, criminals took advantage of this opportunity to deceive potential users. Legislators have a responsibility to consider implementing strong protective measures to prevent such fraud."
According to Trump's son Eric Trump, Twitter blocked the hacked social media accounts "within minutes." However, Waters pointed out that many people still suffered actual harm, purchasing false tokens worth approximately $1.8 million, which were actually unrelated to the project.
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Fractal: What you need to know after 2 days of launch
It has been two days since the official launch of the Fractal mainnet. Before we review these 2 days and look ahead to the potential opportunities, I found something a bit ironic—
Many people still don't know where to buy $FB…
This was most directly reflected on the night of September 9th at 11 PM when a "new FT protocol" called FLUX suddenly appeared. Even foreigners noticed this "familiar 'engraved disk'" that we Chinese are most familiar with, and there were even foreigners asking where to find $FB OTC…
So before we continue with the content below, let's first look at the channels where you can trade $FB:
Currently, the CEX where you can trade/deposit/withdraw $FB is CoinEx, which was established in 2017. The Epic Sat "Epic Cong" mined during the halving was auctioned through a collaboration between CoinEx and ViaBTC, indicating a reliable background.
Dot Swap has launched a Bitcoin and $FB Swap pair, allowing direct on-chain trading of $FB or providing liquidity for $FB.
Now, let's review the past 2 days of Fractal.
Using cryptocurrency for bribery, a new tool for official crimes?
During the process of handling cases involving cryptocurrency, the Sa Sister team's lawyers found that a difficult-to-ignore fact is that law enforcement personnel who have not dealt with cryptocurrency cases may view the cryptocurrency world as a wild beast. However, once they have handled related cases, they often begin to learn relevant knowledge, and when cryptocurrency cases appear, they will actively seek to handle them, and some personnel even choose to take the initiative to find cases…
So, can cryptocurrency be used for bribery? In the case of national agency personnel using cryptocurrency's characteristics of being difficult to supervise, easy to transfer, and of great value to accept bribes, in a situation where it is already clear that cryptocurrency is not legal tender in our country, can it be recognized as traditional official crimes such as bribery?
Today, the Sa Sister team will talk about using cryptocurrency to commit official crimes.
Review of the 21 projects selected for the a16z CSX Accelerator
In the early hours of today Beijing time, a16z Crypto partner Jason Rosenthal announced the 21 projects selected for the a16zCrypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) fall program.
According to the official description of a16z Crypto, the projects selected for this accelerator program come from 11 different countries, including Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Japan, Poland, Portugal, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States (including Puerto Rico). The project categories cover various stacks of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, including AI, DeFi, infrastructure, as well as more consumer-oriented applications such as photo sharing and map drawing.
Over the next 8 weeks, these projects will receive guidance from top investors and founders within the CSX accelerator and use this opportunity to establish connections with a16z's extensive ecosystem network. More importantly, a16z will invest at least $500,000 in each selected project through CSX.
Below is a brief introduction to the 21 projects selected in alphabetical order.
Four Pillar's latest research report: Taiko redefines Ethereum L2 solutions, praised by Vitalik
Ethereum was launched in 2015 with the aim of fully leveraging the potential of blockchain technology through smart contracts and decentralized applications (dapps). However, with the rapid growth in the number of users and transaction volume on the Ethereum network, it encountered serious scalability issues.
At first, the number of transactions on Ethereum was relatively small, so the blockchain's processing capacity was not an issue. Users could process transactions quickly and at a low cost, and the network operated stably. However, as the popularity of Ethereum rapidly increased, various dapps such as DeFi, games, and NFT markets emerged one after another, leading to a surge in the number of transactions. As a result, the time it takes for transactions to be included in blocks increased, and transaction fees significantly rose. This was particularly burdensome for users conducting small transactions or needing fast transaction processing.
To address the scalability issue, the Ethereum Foundation and the community have researched various solutions. Among them, sharding is a prominent solution. Sharding is a scalability technology that divides the blockchain network into multiple smaller "shards," greatly increasing transaction throughput. Similar to how multiple computers can process tasks simultaneously, sharding enables the Ethereum network to process more transactions quickly and efficiently. Ethereum plans to introduce this technology to greatly enhance the network's processing capacity.
Despite the high expectations for this technology, Ethereum shifted from directly implementing sharding to the Layer 2 approach due to concerns about centralization and the technical challenges causing development delays.
With Ethereum fully adopting L2 solutions, multiple Ethereum L2 projects have emerged. Taiko, which will be introduced in this article, is one of them. Its development direction is unique and different from many other Ethereum L2 projects. Because Taiko aims to comprehensively address the problems faced by existing Ethereum L2 solutions, let's first explore the development history of Ethereum L2 and the issues it has encountered before delving into Taiko.
The Federal Reserve's interest rate decision will be announced at 02:00 on September 19th (next Thursday), and a rate cut has become a foregone conclusion. However, the extent of the rate cut in September is still undecided. The market generally believes that if the Federal Reserve chooses to cut rates by 50 basis points, it implies economic recession risks. How do institutions view the extent of the rate cut in September, and how do they predict the market trend after the rate cut? Odaily will summarize and answer these questions in this article.
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