Blockchain innovation studio Knidos Labs has announced that it has received an undisclosed amount of funding from the Avalanche Foundation to develop and launch its decentralized enhancement layer and build innovative and impactful financial instruments, while introducing Knidos Node-Fi, a trustless and transparent partial node ownership platform.
Austrian crypto unicorn Bitpanda has received approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate in the UK, marking a major milestone in the regulation of European cryptocurrency platforms. This approval, along with the recent acquisition of a MiCAR license, allows Bitpanda to expand its offerings in the UK, including betting, savings schemes, and cryptocurrency indices. CEO Eric Demuth stressed that entering the UK market is essential for serving the wider European market.
Former real estate stars have received new bailouts, shareholders of robot concept hot stocks plan to reduce their holdings by no more than 3%, and 5-board "pseudo DeepSeek concept stocks" suggest trading risks. What are the announcements worth paying attention to after the market today?
The Ethereum network successfully raised the block gas limit for the first time under the PoS mechanism after gaining the support of more than 50% of validators. The data shows that the gas limit has broken through to 31.50 million from the previous 30 million and is expected to eventually be adjusted to 36 million. This adjustment can be completed without a hard fork, providing support for network expansion. It is worth noting that the last gas cap adjustment of Ethereum occurred in 2021, when ...
According to market news, Elon Musk's team has gained access to the US Treasury payment system. The US Treasury's top official, David Lebrick, is about to leave due to a conflict with Musk's team over access to sensitive payment systems. It is understood that Musk's government efficiency department has been requesting access to the system since Trump's election victory.
MicroStrategy has acquired 2,530 BTC for approximately $243 million, at a price of approximately $95,972 per Bitcoin, and has achieved a 2025-to-date BTC yield of 0.32%. As of January 12, 2025, MicroStrategy holds 450,000 BTC at a price of approximately $62,691 per Bitcoin, at an acquisition price of approximately $28.20 billion.
In the latest news, the Litecoin team announced that it has regained control of the account, saying that the hack was due to the breach of the delegated account, which has now been deleted. In recent months, there have been a series of account hacks on X, resulting in fake tokens or phishing links being promoted with the aim of stealing funds and sensitive data.
MicroStrategy announced in a post on the X platform that it has received AWS Government and AWS Education Competency Certification, which means that MicroStrategy can provide data analytics solutions for government and education sectors.
Standard Chartered has been granted a Luxembourg license to launch digital asset custody services in the European Union
DePIN network Hivera recently announced that it has received a $2 million investment from the IPN Foundation. Hivera is a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) powered by Ton Incubator that allows users to contribute data for AI training through the Telegram Mini Program and earn tokens based on device bandwidth speed.
MicroStrategy has acquired 1,070 BTC for around $101 million, or around $94,004 per Bitcoin, and achieved a BTC yield of 48.0% in Q4 2024 and 74.3% in FY 2024. As of January 5, 2025, MicroStrategy held 447,470 BTC at a price of approximately $62,503 per bitcoin, with an acquisition price of approximately $27.97 billion.
Crypto payment platform MoonPay has announced that it has received a Money Transmitter License from the Texas Department of Banking. From now on, Texas users can buy 64 cryptocurrencies through Venmo and PayPal. According to statistics, more than one-fifth of Texas's voting-age population owns cryptocurrencies. MoonPay plans to expand its service in 2025 to allow Texas residents to sell cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH and SOL. Currently, MoonPay has obtained money transfer licenses in 45 sta...
According to Lookonchain, a whale received a 116.70 million PENGU ($3.52 million) airdrop, and today he paid 5,250 SOL ($1 million) for an additional 34.42 million PENGU. The whale has yet to sell any PENGU and now holds a total of 151.12 million PENGU ($5.08 million).
Coliseum, a gaming competition platform backed by Kraken Ventures and NBA star Kevin Durant, announced the launch of the $2 million Web3 Game Fund to accelerate the development of Web3 game projects, focusing on game studios, game guilds, etc. It is reported that the fund plans to provide $5- $250,000 for each selected project and will integrate it into the Coliseum ecosystem.