Thumzup announced that the company's board of directors has authorized the holding of 90% of the company's remaining cash in bitcoin. This decision supports the company's ongoing bitcoin acquisition efforts as part of its fiscal asset strategy announced on November 15, 2024.
On January 24, Tether announced that it has partnered with Medoo to open a blockchain academy in Vietnam. The collaboration aims to integrate cutting-edge courses and materials from Tether and Edumall, an online learning platform for professional technicians in Vietnam. The course content covers the basics of blockchain technology and advanced use cases in various industries.
According to the official announcement, MicroStrategy will redeem the $1.05 billion convertible bond in 2027 and settle all conversion requests in stock.
Coinbase International Exchange has announced that it has suspended FTM-PERP trading. The platform said that all remaining unpositioned squaring positions have been automatically settled using the final settlement price of 0.5761 USDC, which is the average index price 60 minutes before the trading was suspended.
AgileGTM Blockchain Fund, a blockchain fund owned by AgileGTM, announced the completion of the first round of fundraising of $2 million. It is reported that the size of the fund is 10 million US dollars. After the first round of funds is in place, the AgileGTM Blockchain Fund will start deploying this month to invest in 3-6 startups. The fund aims to invest in 40-50 projects in the Pre-Seed round stage after all funds are in place.
AgileGTM Blockchain Fund, a blockchain fund owned by AgileGTM, announced the completion of the first round of fundraising of $2 million. It is reported that the size of the fund is 10 million US dollars. After the first round of funds is in place, the AgileGTM Blockchain Fund will start deploying this month to invest in 3-6 startups. The fund aims to invest in 40-50 projects in the Pre-Seed round stage after all funds are in place.
On January 24, according to the official announcement, OKX will officially launch ARCUSDT, SWARMSUSDT, and COOKIEUSDT perpetual contracts on the web, app, and API from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm (UTC + 8) on January 24, 2025. The detailed rules are as follows: -ARCUSDT contract trading opening time: 7:00 pm on January 24th (UTC + 8) -SWARMSUSDT contract opening time: 7:15pm on January 24th (UTC + 8) -COOKIEUSDT contract trading opening time: 7:30 pm on January 24th (UTC + 8)
Binance announced that it will list the VINEUSDT perpetual contract at 10:00 (UTC) on January 24, 2025, and the PIPPINUSDT perpetual contract at 10:15 (UTC), both supporting up to 25 times leverage.
After the announcement of the Bank of Japan's decision, the dollar/yen USD/JPY fluctuated in the short term, with a short-term volatility of 30 points, currently trading at 156.03.
Bitcoin payments startup Breez announced the completion of a $5 million funding round, with participation from Entrée Capital, ego death capital, Plan Fund and Timechain.
Blast announced that it will merge with Arcade Research and be managed by Pacman. At the same time, the Blast Mobile app will be launched, providing BLAST token holders with an annualized return of more than 50% on their US dollar deposits. The source of income includes the 11.5% native income currently provided by Maker and the BLAST token incentive.
According to a report by Cointelegraph, blockchain development firm Blockstream has announced the launch of two institutional investment funds that will give investors direct access to the company's bitcoin ecosystem and generate income through bitcoin-backed loans and other revenue streams. In a January 23 announcement, Blockstream debuted its new asset management business, Blockstream Asset Management, and announced the Blockstream Income Fund and Blockstream Alpha Fund, which will be launched...
Radius, a shared sequencer solution, announced the completion of a $7 million seed round led by Pantera Capital. According to reports, Radius is a trustless sorting layer that provides a sort-as-a-service and cross-rollup interoperability solution for a dedicated blockchain called rollup.
Ranger Labs announced a $1.90 million funding round at a $30 million valuation, with participation from Asymmetric, Big Brain Holdings, RISE Capital and Anagram and RockawayX. Ranger Labs has developed Ranger Protocol, a Solana-based crypto derivatives trading protocol, which is currently planning to add new product lines that will allow clients to use artificial intelligence to assist trading strategies.