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Bitcoin hits $30,000 headlines on Financial Times front page
The price of Ethereum Gas once exceeded 600 Gwei, reaching a historical high
According to previous reports, Aavegotchi said that it plans to launch the mainnet on January 4, based on the just-launched Aave V2 protocol.
digital currency
The Aave ecological NFT game Aavegotchi announced that the main network will be delayed, and will give priority to the Layer 2 expansion plan, which is most likely to be launched on the Matic network. Aavegotchi said the decision was made because of the recent crazy gas fees and the extreme volatility of the Ethereum network. The official said that they hope to support Layer 2 by the end of this month. Aavegotchi on Layer 2 means no gas fee, faster transaction confirmation, and a good gaming experience. An updated version of the roadmap will be released within the next 72 hours. Aavegotchi also mentioned that Opensea, one of the largest NFT trading platforms, has confirmed that they will be launching on the Matic Network soon.
According to previous reports, Aavegotchi said that it plans to launch the mainnet on January 4, based on the just-launched Aave V2 protocol.
Connext, the second-tier network of Ethereum, has launched the smallest available version of the cross-chain second-tier network
88mph will launch the function of fragmented zero-coupon bonds and is currently undergoing a security audit by Peckshield
The DeFi fixed rate generation protocol 88mph (MPH) announced that the Fractionalized zero-coupon bond function is currently being audited by the security company Peckshield, and the audit report will be released together with the 88mph v2 audit report after January 9.
Furucombo announces its first airdrop plan. After the launch of COMBO tokens on Balancer, starting from 11:00 on January 15th, the official will distribute 1 million COMBO to early supporters and users within eight weeks.
Huobi ecological chain Heco announced that it will integrate Chainlink oracles
Huobi ecological chain Heco announced that it will integrate Chainlink oracles
The anonymous core developer of the DeFi protocol Cover Protocol "crypto_pumpkin" said on Twitter that the new COVER tokens will be issued in the next few days, and the final test is still underway, and they are waiting for feedback from some centralized exchanges.
Blockchain industry
The lottery of "Futian Youli Digital RMB Red Envelope" has been completed, and all 100,000 winners have been drawn
Huawei published a patent on "Blockchain-based joint learning method and joint learning equipment"
Apron Network, a decentralized infrastructure platform on the Polkadot ecosystem, announced the completion of a seed round of financing, with Vega Ventures, PAKA, NGC Ventures, Digital Renaissance Foundation, DFG, and Candaq participating in the investment.
Investment and Financing
Marathon Patent Group, Inc., one of the largest bitcoin mining companies in North America, announced the completion of $200 million in financing. In its latest report, Marathon Patent Group said that following a previously announced spot offering, the company ended fiscal 2020 with $217.6 million in cash and 74,656,549 shares outstanding. The company plans to use the funds to purchase a large number of bitcoin mining machines from Bitmain and further expand its business. (CoinDesk)
Canadian listed mining company Bitfarms Ltd. has signed a subscription agreement with certain institutional investors to privately issue its equity securities in the United States, with a total proceeds of approximately 20 million Canadian dollars. The equity securities consist of 8,888,889 common shares and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 8,888,889 common shares at a purchase price of C$2.25 per common share and related warrants. The warrants have an exercise price of C$2.75 per share and an exercise period of three years. The net proceeds from the private placement will be used primarily for the company to acquire more mining machines, expand its infrastructure and improve its working capital position. This round of private placement is expected to close on January 6, 2021. (Globe Newswire)
Decentralized Token Exchange Protocol Poolz Completes $1 Million Private Token Funding Round
The decentralized token exchange protocol Poolz completed a $1 million native token private placement round of financing and received 25 times oversubscription. This round of financing was led by Foundry (DuckDAO and Ferrum) and blockchain VCs such as Genesis Block, 7X Ventures and Alphabit. Leading the round, with other participants including GBV Capital, Phoenix Capital, DuckDAO, Aggressor Ventures, and OMS Capital, this round of financing will be used to facilitate the development of the Poolz cross-chain protocol to facilitate DeFi token swaps and third-party fundraising.
Apron Network, a decentralized infrastructure platform on the Polkadot ecosystem, announced the completion of a seed round of financing, with Vega Ventures, PAKA, NGC Ventures, Digital Renaissance Foundation, DFG, and Candaq participating in the investment.
Apron Network is committed to building a decentralized infrastructure service network platform, providing application developers, application users and infrastructure operators with a decentralized network based on blockchain technology infrastructure services. Apron Network will provide Kusama and Polkadot ecology with infrastructure services such as node services, on-chain data indexes, random numbers, and quotes.
Internet company Ninth City (Nasdaq: NCTY for short) announced today that it has signed a letter of agreement on cooperation and investment terms with Kong Jianping, the former co-chairman of Canaan Zhizhi (hereinafter referred to as the partner). Shares and warrants will be granted to the partner in agreed installments, cash investment from the partner will be obtained, and The9 will be exclusively assisted in developing digital currency-related businesses.
global policy
On December 30, Zhou Qiang, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the Supreme People's Court, conducted research in Hainan. Zhou Qiang emphasized the need to conscientiously implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on strengthening intellectual property protection, increase judicial protection of intellectual property rights for key core technologies, key areas, and emerging industries, and continue to optimize the legal environment for scientific and technological innovation. Promote the deep integration of blockchain and other cutting-edge technologies with trial enforcement work, promote the modernization of the trial system and trial capabilities, and continuously improve the ability and level of judicial services. (People's Court News)
Character·Voice
Gavin Wood: One of the biggest goals of Polkadot in the future is to establish chain bridges with other blockchains
Polkadot founder Gavin Wood said that the development of Polkadot has significantly accelerated this year, but the Polkadot ecology still has potential that has not yet exploded. In the next few months or even years, one of Polkadot's biggest goals is to establish a chain bridge with other blockchain projects. "Although Polkadot is first and foremost compatible with heterogeneous fragmented multi-chain structures, one of Polkadot's main goals Still promoting interoperability." At the same time, an Ethereum-Substrate compatible project called Frontier, which Parity is developing, is now basically complete. This program will allow any chain built on Substrate to appear on Ethereum like other mainstream chains, And host any tool that utilizes Web3 RPC, such as MetaMask and Truffle.
BB: Ethereum inflation increased to 26,000 ETH per day
