| Pudgy Penguins may launch a new metaverse project; Tesla has not bought or sold cryptocurrencies since the first quarter of 2021 (April 22)
秦晓峰
2022-04-22 00:00
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Coinbase Ventures made a total of 71 investments in Q1 of 2022.

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Pudgy Penguins may launch a new metaverse project

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Pudgy Penguins may launch a new metaverse project

Tesla has not bought or sold cryptocurrencies since the first quarter of 2021

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Tesla reported $1.26 billion in digital asset holdings in its first-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, little changed from its holdings at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021. The statement shows that since the first quarter of 2021, Tesla has not bought or sold any encrypted assets. Since then, any changes in the value of the company's digital asset holdings have come from price fluctuations. Tesla reported revenue of $18.76 billion for the first quarter of 2022, beating estimates of $17.8 billion. Automotive revenue was $16.86 billion, up 87% from a year earlier. (Block Works)

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Justin Sun transferred 38,340 ETH to Binance, worth $120 million

According to data monitoring by KingData, the address tracked by KingData’s big account as Justin Sun (0x3DdfA8eC3052539b6C9549F12cEA2C295cfF5296) transferred 38,340 ETH to Binance Exchange yesterday, worth 120 million US dollars. The specific transfer path is from the address of Justin Sun 5296 to the address of another wallet of Justin Sun, and then to the address marked by Etherscan as the Binance exchange.

Data: Bitcoin Spot Exchange Reserves Hit Lowest Level in Over Four Years

Bitcoin price broke through the critical level of $42,000 on April 21. After briefly testing support below the $40,000 mark a few days ago, Bitcoin continued to gradually climb above the resistance level. One of the factors that could signal a change in bitcoin's price is the amount of money flowing out of and into cryptocurrency exchanges, from which bitcoin has recently seen significant outflows. It is worth noting that on April 14, Bitcoin experienced its largest exchange outflow in five weeks, as many as 25,878 Bitcoins (worth $1.04 billion) were withdrawn from crypto exchanges in just 24 hours. According to data released by CryptoQuant on April 21, after that, Bitcoin spot exchange reserves have reached the lowest level in more than four years. (Finbold)
On April 21, Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, issued an open letter via Twitter, saying: TRON announced its official entry into decentralized stablecoins and listed USDD (Decentralized USD).

dYdX will launch dYdX V4 by the end of 2022 to achieve full decentralization

dYdX will launch dYdX V4 by the end of 2022 to achieve full decentralization

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Official news, dYdX announced that it will build and release dYdX V4 by the end of 2022, to achieve complete decentralization, there will be no central control point or failure of the protocol; all aspects of the protocol that can be controlled will be fully controlled by the community.

On April 21, local time, Nabiullina, the governor of the Russian Central Bank, said that the Russian central bank will try to implement digital ruble settlements in the real economy from 2023 and try to use them in international settlements. At present, the Central Bank of Russia is testing the digital ruble sample, and a total of 5 banks are participating in the testing. The issuance of digital rubles and digital wallets, as well as transfers between individuals are being studied. (CCTV news client)

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Moonbirds series NFT floor price reaches 30 ETH

Moonbirds series NFT floor price reaches 30 ETH

Cricket NFT platform Rario completes $120 million in financing, led by Dream Capital and participated by Animoca Brands and others

According to NFTGo.io data, the 24-hour trading volume of the Moonbirds series NFT was $46.42 million, an increase of 115.80%. The current floor price has reached 30 ETH, with a 24-hour increase of 53.11%.

Cricket NFT platform Rario completes $120 million in financing, led by Dream Capital and participated by Animoca Brands and others

Rario, a cricket NFT platform, completed a financing of US$120 million. Dream Capital, the corporate venture capital and M&A department of Dream Sports, led the investment, and Alpha Wave Global, Animoca Brands, Presight Capital and Kingsway Capital participated in the investment. (Economic Times. India Times)
The point-to-pool blue-chip NFT mortgage lending agreement BendDAO has lent more than 4,000 ETH to 6 types of blue-chip NFT mortgages 30 days after its launch, and the agreement lock-up value exceeded 16,000 ETH.

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In anticipation of land airdrops for BAYC/MAYC holders in the market, BendDAO launched Flash Claim, which supports NFT holders to complete the airdrop Claim under BendDAO mortgage loan status, and at the same time obtain mortgage platform token rewards. BendDAO will introduce more partners in the future to further jointly provide more ETH liquidity for the blue-chip NFT market.

Investment and FinancingAccording to Coinbase official news, Coinbase Ventures conducted a total of 71 investment transactions in the first quarter of this year, the highest quarter in history. Among them, the category with the highest proportion is Web3 infrastructure (32%), followed by NFT/Metaverse (28%), and DeFi (23%).

Bastion, an Aurora-based DeFi protocol, completes $9 million in Series A financing led by Three Arrows Capital

Bastion, an Aurora-based DeFi protocol, completes $9 million in Series A financing led by Three Arrows Capital

NFT lending agreement MetaLend completes $5 million in seed round financing led by Pantera Capital

Ethereum expansion network Scroll completes $30 million Series A financing, led by Polychain Capital

Ethereum expansion network Scroll completes $30 million Series A financing, led by Polychain Capital

Ethereum expansion network Scroll completed a $30 million Series A financing, led by Polychain Capital, Bain Capital Crypto, Robot Ventures and other members of the Ethereum community also participated in this round of financing. According to reports, Scroll is an Ethereum expansion network using zk-rollup technology. It plans to launch a test network in the second half of this year. This round of financing will be used to expand engineering and operation team members. Scroll’s total funding to date is about $33 million, and the project has previously raised about $3 million from angel investors. (The Block)

Digital collectibles marketplace LimeWire raises over $10M led by Kraken Ventures, Arrington Capital and GSR

Digital collectibles marketplace LimeWire raises over $10M led by Kraken Ventures, Arrington Capital and GSR

Ride to Earn cycling project BikeRush completes $6.5 million in second round of financing, led by Negentropy Capital

Ride to Earn cycling project BikeRush completes $6.5 million in second round of financing, led by Negentropy Capital

Contxts.io completes about $12 million in Series A financing, led by Hashed

Contxts.io completes about $12 million in Series A financing, led by Hashed

Metaverse start-up DoubleMe completes US$25 million in Series A financing, with participation from Samsung and others

Contxts.io, the operator of NFTBank, an NFT asset management platform, completed its A-round financing of 15 billion won (approximately US$12 million), led by Hashed, with participation from Sequoia Capital, 1kx, DCG, Alameda Research, Dapper Labs, etc. There are additional investments from other institutions. It is reported that Hashed made an angel round investment in Contxts.io in June 2020, and led the seed round investment of Contxts.io in April 2021. Earlier this month, Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary, Ground X, also bought about a 10 percent stake in Contxts.io. (Coindesk Korea)

Metaverse start-up DoubleMe completes US$25 million in Series A financing, with participation from Samsung and others

Blockchain Derivatives Software Service Provider IPOR Labs Completes $5.55 Million Financing Led by Arrington Capital

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Blockchain derivatives software service provider IPOR Labs announced the completion of $5.55 million in financing, led by Arrington Capital. It is reported that IPOR Index and IPOR Derivatives products were originally developed by IPOR Labs, a company based in Zug that focuses on derivatives software products. IPOR Labs products cover protocol development, fixed income, interest rate derivatives, quantitative finance, exchange trading systems, venture capital and software development. In addition, IPOR will be launched for public testing at the end of April.

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South Korea may introduce the first NFT regulatory rules, which may be recognized as securities

Belarus Establishes Legal Process To Seize Illegal Cryptocurrencies

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Citing an announcement issued by the Belarusian Ministry of Justice, the cryptocurrency media Forklog stated that the Belarusian Ministry of Justice has established legal procedures for the seizure of cryptocurrency funds as part of law enforcement procedures. The measure aims to implement President Alexander Lukashenko's decree regarding the country's crypto industry. The decree, signed by Lukashenko in February, ordered the creation of a special register for crypto wallet addresses used for illicit purposes. The Belarusian government has three months to take the necessary steps to implement Lukashenko's latest encryption-related order, after which it will take effect. (Bitcoin.com)

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