Odaily News According to official news, the general FHE protocol octra announced the completion of a $4 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Finality Capital, with participation from Big Brain Holdings, Karatage, Presto, Builder Capital, etc. In addition, octra announced that it has released a public WASM sandbox to demonstrate the efficiency of hypergraph in FHE. The architecture of octra is based on "circles", an independent execution environment. Within circles, developers can build back-end logic of any complexity for web2 and web3 applications. Coupled with a custom consensus using ML for node selection and a combination of PoW and PoS, the network provides security for personal data. Currently, octra is in the final stages of development, and the mainnet is expected to be launched next year.

Odaily News: Ethereum co-founder V God (Vitalik Buterin) today published an article titled "What do I think about biometric proof of personhood?" to discuss his views on proving personal identity through biometric characteristics. V God stated that this is a valuable but complex tool that the Ethereum community has been trying to build. He mentioned several projects attempting to address this issue, such as Proof of Humanity, BrightID, Idena, Circles, and a larger and more ambitious identity proof project called Worldcoin. However, Worldcoin has faced criticism due to privacy and security concerns with its device, design issues with its token, and ethical concerns regarding choices made by the company. V God concluded by saying that there is no ideal form of identity proof, but at least three different paradigmatic approaches exist, each with its own unique advantages and disadvantages. The ideal approach is to view these three technologies as complementary and combine them. In principle, the concept of proving personal identity seems highly valuable. While each implementation method carries risks, a world without any form of identity proof also poses risks. A world without identity proof seems more likely to be dominated by centralized identity solutions, money, small closed communities, or some combination of the three. V God expressed anticipation for further progress on all types of identity proof and hopes to see different approaches eventually converge into a coherent whole.

民意调查机构LocalCircles一项在过去15天进行的，样本范围为56000人的民意调查显示，54%的受访者（印度公民）不希望政府将加密货币合法化，而是希望像其他国家那样对加密货币征收。此外，调查显示，约51%的受访者支持印度推出央行管理的CBDC，约87%的受访者家庭没有成员投资加密货币，71 %的受访者对加密货币的信任度很低或为零，只有1%的受访者对加密货币有高度信任，76%的受访者希望在相关规定出台前暂停加密货币、平台和交易所上的广告投放。（彭博社）

据火币矿池消息，近日，火币矿池不断注入HPT以支持HECO生态项目挖矿，助推Heco生态繁荣。数据显示，目前Heco-Defi中的总锁仓量（TVL）已超过30亿枚。HPT挖矿现支持MDEX、CircleSwap、FilDA、LendHub、Channels、EarnDefi、Lavaswap、BeeSwap 、ATTN 、NFT-Hero 等项目，并在不断增加中。

火币矿池与CircleSwap达成合作，火币矿池全球生态通证HPT正式登陆CircleSwap并将于1月20日20:00开启HPT-USDT流动性挖矿，挖矿周期持续15天，共产出3500枚CIR。 火币矿池全球生态通证Huobi Pool Token（HPT），是基于火币全球生态通证HT的生态子通证。HPT发行总量约100亿，发行对象包括HT持有者和火币矿池社区用户等。HPT由火币矿池发行，创新性提出“挖矿即挖矿”。火币矿池为火币集团子品牌，是火币全球生态化战略的重要组成部分。 CircleSwap是全球首个将Circle（圈子）与Swap（交易）相结合，轻社交元素的互信型去中心化DeFi协议，旨在提供基于轻社交的去中心化交易、Circle影响力挖矿、Circle NFT流转以及Circle DAO治理的加密金融及衍生品服务平台。

据官方公告，Gate.io将于2021年1月4日（今日）下午17:00上线Circleswap（CIR）交易。风险提示：请务必注意价格变化，提前调整市场挂单，切勿追高。

根据链上统计数据，轻社交DeFi协议CircleSwap锁仓价值达到200万HT，折合约1000万美元。 火币生态链Huobi ECO Chain (Heco) 是一个去中心化高效节能公链，也是火币开放平台推出的首个产品，在支撑高性能交易的基础上，实现智能合约的兼容。自推出以来，HECO大力扶持生态内项目发展，现已有大量优质项目部署在其链上。 CircleSwap是将Circle（圈子）与Swap（交易）相结合，部署在HECO上的轻社交元素的互信型去中心化DeFi协议，旨在提供基于轻社交的去中心化交易、Circle影响力挖矿、Circle NFT流转以及Circle DAO治理的加密金融交易平台。 截止发稿前，HT 24小时内涨幅超过22%。

基于互信关系的轻社交去中心化DeFi协议CircleSwap已上线火币生态链HECO，同时流动性挖矿已正式启动。CircleSwap将Circle（圈子）与Swap（交易）相结合，旨在提供基于轻社交的去中心化交易、Circle影响力挖矿、Circle NFT交易以及Circle DAO治理的DeFi协议。

星球日报讯 Circles发推表示，根据基本收入地球网络（BIEN）的定义，UBI具有5个核心特征：通用、无条件、定期、个人、现金支付。而Circles和UBI定义有和不同？基本收入的普遍性在国家民族的政治边界内被理论化，它的世界以国家边界和公民身份结束。Circles是超局部的，它的范围可能是地球，以对它所居住的技术的访问而结束。UBI的无条件性是其最解放的方面。如果国家无条件地向所有人发放货币，国家将如何转型？Circles的无条件取决于人们花在他们需要的东西上的能力，这就是自下而上的民主进程。Circles的共同生产每天都会周期性地发生，这意味着每个人都会平等地创造货币，加上一个隐含的通货膨胀率来阻止囤积。它是货币创造和经济理论的新范式。现金通常被认为是国家的货币汇票，即国家的承诺，是匿名的。 Circles为数字交换手段（一种潜在的数字现金）提供了一种替代的价值架构，该数字现金由社区信任支持，没有债务。

CirclesUBI发推表示，Circles并没有上线Uniswap，请用户不要在上面买名为“Circles”的代币。CirclesUBI系统本身没有单一的Circles代币，Circles并不是通用的可互换代币，注：在Circles注册的用户都会有他们自己版本的Circles代币，因此，CirclesUBI系统中的代币本身的设计决定其不会是投机性资产。