Odaily News According to the latest comprehensive selection of the Best Cryptocurrency Exchanges in June 2025 released by the crypto media Coin Bureau, Gate stood out among many trading platforms with its extreme currency diversity and competitive transaction fees, and won the honors of "Best Cryptocurrency Selection" and "Best for Altcoins". At the same time, Gate was also rated as the "Best Fiat Support" exchange for its convenient deposit and withdrawal services supporting more than 50 legal currencies, winning multiple honors and fully demonstrating its comprehensive strength in the global market.

Odaily News According to official news, Limited, a new generation of financial technology company that provides self-custodial stablecoin banking services, announced the completion of a $7 million seed round of financing. This round of financing was led by North Island Ventures, with participation from SevenX Ventures, Third Prime, Arche Capital, and Collab+Currency.

Odaily News The number of users of the Bitcoin ecological incentive protocol Taker mainnet officially exceeded the 5 million milestone today, and the "Bitcoin Seeding Action", a TAKER token incentive plan with a total value of 30 million, was simultaneously launched. The plan is implemented through its on-chain incentive platform Taker Sowing. Users can obtain diamond points for redemption rewards by holding BTC ecological assets (including mainnet native BTC, LSDs, etc.) and completing ecological tasks. The project's previous financing was led by Electric Capital and Digital Currency Group (DCG), with participation from Dragonfly Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Spartan and other institutions.

Odaily News Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Grayscale's parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG), said on the podcast "Journey Man" that his highest-yielding investment was holding Bitcoin, not investing in crypto startups. When he discovered Bitcoin in 2011, the price of each Bitcoin was about $7-8. As the price of Bitcoin began to climb, he shifted his investment focus to investing in emerging cryptocurrency companies like Coinbase and used Bitcoin to fund these transactions. But in hindsight, just holding Bitcoin is better than anything else. (FinanceFeeds)

Odaily News According to official news, UXLINK announced that it has joined the Stanford University Future Digital Currency Initiative (FDCI) and become an official member of Stanford FDCI. UXLINK, as one of the world's largest social infrastructures and platforms, has been committed to promoting the large-scale adoption of Web3 and promoting the overall growth of the industry. Stanford University, as the world's top research institution and the cradle of countless entrepreneurs, its "Future of Digital Currency Initiative" (FDCI) under the Department of Computer Science focuses on exploring the emerging role of digital currency in enhancing global financial inclusion. This vision is highly consistent with UXLINK's mission. The strategic cooperation with Stanford FDCI reflects UXLINK's firm commitment to continue to invest in research and development and directly address these challenges. Through this cooperation, UXLINK will work together to promote innovation and help achieve the ambitious goal of global financial inclusion.

<p>Odaily News ZKP technology startup Ligero has completed a $4 million seed round of financing, which was co-led by Galaxy Ventures and 1kx, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Nascent, Anagram, Robot Ventures, Digital Currency Group and ZKV. The company started this round of financing in March 2024 and ended in July 2024. The structure of the seed round of financing is a simple agreement for future equity (SAFE) with token warrants, with a valuation cap of $20 million. There are currently no plans to launch tokens. (TheBlock)</p>

<p>Odaily News Regarding the statement that “BTC on-chain transaction volume is far from the 2021 level”, CZ wrote on X: “My intuition is that due to high fees and long block times, BTC is now more of a reserve asset than a transaction currency. A lot of new funds are buying ETFs, which are not reflected in on-chain transactions. I may be wrong.”</p>

<p>Odaily News Bullish Global, a cryptocurrency exchange operator whose backers include billionaire Peter Thiel, is considering an initial public offering as early as this year and is working with Jefferies Financial Group Inc. on a potential listing, according to people familiar with the matter.<br/> Deliberations are ongoing, details of the IPO could change and more banks could join the lineup, the people added.<br/> Bullish, which acquired CoinDesk from Digital Currency Group in 2023 for an undisclosed amount, is led by CEO Tom Farley and has more than 275 employees with offices in the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands, according to its website.<br/> Bullish is a subsidiary of blockchain software company Block.one, whose backers include Thiel, Alan Howard, Louis Bacon and Richard Li, according to an earlier statement. Block.one co-founder and CEO Brendan Blumer, who also serves as Bullish&#39;s chairman, founded the company in 2021 and funded it with about $10 billion in digital assets and cash. (Bloomberg)</p>

<p>Odaily星球日报讯&nbsp;灰度母公司 Digital Currency Group（DCG）宣布成为去中心化 AI 训练平台 FLock.io 的训练与验证节点。作为训练与验证节点的关键运营者，DCG 将深度参与 FLock 生态建设，助力 AI Infra 的发展，并且 DCG 持有大量 FLOCK 代币。<br/>除 DCG 外，Flock.io 的其他知名机构节点运营者还包括 Tensorplex （Bittensor 网络中最大的矿工之一）和 A41 （韩国最大节点运营商）等。<br/>2024 年 12 月，FLock.io 完成 300 万美元战略轮融资，DCG 领投，Lightspeed Faction 追投一轮，以及其他战略合作伙伴包括 Animoca Brands、Fenbushi Capital、GnosisVC、GSR Ventures、OKCoinJapan、Bas1s Ventures 和 A41 参投，截至目前该公司累计融资 1100 万美元。<br/></p>

<p>Odaily星球日报讯&nbsp;加密风投机构 Digital Currency Group（DCG）已决定将其 Foundry 挖矿业务拆分为两个独立实体，分别是 Fortitude Mining 和 Foundry。</p><p>Fortitude Mining 将容纳 Foundry 以前的自挖矿业务和物理基础设施。另一方面，Foundry 将维持其矿池运营和其他比特币挖矿服务业务线。</p><p>DCG 在股东信中指出，其正在对业务进行调整，以适应未来的增长。信中写道：“我们相信（Fortitude）作为一家独立企业会更加强大，因此我们将其分拆为 DCG 的全资子公司。”</p><p>为了让过渡更加顺利，DCG 将把 Foundry 的一些领导层带入新子公司。为了获得进一步的支持和筹集资金，DCG 计划从外部招聘其他员工。Fortitude 已经要求托管服务提供商向新实体开具发票，这已经持续了至少一个月。（Blockspace）</p><p>此前消息，知情人士披露，全球最大的比特币矿池 Foundry 在计划重组期间裁员 27%，涉及&nbsp;Foundry 在美国 16%的员工以及印度部分团队。</p>