PA Daily | ANIME will allocate 50.5% of tokens to the community; AICC fell by more than 50%
Reprinted from panewslab
01/13/2025·29days agoToday’s news tips:
Upbit will terminate Steem Dollar trading support on February 12, SBD fell 9.5% temporarily
AICC fell below $0.06, down 50.8% in 24 hours
Solayer community sale postponed to January 16th
Wintermute Lianchuang: When prices rise, market makers usually sell in CeFi and buy back in DeFi
Regulation/Macro
Zuckerberg calls on Trump to block huge EU fines on U.S. tech companies
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called on incoming U.S. President Donald Trump to step in and stop the European Union from imposing antitrust fines on U.S. technology companies, Politico reported. He said on Joe Rogan's podcast that the EU has fined U.S. technology companies more than $30 billion over the past 20 years, describing these fines as "almost like tariffs" and accusing the Biden administration of failing to effectively deal with the problem. Zuckerberg believes that the strength of American technology companies is the country's strategic advantage, and the new government should take measures to protect these companies from overseas restrictions. He also hinted that Meta’s recent termination of its third-party fact-checking program and diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) project may be to cater to the policy direction of the Trump administration.
Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by 0.61% to 110.45 T, setting another record high
CloverPool data shows that Bitcoin mining difficulty ushered in a mining difficulty adjustment at block height 878,976 (2025-1-13 04:01:51). The mining difficulty was raised by 0.61% to 110.45 T, setting another record high. The current average computing power of the entire network is 1.19 ZH/s.
Financing
AI-powered crypto exchange VOOX secures $50 million from Pinnacle Capital
According to Cointelegraph, AI-driven crypto exchange VOOX announced that it has received $50 million in investment from Pinnacle Capital. This round of financing will be mainly used for infrastructure construction, strengthening security measures, and strengthening marketing efforts to attract users. At the same time, VOOX will accelerate its integration with artificial intelligence and actual needs. Additionally, Pinnacle Capital will provide strategic guidance to ensure VOOX meets key regulatory compliance requirements while optimizing its business model for sustainable growth. According to reports, VOOX Exchange is an AI-driven crypto exchange founded in 2022 and headquartered in Singapore. The platform offers cryptocurrency spot trading, margin trading, futures trading, copy trading, and AI trading strategies designed to optimize user returns.
Alpen Labs, the financial infrastructure on the Bitcoin chain, announced the completion of US$8.5 million in strategic financing. DBA and Cyber Fund co-led the investment. Ribbit Capital, Castle Island Ventures and Geometry were the largest investors in its seed round and participated in this round of financing. China once again supports Alpen. This round of funding will help it accelerate the development of the Bitcoin ZK Rollup “Strata” and release it to the mainnet in 2025. According to reports, Strata will be launched as an open platform designed to expand and promote the use of Bitcoin, which will unlock many practical features for Bitcoin: simple self-custody, intuitive and privacy-protecting payments, interoperability, and Bitcoin-based Supported lending and stablecoins, as well as many other on-chain applications. Strata will be available to the public starting next month with the upcoming testnet release. Previously, it was reported in April last year that Bitcoin L2 developer Alpen Labs completed US$10.6 million in financing, with Ribbit Capital leading the investment.
According to CryptoSlate, innovative platform Oh has completed a $4.5 million seed round of financing and plans to empower the creator economy through the integration of AI and Web3 technology. This round of financing was led by well-known institutions such as Tangent, Big Brain Holdings, and Kosmos Ventures, and was supported by angel investors such as Yan Liberman of Delphi Ventures. Oh focuses on providing disruptive solutions for creators and users through the personalization capabilities of AI and the decentralization and censorship-resistant features of Web3. Its core products include the AI-driven OhChat, which has users in 174 countries. In the future, it will launch "superModels" - the next generation of AI digital creators with dynamic interaction and social capabilities.
The platform plans to launch ecological tokens on the Solana blockchain in the first quarter of this year to provide creators and communities with a new model of staking rewards, tokenized revenue, and shared ownership.
AI
According to Bloomberg, US AI start-up financing will reach US$97 billion in 2024, accounting for nearly half of the total start-up financing for the year, a record high. Several companies, including xAI and OpenAI, have completed billions of dollars in financing to drive this growth. Global AI investment accounts for 35.7% of total venture capital investment. At the same time, start-up financing in Europe and Asia dropped to US$61.6 billion and US$75.9 billion respectively, indicating that resources are more concentrated in the field of AI.
Project news
Upbit will terminate Steem Dollar trading support on February 12, SBD fell 9.5% temporarily
Upbit announced that it will terminate trading support for Steem Dollar (SBD) at 17:00 on February 12, 2025. This end of trading support applies to the SBD/KRW and SBD/BTC markets. According to Coingecko data, SBD fell 9.5% in a short period, which may be affected by this.
According to monitoring by The Data Nerd, Huang Licheng (Machibigbrother) deposited 1,000 ETH (approximately US$3.22 million) to Binance about 40 minutes ago. The latest data shows that there are only 11 million FRIEND tokens (approximately $597,000) left in its wallet. Previous news and data: Huang Licheng is still continuing to buy FRIEND and has incurred a floating loss of US$15 million.
Community sales platform Buidlpad announced that it will postpone the start time of Solayer community sales subscription to January 16, 2025 at 10:00 (UTC) because the number of registrations far exceeded expectations, reaching 15 times the expected number. In order to ensure fair distribution and protect the interests of real supporters, the project will suspend KYC services and strengthen protective measures to deal with robots and farms, and may adjust the subscription form. This community sale aims to establish long-term connections between developers and the community, and the first batch of LAYER token distribution will be exclusive to community members. Earlier today, Buidlpad also tweeted to emphasize that the Solayer community sales are only open to real community members. Robots and farms will not be eligible to participate, and called on related behaviors to stop wasting time and invest their energy elsewhere. The project party will strictly maintain the fairness of sales and ensure that the interests of supporters are not affected.
Bithumb Announces Listing of Zircuit (ZRC) South Korean Won Trading Pair
According to Bithumb’s announcement, ZRC (Zircuit) will be launched on the Korean won market on January 13th, supporting Zircuit network recharge (other networks are not supported). Recharge and withdrawal will be opened within 2 hours of the announcement, and transactions will be held at 4 p.m. that day (South Korea) time) start.
According to ANIME’s official announcement, $ANIME tokens will be launched on Ethereum and Arbitrum in January 2025, with 50.5% allocated to the community. ANIME aims to transform the animation ecosystem into a community-owned creative economy through cooperation with decentralized brands such as Azuki, providing participation opportunities for more than 1 billion animation fans. Members of communities such as Hyperliquid, Kaito and Arbitrum will be able to participate in token claims, and more details will be announced soon. Azuki also announced its cooperation with the Animecoin Foundation to jointly promote the construction of an open animation universe. The Azuki community has proven the unique value of Web3 for IP incubation through decentralized brand building, the creation of more than 100 sub-communities, global community activities and rich fan creations. The partnership includes the upcoming Anime.com and the $ANIME token, aiming to transform anime fans from passive consumers into true owners of culture.
point of view
Wintermute Lianchuang: When prices rise, market makers usually sell in CeFi and buy back in DeFi
Yoann Turpin, co-founder of market maker Wintermute, shared her views on price discovery and market neutrality. He pointed out that price discovery is the process in which the market continues to find the true price of an asset. In the encryption field, it mainly occurs in CeFi and OTC markets, while in DeFi it is rarer and only occurs when the token supply is launched, such as on platforms such as Pump.fun. , due to the small size of the token, Wintermute did not participate. Market neutrality means that participants do not benefit from rising or falling prices. This strategy helps market makers maintain inventory balance. When the price rises, market makers usually sell in CeFi and buy back in DeFi; otherwise, they buy in CeFi and sell back in DeFi, ensuring that all parties in the market pay roughly the same price. Turpin also said that despite supporting the DeFi ecosystem, to achieve more price discovery, the user experience needs to be significantly improved and new users need to be prioritized to enter the DeFi field.
important data
AICC fell below $0.06, down 50.8% in 24 hours
According to GMGN.AI market data, AICC fell below US$0.06, down 50.8% in 24 hours, and is now quoted at US$0.005931. In addition, according to lmk.fun monitoring, $AICC has continued to fall after its market value reached a peak of $400 million two days ago. A large investor previously tried to buy the bottom at a price of about $0.12, but has now suffered a loss of $160,000, a drop of 40%. .
Arthur Hayes destashed 7.95 million ENA from Ethena and later transferred it to Binance and Bybit
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Arthur Hayes released 7.95 million $ENA from Ethena, worth approximately $6.54 million. He subsequently transferred 7.9 million $ENA (approximately $6.46 million) to Binance and Bybit, and 125,826 $ENA (approximately $102,700) to his other wallets. This operation is expected to bring him a profit of approximately US$5.42 million.
Aave: ZKsync Era market grew 160% in the past week
Aave posted that the ZKSync Era market has grown by 160% in the past week. To support this growth, Aave will increase the supply and lending caps of ZK, USDC, and WETH based on recommendations from Chaos Labs.
Bitcoin network gas fee drops to 2 satoshis/byte, about $0.26
Mempool.space data shows that the current transaction fee (Gas fee) of the Bitcoin network has dropped to 2 Satoshi/byte, which is about $0.26.
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