Web3 Daily | Vitalik and StarkWare participated in zkEVM Kakarot investment; Ctrip Overseas Edition launched its first NFT series

23-06-02 22:02
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Top News:

1. zkEVM Kakarot has completed its Pre-Seed round of financing, with participation from Vitalik Buterin, StarkWare, and others.

2. Data: Bitcoin miners earned a total of 916.6 million US dollars in May, representing a 13.7% increase compared to the previous month.

3. Ctrip's overseas version has launched its first NFT series, Trekki, which will be sold in blind boxes in Q3.

4. Google Cloud partners with Voltage to allow customers to create Bitcoin and Lightning Network nodes in Google Cloud.

5、RSS3 has supported the Lens Protocol L3 solution Momoka.

6. Microsoft signs multi-billion dollar artificial intelligence computing power agreement with former Ethereum mining company CoreWeave.


Project Updates


携程海外版推出首个 NFT 系列 Trekki,将于 Q3 进行盲盒销售 Translation:

Ctrip's overseas version launches the first NFT series Trekki, which will be sold in blind boxes in Q3.


According to official sources, Ctrip's overseas version has launched its first NFT series, Trekki, which includes 10,000 NFTs featuring dolphin cartoons. The series is now open for registration on the Trekki website and will be sold through blind boxes in the third quarter of 2023. Trekki is classified based on its scarcity, with each NFT having a unique character and various travel backgrounds. It is reported that Trekki will have gamification growth mechanisms, and the more a holder travels, the more benefits they can unlock through Trekki.


BRC-20 Token Staking Project Arkstart is currently undergoing IDO, with the fundraising amount exceeding 100 BTC.


According to official sources, the BRC-20 Token staking project Arkstart has started its IDO on the BisoSwap platform. The event has been ongoing for 6 hours and has attracted over 1100 participants, raising over 100 BTC. The IDO will end tonight at 12:00. Arkstart aims to establish a sustainable staking ecosystem using a unique staking mechanism and economic model. Its native token, "arks," has been integrated into advanced staking features, bringing value to BRC-20 Tokens. Users can earn Aras Tokens as rewards by staking arks.


Foreign media: Baoyu Capital will no longer participate in any way in Huobi affairs


According to Protos, Hong Kong-based asset management company About Capital Management stated to the media in May that the company "will no longer participate in any way in Huobi's affairs" and refused to provide further explanation regarding Huobi's acquisition by the cryptocurrency exchange platform in October last year.

BlockBeats previously reported that Justin Sun spent about $1 billion through About Capital Management to acquire approximately 60% of Huobi's equity in November 2022.


OpenAI CTO has deleted the previous token airdrop tweet, suspected account theft


OpenAI's Chief Technology Officer, Mira Murati's Twitter account was suspected to have been hacked and used to promote cryptocurrency scams. The account has since been deleted along with previous tweets supporting a token airdrop eligibility through an attached link, which was powered by an AI language model.

Twitter's Trust and Safety Officer, Ella Irwin, announced her departure from Twitter on Thursday.


Asset management company Yibo Financial plans to list its Bitcoin spot fund in the form of an ETF in Hong Kong


According to the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, asset management company Yibo Financial plans to apply for a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license and a Type 7 license (providing automated trading services) from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. At the same time, they are in discussions with several ETF issuers and the Securities and Futures Commission, with plans to list their Bitcoin spot fund as an ETF in Hong Kong.


Microsoft signs multi-billion dollar artificial intelligence computing agreement with former Ethereum mining company CoreWeave


According to sources cited by CNBC, Microsoft has signed an artificial intelligence computing agreement with former Ethereum mining company CoreWeave, which could be worth (at least) billions of dollars. Both Microsoft and CoreWeave declined to comment. As previously reported by BlockBeats, on April 22, CoreWeave announced that it had completed a Series B financing round worth $221 million with a valuation of $2 billion, led by Magnetar Capital, with participation from Nvidia, former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, and former Apple executive Daniel Gross. Based in New York, CoreWeave specializes in providing cloud computing services based on graphics processing units (GPUs) and has become a core provider of artificial intelligence (AI) services such as OpenAI's ChatGPT.


Coinbase derivative trading platform will launch institutional futures products on June 5, including Bitcoin and Ethereum contracts.


The cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase announced that its derivatives trading platform, Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, which is regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will launch its institutional futures products on June 5th, including Bitcoin and Ethereum contracts.

The Coinbase Bitcoin (BTI) futures contract and Coinbase Ether (ETI) futures contract have a size of 1 BTC and 10 ETH per contract, respectively, and can be traded through third-party futures commission merchants (FCMs) and brokers.


zkSync: zkSync Era network optimization upgrade completed


zkSync officials have stated that "optimization upgrades for the zkSync Era network have been completed and the system is operating normally as expected."


RSS3 has supported Lens Protocol L3 solution Momoka


RSS3 has announced its support for the Lens Protocol L3 extension solution Momoka. At the same time, the RSS3 ecosystem project - the AI-powered Web3 search engine Hoot.it - has also fully supported Momoka. Users only need to enter a 0x address, Lens Handle, or any keyword to search for any content on Momoka through Hoot.it.


Momoka is a hybrid settlement L3 developed on the Lens Protocol-based Optimistic Rollup, which increases network throughput while reducing costs and ensuring user social data sovereignty. The integration of Momoka with the RSS3 network will promote open, efficient, and secure information flow. Through the RSS3 API, developers can obtain standardized data, achieve seamless bridging of Web3 data, and drive the development of AI, search, feed streams, and other applications.


Google Cloud partners with Voltage to allow customers to create Bitcoin and Lightning Network nodes on Google Cloud


Google Cloud has partnered with Lightning as a Service (LaaS) provider Voltage, allowing customers to create Bitcoin and Lightning Network nodes in Google Cloud.

It is reported that Voltage aims to provide Lightning Network solutions for enterprises, enabling real-time payment settlements at almost zero cost, allowing organizations to send and receive payments simultaneously and create new experiences and business models.


SKALE will launch a decentralized zero-knowledge proof solution called Levitation Protocol.


Ethereum sidechain SKALE Network developers announced the launch of a decentralized zero-knowledge proof solution called Levitation Protocol. The aim is to seamlessly connect the full suite of ZK solutions to the SKALE architecture and connect Rollup to the Ethereum mainnet.

The proposal includes further ecosystem upgrades, adding a new "Layer 1 Megachain" called SKALE G (G stands for Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system), strengthened by ZK Rollups.


OKX Web3 Wallet Cryptopedia Phase 2 is now live, launching the SuiSwap reward campaign.


According to official sources, the OKX Web3 wallet's Learn to Earn tool Cryptopedia's second phase has been launched. SuiSwap has initiated a reward session, and users who complete any Sui network token exchange on the OKX Web3 wallet will have the chance to share in the Cryptopedia special rewards. It is reported that Cryptopedia will regularly launch activities with different blockchain networks as themes, and work with partners to set up DApp interactive tasks, with the aim of discovering and aggregating potential projects.


In addition, addresses participating in the interaction may be eligible for rewards for the corresponding network and DApp, and users holding NFTs will have the opportunity to receive additional rewards.

It is reported that OKX Web3 wallet transactions now support Sui Network, allowing users to conduct coin-to-coin transactions. A cross-chain bridge on the Sui chain will also be launched to provide users with cross-chain transaction functionality that supports Sui.


PancakeSwap officially launches Pancake Protectors on its NFT marketplace.


The decentralized trading platform PancakeSwap has announced that it has launched its official NFT series "Pancake Protectors" on its NFT market, where users can trade both common and exclusive Pancake Protectors NFTs.

It is reported that this NFT can enhance game characters and be securely stored in wallets. Currently, PancakeSwap has distributed common NFTs to top players during the testing period, and exclusive NFTs will be launched after the first season. In addition, additional common and exclusive NFTs will be continuously released through a seasonal lottery system.


Silvergate Bank has agreed to the Federal Reserve's order and will submit a self-liquidation plan within 10 days.


According to The Block, crypto-friendly bank Silvergate Bank has agreed to the Federal Reserve's order to submit a self-liquidation plan to California's financial regulatory agency within 10 days.


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Data: An address applied for 15.55 million 1INCH and transferred 3 million of them to Binance


According to Lookonchain data, an address starting with 0x7459 claimed 15.55 million 1INCH tokens and transferred 3 million of them to Binance about half an hour ago, worth approximately $1.1 million. Earlier today, BlockBeats reported that 249,807,669.19 1INCH tokens, worth approximately $101 million and accounting for 16.654% of the total supply, would be unlocked at 8:00 am.


Data: Bitcoin miners earned $916.6 million in May, up 13.7% month-on-month


According to The Block Research data, Bitcoin miners earned a mining revenue of $916.6 million in May, a 13.7% increase from the previous month, including over $120 million in transaction fees. In addition, the number of Bitcoin transactions in May also increased significantly, reaching 16.9 million transactions.


Funding


zkEVM Kakarot completed Pre-Seed round of financing, with participation from Vitalik Buterin, StarkWare, and others


Based on CairoVM, modular zkEVM Kakarot announced on Twitter that it has completed its Pre-Seed round of financing. The specific amount of financing is unknown. Vitalik Buterin, StarkWare, Node Guardians co-founder and CEO Sam Benyakoub, LambdaClass, Zama CEO Rand Hindi, Starknet co-founder Fricoben, FuzzingLabs and others participated in the investment.


Aleo ecosystem crypto wallet development platform Demox Labs completes $4.5 million financing, led by HackVC


According to Axios, the cryptocurrency wallet development platform Demox Labs has completed a $4.5 million financing round, led by HackVC.

It is reported that Demox Labs will support the development of various products for the programmable privacy network Aleo. Demox Labs' first product is the privacy-protecting wallet Leo Wallet, and they have already created a set of smart contract development tools called Truffle.


Web3 full-stack game solution COMBO launches $80 million ecological fund


Web3 full-stack game solution COMBO announced the launch of the COMBO ecosystem fund. The COMBO team has allocated $80 million to the ecosystem fund, which will be provided to developers creating Web3 games on COMBO.

In addition to funding, the ecosystem fund also provides developers with the opportunity to access advisors and senior professionals in the gaming industry who can help guide successful applicants through the Web3 game development process.


Regulation


In May, the seasonally adjusted non-farm employment in the United States increased by 339,000, exceeding the expected 190,000.


The seasonally adjusted non-farm employment in the United States in May was 339,000, with an expected value of 190,000 and a previous value of 253,000. (Jin10)


The probability of the Fed maintaining interest rates in June is basically consistent with before the announcement


According to CME's "FedWatch Tool", the probability of the Fed keeping interest rates unchanged in June is 72.5%, while the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike is 27.5%. The probability of maintaining interest rates at the current level in July is 36.6%, with a cumulative probability of a 25 basis point rate hike at 48.9% and a cumulative probability of a 50 basis point rate hike at 14.5%. (Jin10)


The US Senate will accelerate the vote on the debt ceiling bill this morning.


The majority leader of the US Senate, Schumer, said that senators reached an agreement on Thursday to accelerate the vote on the debt ceiling agreement bill previously promoted by Biden and Speaker of the House McCarthy on Thursday evening (early morning Beijing time); June 5th will be the deadline for the US default.


 Shumo said that the Senate will vote on several amendments; the Senate leader's goal is to pass the bill without modifying its content so that it can be directly submitted to Biden for signing. The agreement allows senators to propose 11 amendments to the bill, and it is expected that none of the amendments will be passed, but there will still be a brief debate and vote. (Jinshi)


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