π’ Alpha Offerings
Saturn Testnet: Earn $1000-$1500 by opening Unisat Wallet, switching to Taproot BTC Testnet, and completing tasks. Get in here
iLoop Airdrop: Earn $500-$800 by connecting your Solana address, joining a community with the code "K7EHL1AU7," and completing quests. Claim here
βοΈ Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame
Hall of Shame: Over half a billion in crypto laundered via Tornado Cash in 2024 π. Read more here
Hall of Shame: DeSci project Pump Science exploited following private key leak π‘οΈ. Read more here
π What Moved in the Crypto World Today
UK Pension Fund allocates Β£1.5M to Bitcoin in an industry first. Read more here
Marathon adds another 700 BTC to holdings and plans further purchases with $160M reserve. Read more here
Crypto exchange OKX rolls out services in Belgium to strengthen its European presence. Read more here
π§ Project Updates
Tether ends support for EURT stablecoin amid MiCA compliance. Read more here
MetaMask integrates Venmo to enhance fiat-to-crypto onramp options. Read more here
DeFi derivatives protocol Cega to sunset platform by the end of the year following acquisition. Read more here
πΌ Funding Announcements
Partior: Blockchain payment network raised $20M in a Series B funding round led by Deutsche Bank. Read more here
Schuman Financial: Euro-backed MiCA-compliant stablecoin raised $7.36M in a Seed funding round led by RockawayX. Read more here
Rarimo: Privacy-first ZK social protocol raised $2.50M from Vitalik Buterin, Keone Hon, Nick White, and others. Read more here
π Whale Movements
Whale 0x718 withdrew 150B PEPE ($2.92M) and 60B SHIB ($1.51M) from Binance π³. More details here
Whale 0x41d sold 243,699 INJ ($7.39M) via Bybit and CoW Protocol. More details here
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