News
Today 36,000 BTC options with a 0.9 Put Call Ratio, a $45,000 Maxpain point and a $1.68 billion notional value are set to expire. Similarly, 262,000 ETH options, carrying a 0.64 Put Call Ratio, a $2,400 Maxpain point, and a $680 million notional value, are also due for expiry. Link
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, expressed support for an Ethereum ETF in a CNBC interview today, viewing it as a step towards tokenization, which he believes is the future trajectory. He also clarified his view of cryptocurrency, noting it as an asset class rather than a currency. Link
SkyArk Chronicles, a 3A gaming platform, recently secured $15 million in funding. The round was headed by Binance Labs, with notable contributions from entities such as; VividThree, GuildFi, Jambo and BreederDAO. Individual investors included people such as Bryan Pellegrino of LayerZero, Wangarian from Tangent Ventures and S.Y. Lee, CEO of Story Protocol. Link
Grayscale transferred 4,000 BTC, valued at $183 million, to a deposit address at Coinbase Prime. Notably, the fee for Grayscale's Spot Bitcoin ETF stands at 1.5%, significantly higher than many competitors. This move might indicate investors either reallocating their holdings to different ETFs or engaging in regular sales. Link
Protocol Developments
$OP - Yesterday the Optimism Collective awarded 30 million $OP tokens to contributors involved in developing the public goods that sustain the network. Link
$APT - 2.48% of total supply is unlocked today. Link
$APE - Apecoin Dao discusses a prospective zk-Powered Polygon Layer-2 to support ApeCoin growth. Link
Exploits:
Wise Lending was exploited for ~170 ETH today. Link
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