February 8, 2024

Ark Invest Wants To Add Staking To Its Spot ETH ETF: Will The SEC Approve?

Cathie Wood’s asset manager Ark Invest wants to bake staking into its proposed Ethereum Spot ETF – a feature that could revolutionize how the product is evaluated by Wall Street. In an amended S-1 application form filed on Wednesday, Ark included a lengthy passage about what the Ethereum network is and how it stays decentralization,...
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积分卫士

我最近读了一本关于东印度公司(EIC)历史的引人入胜的书,书名是《无政府状态》,作者是威廉·达尔里姆普尔。对于那些不熟悉这一欧洲殖民主义章节的人来说,EIC是一家获得皇家特许状和在英国与印度次大陆之间的贸易垄断权的合股公司。这个最初只是一个脆弱而贫穷的商业企业,在各位印度统治者的心血支持下艰难生存,经过几个世纪的发展,最终征服了整个次大陆,为英属印度的统治奠定了基础。这段统治始于19世纪末,一直延续到1947年。 当人们得知EIC采用了不光彩的方法来提取其巨额利润时,公司的某些成员被召到英国议会接受质询。幸运的是,因为许多高级议会成员也是EIC的股东,所以几乎没有或根本没有任何惩罚被执行。事实上,EIC多次因过度负债而请求政府,并获得政府的紧急援助。EIC是第一家「大到不能倒」的公司,当时的政治家们就像今天的一样……使用公共资金来救助私人公司,以谋取个人利益。实际上,是将收益私有化,但损失社会化。 EIC之所以与加密货币相关,是因为我想谈谈加密项目所有权结构和筹资方法的演变。我将讨论比特币、ICO、流动性挖矿,最后是积分。这篇论文的目标是解释为什么以积分作为吸引用户的方式,是从过去的参与和筹款方法中自然演进而来的。许多Maelstrom的投资组合公司将在2024年推出他们的代币,你可以预期性感积分计划将促使人们使用它们的协议。因此,我想谈谈为什么积分存在以及它们将如何在这个周期内推动采用。 Web 2与Web 3 不论是加密货币领域还是其他领域,股东/代币持有者的身份以及他们所被承诺的内容,对于任何商业企业的成功都非常重要。我将特别比较和对比Web 2科技初创企业和Web 3加密初创企业在筹款和获取用户方面的方式。 无论你是创立一个Web 2还是Web 3初创公司,你的业务最具挑战性和成本最高的方面是获取和保留用户。在Web 2中,这在2010年到2020年间最为普遍,一个风投基金会寻找具有一定初步动力的初创公司,随后为这些初创企业提供现金资本作为加速器,让初创公司可以疯狂地获取用户。通常这意味着免费或远低于实际成本的服务。还记得当打车应用程序都在为市场份额而激烈争斗,车费异常便宜的那个时候吗?这一切都是用数十亿美元的风投资金支付的。 对于风险投资公司来说,彩虹的尽头是一次成功的首次公开募股(IPO)。IPO首次允许普通人拥有一家成功的Web 2公司的一部分。IPO是在传统金融中,把股票抛售给零售的方式。普通人被各种规定禁止众筹早期阶段的Web 2公司。具有讽刺意味的是,创造成功公司的众多普通用户被禁止拥有其中的一部分。 超过90%的新公司都会失败。投资早期阶段的Web 2公司是一种把钱全部亏光的做法。尽管如此,大多数投资者,在正态分布的意义上,都认为自己是一位3-sigma交易员,尽管他们似乎总是获得平均水平的回报。这意味着普通用户在事后总是希望能确保早期参与到成功的项目,但当他们在众多失败案例中不可避免地亏损时,却会变得愤怒不已。这时,普通人会指责政府,因为在我们这个时代,普通人认为政府的工作就是替他们生活。我不怪他们有这种信念,政治家们都在努力描绘这样一幅画面:如果你支持他们,生活中就永远不会出错。从证券监管者的角度看,允许穷人众筹早期阶段的公司没有任何好处。每出现一个Facebook,就会有1000个MySpace。为什么要因为你允许一群普通人在一个烂公司上花掉他们的工资而被解雇,从而失去晋升的机会?这些烂公司通常是通过一家没有信誉的公司推销员的诱导而购买的。 这就是我对为什么普通人不被允许集体投资早期公司的同情理由。我的更加愤世嫉俗的解释是,传统金融的守门人从IPO过程中赚取了大量的费用。让我们列出IPO过程中谁会得到报酬: 承销IPO的投资银行从筹集的资本中抽取2%到7%。 律师们为准备和提交招股说明书及其他发行文件赚取数十万甚至数百万美元。当个文书工作从未如此赚钱。 审计和会计公司每笔交易都能赚取数十万美元,为创建经审计的财务报告。加强版的Quickbooks! 交易所收取高昂的上市费。有人想尝试一下纳斯达克实验室吗? 上述的卡特尔,热爱IPO。一年中几次成功的IPO确保了传统金融中每个人都会得到丰厚的奖金。但是,如果没有一群渴望购买但被排除在更早期以更便宜的价格投资的零,就不会有购买压力来创造一个成功的IPO。这就是为什么零售参与必须被保存在筹资生命周期的末尾而不是开始。 虽然这些费用可能看起来过分,但在比特币出现之前,没有其他有效的方式来公开筹资。客观地说,这个过程创造了许多非常重要、有用和盈利的公司。它有效。但是,让我们不要怀旧,向前看。 从用户的角度看,Web 2公司形成方式的主要问题是,使用产品或服务并不会增加你在提供它的公司中的股权。你不会因为在Instagram上浏览而获得Meta的股份。也不会因为在TikTok上观看像Cardie B那样跳舞的青少年而获得ByteDance的股份。这些中心化的公司获取你的注意力、你的行动、你的金钱,是的,他们提供了你享受的服务或产品,但仅此而已。即使你想投资,除非你富有且人脉广泛,否则你也无法做到。 参与 ≠ 所有权 比特币范式变化 比特币及其随后的加密资本市场的演变改变了这一点。从2009年——比特币创世区块开始——这样就有可能通过股权回报参与者。这就是我所说的Web 3初创公司。 在2010年可以在交易所购买比特币之前,获得它的唯一方式是通过挖矿。矿工通过消耗电力,验证交易,这创建并维护了网络。对于这项活动,他们以新铸造的比特币作为奖励。 参与 = 所有权 参与者或用户现在有了参与的利益。类似于东印度公司的例子,当用户参与其中时,他们将尽其所能来保护他们的投资。在EIC的案例中,这意味着为了利润而对战争和饥荒视而不见。在比特币的例子中,这意味着比特币的所有者希望将尽可能多的人转变为比特币用户。看我的激光眼睛,混蛋! 首次代币发行(ICO) 加密资本市场很快就认识到了一种以Web 2初创公司无法获得的方式来众筹科技初创公司。如果一个Web 3初创公司回避了作为所有权或治理权支付的法定货币,只接受比特币,那么它就可以绕过整个保护肮脏法定金融系统的传统金融卡特尔。为了筹集资金,一个项目启动了一个网站,宣布如果你给他们比特币,他们会给你代币,这些代币将来会做某事或给予某种经济权利。如果你相信这个团队有能力实现他们宣传的愿景,不到一个小时,你就可以拥有一个激动人心的新网络的一部分。 第一个进行ICO的重大项目是以太坊,在2014年。以太坊基金会预售Ether,这是其虚拟去中心化计算机的动力源泉,以比特币作为交换。在2015年,Ether被分发给买家。这是一次成功的ICO,基金会预售了其代币以筹集资金,这些资金被用来进一步开发网络。 ICO交易的数量和筹集的金额呈指数级增长。最成功的ICO是由EOS的创造者Blockone进行的。他们进行了一整年的ICO,并在当时的价格下筹集了40亿美元的Ether。EOS是ICO狂热的一个很好的例子,因为它筹集了最多的资金,而且它是一个几乎不工作的完全烂区块链。 随着时间的推移,项目变得更糟,但筹集的金额却越来越大。这是因为这是有史以来第一次,任何拥有互联网连接和一些加密货币的人,都可以拥有被宣传为下一个最热门科技初创企业的一部分。零售进入了游戏,并使许多加密兄弟变得非常富有。 ICO狂热在2017年秋天达到顶峰,当时中国监管机构明确禁止了它们。像云币这样的交易所一夜之间被关闭,许多从中国零售投资者那里筹集资金的项目退还了资金。全世界的监管机构急于保护竞争中的卡特尔,ICO无疑是一次进步,但我们可以做得更好。 ICO投资者给了钱,成为项目的积极营销代理。然而,仅仅因为你以高价出售了代币,并不意味着任何人实际上会使用你的产品。所有权只是金钱的函数,而不是协议的使用。ICO绝对是向前迈出的一步,但我们可以做得更好。 流动性挖矿 从北半球的角度来看,DeFi夏天始于2020年中期。在2018-2020年的熊市深处启动的一系列项目开始以有意义的方式被使用。这些项目的代币已经上市,因为许多这些项目要么进行了ICO,要么进行了代币预售,随后在2020年中期进行了公开的代币生成事件(TGE)。项目基金会分配了大量代币作为奖励,给执行有价值活动的社区成员。 这些项目中的许多都专注于借贷、放贷和交易,如Uniswap、AAVE和Compound。他们希望用户使用他们的协议借贷、放贷和/或交易他们的加密资产。作为回报,协议会发放即时自由交易的代币。因此,流动性挖矿诞生了。交易者在这些平台上借贷、放贷和交易加密货币,特别是为了赚取协议的治理代币。在许多情况下,交易员会亏钱,只是为了「挖矿」或赚取更多代币。因为代币价格上涨,基于市场价值计算,交易员看起来是在盈利。当然,这一切都假设你在顶部卖出,当然许多人没有,所有这些活动都是徒劳的。 从项目的角度来看,所有这些活动都增加了他们的交易量、锁定的总价值(TVL)和与协议互动的独特钱包数量。这些是说服投资者,DeFi正在工作并创建一个纯粹由代码在去中心化的虚拟计算机上运行的并行金融系统的指标。 参与 = 所有权...
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Points Guard

(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) I recently read a fascinating book about the history of the East India Company (EIC) called “The Anarchy” by...
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Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Appoints New CEO Weeks Following Short-Selling Report

Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 has announced a leadership transition roughly three weeks after an activist short-selling firm published a report containing allegations against the miner’s management practices and finances. According to an official release, former CEO Jaime Leverton will be immediately succeeded by Asher Genoot, who has served as Hut 8’s president since November...
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KIP Protocol Closes Strategic Funding Round Led by Animoca Ventures

[PRESS RELEASE – Hong Kong, China, February 8th, 2024] KIP Protocol, the Web3 base layer for artificial intelligence (AI), has successfully closed its strategic funding round led by Animoca Ventures. KIP Protocol builds secure and gas-efficient Web3 infrastructure that makes it possible for AI creators – whether app developers, model makers or data owners –...
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HELLO Labs Taps MarketAcross to Launch Crypto Reality Show

Web3 entertainment company HELLO Labs has entered a partnership with blockchain PR and content marketing agency MarketAcross to launch a crypto television series called Killer Whales. According to a press release seen by CryptoPotato, MarketAcross has become the official PR partner of Killer Whales and will help HELLO Labs propel the show’s entertaining narrative to...
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Best Token for Instant 20x Profits in February 2024

With hundreds of thousands of coins and tokens in circulation, standing out in the crypto market requires true innovation and utility. One project capturing the attention of investors in 2024 is Pandoshi (PAMBO), an eco-friendly and community-driven cryptocurrency on track to be a major disruptor in decentralized finance (DeFi).  What Sets Pandoshi Apart Pandoshi is...
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NBA Sued Over Crypto Marketing Deal Between Voyager and Mark Cuban

Investors claim the deal led to total losses of around $4.2 billion when the company collapsed during the crypto contagions of 2022. The lawsuit alleges the NBA was “grossly negligent” in agreeing to a marketing deal between Voyager and Mark Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks. Moreover, several NBA teams had deals to promote crypto companies like Voyager...
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Do Kwon Wins Second Appeal, Extradition Decision Overturned Again

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has won a second appeal against the Montenegro High Court’s decision to uphold extradition requests from both the U.S. and South Korea. The case will now head to the first-instance court for reconsideration based on the new ruling. Court of Appeals Overturns Extradition Decision Initially, Kwon had won an appeal...
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Kinetex Integrates 1inch to Boost Liquidity in Cross-Chain Swaps

[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, February 8th, 2024] The Kinetex team is proud to announce an integration with 1inch. Despite the numerous decentralized exchanges (DEXes) that have emerged in the market, users still require assistance in locating the appropriate liquidity and the most effective trading routes for their crypto assets. This is unsurprising, as the...
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Ethereum (ETH) Staking Reaches a Massive Milestone: Details

Ethereum’s staking has achieved a significant milestone, with approximately 25% of the entire ETH supply, equivalent to around 30 million coins, now being staked. Meanwhile, the ETH price has seen a 2.8% increase over the past day and is trading at $2,425. Ethereum Staking Soars On February 8, Lido, a prominent liquid staking platform, highlighted...
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Flood Raises $5.2 Million Seed Round to Democratize Ethereum’s Order Execution Led by Bain Capital Crypto

[PRESSS RELEASE – SAN FRANCISCO, United States, February 8th, 2024] Flood is enabling dApp developers to streamline, own, and monetize their order flow. Flood, a protocol for order routing, management, and settlement, announced today its $5.2M seed funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto with participation from Archetype and Robot Ventures. Flood provides decentralized application...
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Korea Blockchain Week 2024: A Gateway to Blockchain’s Future

[PRESS RELEASE – Seoul, Korea, February 8th, 2024] For the 7th year, Korea Blockchain Week 2024 (KBW2024), founded and hosted by FACTBLOCK and co-hosted by HASHED, is set to take place in Seoul, Korea from September 1-7, 2024. The flagship two-day conference, ‘KBW2024: IMPACT’, will be held at the Seoul Grand Walkerhill Hotel on September...
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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Will Never Drop Below $40K Again? PlanB’s Analysis

With almost all losses from the post-ETF-approval apocalypse already erased and the upcoming halving, which tends to serve as a catalyst for future price increases, the crypto community continues to speculate how high Bitcoin can go this year. PlanB, the popular analyst behind the Stock-to-Flow model, believes the asset will not go below $40,000 due...
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$4.00 by the End of 2024! $0.08 Presale Pushd (PUSHD) Sparks a Must-Buy as AVAX & DOT Get in Early!

The Pushd (PUSHD) presale, currently priced at $0.08 is causing a stir in the crypto world with predictions of its value soaring to $4.00 by the end of 2024. This forecast has spurred a rush among Avalanche (AVAX) and Polkadot (DOT) investors to get in early. This article will dive into the factors contributing to...
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Massive Ripple (XRP) Move Incoming This Week? 2 Metrics to Keep an Eye On

Ripple’s price has been trading within a relatively narrow range of around $0.50 for the past week, begging the question if there’s a massive move around the corner. From a technical perspective, there are two important metrics to keep an eye out for, but there’s also the fundamental side of things, so let’s have a...
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Now Live: The First Ever PIXEL Futures Contract with 2x Leverage

PIXEL, the native token of Pixels, a web3 game on the Ronin Network, is now available to trade on BitMEX via a new Tether-margined futures listing – PIXELUSDTG24. Pixels is a Binance Launchpool project and is expected to begin trading on 19 February 2024. PIXELUSDTG24 is Tether-margined and offers up to 2x leverage. Trading PIXELUSDTG24...
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Super Curious Findings About Ripple (XRP) Hack: What’s Going On?

At the end of January, Ripple was hacked. To be more precise, according to official statements, it was Chris Larsen – the co-founder – who saw his wallets compromised. In fact, the company has made it clear that nothing within its system is jeopardized. According to the official confirmation by Larsen, they were “able to...
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Crypto Exchange Execs Land 8-Year Jail Term for Embezzling Millions of Customer Deposits

A South Korean district court has sentenced the CEO and CTO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitsonic to eight years in prison for stealing millions of dollars in customer funds. According to a report from Yonhap News Agency, Chief Judge Lee Jong-chae sentenced Bitsonic CEO Jinwook Shin and CTO – identified as Bae – to seven and...
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