Forta has launched Firewall, a new web3 security tool designed to identify and prevent smart contract exploits.
Forta raised $23 million in 2021 and is backed by a16z, Coinbase Ventures and others.
https://www.theblock.co/post/327244/a16z-forta-firewall-smart-contract-exploits
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF options launch on Nasdaq today.
https://x.com/theblockupdates/status/1858595934264832459
💧 Top Memes by Social Performance Created in the Last 7 Days
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Judge rejects Kraken’s bid to challenge decision in SEC case
Kraken won’t get the chance to appeal a California District Court judge’s decision that found the SEC had adequately alleged it sold unregistered securities.
The SEC sued Kraken in November 2023, alleging it failed to register as an exchange, broker, dealer and clearing agency.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-judge-rejects-kraken-bid-appeal-sec-case
The auction of Monet’s Paysage has officially launched on Bounce Brand.
https://x.com/bounce_finance/status/1858721936597283093
Bithumb will list Raydium (RAY) and PONKE (PONKE)
https://feed.bithumb.com/notice/1645228
Donald Trump’s social media group Trump Media is in talks to acquire crypto trading venue Bakkt (BKKT), a crypto platform owned by Intercontinental Exchange.
https://watcher.guru/news/donald-trumps-trump-media-to-acquire-crypto-trading-site
Magic Eden has introduced the ME tokenomics
Total supply: 1 billion ME
Initial ME Claim at TGE: 12.5%
- This claim will reward users across Bitcoin, Solana, and EVM ecosystems who will be an integral part of ME DAO.
- This allocation will be fully unlocked at TGE and distributed to users via Magic Eden’s mobile dApp.
- Any amounts that are left unclaimed will go back to ME stakers as future rewards as part of the Community allocation.
Community & Ecosystem: 37.7%
- The majority (22.5%) has been reserved to reward active users of ME protocols, to be released primarily via Magic Eden’s rewards program.
- The remaining (15.2%) of this allocation will go towards ecosystem development, including passionate advocates and creators who want to grow and support the protocols. These grants will be structured as long-term agreements to align long term stakeholders in the ecosystem.
- Also, 5% of ecosystem development is allocated to the ME Foundation Treasury for protocol support, including amounts for liquidity provision.
Contributors: 26.2%
- This allocation includes contractors and advisors supporting the protocols and Magic Eden employees. To signal long term commitment, core contributors representing >60% of the Contributor token bucket will lock their tokens for a minimum of 18 months post-TGE.
Strategic Participants: 23.6%
- All strategic participants who have provided critical guidance in the development of the ME Foundation protocols will have a minimum lockup period of 12 months post-TGE and follow the Token Emissions Schedule for gradual unlocking.
ME will be distributed over 4 years, at which point all ME will be fully circulating with the majority allocated to the community.
https://x.com/MEFndn/status/1858555801595486584
The crypto market is growing
BTC Dominance - 58.17%
Market Cap - $3.11T
BTC - $91,431.44 (+0.96%)
ETH - $3,148.77 (+1.21%)
BNB - $618.77 (-1.43%)
SOL - $240.77 (-1.55%)
INJ - $25.72 (+0.46%)
TON - $5.6 (+1.83%)
SUI - $3.74 (-3.45%)
OM - $3.89 (-12.06%)
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Tether is announcing its upcoming investment in Quantoz Payments to support the launch of EURQ and USDQ euro and US dollar-referenced E-Money Tokens (EMTs) respectively, designed to be MiCAR-compliant.
https://tether.io/news/tether-to-make-investment-in-quantoz-launch-of-micar-compliant-stablecoins-leverages-hadron-by-tether-tech-as-part-of-tokenization-expansion/
The IOTA Foundation is proposing to rebase IOTA’s Layer 1 to introduce a protocol with full decentralization, L1 programmability with MoveVM and EVM support, 50k+ TPS scalability, and IOTA staking.
This upgrade offers a faster path to a new mainnet than current IOTA 2.0 plans.
https://blog.iota.org/iota-rebased-fast-forward/
Goldman Sachs plans to spin out its digital assets platform
https://x.com/DeItaone/status/1858510757480026161
Vitalik Buterin: “One part of L2 scaling is Ethereum increasing its blob capacity. The other part is rollups becoming more data-efficient. Good to see Starknet rising to the challenge.”
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1858486010927308871
Clearpool has announced that the Q3 2024 CPOOL buyback and burn have been executed.
The buyback and revenue increased by 76% compared to the previous quarter.
https://x.com/ClearpoolFin/status/1858440070971461721
Jupiter Mobile is now live on Google Play Store for all Andriod users.
https://x.com/JupiterExchange/status/1858870494206062711
The Bitwise Aptos Staking ETP (Ticker: APTB) has officially started trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange today.
https://x.com/Bitwise_Europe/status/1858853494247297186
📣Open Loot has announced the Upcoming Token Launch!📣
📌Open Loot is a powerful and under-the-radar Web3 marketplace developed by the creators of Big Time, a leading name in Web3 gaming.
📌Open Loot has facilitated over $330 million in in-game transactions over the past year, showcasing its unmatched scale and user engagement in the Web3 gaming ecosystem.
📅 OL/USDT Spot trading on OKX begins at 13:00 UTC on November 19
https://x.com/okx/status/1858397017782866302
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Spot ETF Flow on 18.11: BTC-ETF +$254.82M, ETH-ETF -$39.08M
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
President-elect Donald Trump to meet with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1858609705972887656
MicroStrategy Announces Proposed Private Offering of $1.75B of Convertible Senior Notes
https://www.microstrategy.com/press/microstrategy-announces-proposed-private-offering-of-1-75b-of-convertible-senior-notes_11-18-2024
Coinbase will add support for io .net perpetual futures on Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced.
The opening of the IO-PERP market will begin on or after 9:30 UTC 21 NOV 2024.
https://x.com/CoinbaseIntExch/status/1858540697881866559
Tether minted 2B USDT
https://x.com/whale_alert/status/1858550067353080228
https://x.com/whale_alert/status/1858527361882259863
HBAR Board Member and former Binance US CEO Brian Brooks has been named a potential candidate for SEC chairman.
https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1858467992775921940
Lido Co-Founders Said to Plot Competitor to Sam Altman's World Network
The new digital identity platform, Y, forgoes World Network's controversial biometric authentication for a system based on users' online activities.
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/11/18/lido-co-founders-said-to-plot-competitor-to-sam-altmans-world-network/
MARA Holdings, Inc. Announces Proposed Private Offering of $700 Million of Convertible Senior Notes
https://ir.mara.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1377/mara-holdings-inc-announces-proposed-private-offering-of-700-million-of-convertible-senior-notes
MicroStrategy has acquired 51,780 BTC for ~$4.6 billion at ~$88,627 per bitcoin
As of 11/17/2024, it holds 331,200 BTC acquired for ~$16.5 billion at ~$49,874 per bitcoin.
https://www.microstrategy.com/press/microstrategy-acquires-51780-btc-and-achieves-btc-yield-of-20-qtd-and-41-ytd-now-holds-331200-btc
Binance Futures will launch the BANUSDT and AKTUSDT Perpetual Contracts at 2024-11-18 11:30 UTC with up to 75x leverage.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-futures-will-launch-usd%E2%93%A2-margined-banusdt-and-aktusdt-perpetual-contracts-with-up-to-75x-leverage-f6577bdd30d542e0af4f76a14dfeb241