AI search company Perplexity is planning a new round of financing, with a valuation expected to increase to $8 billion

According to The Information, AI search startup Perplexity is planning a new round of financing, which will increase the company's valuation to $8 billion. This year, Perplexity has completed two rounds of financing, raising its valuation to $3 billion. The new round of financing will double its valuation and further consolidate its position in the field of AI search.

Stripe acquires stablecoin payments platform Bridge for $1.1 billion

According to Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, payment company Stripe has acquired stablecoin payment platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, marking the largest acquisition in the crypto industry to date. Bridge previously received $58 million in financing and was valued at $200 million. The platform was founded by Sean Yu and Zach Abrams and provides companies with software tools to accept stablecoin payments. Stripe's acquisition also represents the largest deal in its history, showing the company's expansion in the field of crypto payments. Previously, Stripe restored the ability to use USDC for crypto payments in the United States and worked with Coinbase to integrate its Base Layer 2 network.

Scroll announces Scroll Open and plans to improve Marks system in Sessions 2

According to official news, Scroll announced the launch of the Scroll Open program, which aims to reward innovative and fast-growing developer programs. In addition, Scroll also stated that Scroll Sessions 2 will soon launch an improved Marks system to reward more participation in the entire ecosystem. The new Scroll Sessions page and dashboard will be launched in a few days.

Data: ADA, GAL, EIGEN and other tokens are scheduled to be unlocked next week, of which ADA unlocked value is about 6.5 million US dollars

According to Token Unlocks data, ADA, GAL, and EIGEN tokens will be unlocked in large amounts next week, including:

Cardano (ADA) will unlock approximately 18.53 million tokens at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on October 22, accounting for 0.05% of the current circulation, worth approximately $6.5 million.

Galxe (GAL) will unlock approximately 587,000 tokens at 8:00 am Beijing time on October 22, accounting for 0.46% of the current circulation, with a value of approximately US$1.2 million;

Eigenlayer (EIGEN) will unlock approximately 1.29 million tokens at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on October 23, accounting for 0.69% of the current circulation, with a value of approximately US$4.8 million;

Ethena (ENA) will unlock approximately 12.86 million tokens at 3:00 pm Beijing time on October 23, accounting for 0.47% of the current circulation, with a value of approximately US$5.1 million;

Yield Guild Games (YGG) will unlock approximately 14.08 million tokens at 10:00 pm Beijing time on October 27, accounting for 3.64% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$8 million.

Tether stablecoin USDT market value exceeds $120 billion

According to Tether's official data, the market value of its issued U.S. dollar stablecoin USDT has exceeded 120 billion U.S. dollars, and the net circulation has reached 120,168,979,663.92 U.S. dollars.

Paolo Ardoino, CEO of stablecoin issuer Tether, published an article titled "10 year, 120 billion" on the X platform, pointing out that it took 10 years for its USD stablecoin USDT to exceed 120 billion US dollars in market value.

BTC breaks through $69,000, ETH breaks through $2,700

OKX market data shows that BTC broke through $69,000 this morning and is now trading at $69,022.00 per coin, up 0.57% on the day. ETH broke through $2,700 and is now trading at $2,749.59 per coin.

An address holding 21 Bitcoins was reactivated after being dormant for 10.9 years

According to Whale Alert, a dormant address holding 21 bitcoins (about $1.516 million) was activated again after 10.9 years. The bitcoins in this address were worth only $16,252 in 2013.

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