Fox News: Trump is considering appointing Perianne Boring as chairman of the US CFTC
Source: Trump has nominated crypto-friendly Paul Atkins as SEC chairman
According to Unchained Crypto, US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Paul Atkins, who supports the crypto industry, as chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It is reported that Atkins is the first libertarian to serve as a commissioner of the SEC during the Bush administration and has long supported the crypto industry. Sources said that Trump has contacted Atkins, but he has yet to formally accept the nomination.
Atkins, as a replacement, needs to be confirmed by the Senate, otherwise Trump may directly appoint him during the Senate recess. Atkins co-founded Token Alliance in 2017, focusing on cryptocurrency policy and providing compliance consulting for digital financial companies for a long time. People familiar with Atkins' thinking said that this position is not attractive to him because of the amount of work required to turn around the bloated agency and because it would require him to resign from his current business position.
South Korea's Martial Law Command issued Martial Law Order No. 1
The South Korean Martial Law Command issued Martial Law Order No. 1, announcing that the following matters will be announced throughout South Korea from 23:00 on December 3, 2024: 1. All political activities such as the activities of the National Assembly, local councils, political parties, political associations, rallies, and demonstrations are prohibited. 2. All acts that deny the liberal democratic system or attempt to subvert it are prohibited, and fake news, fabricated public opinion, and false incitement are prohibited. 3. All speech and publication are subject to the control of the Martial Law Command. 4. Strikes, slowdowns, and rallies that cause social chaos are prohibited. 5. All medical personnel, including interns and residents, who are on strike or leaving their posts, will return to their jobs within 48 hours. If they violate the rules, they will be punished according to the Martial Law Act. 6. Except for anti-state forces and other system-subversive forces, ordinary citizens will minimize the inconvenience of their daily lives. For those who violate the above martial law order, they can be arrested, detained, seized and searched without an arrest warrant in accordance with Article 9 of the Martial Law Act of the Republic of Korea (Special Measures Power of the Martial Law Commander), and punished in accordance with Article 14 of the Martial Law Act.
South Korea's parliament approves request to lift martial law
The South Korean National Assembly held an emergency meeting in the early morning of December 4 and voted on "demanding the lifting of the emergency martial law order." 190 members attended the meeting, 170 of whom voted in favor. South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik then announced that the emergency martial law order was invalid.
South Korea's Presidential Office Director and Chief Secretary resign collectively
According to CCTV, the director and chief secretary of the South Korean presidential office resigned collectively on December 4th, local time. According to Yonhap News Agency, the assistant of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol resigned. Market sources said that South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok will hold a ministerial meeting at 10 a.m. local time (9 a.m. Beijing time).
South Korea's ruling party may ask Yoon Seok-yeol to quit the party and propose the resignation of the entire cabinet and the dismissal of the defense minister
South Korean regulator: ready to deploy 10 trillion won stock market stabilization fund
South Korea's largest opposition party: If Yoon Seok-yeol does not step down immediately, impeachment proceedings will be carried out
Upbit: Service temporarily delayed due to increased traffic
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit issued an announcement stating that currently, the Upbit application (Android, iOS) and Open API services are experiencing delays due to a temporary increase in traffic.
According to the monitoring of on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, affected by the news of South Korea's announcement of emergency martial law late at night, the Korean cryptocurrency circle collectively plunged. Upbit's BTC directly fell by 30% to as low as US$66,500. XRP was even more exaggerated, falling by 60% in a single move, from US$2.9 to US$1.16.
Safe launches 'Safenet' to allow users to manage assets across multiple blockchains
New Blast Community Proposal Proposes to Buy Back BLAST Tokens with Annual Profits of $36 Million
The community of Ethereum Layer2 network Blast has published a proposal titled "Buy Back BLAST Tokens and Get Yields", which states that Blast has a narrative problem and to solve this problem, it is necessary to focus on the price; it proposes to convert the earnings into BLAST tokens and use these earnings through buybacks. Depositors will retain the full value of their earnings: instead of receiving ETH or USDB, they will immediately receive liquid BLAST tokens. This proposal will result in $36 million of buying pressure on $BLAST tokens per year. This proposal will also make user acquisition and engagement promotion activities more effective, thereby recalling users/builders and starting another growth flywheel, laying the foundation for the release of the mobile application.
The proposal states that there are currently $1.2 billion of income-generating assets on Blast L2. With a conservatively estimated annual yield of 3%, this would generate $36 million per year, which could be used to purchase BLAST on the open market, equivalent to a bid of about $100,000 per day. At current prices, this bid would result in a price fluctuation of +4.8% per day.
Coinbase International will launch Morpho perpetual futures contracts
Coinbase International Station announced on the X platform that Coinbase International Station and Coinbase Advanced will add support for Morpho perpetual futures contracts. The MORPHO-PERP market is expected to open at or after 17:30 on December 5, 2024, Beijing time.
Coinbase Adds MOG Coin (MOG) to its Listing Roadmap
Namada Launches Mainnet Launch and Token Airdrop
Privacy-focused Layer1 blockchain Namada has officially launched its mainnet and enabled the network’s genesis block, The Block reported. This kicks off the first phase of its decentralized mainnet rollout, which involves staking and governance. The Anoma Foundation, the group of organizations developing the project, came up with the initial mainnet software and genesis balance. The foundation clarified that it does not run validators, so the Namada community retains full control. The launch includes a user airdrop. Eligible wallets will receive NAM tokens today, which they can use immediately for staking and governance. Token transferability will be activated in Phase 5, which is expected to be completed in a few months.
The launch will be accompanied by the issuance of native tokens with a total supply of 1 billion NAM tokens. The Anoma Foundation has proposed an initial Genesis allocation plan with no lock-up period, which will be distributed among community members, early contributors, and future development plans. The launch of the Genesis mainnet will be divided into five phases, each of which will be driven by community decisions through on-chain governance.
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky pleads guilty to two criminal charges in New York court
According to multiple reports cited by The Block, former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky has pleaded guilty in a New York court to two counts, including commodity fraud and a fraud scheme to manipulate the price of Celsius' native token. These charges could result in him facing up to 20 years in prison.
Grayscale files to convert Solana Trust into ETF
Ethereum Foundation announces Q3 funding list, total funding reaches $12.8488 million
The Ethereum Foundation released an update report on funded projects in the third quarter of 2024. The report shows that the total amount of funding in the third quarter reached 12.8488 million US dollars, and the funded projects covered multiple fields such as community education, consensus layer, cryptography and zero-knowledge proof, developer experience and tools, execution layer, Layer 2, etc. Among them, community education projects accounted for the largest proportion, including the EEA Industry Day conference held in Bangkok, Thailand, the ETH Pura Vida conference held in San Jose, Costa Rica, and hackathon activities.
In the field of technology, the Foundation continues to support the development of consensus layer clients such as Lighthouse, Nimbus, and Grandine, as well as the upgrade and maintenance of development tools such as Web3.js and OpenZeppelin account abstraction contracts. In addition, the report also shows that the Foundation has provided funding for multiple zero-knowledge proof-related research projects.
OpenAI appoints former Coinbase CMO Kate Rouch as first chief marketing officer
Ripple to donate 1% of profits to charity
Everclear will migrate NEXT tokens to CLEAR on December 6 and launch a new token economics model
Everclear, the intent-based cross-chain clearing layer, has passed an important proposal to migrate NEXT tokens to CLEAR. According to the announcement, the migration will start at 21:00 on December 6, and the three-month first quarter reward plan will also be launched simultaneously, with a total reward pool of 6.25 million CLEAR tokens.
Of these, 1.75 million CLEAR will be allocated to vbCLEAR stakers, and 4.5 million will be used to incentivize solvers. In terms of migration, NEXT holders on the L2 network will be automatically upgraded to CLEAR, while NEXT holders on the Ethereum mainnet will need to manually migrate 1:1. The newly launched voting binding system allows users to lock CLEAR for up to two years to obtain vbCLEAR, participate in governance, and receive a share of the protocol revenue.
Mining company Foundry cut about 60% of its employees, reducing the total number of employees from 250 to about 80 to 90
SynFutures announces its F token airdrop rules, which will be available on December 6
Magic Eden has officially supported Sei ecosystem NFT transactions
TRON (TRX) hits $0.45 before falling back, hitting a new all-time high
Crypto AI company GAIB completes $5 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Hack VC
Brighty, a digital financial platform that supports crypto card payments, completes $10 million in financing
Pantera Capital raises $20 million to invest in Telegram-related blockchain TON
According to DL News, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, crypto hedge fund and venture capital firm Pantera Capital has raised $20 million to invest in TON's cryptocurrency Toncoin. According to the documents, the venture capital firm raised funds from at least 29 investors through two different funds. The first official sales of both funds were conducted in July.
Pantera Capital began contacting investors in June. The minimum amount to participate is $250,000. Pantera Capital's two new funds for Toncoin build on its early investment in a cryptocurrency associated with Telegram announced in May. The company called the investment the "largest" in its 21-year history, but did not disclose the exact size.
BNB rose by more than 19% to $765 per coin during the day, setting a new all-time high
Pump.Fun deposited another 100,000 SOL to Kraken, with a total profit of $380 million
Pump.Fun transferred 100,000 SOL to Kraken this morning, worth about $23.72 million. Pump.Fun has deposited a total of 998,869 SOL to Kraken, worth about $238 million. It is worth noting that Pump.Fun's total revenue has reached 1,595,278 SOL, which is about $380 million at the current price.
Data: Bitcoin balance on exchanges continues to decline to 2.312 million
According to HODL15Capital statistics, the balance of Bitcoin on exchanges continues to decline, and the total balance of major exchanges is currently about 2.312 million BTC. In the past month, 116,200 BTC have been reduced, and since the beginning of 2024, a total of 315,800 BTC have been reduced, a decrease of 12.8%.
Specifically, Coinbase has the largest decrease in balance, with 38,311 BTC outflows in the past 30 days and 281,840 BTC outflows since the beginning of the year; Binance has lost 29,369 BTC in the past 30 days and 6,860 BTC outflows throughout the year. It is worth noting that OKX is the only exchange that has seen growth, with an increase of 33,834 BTC since the beginning of the year.
A Bitcoin whale that has been silent for 11 years transferred 2,700 BTC to two new wallets 9 hours ago
According to Onchain Lens, a Bitcoin whale that had been silent for 11 years became active again 9 hours ago and transferred 2,700 BTC to two new wallets. These BTC are currently worth about $259 million, but when they were purchased in 2013, they were worth only $1.68 million, when the Bitcoin price was $625.84.
