1. Fintech company Tapi completes $20 million Series A financing, with a16z participating
According to Bloomberg, Argentine fintech company Tapi has completed a $20 million Series A financing, led by Kaszek, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and others. Tapi is a payment processor for large Latin American consumer platforms such as Mercado Pago and crypto exchange Lemon. The CEO said that total payment volume is expected to increase fivefold to 10 million transactions per month by the end of this year. Tapi's payment processing technology is designed to help fintech companies serve customers in multiple countries.
2. Issuers such as BlackRock BUIDL and Ondo are interested in participating in MakerDAO’s $1 billion investment in tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds
According to CoinDesk, MakerDAO plans to invest $1 billion of its reserves in tokenized U.S. Treasury products. Issuers including BlackRock’s BUIDL, Superstate and Ondo Finance have expressed their willingness to actively participate in the plan.
“We think this is a very good initiative by MakerDAO and we are excited to participate in BlackRock’s BUIDL,” Carlos Domingo, CEO of tokenization platform Securitize (a BlackRock partner), told CoinDesk in an email. “As a leading issuer of tokenized treasuries, we will certainly apply.”
3. Insider: FTX reached a settlement with the CFTC, and the CFTC's $4 billion claim will be paid after paying other creditors' claims and interest
According to Techub News, FTX creditor Sunil tweeted that a document on July 12 showed that FTX had reached a settlement with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the CFTC's $4 billion claim will be paid after paying other creditors' claims and interest. After paying other creditors, part of the remaining funds will be used to pay the CFTC's claims. These funds will go into a supplementary restitution fund to compensate users who have suffered serious losses in cryptocurrency trading.
4. Web3 game Soccerverse completes $3.1 million in financing, led by Square Enix
Web3 game Soccerverse has completed a strategic financing of US$3.1 million, led by Japanese gaming giant Square Enix. The funds raised will be used to optimize the game and accelerate the release of Soccerverse. So far, the project has raised a total of US$4 million.
5. CoinStats: The private key theft in June may be related to hacker groups such as Lazarus Group
CoinStats, a cryptocurrency investment management company, released a security incident report for June. CoinStats said that "a cunning attacker managed to access the private keys of 1,590 CoinStats wallets, resulting in the theft of approximately $2.2 million worth of cryptocurrency." The company said that through cooperation with law enforcement and security researchers, there is sufficient evidence to prove that the attack is related to the Lazarus Group or a similar hacker group. Currently, experts such as ZachXBT and MetaMask Chief Security Researcher Taylor Monahan are tracking the stolen funds and have reported the attack to law enforcement.
6. Bitrace: The TRON address where Tether froze 29.62 million USDT was the address related to the guarantee business of Cambodia Huiwang Group that month
Blockchain data analysis company Bitrace tweeted that TRON network address starting with TNVaKW was frozen by Tether yesterday for more than 29.62 million USDT. After analysis, it was confirmed that the address was the guarantee-related business address activated by Cambodia Huione Group on July 9. Bitrace said that the reason for the freezing of the address may be related to assisting in money laundering for criminal activities such as fraud and theft.
At present, Huiwang has activated a new business address starting with TQuFSv and transferred 114,800 USDC from the frozen TNVaKW address. In addition, the old business address starting with TL8TBp officially announced by Huiwang is still in normal operation, and the addresses related to other guarantee and payment businesses under its umbrella have not been frozen in the past six months.
