🪙 Crypto and Blockchain News (Mar 22, 2024):

1️⃣ Business Wire: Investment giant #BlackRock has launched its first fund of tokenized assets on the #Ethereum (ETH) network. The BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity fund is fully backed by US Treasury bonds, as well as repurchase agreements. It will enable investors to profit in US dollars by issuing and trading shares on the blockchain. 🚀

2️⃣ CryptoPunks: On March 20th, #CryptoPunks7804 , one of the nine so-called "aliens," was sold for 4850 ETH, which amounted to $16.42 million at the time of sale. 🔥

3️⃣ OAM: One of the largest exchanges, Gate, has announced the acquisition of a VASP license from the regulator Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM), allowing the company to operate in Italy. The platform will conduct its operations through its subsidiary, #Gate Technology Italia SRL, providing services for cryptocurrency exchange and conversion, transfers, and digital asset custody. 🌍

4️⃣ OpenSea: OpenSea and Seaport developers have introduced Seaport 1.6 — a new iteration of the NFT marketplace protocol within the EVM ecosystem. The primary feature of the latest version is "hooks" functionality (Seaport Hooks), akin to Uniswap v4. These will enable developers to create plug-in applications that significantly enhance the utility and liquidity of NFTs. 🎨

5️⃣ StarkNet: The #StarkWare team, developers of the Ethereum Layer 2 network StarkNet, has published plans to increase the network's throughput following the implementation of the Dencun hard fork. 🛠️

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