1. Market overview:
• Bitcoin (BTC) is currently trading at about 68,264 USD, up slightly by 0.16% in the past 24 hours.
• Ethereum (ETH) fell 0.70% to 3,312 USD, while Litecoin (LTC) fell 2.51% to 97.32 USD and Solana (SOL) fell 9.23% to 182.64 USD.
2. Notable events:
• Terraform Labs announced that it will cease operations after reaching an agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is an important turning point after months of legal disputes.
• Helio has upgraded the Solana Pay plugin, making it possible for millions of Shopify merchants to accept payments in hundreds of different cryptocurrencies .
• Manta Foundation launches a $50 million EcoFund to support blockchain innovation, targeting the development and application of new technologies in this field.
3. Other outstanding developments:
• GameStop saw strong growth after famous trader Keith Gill revealed he owned $586 million in company shares, which led to an explosion of GME-related meme tokens on the Solana blockchain .
• Bitcoin was purchased by Semler Scientific for an additional 17 million USD, bringing the total amount of Bitcoin the company owns to 74 million USD. The company plans to raise an additional $150 million to continue buying more Bitcoin, after a previous investment caused the stock price to increase by 25%.