Circle has minted 500 million USDC on the Solana chain, with a total of 76.05 billion minted within the year

The Nigerian government is tightening the rules for virtual asset trading, requiring cryptocurrency operators to obtain tax identification numbers or face fines or imprisonment. （Cointelegraph）

According to The Block, Ark Invest, a subsidiary of Cathie Wood, bought approximately $17.3 million worth of Circle Internet Group stock and approximately $19.7 million worth of SpaceX stock on Wednesday. Circle's stock price rose slightly by 0.05% to $63.28 on the same day, while SpaceX fell 13.61% to $108.27.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale has received a total of 37000 ETH worth $71.1 million through Galaxy Digital's OTC wallet in the past two weeks, with the latest 10000 ETH (approximately $19.1 million) received within the past 3 hours.

Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner invested an additional $400 million in a private company after the hedge fund Situational Awareness was on the brink of collapse.

A whale shorted 1600 BTC worth $102 million with 40 times leverage yesterday. In the early morning, due to BTC rebound, it triggered 4 stop losses and reduced its position by 200 BTC worth $13 million, resulting in a loss of $146000. The whale currently holds 1400 BTC short positions worth 90.54 million, with a latest clearing price of $64998. (Ashes)