Evening News | Sui Foundation launches Office Hours program for APAC; Zhao Changpeng unfollows Musk on Twitter
Yesterday, the number of active Litecoin addresses exceeded 700,000; Worldcoin is seeking nearly $100 million in funding.整理：flowie，ChainCatcher
"What Important Events Happened in the Last 24 Hours"
1. Zhao Changpeng Unfollows Elon Musk on Twitter
According to crypto KOL Whalechart's disclosure on social media, Binance CEO Zhao Changpeng has unfollowed Elon Musk on Twitter. BAYC member @lucrafund stated that this is because Twitter chose eToroUS and did not select Binance. (Source link)
2. Data: Yesterday, Litecoin Active Addresses Exceeded 700,000, New Addresses Exceeded 600,000
According to Tokenview data, the number of active Litecoin addresses yesterday was 700,800, an increase of 31.75% from the previous day, with 609,500 new addresses added, up 48.91% from the previous day.
Previously, influenced by the meme coin frenzy, users began seeking alternatives to the high fees on the Bitcoin network. Litecoin's active addresses reached a historical high of 832,200 on May 10. (Source link)
3. Sui Foundation Launches Office Hours Program, First Session for Asia-Pacific Region
Sui Network announced that the Sui Foundation has launched the Office Hours program to provide developers with comprehensive guidance from product development to business maturity. Discussion topics for Office Hours include but are not limited to: market assessment, market strategy formulation, project fundraising techniques, competitor analysis, and other relevant topics that can help project development.
Office Hours is the first part of the Builder Success Program, with the first session focusing on projects in the Asia-Pacific region, while Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America will be launched soon. (Source link)
4. Conflux Co-founder: Tokens of Early Investors Were Unlocked Before the End of April
Conflux co-founder Yuan Jie tweeted that the tokens of early investors were unlocked in April 2023, with over 75% being paper hands and wash trading.
It is reported that in 2021, Conflux raised $35 million from early investors including Sequoia China, F2pool, Huobi, Metastable, and IMO Ventures. (Source link)
5. Scroll Co-founder: Top Priority is to Launch Mainnet as Soon as Possible, Testnet Exceeds 4 Million Unique Wallet Addresses
Scroll co-founders Ye Zhang and Sandy Peng shared Scroll's recent project progress and ecosystem development on Anna Rose's Zero Knowledge Podcast, as well as achievements in team building, the current Layer 2 landscape, hardware acceleration, and future technical roadmap.
Ye Zhang stated that Scroll's top priority is to launch the mainnet as soon as possible, and the team has sent the circuit to the auditing company. The next step will be to achieve decentralized proofers, followed by designing decentralized sorters.
Sandy mentioned that the current Scroll testnet has over 4 million unique wallet addresses, processing more than 500,000 transactions daily, with over 100 projects submitting information to the official team. (Source link)
6. OpenAI CEO Seeks Nearly $100 Million in Funding for Crypto Project Worldcoin, Plans to Launch in Coming Weeks
According to the Financial Times citing informed sources, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's cryptocurrency company Worldcoin is in deep negotiations to raise $100 million in new funding, preparing to launch in the coming weeks and start trading within six weeks. Investors include Khosla Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz's crypto fund.
Worldcoin was founded by Alex Blania and Altman in 2019, planning to use iris-scanning technology to create a global identification system that can be used to access its own global currency, Worldcoin, for free. According to The Information, a $100 million token sale last year valued the company's total token supply at $3 billion. (Source link)
7. South Korean Cryptocurrency Exchange Bithumb Reports Q1 Operating Profit of 16.2 Billion Won, Down 80% Year-on-Year
According to Digital Asset, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb reported an operating profit of 16.2 billion won (approximately $12.11 million) in the first quarter of 2023, down 80% year-on-year; sales were 50.7 billion won (approximately $37.88 million), down 60% year-on-year; net profit reached 40.6 billion won (approximately $30.34 million) due to rising cryptocurrency asset prices. (Source link)
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