Hakan Ateşler 
In the 2 years since Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Western world, which has been following many cryptocurrency transfers, has finally set its sights on USDT worth $20 billion through a Moscow-based exchange.
The Bitcoin rally was an opportunity for VCs to return to crypto. 1kx, known for its investments in the digital world and technology, launched a $75 million crypto fund, while Marc Andreessen and Galaxy Digital, two of the major players in the crypto industry, also invested in the fund. While the fund has already distributed its investment to 5 crypto projects, no details on the subject were shared.
Today, an Ether investor sold the Ether he bought between 2017 and 2021. Averaging a price of $182, this person sold thousands of ETH with a profit of $59 million.
A new one was added to the celebrities who issued memecoin on the Solana network and collected SOL tokens for pre-sale. Taiwanese singer Jeffrey Huang raised about $36 million worth of SOL for his memecoin called Bobaoppa.
Bitcoin open positions on Deribit, the largest futures exchange, reached a historic level. The positions, which will expire tomorrow, hit a record high of $9.5 billion.
Matt Hougan, who owns one of the companies with a Bitcoin spot ETF product, claimed that the great demand for this area will last for years. Stating that professional investors are still not fully investing in ETFs, the manager said, “Everyone is asking whether this is a flame or a long-term interest. I think the second one…” he said.
The USD Corporate Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) announced by BlackRock last week has grown significantly in a short time. The fund, which raised $160 million in a week, received an extra $84 million from the RWA platform Ondo Finance yesterday, and the value of the fund increased to $244 million.
An unknown person or organisation removed 2000 Bitcoins earned from mining in 2010 from various wallets and brought them together years later in a single wallet. At that time when BTCs were earned, the price was around $0.2.
HSBC, Hong Kong’s largest bank, has also joined the world of real world assets. The bank issued HSBC Gold Token and started offering this token to retail investors.
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin responded to a question about a donation he made 2.5 years ago. Buterin stated that his SHIB donation to an artificial intelligence institute reached $660 million with a sharp rise in the token. “SHIB has seriously surpassed my expectations,” Buterin said.