[Link to FM] Ronin released the "600 million dollars in assets stolen" incident report, and the founder of AAVE as the interim CEO of Twitter is false news

【Data Intelligence】

The number of Cardano wallet addresses exceeds 3.6 million

Cardano’s holdings recently surpassed 3.6 million wallets, according to Messari on-chain and market data aggregator, as the price of the underlying token hit a bottom of $0.8 in March.Currently, addresses holding around 100 ADA are the largest representative of the network, while only 3,042 holders have a balance of more than 1 million ADA.

The total transaction volume of Azuki airdrop NFT project Beanz Official exceeded 100 million US dollars

On April 27, according to NFTGo.io data, the total transaction volume of the NFT project Beanz Official has exceeded 100 million US dollars, so far it is 114.77 million US dollars, with a market value of 70.08 million US dollars, and the current floor price is 4.9 ETH. Rhythm previously reported that Azuki officials issued "Something" airdrops to Azuki holders on March 31, after which the airdrop NFT series was renamed "Beanz Official".

【 Regulatory News 】

Central African Republic President Officially Authorizes Crypto as Fiat, Tax Payments Accepted in Crypto

The Central African Republic has legally recognized the use of cryptocurrencies after the president of the Central African Republic last week approved a law passed by delegates that also makes bitcoin a part of the African country's partnership with the West African CFA. The official currency alongside the franc. President Faustin Archange Touadera authorized the law on Wednesday, saying that exchange rates between cryptocurrencies and Foreign Currency Fluctuation Accounts (FCFAs) are freely determined by the market. Tax payments can also be paid in cryptocurrencies through government-approved platforms, and the Central African Republic is now the first country in Africa to adopt bitcoin as a reference currency, according to a government statement. Many officials and civil society groups protested the law, saying it would jeopardize national sovereignty. Earlier news, the National Assembly of the Central African Republic has unanimously passed a bill, becoming the first country in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as a payment currency. The Minister of Finance of the Central African Republic, Herve Ndoba, said that the previous encryption-related bills passed by the National Assembly also included the establishment of a dedicated regulatory agency.

Argentina's capital Buenos Aires to allow tax payments in cryptocurrencies

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta , the mayor of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, announced on Monday that cryptocurrencies will be allowed to be used to pay taxes. The cryptocurrency will be converted by the cryptocurrency company into Argentine pesos before being handed over to the city. City staff said the service will be rolled out "in the coming months."

【Industry Trends】

Asset management giant BlackRock launches the first blockchain-focused ETF "IBLC"

Asset management giant ($10 trillion in AUM) BlackRock is launching its first blockchain-focused ETF, The iShares Blockchain and Tech ETF (IBLC). The ETF, which began trading on Wednesday, tracks companies involved in the "development, innovation and utilization of blockchain and cryptographic technologies," according to a filing with the SEC. IBLC is the first crypto-themed fund from BlackRock, the world's largest issuer of exchange-traded funds.

MoonPay will launch HyperMint, a "minting-as-a-service" NFT platform

On April 28, according to TheBlock, encrypted payment company MoonPay is recruiting Solana engineers, Ethereum engineers, and AWS and DevOps experts to build its "casting-as-a-service" NFT platform HyperMint. According to MoonPay, the platform will become "AWS in the NFT field" and can help NFT projects shorten the time to market from months to weeks or even days. According to previous reports, HyperMint was incorporated in the UK in February and is led by Semyon Germanovich.

a16z announced that it will lead Convex's Series A financing

On April 27th, a16z announced that it will lead the Series A financing of Convex, and a16z general partner Martin Casado will join the board of directors.

Coinbase will list GMT and GST

On April 28, according to official news, Coinbase announced that it will launch the Move To Earn application STEPN ecological token GMT and GST. If the liquidity conditions are met, trading will begin on or after 9:00 a.m. Pacific time on Thursday, April 28th (0:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 29th).

The founder of AAVE as the interim CEO of Twitter is false news

On April 27th, earlier today, AAVE founder Stani Kulechov posted on his personal social network that he "joined Twitter as interim CEO", triggering a large number of reposts by netizens. The news is a funny content on his personal social network. He has used similar words to make funny comments many times before, and many KOLs in the comments also used this language to respond to the joke. According to The Verge citing people familiar with the matter, Twitter's current CEO Parag Agrawal said in a conference call on Monday that he will continue to serve as CEO until Musk's acquisition of Twitter is completed.

【Elite Viewpoint】

Goldman Sachs: Exploring Tokenization of Physical Assets

On April 28, according to CoinDesk, Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs, said at the Financial Times Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets Summit that Goldman Sachs is researching NFT, especially "real asset Tokenization". Mathew McDermott said that Goldman Sachs is exploring NFT in the context of financial instruments. Rhythm previously reported that Goldman Sachs will start providing bitcoin derivatives to investors in 2021, and conducted its first over-the-counter cryptocurrency transaction with digital asset finance company Galaxy Digital in March this year.

SBF: Seeing huge opportunities in Web3 games, existing products still have major shortcomings

On April 27, FTX CEO SBF said at the FTX Crypto Bahamas conference held today: "We see huge opportunities in Web3 games, but I really think the product needs to be much better than what we see now."

【What to watch today】

Ronin released the "600 million dollars in assets stolen" event report, all user funds will be guaranteed by recent financing, etc.

On April 27th, the Axie Infinity side chain Ronin released a previous security vulnerability report stating that the attacker controlled five of the nine verification node private keys: 4 Sky Mavis and 1 Axie DAO. According to reports, an employee of Sky Mavis was compromised by a phishing attack, and the attacker managed to use this access to infiltrate Sky Mavis IT infrastructure and gain access to verification nodes. In addition, the attack discovered a backdoor through the gas-free RPC node and obtained the signature of the Axie DAO validator node. Regarding the fact that the attack occurred on March 23 and was only discovered by the team on March 29, the official stated that there is no proper tracking system to monitor the large outflow of cross-chain bridge funds. After the new cross-chain bridge is deployed, it will not be possible to withdraw a transaction of this size without human interaction. The Ronin Network bridge is currently being redesigned and is expected to reopen in mid/late May. All user funds in the cross-chain bridge are secured by the recent Sky Mavis funding round, Axie Infinity and Sky Mavis balance sheet assets, and personal funds from the core team. According to previous news, the Ronin cross-chain bridge was attacked and more than 600 million US dollars in assets were stolen. Axie Infinity development company Sky Mavis raised USD 150 million, led by Binance, Animoca Brands, a16z and others participated in the investment.

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