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1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• Bitget Wallet has finalized the rewards distribution for the ZetaChain promotion totaling 350,000 ZETA.
• Bitget Wallet launches a Game of Meme promotion with a total prize pool of $200,000.
• Binance CEO discusses potential headquarters selection from various jurisdictions

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• MetaMask and Daylight launch an airdrop qualification verification function
• NEAR launches infrastructure committee with $4 million in funding.
• Tether produced an estimated $6.2 billion in net income in 2023, 78% of the number Goldman Sachs did.
• EOS Foundation CEO tweeted that he plans to propose a new token economics plan by the end of the month.
• Vitalik Buterin stated that technologies such as ZK-SNARKs, MPC, and FHE have efficiency and security issues. Protocols that push cryptographic limits are needed to optimize efficiency and security. The goal of signature aggregation is to support as many validators as possible, with low node requirements and fairly simple protocols.
• tBTC LTIPP funding application for Threshold Network has been approved by the Arbitrum Council.
• HashKey Group is to launch HashKey Chain, an Ethereum L2 network.

3. Financing Trends:

• OKX Ventures makes a strategic investment in Zeus Network, a cross-chain communication protocol in the Solana ecosystem.
• Mezo, a Bitcoin L2 network, raises $21 million in Series A funding led by Pantera Capital.
• Kiki World, a Web3 beauty startup, raises $7 million in seed round funding with participation from a16z Crypto and others.
• Monad Labs raises $225 million in a funding round led by Paradigm.

4. Regulatory Trends:

• A federal court in New York begins the trial of the Mango markets attacker on criminal fraud and manipulation charges.
• The U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury calls on Congress to provide the "necessary tools" to combat crypto-related illegal financing.