Lido Protocol Proposes the Lido Alliance | Cryptocurrency Trends

1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• Binance Earn launches SOL and BNB staking products and ETH staking services, and will airdrop 38,500 PORTAL.
• Binance to add FRONT, PEOPLE, and other trading pairs and trading bot services.
• Binance transfers over $2.7 billion in BNB to the BNB Chain: Stake Hub.
• OKX launches a spot and derivatives crypto exchange in Australia.
• Coinbase systems experience a widespread outage. The exchange is currently investigating and seeking a solution.

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• OpenAI launches its flagship AI model, GPT-4o, enabling real-time audio, visual, and text reasoning.
• Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude launches in Europe.
• CertiK: macOS Sonoma 14.5 is vulnerable, users should update to the latest version.
• Mt. Gox's Kraken BTC and BCH payment APIs display "payment is now being prepared".
• Jupiter: Third round of LFG candidate projects are deBridge, Divvy.Bet, and Exchange Art.
• Lido protocol proposes the Lideo Alliance to build an Ethereum ecosystem around stETH.
• Base announces the ninth batch of 2024 Builder Grants projects, including Anomalys, Bons, and others.
• Bracebridge Capital is the largest holder of ARKB and IBIT Bitcoin spot ETFs.
• Tether partners with RAK DAO to promote the adoption of crypto payments in Ras Al Khaimah.
• TON Foundation launches an Open League Summer bootcamp series with a total prize pool of $2 million.

3. Financing Trends:

• TheoriqAI, a modular and composable AI Agent Base Layer, raises $6.2 million in super-seed funding led by Hack VC.
• Niobium, an FHE chip provider, raises $5.5 million in seed round funding led by Fusion Fund.
• RunPod raises $20 million in seed round funding led by Intel Capital and others.
• Zeta Markets raises $5 million in a funding round led by Electric Capital.
• Re, a tokenized reinsurance RWA platform, raises $7 million in a funding round led by Electric Capital.
• Polymarket raises $45 million in Series B funding led by Founders Fund.

4. Regulatory Trends:

• U.S. Senator expresses "serious concern" about the DOJ's accusations against crypto mixer services.
• Coinbase Chief Legal Officer: The U.S. SEC failed to follow its own guidelines pertaining to the Wells notice.