Tether Partners with the TON Foundation and Oobit to Create a Seamless Crypto Payment Solution | Cryptocurrency Trends

1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• Binance announces the launch of a liquidity matching program where projects seeking to enhance liquidity and build a healthy ecosystem can approach qualified liquidity providers.

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• DWF Labs, a crypto market maker, announces the launch of the Wave Maker program for its partner KOLs, providing paid marketing opportunities for portfolio projects through preferential access to over 700 crypto projects.
• Supra, an oracle project, integrates ApeChain, becoming the first provider to deploy an oracle price feed and distributed verifiable random function (dVRF) protocol on Arbitrum L3.
• pump.fun releases an update stating that its contract is and has always been secure; a former employee exploited his privileged position at the company to embezzle approximately 12,300 SOL (approximately $1.9 million).
• The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the world's largest securities settlement system, completes a pilot project with blockchain oracle Chainlink (LINK) and several major U.S. financial institutions to help accelerate the tokenization of funds.
• Tether partners with the TON Foundation and Oobit to create a seamless crypto payment solution
• The Financial Times reports that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), the world's largest futures exchange, plans to launch Bitcoin spot trading to capitalize on the surge in demand for the crypto industry among Wall Street fund managers this year.

3. Financing Trends:

• Param Labs, a game and technology development studio, raises $7 million in a funding round led by Animoca Brands, with participation from Delphi Ventures and Cypher Capital.
• AfriDex, a blockchain software-as-a-service solution, raises $5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Endeavor Ventures, with participation from African Crops Limited, Oldenburg Vineyards, and Hank Oberoi.
• Mnzl, an Egyptian RWA fintech startup, raises $3.5 million in seed round funding led by P1 Ventures, Localglobe, and Ingressive Capital, with participation from 500 Global, Flat6Labs, First Circle Capital, Enza Capital, Beenok, and an undisclosed group of angel investors.
• AgriDex, a SaaS solutions company, raises $5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Endeavor Ventures, with participation from African Crops Limited, Oldenburg Vineyards, and former Goldman Sachs and Citadel executive Hank Oberoi.

4. Regulatory Trends:

• France's securities regulator issues another warning to crypto exchange Bybit, urging French customers to "make arrangements for the eventuality that the platform [may] suddenly cease to provide services".
• The U.S. Senate votes 60-38 to overturn the U.S. SEC's controversial crypto asset accounting regulations, according to its official website.