Bitcoin RWA Protocol ORO Completes $1.5M Pre-Seed Financing, Dragonfly Capital Leads the Round

According to The Block, the Solana Ecosystem RWA (Real World Asset) Protocol ORO has completed a $1.5 million Pre-Seed round of financing

Suspected Sun Yuchen's address pledged 60,000 ETH to Lido yesterday, worth over $100 million. According to Arkham monitoring, the suspected Justin Sun address pledged 60,000 ETH to Lido yesterday, with a current value of over $100 million. At the same time, an address related to Huobi withdrew about 380 million USDT from Lido. Among them, 370 million USDT was transferred to Binance, and the remaining 10 million USDT was transferred to another unknown address. Among them, 370 million USDT was transferred to Binance, and the remaining 10 million USDT was transferred to another unknown address. It is suspected that the funds used for pledging were withdrawn from Lido. Among them, 370 million USDT was transferred to Binance, and the remaining 10 million USDT was transferred to another unknown address. It is suspected that the funds used for pledging were withdrawn from Lido. Perhaps due to CZ changing his profile picture, mubarak rose by 28.46% in a short period of time. According to GMGN market data, mubarak rose 28.46% in a short period of time, and is now quoted at $0.17268, possibly due to CZ's profile picture change. Note: This token has a large fluctuation range, please pay attention to the safety of funds, this is not an investment advice, DYOR.

North Carolina's Bitcoin Reserve Act SB327 authorizes the state treasurer to allocate up to 10% of public funds to Bitcoin, with a custody method of multi-signature cold storage, reserve proof audited monthly, and holding policy only allowing sales under "serious financial crises" and with approval from the majority of the state assembly. North Carolina currently has $9.5 billion in its general fund.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has changed the profile picture of his X (formerly Twitter) account to a photo of him wearing traditional Arabic clothing. After the photo was changed, the price of the mubarak token increased rapidly, and within a few hours, the token price had tripled.

According to Jinshi.com, spot gold has reached $3,040/ounce, setting a new record high, breaking through four barriers in two days. The year-to-date increase is close to 16%.

According to Cointelegraph, the North Dakota Senate passed HB 1447 with an overwhelming vote of 45:1, which imposes strict supervision on crypto ATMs, including: a daily cash withdrawal limit of $2,000 for users, requiring operators to obtain a state currency transmission license, using blockchain analysis tools to monitor and report suspicious activities, providing quarterly reports (including terminal location, name and transaction data), and mandatory posting of fraud warning signs. The bill will be returned to the House of Representatives for review and revision. If passed, it will be submitted to Governor Kelly Armstrong for signature and implementation. The passage of HB 1447 marks the tightening of crypto ATM supervision in the United States. With the surge in fraud cases, more states may follow suit, pushing the industry from wild growth to compliant operations.

In a recent interview with Bloomberg TV, Cathie Wood, founder of ARK Investment, warned that most Memecoins in the $2.6 trillion crypto market may eventually be "worthless."

According to a new survey by Coinbase and EY-Parthenon, institutional investors are increasingly bullish on cryptocurrencies, with 83% of institutions planning to expand their allocations this year. The study, which surveyed 352 institutional decision makers in January, found that investors' confidence in digital assets continues to grow as regulatory clarity improves and a wider range of application scenarios emerge.

The majority (59%) of respondents plan to allocate more than 5% of their assets under management (AUM) to cryptocurrencies in 2025, indicating that cryptocurrencies are transforming from a niche investment to a key component of an investment portfolio.

Institutions are also becoming more engaged with stablecoins, with 84% of investors surveyed currently using or considering using stablecoins for a variety of purposes beyond trading.

At present, the market generally expects the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged in the range of 4.25%-4.50%, focusing on the future direction of the quantitative tightening (QT) program. Since the launch of QT in June 2022, the Federal Reserve has gradually reduced the size of its balance sheet, and the end of QT may mark the beginning of a new monetary policy and inject liquidity into the market. Previously, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hinted that QT may end in 2025.

Analysis points out that the end of QT may ease liquidity pressure in the U.S. Treasury market, which may be beneficial to risky assets such as Bitcoin. However, stag