Avalon Labs 籌集 1000 萬美元以擴展其比特幣支持的穩定幣和加密貨幣平台

比特幣區塊鏈是比特幣加密貨幣（BTC）的基礎，長期以來，比特幣一直被投資者視為「數位價值儲存手段」。

Avalon Labs, the developer of a stablecoin built atop the bitcoin blockchain, announced on Monday that it raised $10 million in new funding to grow its decentralized finance capabilities and cryptocurrency.

Avalon Labs 是一款基於比特幣區塊鏈的穩定幣開發商，週一宣布籌集 1000 萬美元新資金，以增強其去中心化金融能力和加密貨幣。

The company raised the funding in a Series A funding round led by Framework Ventures with participation from UTXO Management, Presto Labs and Kenetic Capital among others.

該公司在由 Framework Ventures 領投、UTXO Management、Presto Labs 和 Kenetic Capital 等參與的 A 輪融資中籌集了資金。

The bitcoin blockchain acts as a foundation for the bitcoin cryptocurrency, or BTC, which has long been seen as a “digital store of value,” by investors. However, it also has problems when used as a currency due to its high volatility. Over the past six months, bitcoin has risen from $60,000 to over $100,000. The currency can rise or fall by several thousand dollars within 24 hours.

比特幣區塊鏈是比特幣加密貨幣（BTC）的基礎，長期以來，比特幣一直被投資者視為「數位價值儲存手段」。然而，由於其高波動性，它在用作貨幣時也存在問題。在過去的六個月裡，比特幣已經從 6 萬美元上漲到超過 10 萬美元。貨幣在24小時內可以上漲或下跌數千美元。

A stablecoin, on the other hand, is a cryptocurrency that has a value “pegged” to another currency, for example, the U.S. dollar so it will always trade one-to-one. Avalon Lab’s stablecoin, USDa, uses the security of the bitcoin blockchain as its foundation and each token trades for $1 USD no matter how much BTC is currently worth.

另一方面，穩定幣是一種與另一種貨幣「掛鉤」的加密貨幣，例如美元，因此它總是一對一地進行交易。 Avalon Lab 的穩定幣 USDa 以比特幣區塊鏈的安全性為基礎，無論 BTC 目前價值多少，每個代幣的交易價格均為 1 美元。

The bitcoin blockchain is considered highly secure because it uses a decentralized network where every transaction is encrypted and verified across multiple nodes. As transactions are added to the network cryptographic hashing is used to make them impossible to alter after the fact by using computing power to secure the entire network and ensure data integrity.

比特幣區塊鏈被認為是高度安全的，因為它使用去中心化網絡，其中每筆交易都經過多個節點加密和驗證。當交易被添加到網路中時，加密雜湊被用來透過使用運算能力來保護整個網路並確保資料完整性，從而使交易在事後無法更改。

The company said that its platform currently serves more than 200,000 active users and manages more than 20,000 bitcoins for them. The company’s vision is to transform bitcoin from mere “digital gold,” and allow it to become a liquid financial instrument that can be used efficiently as part of a financial system.

該公司表示，其平台目前為超過20萬活躍用戶提供服務，並為他們管理超過2萬個比特幣。該公司的願景是將比特幣從單純的「數位黃金」轉變為流動性金融工具，可以作為金融系統的一部分有效使用。

Examples of other stablecoins in the cryptocurrency industry include Tether, USD Coin and DAI. Tether, USDT, is the largest stablecoin by market cap at $128.9 billion. Stablecoins are useful to the cryptocurrency industry because their lack of volatility provides an easy way to move money between currency exchanges and to buy goods and services.

加密貨幣產業中​​其他穩定幣的例子包括 Tether、USD Coin 和 DAI。 Tether（USDT）是市值最大的穩定幣，達 1,289 億美元。穩定幣對加密貨幣產業很有用，因為它們缺乏波動性，提供了一種在貨幣交易所之間轉移資金以及購買商品和服務的簡單方法。

PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) launched its own stablecoin, PayPal USD, in 2023 issued by Paxos Trust Co. LLC, also pegged to USD. Cryptocurrencies have been around for over a decade, heavily popularized by the existence of bitcoin, which emerged in 2009. The value of BTC recently crossed $100,000 this month for the first time in history, bringing renewed attention to the cryptocurrency.

PayPal Holdings Inc.（納斯達克股票代碼：PYPL）於 2023 年推出了自己的穩定幣 PayPal USD，由 Paxos Trust Co. LLC 發行，也與美元掛鉤。加密貨幣已經存在了十多年，並因 2009 年出現的比特幣而大受歡迎。

In addition to its stablecoin, Avalon offers services for bitcoin-backed loans, yield generating savings accounts and credit cards.

除了穩定幣之外，Avalon 還提供比特幣支援的貸款、產生收益的儲蓄帳戶和信用卡服務。

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