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Multicoin Capital's hedge fund lost 91.4% last year

VDSAV
March 05
Multicoin Capital’s annual investor letter shows that the firm’s hedge funds will lose 91.4% in 2022. The letter attributes last year’s losses to cryptocurrency volatility and the direct and indirect effects of the FTX crash. In a separate letter to investors last November, Multicoin detailed its hedge fund’s financials, revealing that the fund had 10% of its assets trapped in FTX, as well as exposure to large amounts of FTT, SOL, and SRM. All of these tokens suffered a sharp sell-off in November last year. Multicoin Capital launched a hedge fund strategy in October 2017 investing in liquid tokens. The firm also runs three venture capital funds and has invested in FTX. Despite a sharp drop in the last year, Multicoin's hedge fund is still up 1,376% net of fees from its inception to the end of 2022. As the encryption market rebounded this year, the Multicoin fund rose 100.9% in January 2023, and its return rate from its inception to January this year reached 2866%. Multicoin stated that it still adheres to its long-term strategy and has no plans for short-term speculative operations.

Tether officially denied using forged documents to open a bank account, saying it complied with anti-money laundering legal requirements

VDSAV
March 05
In response to the "Wall Street Journal" report that "Tether used forged documents and shell companies to open bank accounts", Tether issued a statement on its official website to refute it, saying that the report was completely inaccurate and misleading. Bitfinex and Tether have world-class compliance programs and adhere to applicable anti-money laundering, KYC and anti-terrorist financing legal requirements. Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer of Tether, had previously refuted it on Twitter, saying that the Wall Street Journal's report contained "a lot of misinformation and inaccuracies."

Web3 developer platform Thirdweb announces support for Polygon zkEVM scaling solution

VDSAV
March 04
Web3 developer platform Thirdweb announced that it will support the Polygon zkEVM scaling solution at launch. The Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta, launching later this month, is a new chapter in Ethereum scaling. The team has deployed the Polygon zkEVM testnet.

MetisDAO is combining Optimistic Rollup and zero-knowledge proof to build a hybrid Rollup

VDSAV
March 03
Ethereum scaling solution MetisDAO officially announced that it is building the first hybrid Rollup by combining optimistic rollup architecture with zero-knowledge proof, aiming to provide Ethereum developers with a secure and developer-friendly layer 2 to deploy all type of decentralized application.

MicroStrategy: No Assets Managed by Silvergate Capital, No Loan Prepayment due to Silvergate Bankruptcy

VDSAV
March 03
MicroStrategy said Thursday it has no assets managed by Silvergate Capital (SI). Apart from a loan due in 2025, there are no other financial ties to Silvergate. MacroStrategy, the subsidiary of MicroStrategy responsible for buying Bitcoin, received a $205 million loan from Silvergate in March 2022 through the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN) Leverage Program. The loan is due in the first quarter of 2025 and will not be prepaid due to Silvergate's insolvency or bankruptcy. According to previous news, Silvergate Capital Corporation stated in a document submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it may be "insufficient capital" and is "re-evaluating its business" and will not be able to submit its annual report on time. Following the announcement, several crypto firms including Coinbase, Paxos, Galaxy Digital and Kraken ended their partnerships with Silvergate. Shares of Silvergate fell 57% on Thursday.

Security company: Arbitrum ecological DEX ArbiSwap is suspected of Rug Pull

VDSAV
March 02
According to the monitoring of DeFi security review agency Rugdoc.io, the Arbitrum ecological DEX ArbiSwap is suspected of Rug Pull, reminding users to withdraw assets as soon as possible and revoke relevant permissions. According to the data, ARBI prices fell by 100%.

Polychain Capital Plans to Raise $400M for Fourth Fund

VDSAV
March 02
Polychain Capital is in discussions with potential investors and plans to raise $400 million for a fourth fund. It is reported that Polychain is one of the top investors in the encryption industry, managing more than $6.6 billion in assets as of March 2022.

Crypto Innovation Council policy chief calls for US to stop 'wait and see' approach to CBDCs

VDSAV
March 01
Sanctioned countries are seeking to move money across borders by trading on financial infrastructure that is not controlled or heavily influenced by the U.S. Freer; if the U.S. continues to “wait and see” and lag behind in CBDC adoption, this could cause “trouble” and lead to unforeseen “geopolitical repercussions” over time.

Decentralized mobile network REALLY completes $18 million in seed round financing led by Polychain

VDSAV
March 01
Decentralized mobile network service provider REALLY announced the completion of $18 million in seed round financing, led by Polychain, Floodgate founding partner Mike Maples Jr. and other strategic partners participated in the investment. REALLY is launching a new phone service powered by the Decentralized Mobile Web (DeWi). Its phone plan comparison tool, REALLY.com, launched today, allows individuals to compare 56 carriers and 379 plans and switch to the service that's right for them.