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Football management game Soccerverse completes seed round extension financing, led by well-known game publisher Square Enix the massively multiplayer online football management game Soccerverse announced on the X platform that it had officially completed a $3.1 million financing led by Final Fantasy publisher SquareEnix. It is understood that this fund will subsequently promote the project's mission to use blockchain technology to change football management games. ✅@Money

BlackRock BUIDL, Ondo and other issuers are interested in participating in MakerDAO's $1 billion Treasury bond tokenization plan CoinDesk reported that MakerDAO said on Thursday that it plans to invest $1 billion of its reserves in tokenized U.S. Treasury products. Top players in the field, including BlackRock's BUIDL, Superstate and Ondo Finance, have expressed their willingness to actively participate in the plan. ✅@Money

Mark Cuban calls on SEC to oust chairman Gary Gensler Mark Cuban called on the U.S. SEC to remove its chairman Gary Gensler at a crypto regulatory meeting, saying, "I don't believe Gensler has protected any investors in the cryptocurrency field or elsewhere. His approach at the SEC is to regulate through litigation. This means that it is impossible for cryptocurrency companies to follow clear rules. This can be proven by the fact that no company currently issues tokens for cryptocurrency applications." ✅@Money

Coinbase: The U.S. economy may peak in Q2, and retail investor enthusiasm may be suppressed Coinbase released a weekly report saying that the US economy may peak in the second quarter of 2024. If the US economy then falls into recession, retail investors may be reluctant to hold new stock or cryptocurrency positions. ✅@Money

Argentine fintech company Tapi completes $20 million Series A financing, with participation from a16z and others Argentine fintech company Tapi completed a $20 million Series A financing, led by Kaszek, and participated by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Tapi co-founder and CEO Tomas Mindlin said the company is expanding its business in Mexico. ✅@Money

Bloomberg: Valkyrie Investments has sold its private trust business to Abra, including Tron and Zilliqa trusts Bloomberg reported that Valkyrie Investments has sold its private trust business to digital asset service platform Abra, including Tron and Zilliqa trusts. It is reported that the deal was reached in May, and Abra reached a settlement with 25 US states last week. ✅@Money

Token distribution protocol ZAP is about to complete $15.1 million financing, with a valuation of $100 million Blast Ecological Token Distribution Protocol ZAP is about to complete $15.1 million in financing, with a valuation of $100 million. Francis, the anonymous founder and CEO of ZAP, said that ZAP has completed three rounds of financing, namely a $900,000 seed round of financing in December last year (valued at $15 million), a $2.1 million private round of financing last month (valued at $30 million), and a $12.1 million financing in the ongoing "vault sale" (valued at $100 million). ✅@Money

Data: The German government currently has only 3,846 BTC left, and the sale may be completed within this week According to Ember’s monitoring, the German government address transferred a total of 5,248.2 BTC (US$301 million) to CEX and market makers today, and there are currently only 3,846 BTC (worth US$223 million) left in the address. ✅@Money

Gamified social trading platform XYRO receives strategic investment from Animoca Brands Gamified social trading platform XYRO received strategic investment from Animoca Brands and reached a cooperation agreement. As part of the cooperation, Animoca Brands will use its resources to support XYRO and its gaming platform, and is committed to reshaping the landscape of blockchain gaming. ✅@Money

9 US spot Bitcoin ETFs increased their holdings by a total of 2,132 BTC According to Lookonchain monitoring, 9 US spot Bitcoin ETFs increased their holdings by a total of 2,132 BTC on July 12, worth $123.4 million. Of these, BlackRock increased its holdings by 1,252 Bitcoins, and Grayscale reduced its holdings by 153 Bitcoins. ✅@Money