Balance (EPT) will be listed on Binance Alpha and Binance Futures

Binance founder CZ wrote that an increasing number of countries will realize issuing their own national stablecoins will boost demand for their domestic currencies and government bonds, as the U.S. dollar already holds a huge lead in this space.

According to data from the BIT stock platform, U.S. optical module industry leader Marvell announced an all-stock acquisition of optical chip leader Lumentum. However, the deal news failed to reverse the downward trend: MRVL turned down 1.48% in pre-market trading (after earlier rising more than 3%), while LITE fell 2.99% following the resumption of trading.

Strive CEO Matt Cole posted on social media that the firm acquired 124 BTC last week for $10 million, with an average cost of $80,526 per Bitcoin, bringing its total BTC holdings to 43,124. Most of the purchase was funded by existing cash, and this marked Strive’s first use of SATS ATM (market-priced stock offering), which accounted for 100% of the firm’s ATM fundraising proceeds this week.

According to market sources, MicroStrategy added 810 Bitcoin (BTC) to its holdings, bringing its total BTC position to 849,327 units.

According to official announcements, OKX has officially released its 49th Proof of Reserves (PoR), marking a four-year milestone of consecutive PoR releases. This round’s data shows that the reserve ratios of over 20 major assets disclosed by OKX all stand at 100%. Among them, BTC, ETH, USDT, and USDC have reserve ratios of 108%, 101%, 106%, and 100% respectively, with the combined reserve value of these four assets totaling around $27.8 billion. Since OKX first launched its Proof of Reserves in November 2022, it has maintained monthly PoR releases, growing the number of disclosed assets from the initial 3 to over 20. The exchange has also successively adopted technologies including Merkle trees, full-view Merkle trees, and zk-STARK zero-knowledge proofs, continuously upgrading its reserve verification system to allow users to independently verify their asset reserves and enhance asset transparency.

According to market sources, Oracle (ORCL.N) has launched a six-tranche U.S. dollar high-grade bond offering, with its shares down 1% in pre-market trading. Fitch Ratings stated that Oracle’s total financing amount is $20 billion, including $10 billion in equity financing.