Metaplanet is planning to raise approximately 116 billion yen to purchase Bitcoin

On January 31st, according to The Block, the ZKP infrastructure startup Irreducible (formerly known as Ulvetanna) has successfully completed a Series A funding round worth $24 million. This round was led by Paradigm and Bain Capital Crypto, and it also saw the participation of Fenbushi Capital, L2 Iterative Ventures, and Robot Ventures. Irreducible's co-founder and CEO, Radisav Cojbasic, mentioned that Irreducible started fundraising in August of last year, confirmed the lead investors in September, and closed the funding last month. The latest Series A funding round was structured as an equity financing. However, he declined to provide any comments on the post-investment valuation.

On January 31st, as per official information, Coinbase is set to incorporate the Aptos Network USDC into its listing roadmap.

On January 31st, according to official channels, Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Pro are going to list futures trading for AXS, XTZ, and EGLD. The trading pairs will become available starting at 9:30 am or later on February 6, 2025.

On January 30th, as per official information, the Board of Directors of the Czech National Bank (CNB) deliberated on a document regarding the international reserve management for 2024 during its meeting on Thursday and gave the green light to a proposal to analyze investments in other asset classes.
Officials indicated that as part of the reserve management strategy, the central bank has been continuously diversifying its investments over the past two years. According to Governor Ale? Michl's proposal, the central bank will evaluate whether it is appropriate to incorporate other asset classes into the reserve from the perspectives of diversification and return.
BlockBeats previously reported that the governor of the Czech Central Bank stated yesterday that the investment of euro reserves in Bitcoin still requires discussion by the Board of Directors and a decision is not anticipated to be made in the near future.

January 30th. As per The Block, CME Group, which is the world's largest financial derivatives exchange operator, announced today that it intends to launch Bitcoin Friday Futures (BFF) on February 24th, subject to regulatory approval. BFF will be the first batch of cash-settled cryptocurrency options provided by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The expiry dates of these contracts are on every weekday from Monday to Friday. These contracts are of a small scale (with each unit representing only 1/50 BTC), expiring daily. This provides market participants with a capital-efficient tool to effectively adjust their Bitcoin exposure and is suitable for both institutional investors and active retail traders.

On January 30th, as per The Block, which is one of the world's largest financial firms, Apollo Global Management and Securitize have initiated the offering of tokenized investment opportunities. The two companies declared on Thursday that their initial task is to offer tokenized access to Apollo's diversified credit fund. They mentioned that access to the Apollo Credit for Yield Fund (ACRED) "will initially be made available on Aptos, Avalanche, Ethereum, Ink, Polygon, and Solana." Wormhole will facilitate the movement of tokens across the different available blockchains.