Evening News | A new type of coin theft method has emerged abroad: shared power banks implanted with malicious programs to steal private keys; Web3 content copyright company Story Protocol has completed a $29.3 million seed round financing, led by a16z Crypto
Qiming Venture Partners has completed the fundraising for its seventh RMB fund, reaching a scale of 6.5 billion yuan; Hong Kong Monetary Authority: Launching the "Digital Hong Kong Dollar" pilot program, with application scenarios including Web3 transactions and tokenized asset settlements.Organizer: Grapefruit, ChainCatcher
"What Important Events Happened in the Last 24 Hours"
1. Hong Kong Monetary Authority: Launches "Digital Hong Kong Dollar" Pilot Program, Application Scenarios Include Web3 Transactions and Tokenized Asset Settlements
According to ChainCatcher, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today the launch of the "Digital Hong Kong Dollar" pilot program. Sixteen selected companies from the finance, payment, and technology sectors will conduct the first round of trials within this year. The program will explore potential use cases for the digital Hong Kong dollar in six categories, including comprehensive payments, programmable payments, offline payments, tokenized deposits, Web3 transaction settlements, and tokenized asset settlements.
HKMA President Eddie Yue stated: "Although the HKMA has not decided whether or when to launch the digital Hong Kong dollar, we are pleased to initiate the pilot program. This is a great opportunity for the HKMA to collaborate with the industry to explore innovative use cases and prepare for the potential launch of the digital Hong Kong dollar." (Source link)
2. New Type of Cryptocurrency Theft Emerges Abroad: Shared Power Banks Embedded with Malicious Software to Steal Private Keys
According to ChainCatcher, TokenPocket CBO Michael tweeted that he "discovered a new type of cryptocurrency theft. In KTVs abroad, scam groups quietly modified the shared power banks and embedded malicious software. Customers who sing and drink in KTVs for a long time often run out of battery and borrow power banks, thinking they are charging their phones, but in reality, the power banks are reading data from their phones and stealing private keys from their wallets." (Source link)
3. Optimism to Unlock Approximately 154 Million OP Tokens on May 31, Worth About $278 Million
According to ChainCatcher, Token Unlocks data shows that Optimism will unlock 154,618,822.65 OP tokens on May 31, worth approximately $278 million, accounting for 3.6% of the total supply. Among them, 81,604,379 OP tokens are unlocked for core contributors, and 73,014,444 OP tokens are unlocked for investors.
Previously, Optimism tweeted that the circulating supply of OP will increase on May 31, and users may notice a large number of on-chain transfers in the two weeks prior, which are planned transactions in preparation for distribution. (Source link)
4. Alliance DAO Announces 16 Web3 Accelerator Projects, Including Caldera, Wallchain, and Others
According to ChainCatcher, Techcrunch reported that [Alliance DAO](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Investors/detail/Alliance DAO?k=MjEx) announced 16 selected projects for its Web3 accelerator and builder community (ALL10), including blockchain data ChatGPT platform Teablocks, Bitcoin wallet Xverse, ZK rollups as a service Snapchain, carbon credit proof of labor protocol Glow, ZK-based AI project [Modulus Labs](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Modulus Labs?k=Nzg5NQ==), AI community management tool for Web3 AwesomeQA, on-chain composable game Primodium, wallet management tool Fountain, perpetual synthetic options [Itos](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Itos Finance?k=Nzg5OQ==), user research tool Dataleap, Layer2 development platform Caldera, anti-MEV solution Wallchain, application chain payment solution Singularity, dApp communication solution Hashmail, blockchain data platform Defined, and Web3 fraud prevention plugin [Pocket Universe](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Pocket Universe?k=NzkwMg==).
It is reported that Alliance DAO invites Web3 founders to participate in a three-month program twice a year, with a record 1,692 applications this time, an increase of 77.5% compared to previous years. (Source link)
5. Qiming Venture Partners Completes Seventh RMB Fundraising, Amounting to 6.5 Billion Yuan
According to ChainCatcher, Qiming Venture Partners announced the completion of its seventh RMB fund fundraising, amounting to 6.5 billion yuan. The fund will continue to invest in outstanding early-stage and growth-stage projects in the technology and consumer, and healthcare sectors. With this, Qiming Venture Partners' total assets under management have reached $9.5 billion, with 11 USD funds and 7 RMB funds. It is understood that Qiming Venture Partners started this RMB fund in mid-2021, completed the first closing in 2022, and the final closing in 2023.
Qiming Venture Partners has previously invested in several Web3 projects, including NFT data analysis platform NFTGo, metaverse social platform BUD, Flow-based DeFi infrastructure IncrementFi, Web3 data infrastructure BlockVisio, and blockchain infrastructure service provider InfStones. (Source link)
6. Web3 Content Copyright Company Story Protocol Completes $29.3 Million Seed Round Financing, Led by a16z Crypto
According to ChainCatcher, NFTgators reported that the Web3 content copyright company Story Protocol announced the completion of a $29.3 million seed round financing, led by a16z Crypto, with participation from Hashed, Samsung Next Fund, Two Small Ventures, DAO5, Berggruen Holdings, Mirana Corp, Foresight Ventures, and SLVC.
It is reported that Story Protocol provides a way to create, manage, and license intellectual property on-chain, forming a remixable and combinable story Lego ecosystem that enables creators to craft stories with ownership and incentives. (Source link)
"What Exciting Articles Are Worth Reading in the Last 24 Hours"
1. "Analysis of the Current Development of Cross-Chain Aggregation"
Whether it is asset cross-chain or information/data cross-chain, there are currently too many cross-chain bridges and various cross-chain protocols in the market. According to chainspot, there are about 114 cross-chain bridges and over 130 networks in the market, making the field crowded.
In this context, cross-chain aggregation has become a necessity. Whether from asset cross-chain or data/information cross-chain, how to better integrate official bridges, third-party bridges, and other cross-chain solutions, and introduce more liquidity is a problem that cross-chain aggregators need to solve.
The past year has undoubtedly been a year of multiple setbacks for the traditional high-frequency trading giant Jump Trading, which made a high-profile entry into the crypto industry with Jump Crypto in 2021.
From the hacking of the cross-chain bridge Wormhole to the death spiral of Terra, and then to the FTX collapse, as well as the severe damage to the heavily invested Solana ecosystem, Jump Crypto has suffered significant financial losses. Recently, it was revealed that Jump Trading exited the US crypto trading market due to tightening regulations and faced a collective lawsuit from Terra investors, with the SEC confirming that it had profited nearly $1.3 billion from trading in Terra.
On May 8, the privacy cross-chain protocol Webb Protocol announced the completion of a $7 million seed round financing, co-led by Polychain Capital and Lemniscap. With the backing of well-known capital and large funds, Webb Protocol has become a hot topic in the crypto community. It raises curiosity about why this somewhat unfamiliar cross-chain product, which only emerged due to financing, has garnered such high attention.
