BlackRock has added iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) shares to two of its funds, totaling $78 million as of September 30, according to recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings first shared by MacroScope.

World Network (formerly Worldcoin), a digital identity project backed by Sam Altman, announced that the World ID passport credential is currently being piloted in selected countries such as Chile, Colombia, Malaysia and South Korea. The World ID feature increases the convenience of access to the World Network for users around the world and lays the foundation for the widespread use of World ID. In addition, it allows people to claim additional WLD tokens (if eligible).

Modular L1 network U2U Network has completed a financing of US$13.8 million, with participation from KuCoin Ventures, Chain Capital, IDG Blockchain, Cointelegraph, V3V, JDI Ventures, Tesseract, IBG, Blockhive, Maxx Capital, UB Ventures, etc. The funds raised will support the continued development of U2U Network Subnet technology.

DEXX founder Roy released the latest progress, stating that the statistics of damaged addresses and amounts have been basically completed, and a compensation channel will be opened within the platform.

Astherus' flagship product, AstherusEarn, combines institutional-grade security and high-yield strategies, covering multiple blockchains and protocols, providing reliable and scalable solutions to optimize user asset performance. Its modular DeFi infrastructure includes an application layer that supports derivatives trading and stablecoin returns, as well as an infrastructure layer that aggregates liquidity to support stablecoin protocols and derivatives clearing houses. In addition, Astherus plans to launch AstherusLayer, a Layer-1 blockchain designed specifically for DeFi that supports multi-asset staking and uses $BNB as fuel fees.

This is Wilcke's fourth transfer sale in 2024, with a total of 44,300 ETH sold, cashing out $148 million, with an average selling price of about $3,342. Wilcke currently still holds about 106,000 ETH, which is equivalent to about $384 million at the current market value.

The hacker has converted the funds into 461.58 ETH and deposited them into the address 0xB43f…8F83.

BTC options and ETH options with a total notional value of approximately $10.85 billion will expire tomorrow. Among them, the notional value of BTC options to be expired is $9.4 billion, the Put Call Ratio is 0.83, and the maximum pain point is $80,000; the notional value of ETH options to be expired is $1.45 billion, the Put Call Ratio is 0.73, and the maximum pain point is $2,900.

Kim Byoung-hwan, chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea, announced that the government will take strong measures to prevent virtual assets from becoming a "loophole" in the anti-money laundering system. At the 18th Anti-Money Laundering Day ceremony, Kim Byoung-hwan stressed that cases of virtual assets being abused for illegal activities are not uncommon. He also added that future revisions to the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act will require virtual asset service providers involved in cross-border transactions to register in advance and report transaction details to ensure that virtual assets are not used for illegal fund transfers or tax evasion.