Optimism, an L2 blockchain platform, has announced a $3.3 billion grant program in OP tokens (850 million tokens) aimed at backing projects, developers, and influencers who are creating valuable products and demonstrating their utility to the community. The grant distribution is set to occur over four rounds, from May 2024 to the year's end.
In a move by the bankrupt exchange FTX, between 25 to 30 million SOL tokens have been sold to Galaxy Trading and Pantera Capital for $64 each, according to anonymous sources cited by Bloomberg. This transaction is valued between $1.6 to $1.92 billion, though the exact date of the sale remains undisclosed.
Three AI-focused crypto projects, specifically SingularityNET, Fetch․ai, and Ocean Protocol, are considering the merger of their tokens into a single ASI token, Bloomberg reports, without revealing its source.
FTX's leadership aims to nullify user and investor claims concerning specific tokens linked to investments made by the former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. Included in the affected list are tokens such as Maps (MAPS), DeFi Oxygen (OXY), Serum (SERUM), and Boba (BOBA).
The Texas-based clothing company Beba and the DeFi Education Fund (DEF) have filed a lawsuit to challenge the SEC's classification of airdropped BEBA tokens as investment contracts (securities).
Unknown hackers have compromised NFPrompt, a platform that facilitates the creation of Web3 content with artificial intelligence. They managed to steal funds from the project's treasury and ecosystem fund. However, according to the developers' statement, the remaining assets, including user tokens, are completely secure at this time.
