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Monday, December 11, 2023

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HODL Is The Name

In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, investment manager VanEck revealed plans for its proposed spot bitcoin ETF to use the ticker 'HODL', a familiar term in crypto communities meaning 'hold on for dear life.'

The Shares are anticipated to trade on the Exchange under the ticker symbol 'HODL,' as stated in the amended Form S-1 filing.

In other news, Decrypt Media Inc. joins hands with Rug Radio, Pudgy Penguins unveils Pudgy World, and Starknet announces its upcoming airdrop.

Read on!

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Only 62 (52.1%) of the 119 countries where cryptocurrency is legal have comprehensive regulations. This number has gone up by 53.2% since 2018 when only 33 jurisdictions had cryptocurrency regulations.

Among the 62 countries with established regulations, 36 (58.0%) are individual countries, 22 (35.5%) are part of the European Union (EU), and 4 (6.5%) are British Overseas Territories.

Scroll, yet another Ethereum zk-rollup, has recently launched its mainnet. Learn about what makes it tick and how it differs from other layer 2s like ZkSync Era in this video!

Watch now!

Combining Forces

Decrypt Media Inc. and Rug Radio announced their merger, forming the world's largest decentralized publishing company, codenamed [REDACTED]. This alliance aims to revolutionize tech-media by combining content creation and consumption forces.

Under the merger, Rug's community members can create content alongside Decrypt's editors, while Decrypt gains access to Rug's videocasting tools. Teaming up with Arbitrum, [REDACTED] plans to develop an advanced ad-tech network for [REDACTED] and affiliated publishers.

Decrypt

Starknet Airdrop Soon!

The Starknet Foundation, responsible for advancing Ethereum scaling through StarkWare technology, announced intentions to distribute more than 1.8 billion STRK tokens 'soon,' as mentioned in a Friday tweet.

StarkWare tackles Ethereum's main blockchain issues of slow throughput and high transaction fees by employing ZK rollup technologies. These technologies aggregate numerous transactions off the main blockchain, diminishing computational strain.

CoinDesk

Pudgy World

Pudgy Penguins, a renowned NFT project, revealed the next phase of its evolution: Pudgy World, a Web3 game operating on the Ethereum Layer 2 network zkSync Era, described as an 'immersive digital environment.'

The alpha release of Pudgy World will be accessible to all gamers, with special benefits reserved for Pudgy NFT holders and Pudgy Toy purchasers within the game's virtual realm.

The Block