Daily| Crypto payment company Mesh completes US$82 million Series B financing; Metaplanet purchases 162 additional Bitcoins
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03/12/2025·1MCompiled by: Jerry, ChainCatcher
Important information:
- Crypto payment company Mesh completes US$82 million Series B financing, led by Paradigm
- Michael Saylor: Strategic Bitcoin Reserves Represent US Digital Hegemony in the 21st Century
- U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill to Repeal IRS DeFi Broker Rules
- Metaplanet purchased 162 bitcoins and increased its holdings to 3050
- Shenyu released the fifth anniversary survey of "312": 70.5% of investors are still on the way to return, and 48.8% use "stocking of BTC and other currencies" as the main source of wealth
- Solana's SIMD-228 upgrade plan is now available
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Crypto payment company Mesh completes US$82 million Series B financing, led by Paradigm
crypto payment company Mesh announced a $82 million Series B financing round to expand its stablecoin-based payment settlement network. This round of financing was led by Paradigm, with participation from ConsenSys, QuantumLight, Yolo Investments, Evolution VC, Hike Ventures, Opportuna and AltaIR Capital.
Mesh aims to build a payment network connecting crypto wallets, exchanges and payment service providers, and supports users to pay with crypto assets such as BTC, ETH, SOL, etc., while merchants can choose to settle in USDC, PYUSD or RLUSD.
Michael Saylor: Strategic Bitcoin Reserves Represent US Digital Hegemony in the 21st Century
At the "Bitcoin For America" summit held by the think tank Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), Washington, DC, US, Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, said that strategic Bitcoin reserves represent the United States' digital hegemony strategy in the 21st century, advocating the view of Bitcoin as digital property, and the United States should obtain as much Bitcoin as possible in order to "leas and financing" on this basis.
Saylor predicts that trillions of dollars of business activities will be circulated through the Bitcoin network in the future, which is another reason why the United States should prioritize network share. Bitcoin reflects American values, and owning Bitcoin is the next best choice for those who cannot move to the United States.
Saylor said “people in Asia and Africa will move to the U.S. if possible. They want the U.S. currency, security and values, but they can’t get it, so the second best option they can do is to transfer funds into the Bitcoin network, which has all the U.S. values, protection and security.”
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill to Repeal IRS DeFi Broker Rules
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday local time to repeal the IRS DeFi broker rules with 292 votes in favor and 132 votes against, eliminating the obligation to declare sales proceeds and trading dates by decentralized crypto exchanges (DeFi).
Metaplanet purchased 162 bitcoins and increased its holdings to 3050
According to Metaplanet's announcement, as part of the Bitcoin financial reserve strategy, the company purchased 162 new bitcoins, with an average purchase price of 123.937 million yen per coin, with a total value of 2.08 billion yen. As of this purchase, Metaplanet holds a total of 3,050 Bitcoins, with an average purchase price of 12.6071 million yen per coin, and a total holding value of 38.452 billion yen.
Shenyu (@bitfish1) launched the fifth anniversary asset size survey on the "312" plunge incident on X platform. According to current voting data, although Bitcoin has risen about 20 times from $4,000 in the past five years, 70.5% of the survey respondents said they are "still on the way back." 17.6% of investors achieved 1-20 times growth, 5% achieved 20-100 times growth, and only 6.9% achieved 100 times growth.
In addition, another survey on major sources of wealth showed that 48.8% of participants chose to “stock up on currency such as BTC”, 35% came from “transactions (bands, meme pvp, etc.)”, with DeFi mining and arbitrage accounting for 8.5% and 7.7% respectively.
Solana 's SIMD-228 upgrade plan is now available
Solana's SIMD-228 upgrade program voted to quorum, with 71.85% voted in favor, which could reduce SOL inflation by 80%, and the vote will continue until the end of epoch-755 and is now passed.
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Meme Popular List
According to the market data of Meme token tracking and analysis platform GMGN , as of March 12, 19:50:
The top five popular Ethereum tokens in the past 24h are: SPX, COCORO, XYO, LINK, RFUN
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