Blockchain Morning Post | Tesla V3 charging station will accept Dogecoin; Russia allows officials to confiscate illegal cryptocurrencies

Weekend Highlights Tips:

• 1The world's largest Tesla V3 Supercharger station will accept Dogecoin payments
• 2 Ethereum sidechain SKALE will launch a $100 million ecosystem incentive program
• 3OpenSea's new migration contract suffered a phishing attack, and the identity of the hacker has not been identified
• 4 New Fed rules prohibit policymakers and senior officials from holding cryptocurrencies
• 5 Italy publishes new anti-money laundering regulations for crypto companies
• 6 Decentralized wireless network operator Helium completes $200 million Series D financing
• 7 Russian law allows the state to confiscate cryptocurrencies illegally obtained by officials
• 8 former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump launched the "Presidential NFT Series" POTUS NFT

Topic of the day: The Federal Reserve prohibits its officials from buying and selling cryptocurrencies

According to the US CNBC website, the Federal Reserve has introduced new rules for its officials to prohibit trading in individual stocks and bonds. Under the new rules, Fed officials will not be able to trade a large number of assets, including stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrencies. What do you think of this provision in the United States? How to interpret it? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section. We will select 3 netizens from the message to reward 10 Q coins each.

Regulatory messages

The U.S. state of Georgia is considering tax incentives for Bitcoin miners

According to The Block, the U.S. state of Georgia is considering potential tax incentives for cryptocurrency miners operating in the state. It is reported that the Georgia House of Representatives recently filed Bill 1342, which aims to "exempt electricity used for commercial mining of digital assets from sales or use taxes." Previously, on March 3, 2021, the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives of Kentucky passed a proposal for tax relief for crypto miners.

Italy issues new anti-money laundering rules for crypto companies

According to CoinDesk, Italy recently issued a communiqué statement that the country has announced new anti-money laundering (AML) regulations against cryptocurrency companies. The rules, which were approved in January, outline registration and reporting requirements for virtual asset service providers (VASPs), in line with the EU's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines for cryptocurrency companies. Under this provision, any VASP from another EU country must have a permanent establishment in Italy, or a stabilization organization, in order to register as an approved VASP.

The Fed's new rules prohibit policymakers and senior officials from holding cryptocurrencies

The Federal Open Market Committee announced Friday that it has unanimously passed new restrictions on investment and trading by policymakers and senior Fed officials. The new rules require Fed governors to disclose financial transactions within 30 days, while prohibiting the use of derivatives, short selling or margin purchase of securities. The new rules prohibit Fed policymakers and senior staff from holding personal bonds, institutional securities, cryptocurrencies, commodities or foreign exchange. The new rules will be implemented from 1 May 2022.

Russian Finance Minister: It is impossible to ban cryptocurrencies, and regulation is better than banning

According to Forbes, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov recently said when talking about the differences between the Russian Ministry of Finance and the central bank on the regulation of the crypto industry, the Russian central bank wants to take measures to ban crypto assets, but this is like banning the Internet, it is impossible to do. Anton Siluanov expressed opposition to the proposed digital currency ban, saying the risks mentioned by the central bank were "understandable" but that regulating the sector would be better than a ban. Anton Siluanov concluded: "We've been arguing about this law for a year and a half, and procrastination doesn't do anyone any good. Even if we make a mistake somewhere, we can correct it. The situation is even worse when the decision is postponed and the grey industry develops further. ”

Russian law allows the state to confiscate cryptocurrencies illegally obtained by officials

According to Bitcoin.com, the Russian State Duma passed a law that allows law enforcement to confiscate funds illegally obtained by government officials, including cryptocurrencies. If assets exceed an official's income, the state may attempt to confiscate assets through a court of law. Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the parliament's financial markets committee, said earlier that officials must make declarations about their crypto assets. The new rules will take effect 10 days after the law is officially promulgated.

NFT

Former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump launches the "Presidential NFT Series" POTUS NFT

According to Forbes, former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump launched the "Presidential NFT Series" POTUS NFT, potUS generally refers to the president of the United States, that is, the abbreviation of the United States of America, and some people oppose this name. The NFT series will launch 10,000 pieces, priced at $50, which will record important moments in U.S. history, including U.S. President Statue Hill, Air Force One, the White House, etc. POTUS NFT will go on sale on February 21, "U.S. President's Day."

Former Universe

The Meta-Cosmic Medicine Alliance was established in Shanghai

The founding conference of the Meta-Cosmic Medicine Association and Alliance, co-sponsored by the Shanghai Respiratory Internet of Things Medical Engineering Technology Research Center and the Preparatory Committee of the Meta-Cosmic Medicine Alliance, and co-organized by the International Respiratory Society (ISRD), the International Intelligent Health Association and Alliance (IAIH), the Chinese Lung Cancer Prevention and Control Alliance (CAALA), the Shanghai Respiratory Disease Research Institute and the Institute of Respiratory Diseases of Fudan University, was held in Shanghai. At the meeting, the Meta-Cosmic Medicine Alliance (IAMM) was officially established.

Project dynamics

The world's largest Tesla V3 Supercharger station will accept Dogecoin payments

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed on Twitter that the world's largest V3 Supercharger station tesla built in Santa Monica, California, will accept Dogecoin payments. According to previous news, Tesla built 62 superchargering piles in the 1401 and 1421-1425 areas of Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, which are completely composed of Tesla's V3 supercharging piles and the owner's lounge.

Ethereum sidechain SKALE will launch a $100 million ecosystem incentive program

According to CoinDesk, the Ethereum sidechain SKALE Network announced that it will launch a $100 million ecosystem incentive program to incentivize developers to do development work on their platform. The program will not be run by a single entity, but will be co-ordinated by several different groups, including NODE Anstalt, SKALE DAO, and other nonprofit organizations. In addition, SKALE's first $5 million grant will be invested in P2E games and metaversal field projects. The program will launch in March, when a new and upgraded version of SKALE V2 will also be available.

OpenSea Co-Founder: 32 users' NFTs were stolen, and some NFTs were returned

On the 20th, a number of users found that the new migration contract launched by OpenSea yesterday was suspected of having bugs, the attacker stole a large number of NFTs and sold arbitrage, and the stolen NFTs covered BAYC, BAKC, MAYC, Azuki, Cool Cats, Doodles, Mfers and other high-value series. The OpenSea team later said it was investigating the attack and said it could have been a phishing attack from outside the OpenSea website. OpenSea reminds users not to click on links outside of the official website.

In response, Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea, tweeted: "I know you're all worried, we're conducting a full investigation, but I want to take a moment to share the facts I saw. As far as we know, this is a phishing attack, we do not believe that this attack is associated with the OpenSea website, so far, there should be 32 users who signed up to malicious transactions from the attackers, and some of their NFTs have been stolen. The attack does not appear to be active at this time – we did not see any other malicious activity from the attacker's account for 2 hours, and some NFTs were refunded. We don't know that any phishing emails have been sent to users recently, and we don't know which website tricked users into signing the message maliciously. When you sign a message, be sure to double-check that you are interacting with https://opensea.io in your browser. If you are an affected user, please send a private message to your OpenSea Support Twitter account so that we can conduct a thorough investigation – we hope you can help. ”

Previously, on February 19, the news was that OpenSea launched a new smart contract, and the migration will end on February 26.

Financing messages

Helium completed a $200 million Series D funding round valued at $1.2 billion

According to Axios, decentralized wireless network operator Helium completed a $200 million Series D funding round, valuing it at $1.2 billion. Tiger Global and FTX Ventures participate. According to previous reports, in August 2021, Helium completed $111 million in financing through the token sale, led by a16z, and participated in Ribbit Capital, 10T, Alameda Research, and Multicoin Capital.

Tiger Global has been involved in at least 35 crypto financing transactions since the beginning of 2021

Venture capital firm Tiger Global has been involved in at least 35 crypto project financing deals since early 2021, The Block reported. Specifically, the agency was involved in an average of 5 crypto financing deals per quarter in the first three quarters of 2021, 10 deals in the fourth quarter, and another 10 investments so far this year. In addition, according to sources, Tiger Global's current total cryptocurrency investment is about $5 billion.