The decentralized social protocol Farcaster has completed a $150 million funding round, led by Paradigm. The SEC has indicated to exchanges a preference for approving a spot Ethereum ETF. CoinShares and Valkyrie have decided not to apply for a spot Ethereum ETF, primarily due to the lack of staking. Grayscale has removed staking-related terms in their documents for converting ETHE into a spot Ethereum ETF. The DTCC website has listed the ticker code ETHV for VanEck’s spot Ethereum ETF. Former President Trump’s campaign team is now accepting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency donations. Gala Games has recovered stolen funds and plans to use GalaSwap to convert ETH back to GALA. Do Kwon, before his arrest, met with the Prime Minister of Montenegro and purchased a luxury apartment in Serbia’s capital.
