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 The "Stoner Cats" NFT release sold out in 40 minutes. The NFTs represent characters in an animated series created by Mila Kunis that will also feature the voices of Chris Rock, Ashton Kutcher, Seth McFarlane, and Vitalik Buterin. More: - The initial release of 10,420 tokens was launched on the Stoner Cats website for 0.35 ETH each.
- For now, only the holders of the NFTs can watch the show. The tokens will also give holders exclusive access to other features and perks.
- Dapper Labs, the creators of CryptoKitties, assisted the show's creators with the technical aspects surrounding the NFT release.
- They plan to release 1,000 new Stoner Cats NFTs for every new primary character introduced in subsequent episodes.
- The creators expect that the next four to five episodes of content will introduce a total of three new characters, meaning there will be 3,000 new Stoner Cats NFTs released over the course of the first season for a total of 13,420 NFTs.
Stoner Cat's roadmap: - The project's road map centers around the percentage of NFTs sold, but it is unknown how many NFTs will be minted over the entire lifespan of the project.
- By cross-referencing the road map published on the project's website, it appears that 75% of the total number of NFTs will be minted at the culmination of season 1.
- At that point, in addition to accessing the show's content, token holders will receive access to potential giveaways, NFT movie posters, the ability to vote on merch designs, and behind-the-scenes access.
- Most likely following season 1 once 80%-100% of the show's NFTs are minted, token holders will begin to receive the ability to vote on story elements.
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Whale alert: Bitcoin addresses holding between 100 and 10,000 BTC have combined to accumulate over 40,000 BTC in the past 10 days. These addresses have collectively bought over 130,000 BTC in the past 5 weeks. 
More: - The number of active addresses holding between 100 and 100,000 BTC is hovering around 9.15 million and is fast approaching early April's high of ~9.17 million addresses
- The sharpest influx of whale activity coincided with bitcoin's rapid move from ~$33,000 to $39,000
- The prevailing opinion is the whales began buying at the bottom of the May sell-off and have continued adding to their positions since.
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XRP's price has reached 5-week highs following news that remittance payments from Japan to the Philippines will begin using Ripple’s on-demand liquidity (ODL) service. Japan-based Filipinos send ~$2B in remittance payments back to the Philippines every year. 
More: - Japanese money-transfer provider SBI Remit, Philippine mobile-payments service Coins.ph, and crypto exchange SBI VC Trade will collaborate to carry the remittance payments utilizing Ripple's ODL.
- This represents the first use of Ripple's ODL service in Japan.
- The company believes it may serve as a catalyst for additional adoption in the region.
Background: - Ripple was investigated by the SEC starting in December for allegedly raising $1.3B by selling XRP in unregistered securities offerings.
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Due to continued global regulatory challenges, Binance plans to establish multiple regional headquarters. The exchange has previously rejected pressures to establish a headquarters, but will now comply to avoid risks of further regulatory threats. More: - CEO Changpeng Zhao also said the company is "very open" to getting a new CEO, but later took to Twitter to clarify that there are no immediate plans for his resignation.
- CZ said the company is changing its mindset from that of a tech startup to that of a financial institution.
- As part of the headquarters plan, Binance will also hire regional executives who are well versed in regulatory compliance.
- Binance is the world's biggest crypto exchange, and its own cryptocurrency, Binance Coin, has a $52B market cap and is the fourth biggest cryptocurrency.
- While rival exchanges like Coinbase and FTX have made significant progress in working with regulators, Binance has lagged and has faced regulatory scrutiny from over a dozen countries.
In related news: - Binance reduced its maximum leverage allowance from 125x to 20x for new customers.
- The company also reduced the daily maximum withdrawal amount for users with only basic verification from 2 BTC to 0.06 BTC.
- Both actions are linked to the company's increased focus on regulatory compliance.
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 🍋Fresh Funding🍋 Lolli ⮕ $10M: The Series A round was led by Acrew Capital with participation from Banana Capital, Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six Ventures, YouTuber/boxer Logan Paul, and others. More: - Lolli rewards users with Bitcoin for shopping at over 1,000 online retailers including Harry's, Macy's, and Adidas.
- The rewards range from 4%-25% of the amount spent.
- Lolli's business model includes the firm receiving a cut for referring its users.
- The company stated that it has over 300,000 users and has rewarded over $3.5M worth of bitcoin thus far.
- With the funding, the company plans to double its team of 20 and grow its partnership base.
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 |  | Trevor is a business researcher at Inside and holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. He writes on a wide range of topics in the business and tech stratosphere with specific interests presently being cryptocurrency and electric vehicles. Connect with him on Twitter @trevorisonline |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford. | |
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