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香港金融服务局局长许正宇表示，香港将优先发展代币化和稳定币，以推动该国的 web3 生态系统。 据《南华早报》报道，香港财经事务及库务局局长许正宇认为，代币化是“决定性趋势”之一，他认为这一趋势可以改变香港传统金融市场，推动香港进入 web3 生态系统。 香港已大力推进成为加密货币中心，即通过向虚拟资产交易平台发放牌照，并使公司能够发行代币化投资产品。代币化允许交易者通过购买链上代币获得现实世界资产的所有权。 本月初，华夏基金管理公司香港分公司表示，已获得香港证监会批准，向客户提供代币化货币市场基金，散户投资者也可以使用。据报道，该公司表示，该基金将于 2 月底推出。 阅读更多：香港证监会向 Panthertrade 和 YAX 授予新牌照 2024 年 8 月，香港金融管理局启动了一项名为“Project Ensemble Sandbox”的沙盒计划，旨在测试和改进代币化货币在银行间结算和涉及代币化资产的交易中的使用。 2024 年 3 月，香港上海汇丰银行发行了首批代币化黄金产品，名为“汇丰黄金代币”。该产品面向香港的零售客户。 香港优先考虑稳定币 Christopher Hui also reaffirmed Hong Kong’s commitment to developing stablecoins pegged to traditional fiat. The move is similar to other countries like the United States, which have increased its focus on drafting stablecoin regulations. In December 2024, Hui introduced a stablecoin bill which would require stablecoin issuers to own reserves equal to the value of circulating stablecoins in the market. Additionally, it gives the HKMA power to distribute stablecoin issuer licenses to companies. On Feb. 5, Hong Kong lawmaker Johnny Ng urged the government to start creating more pro-crypto initiatives to boost its crypto industry in light of Trump’s pro-crypto administration. He warned Hong Kong would fall behind in the global race to develop crypto if it did not act fast. Read more:美国加密货币沙皇新闻发布会后，香港立法会议员呼吁加速加密货币发展

Hut 8 Corp. reported a steep first-quarter loss and a nearly 58% revenue drop, as the lingering effects of last year’s Bitcoin halving and costly equipment upgrades took a toll. Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Hut 8 Corp. posted a sharp downturn in its first-quarter financials, swinging to a significant loss as revenue plunged over 50%, Bloomberg reported. The company generated $21.8 million in revenue for the quarter, representing a year-over-year decline of nearly 58%. It also posted a net loss of $134.3 million, a stark reversal from the $250.7 million in profit recorded during the same period last year. According to CEO Asher Genoot, the decline stems from the cumulative effects of the last Bitcoin halving, which cut mining rewards in half. While the halving itself took place last April, its financial impact has only recently fully set in for mining companies, including Hut 8. As a result, reduced revenue per mined coin, coupled with increased operational downtime related to ongoing upgrades of mining hardware, have squeezed Hut 8’s margins and pushed the company deep into the red. You might also like:News Trump family joins forces with Hut 8 to launch Bitcoin mining venture Despite the current headwinds in the mining sector, Hut 8 is pushing forward with an ambitious new initiative. During the company’s latest earnings call on Thursday, Genoot reiterated that its new mining venture American Bitcoin Corp. will go public. Hut 8 announced it’s launching American Bitcoin Corp. after it has acquired a majority stake in American Data Centers Inc., a company backed by Donald Trump’s sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. The market responded positively to the announcement, with Hut 8 shares surging 17% on the day. Meanwhile, Hut 8 continues to develop computing infrastructure to support AI workloads, particularly at its sites in Louisiana. This move reflects a growing industry trend in which Bitcoin miners are diversifying into AI and high-performance computing to mitigate the financial strain caused by reduced block rewards following the halving. You might also like:Argo Blockchain posts $3.4m mining revenue despite dip in Bitcoin output

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Every month, another token distribution falls prey to coordinated bot attacks. Within minutes of launch, automated programs claim a significant portion of the supply, leaving genuine users with nothing but frustration. The pattern repeats with alarming regularity: a project announces an airdrop, bots flood the system, and real users find themselves crowded out––from Kaito (systemic flaws enabling bot predation) to Linea (the sheer scale of Sybil farming) to Magic Eden (technical vulnerabilities exploited by bots), and more. You might also like:Rethinking money in the web3 era: From capital to code, narrative, and moral design | Opinion Beyond token grabs, governance systems across web3 also face increasing manipulation. Voting mechanisms designed to serve asvox populibecome puppet shows instead, with single entities controlling multiple identities to sway outcomes in their favor. What appears to be community consensus often masks the influence of a concentrated few operating via bot armies. This problem intensifies as new tokens launch daily, with each facing the same fundamental challenge of reaching real humans rather than automated scripts. Without solving this identity verification challenge, web3 remains vulnerable to exploitation, undermining its foundational promise. Enter zero-knowledge cryptography, which offers a logical and attainable solution. This technology, evolving from mathematical theory into practical applications, can solve this core contradiction by enabling the verification of humanity without exposing personal information. The privacy paradox Web3 advertises the promise of decentralized systems that preserve user privacy while enabling trustless interactions. Yet today, projects face a seemingly impossible choice when verifying users. On one hand, there are conventional KYC solutions—intrusive identity verification systems that demand personal documentation and create centralized repositories of sensitive data. These systems not only contradict web3’s ethos but also present security vulnerabilities. In an era where deepfakes and AI-generated content can easily circumvent traditional verification methods, KYC has become both philosophically and practically problematic. On the other hand, there are soft spam prevention mechanisms that preserve privacy but fail to provide meaningful protection against bot attacks. Captchas, email verification, and social media checks can be effortlessly bypassed by determined attackers, leaving projects exposed to Sybil attacks. What’s revealing is that users themselves recognize this dilemma. While few prioritize privacy for casual social media interactions, sentiment changes dramatically when financial transactions or personal identification come into play. People want privacy for what truly matters—their money and their identity. A human problem, not a technical one Crypto’s deepest challenges don’t solely lie in blockchain mechanics, consensus algorithms, or smart contract optimization. They exist at the boundary where digital systems meet human reality. While the industry has made significant strides in reducing gas fees and speeding up transactions, it has struggled to translate real-world trust into the digital realm. This represents a human problem first and foremost. Without reliable human verification, the web of trust that underpins all social and economic systems can’t translate to digital spaces. We need systems that recognize genuine human participants without requiring them to surrender their privacy. Too many projects have attempted to solve this by building entirely new trust infrastructures from scratch. They launch new networks, create isolated verification mechanisms, and inevitably fail to generate meaningful network effects. These isolated efforts fragment the ecosystem rather than strengthen it. How do we verify someone’s humanity without demanding they surrender their personal data? The zero-knowledge solution Zero-knowledge proofs—once theoretical mathematical constructs—now offer a practical solution to this paradox. This cryptographic approach allows users to prove specific facts about themselves without revealing any underlying data. For identity, this means that one can verify they possess a valid government-issued ID without sharing any of the personal information contained within it. They can prove they’re of legal age without revealing their birthdate; confirm they’re from an eligible jurisdiction without disclosing their address; or establish they’re a unique human without exposing their identity. This technological approach enables truly Sybil-resistant systems while preserving the privacy principles that define web3. A person can only register once, preventing bot farmers from creating thousands of fake accounts while maintaining complete control over their personal information. This works through mathematical verification of cryptographic signatures already embedded in modern electronic passports and IDs. When a country issues a passport, it digitally signs the document’s data with its private key. Using zero-knowledge circuits, users can prove this signature exists and is valid against the country’s public key without exposing its data. The verification confirms the government vouched for this person without sharing who they are, functioning like a mathematical black box that outputs only “valid” or “invalid” while keeping all personal details sealed inside. Practical applications are already emerging across the web3 landscape. Airdrops can now implement genuine one-verification-equals-one-claim systems, preventing bot armies from draining token supplies. Projects can verify a user’s age for compliance without collecting birthdate information. Services can confirm a user’s country of origin without storing precise location data. DeFi protocols can restrict specific functions based on regulatory requirements without compromising user privacy. Building bridges between trust systems The solution to web3’s identity crisis doesn’t require reinventing trust from scratch. It can be done by building secure bridges between existing trust infrastructures, like government-issued IDs and digital systems. By extracting the cryptographic signatures from electronic passports and other official documents and then verifying them against issuing authorities’ public keys, we can create a privacy-preserving pathway between established trust systems and emerging digital economies. This approach leverages existing infrastructure rather than building parallel systems. It recognizes that trust already exists in the world––the challenge is translating it to digital contexts without compromising personal sovereignty. In sum, zero-knowledge verification dissolves the false tension between privacy and trust that has limited web3. Through mathematical certainty, users prove their uniqueness without revealing themselves. This shift enables bot-free token distributions, sovereign compliance with regulations, and manipulation-resistant governance systems. These technologies create selective disclosure on user terms by tapping into existing trust infrastructures, removing the need for a parallel system. The result brings what web3 always needed most: verified humans interacting with full data sovereignty. Read more:Web3 is obsessed with sovereignty but ignores convenience | Opinion Florent Tavernier Florent Tavernieris the co-founder of Self Labs, building a scalable trust layer for the internet that puts privacy first. Florent joined Self Labs (founded by Celo core team members in early 2024), following its acquisition of OpenPassport, where he was also a co-founder. Self’s mission is to provide essential infrastructure for verifying human identity while preserving individual privacy, with the capacity to scale for hundreds of millions of users. Driven by his fundamental belief that Sybil-resistance is the main barrier to mainstream crypto adoption, Florent first worked in the DeFi sector, later developing privacy-preserving identity verification infrastructure closely with the Ethereum Foundation. 

尽管生态系统增长加速，但 Sei 代币仍继续呈下降趋势并接近历史最低点。 快速增长的 1 层网络 Sei (SEI) 延续了下跌趋势，尽管生态系统活动正在加速，但其价格仍接近历史最低点。SEI 在过去连续四周内均出现下跌，目前交易价格处于 2023 年 11 月以来的最低水平，较周期高点下跌了 78%。 尽管生态系统取得了积极的增长，但 SEI 价格仍持续暴跌。根据 DeFi Llama 的数据，Sei 网络中锁定的总价值在过去 30 天内飙升了 70%，达到 4.06 亿美元，使其成为按 TVL 计算的加密行业第 17 大链。 Sei 生态系统中的大多数 dApp 在过去几周内都获得了资产增长。AAVE (AAVE) 的竞争对手 Yei Finance 的资产在过去 30 天内增长了 72%，达到 2.15 亿美元。DEX 网络 Sailor 拥有 6065 万美元的资产，而 Avalon Labs 则增长了 50%。 你可能还喜欢：尽管市场看跌，Sonic 仍上涨 11%：DeFi 增长推动涨势 更多数据显示，即使加密货币价格下跌，Sei 的应用程序用户增长也更快。该网络上的去中心化交易所在过去七天内处理了价值 1.1 亿美元的交易量，比前一周增长了 62%。该网络中排名靠前的 DEX 网络是 Sailor、Dragon Swap 和 Uniswap。 这些指标可能解释了为什么 Sei 在 CoinMarketCap 上拥有最乐观的情绪。情绪指数为 88.5%，与过去几天持平。其他乐观情绪的代币包括 Sonic、Polkadot、Bittensor 和 Bonk。 Sei价格技术分析 SEI 价格图表 | 来源：crypto.news 在 8 小时图上，SEI 仍处于急剧下降趋势，交易价格低于其 50 周期移动平均线，证实了看跌势头。 然而，SEI 现已形成下降楔形模式，这是一种看涨反转结构，以两条下降和汇聚的趋势线为特征。它似乎还正在形成倒头肩模式，这是另一种通常会出现向上突破的形态。 凭借技术支撑和强劲基本面，SEI 有望反弹。如果出现突破，初始目标将是 0.2920 美元，即 2 月 24 日以来的最高点。跌破今年迄今的低点将使这一看涨前景失效。 你可能还喜欢：尽管市场看跌，Sonic 仍上涨 11%：DeFi 增长推动涨势

尽管 Ripple 首席执行官布拉德·加林豪斯 (Brad Garlinghouse) 分享了 Ripple 如何与 SWIFT 竞争的看法，但 XRP 本周仍然停滞不前。 瑞波币（XRP）周二交易价为 2.40 美元，过去几天保持稳定。该价格比本月最低水平高出约 28%。 在接受福克斯商业主持人玛丽亚·巴蒂罗莫 (Maria Bartiromo) 采访时，加林豪斯表示，他相信随着时间的推移，Ripple 将成为 SWIFT 的有力竞争对手。 他认为，SWIFT 已经存在了 50 多年，其技术即将迎来变革。SWIFT 每年处理超过 150 万亿美元的交易，但速度通常很慢，而且耗时。虽然交易速度有所提高，但 SWIFT 转账通常需要几天才能完成。 Garlinghouse 表示，Ripple 诉 SEC 案的最新结论将有助于 Ripple 吸纳更多每年处理数万亿美元支付业务的美国银行。他指出，在唐纳德·特朗普当选后的六周内，Ripple 吸纳的美国银行和支付公司数量比之前六个月的总和还要多。 你可能还喜欢：SEC 与 Ripple 案结束后最值得购买的 3 种 XRP 代币 2020年美国证券交易委员会（SEC）对Ripple提起诉讼后，Ripple在美国的业务基本陷入停滞，其合作机构大多来自海外，尤其是日本。 Ripple 技术因其速度快、成本低而被视为 SWIFT 的更好替代方案。典型的交易只需不到五分钟即可完成，费用仅为几美分。 Ripple 使用一种称为按需流动性的技术，该技术涉及将当地货币转换为 XRP，将其转移到另一个国家，然后将其转换为当地货币。交易也可以不使用以波动性著称的 XRP 进行。 Ripple 希望其稳定币 Ripple USD (RLUSD) 成为生态系统的重要组成部分。不过，Ripple 距离赶上 SWIFT 还有很长的路要走，后者与 11,000 多家银行建立了合作关系。 XRP价格技术分析 XRP 价格图表 | 来源：crypto.news XRP 代币在日线图上形成了头肩形态，有可能跌至 1 美元。然而，周线图显示，该代币已形成突破并重新测试的模式，并升至 1.9666 美元，这是 2021 年的最高波动。 XRP 已形成看涨三角旗形图模式，其特点是一条高垂直线和一个对称三角形。它已突破 50 周和 100 周移动平均线。 因此，在阻力位 3 美元上方将确认更多涨幅，该阻力位代表头肩形态的肩部。突破该水平将增加该代币升至 5 美元的可能性，较当前水平上涨 105%。然而，跌破支撑位 1.966 美元将使看涨观点失效。 你可能还喜欢：Ripple 获得 DFSA 许可，可在阿联酋提供加密支付服务