The Block
![Here’s how debt markets are being overhauled by blockchain](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/b46db33ea74d4e5a05daf39c96074a251715113622212.jpg)
Quick Take PV01 founder Max Boonen discusses the challenges of accessing debt and the potential of tokenization to overhaul this aspect of capital markets.
![NFL legend Rob Gronkowski's crypto shilling will likely cost him $1.9 million in lawsuit](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/dabbfb7b00817ee8cd6feefb00f86feb1715113622556.png)
Quick Take Four-time Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a Voyager Digital investor suit. In 2021, the one-time New England Patriot signed on to become a Voyager brand ambassador and shareholder. The company filed for bankruptcy the following year.
![Grayscale spot bitcoin ETF inflows may be result of short-term trading: Bloomberg ETF analyst](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/66a5c3f65251012cfda09b3b55dd43201715111851344.jpg)
A Bloomberg ETF analyst offered some theories on why Grayscale’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund logged two straight days of inflows.
![MoonPay partners with BitPay to streamline crypto transactions](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/6edeaf4e4ad02f9d020acf201ced91dd1715100842449.jpg)
Quick Take The partnerships aims to make selling crypto faster and easier, in addition to streamlining how users send crypto to their bank account or debit card.
![Aragon co-founder reveals self-custodial crypto wallet designed to keep things simple](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/f0b8ba5a1b31194ef34ed6b04a99e2921715100665744.png)
Quick Take Jorge Izquierdo, who co-founded Aragon, reveals his latest project: a wallet focused on self-custody. Called Tuyo, the wallet lets users interact with decentralized exchanges on multiple blockchain networks.
![Solana DePIN Ambient raises funds ahead of token launch, acquires PlanetWatch](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/dc7f2b68ad412feb0ea7f993aeed26231715101774103.jpg)
Quick Take Solana-based DePIN project Ambient has raised a $2 million seed round led by Borderless Capital. Ambient has also acquired PlanetWatch, an Algorand-based DePIN project, to migrate to Solana.
![Lava Foundation raises $11 million in token round ahead of airdrop](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/63cfb9afd496acfc1345da8d05d251201715098524554.jpeg)
Quick Take Lava Foundation has raised $11 million to continue the development of the Lava Network. This was a token round and comes ahead of Lava’s mainnet launch and airdrop in the coming months.
![Bitcoin market 'improving' after hitting local low of $56,500: Standard Chartered](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/9057f75b190fa9007af43d59c61aedbf1715097812124.jpg)
Standard Chartered has adjusted its short-term bitcoin forecast to state that the market is improving after reaching a local low of $56,500.
![Former Sequoia exec's fund invested $24 million in BlackRock bitcoin ETF, over twice its position in Meta](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/77d0bf1b0cb7392f8016711f4a0868e11715079449889.jpg)
Former Sequoia China partner Cao Xi’s investment firm Monolith Management revealed it owns more than $24 million of BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF.The Hong Kong-based firm’s position in BlackRock’s ETF ranks as not only its fifth largest position but is also more than double what it invested in Meta shares.
![ZKM raises $5 million ahead of Bitcoin-based Layer 2 launch](https://img.bitgetimg.com/multiLang/image/125ff9c6fddb293fa42e89666d734d881715096366991.jpg)
Quick Take ZKM has raised $5 million in an early-stage funding round led by OKX Ventures, as it prepares to launch a new Layer 2 network on the bitcoin blockchain. The ZKM Bitcoin Layer 2 is part of a broader effort to develop a network that offers multi-chain interoperability without relying on a separate chain.